Music & Culture
Classical Music Posts
Reeder’s Movie Reviews: The Many Saints of Newark
A movie review of The Many Saints of Newark.
Reeder’s Movie Reviews: The Card Counter
A movie review of The Card Counter.
Past As Prologue: Gendered Epithets In Pacific Northwest Politics And Beyond
Past as Prologue essay about gendered epithets in Pacific Northwest politics and beyond.
The Pacific Baroque Festival in Victoria Returns With Music That Reassures And Comforts
What is it about some music that feels just right for these challenging times? In Victoria, BC, the theme of the 13th Annual Pacific Baroque Festival is “From the Ground, Up,” featuring just that kind of music: the kind that builds on repetition. Marc Destrubé, the internationally-acclaimed violinist and teacher, and the Pacific Baroque Festival’s Artistic Director, says it’s because there’s something comforting about hearing a bass line over and over again.
Passing the Baton: Teachers And Their Music
Freshly sharpened pencils. New spiral notebooks. Markings of a new school year and a new opportunity to fill your brain with math and English and music. Many composers led double lives as teachers, and some of the music we remember best originated in the classroom.
Passing The Baton: WSU Tuba Professor Dr. Chris Dickey And Student Tim Schrader
When a student becomes an award-winner, you congratulate the teacher, right? A teacher like Dr. Chris Dickey, assistant professor of tuba at WSU. His student earned this year’s first prize in European Music at the Charleston International Music Competition. The student is WSU sophomore Tim Schrader.
