Music and life intertwined
Music appreciation / Potpourri
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published September 5, 2017 · Last modified August 28, 2019
Happy birthday, Amy Beach! Who’s Amy Beach, you ask? Sadly, too many people ask that question, despite her being one of America’s foremost woman composers. As today is the 150th anniversary of her birth,...
Music appreciation / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published June 13, 2013 · Last modified February 7, 2023
Summer band concert season is in full swing this week, so what better time to talk about a piece by the “March King” himself? While John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) wrote an incredible number of...