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Music appreciation / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published March 5, 2019 · Last modified October 15, 2021
British composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) paved the way for modern concert band music. Other composers had written for groups of wind and percussion instruments before (sometimes called “bands”), but Holst’s two suites for military...
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published November 8, 2018 · Last modified October 15, 2021
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 / Potpourri
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published January 15, 2018 · Last modified March 23, 2022
“Want to hear ‘Dance of the Tumblers’?” “Sure! That’s a great piece!” ♪♫ music starts playing ♪♫ “That’s not it.” “Um, yes it is. See the title? It’s from The Snow Maiden” “I know...
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 / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published August 3, 2017 · Last modified October 15, 2021
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...