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,...
Instrumental solos / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published November 29, 2015 · Last modified October 16, 2021
November has been bustling! It started with a combined student recital and clarinet choir concert that I organized and performed in, followed by a week-long staycation for me where I got a chance to...
Instrumental solos / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published February 25, 2014 · Last modified September 30, 2021
(Third in a three-part series. For part one, click here. For part two, click here) From the melancholy of the previous movement, we fly into the third movement with exuberance! It’s a tough call...
Instrumental solos / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published January 29, 2014 · Last modified September 26, 2021
I love this movement; I think it is absolutely gorgeous. It is so full of emotion: melancholy, hope, heartbreak, peace. I fell in love with it the first time I ever heard it. Poulenc’s...
Instrumental solos / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published January 7, 2014 · Last modified October 16, 2021
Ah, clarinet! I couldn’t wait too much longer to talk about a clarinet piece, but I did have a hard time deciding which of the many I love to talk about first. I’ve settled...