The Arts Should Be the Strongest Program in Education This world that we are creating everyday seems to be the striving for the lowest common denominator. Somehow the idea gets spread around that the Arts are an unnecessary part of our society and that funding education in the arts and…
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Teaching Voice: The Most Difficult Thing to Teach There Is
The instrument of the voice is internal, invisible and uniquely different from person to person.
It's all about the music! The words are just a way to play the notes on the voice.
When I sing, I sing music, which possesses a much broader and deeper meaning and impact than whatever words you could ever want to put to them.
Schloss Lembeck: A special treat I got by stopping to smell the roses!
We are always in such a hurry to get from point A to point B that we often don’t take time to stop along the way to see what treasures are hidden behind the walls, fences and guard rails of a highway. So today, I made a different decision and it made all the difference!
JS Bach + Cameron Carpenter: Forever Young!
I attended an organ concert recently and enjoyed it quite a bit. The organist played a Schumann piece and the 100 Chorale Preludes from Johannes Brahms before he got to the Bach Toccata and Fugue in F-major. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk7N09n6tfo?rel=0&showinfo=0] I have to admit I was pretty tired when I got to…
The Isle of the Dead
The Isle of the Dead: Symphonic Tone Poem by Sergei Rachmaninov Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Painting: “Isle of the Dead”, Arnold Böcklin [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbtmskCRUY?rel=0&showinfo=0]
Come Sail Away With Me
A rock n roll classic by Styx: Come Sail Away This recording is from the Grand Illusion/Pieces of Eight concert in Memphis and this performance of Come Sail Away is Epic. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpYjoKCcj_U?rel=0&showinfo=0] I’m sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea I’ve got to be free, free…
Man in the Wilderness
Sometimes I feel like a man in the wilderness I’m a lonely soldier off to war. Sent away to die – never quite knowing why, Sometimes it makes no sense at all.
Fun and Games: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
When you are a kid everyone finds it natural to play games, to go outside and have fun, to enjoy life in a carefree manner and somehow the older you get it seems that work and responsibilities push that time out of your life, and in fact is seen as…
Music to Study By
Classical music is a wonderful way to study because it extends time, or rather condenses time, so that you aren’t nervous about the passage of it, but are somehow content to be in the place and time. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgpJVI3tDbY?rel=0&showinfo=0] I hope you enjoy doing your work wit this music….