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Reflections: Musical memories

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THE BIRTH OF THE CHENNAI YOUTH SINFONIETTA

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ENERGY BOOST: 5 PERKY PATTER SONGS

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How Wagner’s Liebestod Explores Love In Different Stages in ‘The Crown, Season 1: Episode 3’

Opera WireMarch 26, 2020

POET OF THE PIANO – MARIA JOÃO PIRES PLAYS BEETHOVEN

Fareed CurmallyMarch 24, 2020

How to Teach Piano Sight Reading Successfully – Part 1

E-MusicMaestroMarch 21, 2020

Music Lessons for Life

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Musical Dialogues

Fauzia MarikarMarch 17, 2020

A Romantic Recovers

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Studio Meraki’s Annual Student Recital

Sonam LodhiMarch 12, 2020

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Musical Dialogues

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Studio Meraki’s Annual Student Recital

Sonam LodhiMarch 12, 2020

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Reflections: Musical memories

ON StageApril 2, 2020

“April is the cruellest month,” T. S. Eliot wrote in ‘The Waste Land’, “breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with... Continue Reading...

Throwback Thursday4 min read

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THE BIRTH OF THE CHENNAI YOUTH SINFONIETTA

Panos KaranApril 1, 2020

“Anything is possible,” was going through my mind as I was listening to young musicians go through auditions in Chennai last December. They had applied to be pa... Continue Reading...

NewsSponsored3 min read

ENERGY BOOST: 5 PERKY PATTER SONGS

SchmoperaMarch 30, 2020

Did you know that the word “patter” comes from the Catholic “Pater Noster,” which was apparently recited as fast as possible by the congregation? Equal in hilar... Continue Reading...

Music Education3 min read

How Wagner’s Liebestod Explores Love In Different Stages in ‘The Crown, Season 1: Episode 3’

Opera WireMarch 26, 2020

“Love. It is the greatest thing on Earth.” So says former King Edward to Winston Churchill near the end of the third Episode of “The Crown” as he defends his m... Continue Reading...

Throwback Thursday1 min read

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POET OF THE PIANO – MARIA JOÃO PIRES PLAYS BEETHOVEN

Fareed CurmallyMarch 24, 2020

By her own admission, Maria João Pires dislikes playing solo recitals as they can be a touch isolating. She much prefers the sharing of stages with other musici... Continue Reading...

Reviews3 min read

How to Teach Piano Sight Reading Successfully – Part 1

E-MusicMaestroMarch 21, 2020

GROWING THE SKILL So often relegated to the "too difficult" category, feared and loathed as part of the exam syllabus, wistfully envied in the "naturally talen... Continue Reading...

Music Education14 min read

Music Lessons for Life

ON StageMarch 19, 2020

Five graduating students of the SOI Music Academy look back on their seven-year journey and how it has shaped them, inside the classroom, on the stage and out i... Continue Reading...

Throwback Thursday9 min read

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Musical Dialogues

Fauzia MarikarMarch 17, 2020

I never know what I'm going to write until I've written it; but this time I've planned to write just exactly what you may be about to read. It is going to be a ... Continue Reading...