Music and life intertwined
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...
Chamber music / Music appreciation
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published February 27, 2017 · Last modified September 30, 2021
I don’t know how it is where you live, but here in the Chicago suburbs the weather has been glorious for February! We’ve been able to take walks outside, open the windows a bit,...
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published September 29, 2016 · Last modified April 27, 2022
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 / Wind band music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published August 25, 2016 · Last modified April 27, 2022
Well, I didn’t intend to miss all of July (and most of August…). Sorry about that. Between band and travel, July simply flew by in a flash and August has been time to regroup....
Music appreciation / Orchestral music
by Lori Archer Sutherland · Published June 13, 2016 · Last modified September 30, 2021
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,...