Greg Sandow has recently posted a blurb from Ramon Ricker’s blog post, Changing US Demographics and Classical Music. This is very much an issue and theme I’ve been exploring a bit here. I especially enjoyed Janis’ comments to Greg’s post. I’ve had at least one response at Greg’s site get eaten, so i thought I’d [...]
Also tagged Cultural Diversity, Cultural Imperialism Hypothesis, DemographicsThis is a prewritten post as I will be performing at the Greyhouse Coffee & Supply Co. with il Troubadore. If any readers are so inclined then please come to the show for live world music as only il Troubadore can present. Show info follows: il Troubadore at Greyhouse Coffee & Supply Co. 100 Northwestern [...]
Also tagged Greyhouse Coffee & Supply Co., il Troubadore, West LafayetteI remember reading about a book years ago that cellist, Frances-Marie Uitti (she invented a playing technique using two bows so that she could play four part polyphonic music on the cello), that would be a technical manual on alternative 20th century cello techniques. What she ended up publishing was a chapter in the Cambridge [...]
Also tagged Bulgarian music, Cello, Music, music resources, Non-Western Cello Techniques, Turkish musicThis is a prewritten post as I will be performing at the Earth House with il Troubadore. If any readers are so inclined then please come to the show for live world music as only il Troubadore can present. On top of that, enjoy the 100% organic and fair trade cafe with vegetarian and vegan [...]
Also tagged Earth House, il Troubadore, IndianapolisYesterday I finally had the opportunity to see the wonderful Sparrow Quartet–and apparently not a second too soon as that concert was to be their last as a group. The group is an all-star cast of Americana/Bluegrass/Old-Time music: Abigail Washburn (banjo and voice); Béla Fleck (banjo); Casey Driessen (violin); and Ben Sollee (cello). As Carey [...]
Also tagged Americana, Ben Sollee, Bluegrass, Chinese Folk Music, Sparrow QuartetThis is a just a brief post, but while doing a little research to decompress after the show, I came the International Opus website. The title of this post is the subtitle of the website. Tons of gems there!
Also tagged music resources, music scoresThis is a prewritten post as I will be performing at a hafla at Zorba’s Greek and Middle Eastern Restaurant with il Troubadore. If any readers are so inclined then please come to the show for live bellydancing by one of Zorba’s house dancers, Ja’Niesa, and live world music as only il Troubadore can present. [...]
Also tagged Bellydance, il Troubadore, Zorba's Greek and Middle Eastern RestaurantEventually I will blog more about using non-Western cello playing techniques. There’s a whole world of music out there and finding ways to adapt those styles to the cello isn’t without some precedent, but obviously it’s not something that’s easy to find. Until then I leave the reader with a few videos and links. A [...]
Also tagged Add new tag, Cello, Dhrupad music, Hindustani music, Music, Turkish musicScala: http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/index.html A powerfool tool programmed by Manuel op de Coul, for the experimentation, creation, editing, comparison, analysis, storage, digital adjustment, and MIDI sounding and recording of Western & non-Western, just intonation, equal, microtonal, and macrotonal tunings. SCALA is accompanied by a library of more than three thousand scales, is free of charge, and is [...]
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