A special program where members of the community were invited to play alongside their professional musicians. Watch this video of Side by Side performing
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Community Video: Spaceship Days – December
Spaceship Days, hailing from Durham, NC, is a pop alternative quartet featuring America’s Got Talent / American Idol alum Adam Lee Decker on Vocals.
Side by Side: Amateur Orchestra Musicians Get a Chance to Play with the Pros
were united in CSO’s Side by Side, a special program where members of the community were invited to play major repertoire alongside their professional classical music counterparts
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The Transformative Power of Group Vocal Improvisation
Benmeleh explains that group vocal improvisation can have a great effect on one’s emotional balance, feelings about life, and relationships with others
Operation Music Aid: Instruments for Wounded Veterans
Operation Music Aid: Instruments for Wounded Veterans by Colette Hebert The note was simple, but powerful. It came from a soldier of the United States Marine Corps, wounded in battle. “Thank you for the instruments,” he wrote. “It means so much as I’m trying to learn to replay the guitar after losing my arm.” More […]
Music and Wellness: Staying Busy In Retirement
According to the National Center for Creative Aging, “the arts can serve as a powerful way to engage elders in a creative and healing process of self-expression, enabling them to create works that honor their life experience.” That organization’s Creative Aging Toolkit is designed to help leaders and program staff create programs that enhance the lives of older adults, helping them discover a new sense of purpose, collaboration, and community through music.
What Famous Musicians Do You Admire?
We asked our readers what famous musicians they admire and why? Here are a few responses we received.
Me2/Orchestra: Where Differences and Acceptance Are The Norm
Ronald Braunstein’s conducting career has taken him around the world, as far as Oslo, The Hague, and Tokyo. In 1979, he won the gold medal in the Herbert von Karajan International Conducting Competition. But the unpredictable effects of bipolar disorder presented the biggest challenge in his life, one that just a few years ago left him unemployed and suicidal.
Adult Learners See Benefits in Music Making
“At the Dallas School of Music [DSM] we’re finding more and more adults are wanting to learn music,” says DSM President Dr. Bob Lawrence, “It appears to be a combination of parents who want to learn along with their kids and older adults who are remembering how much fun they had in school band, choir, and orchestra.”