https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_limb_your_brain_on_improv?language=enImagine, for a moment, Bach’s brain. Long before there was jazz, musicians jammed. The pianist Keith Jarrett, whose recordings of Bach and Handel often come your way on NWPR, may […]Read More
Classical Music
What’s the right music for a Shakespeare play? Depends on what century you’re in. In the 400 years since the plays were new, generations of composers have set their musical […]Read More
John Luther Adams’ new album, Become Ocean, comes out Sept. 30. Credit Molly Sheridan/Courtesy of the artist Where the Pacific NW, environmental stewardship and classical music meet: the new […]Read More
A 44-year-old man known as a phenomenal pianist played a disappointing concert that would be his last public performance at the keyboard. Ludwig van Beethoven’s hearing loss had finally overtaken […]Read More
A performance at the 2013 Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festivals Credit NWPR Symphony season is coming to a close and summertime is on its way! That means it’s time […]Read More
Credit Northwest Boychoir Republished from ParentMap. Confidence, focus, a dedication to hard work, even empowerment: Participating in a singing group can helps kids grow in multiple ways. My first […]Read More
In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn’s rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the […]Read More