In a previous post I provided historical information about the composer Antonio Vivaldi. As the weather changes from the season of summer I will focus upon his third movement of the famous “The Four Seasons” – Autumn. This movement, written in 1720 at the height of the Baroque period, has three sections: a country dance […]
If you ever ask a musician what will help improve his or her musical skills they will say just three things: practice, practice, practice. This is true whether you are practising music or any other skill such as writing, spelling, solving math problems, drawing, playing a sport or trying to use technology. For musicians the […]
Although we are now in the season of Spring I want recognize all the animals that have been hibernating. However I am thinking about one type of animal in particular – bears! I adore reading the stories written by Nick Bland about a bear. His musical rhyming pattern, his humorous illustrations and different adventures make […]