Explore your inner classical
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published November 8, 2018 · Last modified June 17, 2019
Sometimes the overture lives on for far longer than the rest of the show it introduces. Such is the case of Colas Breugnon, an opera by Dmitry (Dmitri) Kabalevsky. You may have heard of...
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published August 3, 2017 · Last modified May 28, 2019
Let’s travel to Alamos, Mexico, birthplace of composer Arturo Márquez. Márquez was born in 1950 in Alamos, living there until 1962, when his family moved to Los Angeles County, California. He was exposed to...
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published January 29, 2017 · Last modified March 14, 2019
It’s January. It’s cold, snowy, and downright dreary. You’re tired of all the layers of clothing and being cooped up inside. Spring seems so far away! So what’s a winter-sport-averse person to do to...
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published September 29, 2016 · Last modified August 18, 2019
With the appearance of “Slava!” on our music stands this semester in community band, I decided now was as good a time as any to chat about this fun piece by Leonard Bernstein. For...
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published June 13, 2016 · Last modified June 17, 2019
It’s summer already – wow! The rest of May was a blur, so I’m much later with this post than I’d planned. Ah well, such is life. Since summer band is in full swing,...