NERDING OUT: WHY YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CARE WHAT KEY YOUR ARIA IS IN
Singers, how closely do you pay attention to the key signature of the arias you sing? You know how to...
Beethoven’s magnum opus
A brief history of the master’s most spectacular work: Symphony No 9. By Manohar Parnerkar Beethoven’s most celebrated work, Symphony...
CLASSICAL MODERNITY
Sometimes one hears the critique that classical music is no longer compatible with modernity. What “modernity” is supposed to mean always remains in darkness, as if the very word “modernity” were so obvious in its meaning that any further explanation...
The Rediscovery of Florence Price
How an African-American composer’s works were saved from destruction. In 2009, Vicki and Darrell Gatwood, of St. Anne, Illinois, were...
The Somerville College, University of Oxford, Choir Tour to India – 2018
Somerville College, University of Oxford, was founded in 1879 to include the excluded, and named in honour of the Scottish mathematician...
Eastward bound
A unique non-denominational and non-religious Oxonian choir is performing this December at the NCPA. By Devanshi Shah In 1879, the charming town of Oxford was privy to a significant educational shift. Named in honour of the Scottish mathematician and scientist Mary...
CREATING MUSIC FROM THE WIND: V. AMIRTHAVARSHINI
The first thing babies do when they are born is cry and wail loudly, and this gets their little lungs...
THE GUITAR FOR ALL SEASONS
Given the universal appeal the guitar holds, it is hardly surprising that it has so many avatars, with a vast...