We know Braille as a system of writing for the blind, but it was created for music, too. Louis Braille was a musician as well as a scholar, and his system made it possible to read and write music by ...

ABC Classic opens a week of special programs on Lunchtime Concert to celebrate the 2025 Festival of Female Composers with a celebration of Women Composers of the Baroque period. From Duchess Maria ...

October 5th is the annual observance of World Teachers Day!! The celebration of the contributions and influences of teachers is the perfect opportunity to listen to music by baroque era composers who ...

One of the superstars of the early music period Hildegard von Bingen was all but forgotten until the 800th anniversary of her death in 1979. Entering monastic life at an early age and rising to abbess ...

The Lamont School of Music and Colorado College will co-present The Brandenburg Project on May 3 at 4:30 p.m. at the Newman ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Born on a slave ship, the author of esteemed letters, a famed abolitionist and reputedly the first man of ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Growing up in Chile, Christine Gevert remembers folk music was everywhere. Gevert, the founder and artistic director of the Connecticut-based music organization Crescendo, spent her ...

When analysing music it is important to consider how the composer has approached the use of the following key elements: melody/harmony rhythm/tempo texture/structure timbre/dynamics Brandenburg ...

The Old World similarities between New Orleans and Venice, Italy, have sparked a new chamber music ensemble in the Crescent City. The Louisiana Baroque Chamber Orchestra made its debut at the New ...

It's easy when reading about history to imagine that people back then, especially classical composers, were well-behaved. But scratch the surface and they were just as flawed as any of us - and ...