Video 1: Preparation and Presentation Preparation and Presentation Context: pieces that are helpful to have experienced or played before approaching this one "Charlie Chipmunk" from Piano SafariAmazing GraceAny tune that employs the pentatonic scale Get Ready: creative activities to explore before the first encounter with the score to prepare ...
Josh Straub Chris Madden (CM): How did the Beerthoven concert series begin? Josh Straub (JS): I have to admit that I'm not the person who started the Beerthoven concert series—it was my partner Daniel Swayze—but I was involved relatively early on. It's kind of ironic that Daniel and I both took Martha Hilley's Career ...
Preparation and Presentation Context: Pieces that are helpful to have experienced or played before approaching this one Nancy Faber – Classic Sonatina (1st movement)Cornelius Gurlitt – 24 Easy Melodious Studies, Op. 50, no. 1Any additional pieces in which standard scale fingerings appear Get Ready: Creative activities to explore before the first en...
In 1904, soprano Mary Garden entered the Paris recording studio of Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd. with her pianist, Claude Debussy. Garden sang three excerpts from Ariettes oubliées, a set of chansons Debussy dedicated to her, as well as an excerpt from Pelléas et Mélisande, an opera for which she premiered the title role. The resulting recording...