News and music to start your week! The BBC announced this week that they will be opening up their classical music archives. The trove of recordings – dating back 100 years – will be available online and through a BBC app. I’m looking forward to...
News to start your week! So much is happening! Last week we celebrated International Women’s Day, and it was exciting to see how much attention was paid to women’s achievements in classical music: Oxford University Press’s blog lists Seven Women you...
Word was just released about a new initiative spearheaded by the BBC in British primary schools to awaken youth to classical music, and to get them enthusiastic from a young age. The program, as described by the BBC, is to bring professional musicians into schools...
I suppose it was only a matter of time before television directors, perhaps desperate for a new idea, attempted an unorthodox and possibly fatal combination: classical music and popular culture. Enter Maestro, a British reality program that challenges celebrities to...
