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Addison gives the story behind the carol and Gilbert Middle School Honor Choir sings Good King Wenceslas.
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Stephanie gives the story behind the carol and The Cavalier Chorale from Richland Northeast High School sings Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
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Rachael gives the story behind the carol and The Honors Chorus of Dutch Fork Middle School sing Go Tell It On The Mountain.
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Jilly gives the story behind the carol and The Mid Carolina High School Chorus sings Joy to the World.
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Brandon give the story behind the carol and Sumter High School Concert Choir performs Silent Night.
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A word of advice today for non-musicians reading program notes in concert programs: If the program notes are heavy on technical analysis and are loaded with terms like modulation, inversion...
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President's Day is observed in the United States on the third Monday of February. February 12 is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, and I wonder if you knew that our sixteenth president was a great music...
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Francis Poulenc didn’t have to depend on composition for his living—he was the heir to the fortune of the Rhône-Poulenc pharmaceutical company—but he nonetheless turned out an enormous body of work in...
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Chamber music rehearsals are very different from orchestra rehearsals. In an orchestra rehearsal, it’s the conductor’s job to make the overall musical decisions and to ensure that the members of the...
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Already during their lifetimes, Antonin Dvorák and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky were among the most famous composers in the world. Their music is extremely sophisticated, the product of highly skilled...