by lauderdale | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Michael Jackson was on to something when he sang that “A-B-C” is “simple as “Do Re Mi.” Music helps kids remember basic facts such as the order of letters in the alphabet, partly because songs tap into fundamental systems in our brains...
by lauderdale | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Cello Players Lay Down a Hip-Hop Beat The people of Portland, Oregon enjoy a reputation for living somewhat outside the mainstream, so it should come as no surprise that a group of the city’s cello players is using its classical instruments to lay down hip-hop...
by lauderdale | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Little Poem for the Holiday Season The time for giving is near. The gift of music is perfectly suited To celebrate holiday cheer. Violins, saxophones, and guitars playing “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” These gifts will keep the joy in your home, Year after year....
by lauderdale | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
The mysteries of sound – what instrument makes what noise – are solved during an open house with the Vancouver Island Symphony. When we listen to music on our iPhones, iPods, computers, TVs and at the movie theatre we hear sounds, but do we know the instruments they...
by lauderdale | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Even though viola is Matthew Daline’s main instrument, it won’t be the only thing people hear at his concert next week. Daline, a professor of viola performance at the University, will be playing a concert next Wednesday that he organized and planned himself as part...
