My friend Abram Korsunsky had his recital this past Monday and it was quite amazing. He memorized ALL his music and I gotta say it was pretty epic. Two of the most epic pieces on the program were Brahms’ Variation on a Theme by Paganini (you know it’s going to be epic when you see […]
Aaron Copland School of Music
***Spring concerts***
Today the percussionists had a mini ragtime music concert outdoors (with only 2 marimbas and one xylophone as the instrumentation!). The idea of having it outside was cute and the music was cute, however the weather was not as cute as they probably expected from a Spring day! It was extremely windy and chilli. In […]
Clarinet, i like you now.
I was never a big fan of the clarinet. In high school, the clarinet players in my school put off an unattractive sound: it was either screechy or monotone. Then I came to Queens College and met my dear friend David Valbuena. From his participation in orchestra and Balkan ensemble I learned that the sound […]
Circus Turnout
So the Cage Circus was as weird and fun as I expected it to be. Memorable moments: when the performer of the amplified cactus piece gave his half eaten apple to a theatrical dancer wearing a mask… …when we all performed Cage’s 4’33” piece which is literally 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence and […]
MUSIC CIRCUS! Come one come ALL!
Hoorah! After all this crazy weather, it is time to get ready for my performance in the upcoming CAGE MUSIC CIRCUS on Monday! I have already posted about John Cage, the philosophical composer of the 20th century who’s music is definitely “out there.” In the second half of his career, he started writing chance pieces […]
Cage Madness.
This month is the 100th anniversary of the infamous contemporary composer, John Cage. I’ve only started getting into his music this semester for I will be performing some of his works at a Cage Circus which will be performed at the Aaron Copland School of Music this November. So far everything I’ve heard of his […]
