BSM HOLIDAY WISH LIST 2006

Last year, Bloomingdale faculty and staff offered a gift guide for music lovers—presents any music student, listener, or performer might enjoy. This year, we are taking a slightly different approach and have compiled a wish list by our faculty and staff. more>>


   
 
MANUEL DE FALLA

In recognition of the 60th anniversary of Falla's death in November 2006, Bloomingdale presents a brief overview of his life leading to the creation of his relatively overlooked neoclassical output. more>>


   
 
STEVE REICH 'POP' QUIZ

In the spirit of all the celebrations honoring minimalist pioneer Steve Reich, who turned 70 in October 2006, take a little quiz on his undeniable influence on pop culture. more>>


   
 
REMEMBERING DANIEL PEARL (1963–2002)
World Music Days, October 6–15


At his son's memorial service on March 10, 2002, Dr. Judea Pearl spoke of a rare syndrome he and his wife discovered in their newborn boy. "[Daniel] had not one shred of malice in his bones." When you moved a pillow from under his head, he'd assume peacefully a different position. more>>


   
 
FIGARO FACTOR
Quiz: W.A. Mozart's Operas


1. His first opera was...

 
A. Mitridate. re di Ponto ('Mithridates, King of Pontus')
B. Apollo et Hyacinthus
C. La finta semplice ('The Pretended Simpleton')
D. Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute') more>>


   
 
NEW YORK'S MOZART LINK
Da Ponte: Librettist, Grocer, Columbia Professor


2006 abounds in celebrations worldwide recognizing the 250th anniversary of W.A. Mozart's birth year, the most ambitious in Austria with Salzburg alone carrying out 260 concerts, 55 masses and 22 operas. In Vienna, The Jewish Museum in cooperation with the Da Ponte Institute ran a six month exhibition on Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838) more>>


   
 
A4TY: ALBUM FOR THE YOUNG

“Wait, could you please stop?” Politely, Abby Miller, age nine, halts rehearsal for some last minute score revisions in her violin duo, Fire of the Waves. “There’s a measure missing,” she realizes, correcting the score in front of violinists Lina Dabhour and Nina Wade, ages nine and ten. Written in collaboration with close friend ten-year-old Annie Rose Fidoten, the work is slated for its premier in May at Bloomingdale’s Student New Music Project, A4TY: Album for the Young. more>>

   

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