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Jamaican concert pianist Rhoden speaks on classical music
Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 13 @ 00:00:00 EDT (11 reads)
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On Sunday, May 18, Jamaica's world-famous concert pianist, Orrett Rhoden, will give a joint recital with violinist Preston Hawes in the Mona Chapel, at the University of the West Indies. The concert begins at 5:00 p.m.
Last week, Rhoden, 47, shared with The Sunday Gleaner perspectives on the growth and development of classical music in Jamaica and elsewhere.
The Sunday Gleaner: What can be done to popularise classical music to young people in Jamaica?
Rhoden: A great deal can be done through the schools. If we have music being taught in the schools from an early age, that will bring a new generation into experiencing classical music.
Also, I think the absence of Radio Mona has been a great loss. They played classical music from dusk till dawn. They had lunch hour concerts as well, which I thought was so wonderful. I thought we were really getting somewhere, you know, for a Caribbean country to have a radio station which played both classical and jazz music. They used to have a wonderful jazz programmes in the afternoon. Jazz to me a just as important as classical music. It bridges the gap between the pop music and classical music.
I am a bit disappointed in what I see on television in terms of music which has vulgarity lewdness. This I think is a development in the wrong direction. I have nothing against pop music. But I think that we should have more programmes on television, not necessarily classical. We could have for example, more semi-classicals and Latin American music.
Have you ever delved into the non-classical genre?
I did a concert once in the south of France where I extemporised with a group of reggae musicians. I was able to improvise on the spur of the moment, while they were playing jazz rhythms. It was a classical thing, with a reggae foundation.
What is required to be a classical pianist?
It is the most difficult profession >ever. It really is. In America, Europe and the far East, there is so much talent competing for so few opportunities. I think there are about 2,000 concert pianists out there on the market at the moment and they are all very good. You have to be clear about how much potential and talent you have. You have to be realistic. You don't want to got out there with just half of the requirements trying to compete with the others who are really way ahead. You really want to have talent, and personality, and the ability to compete with everybody else.
And you must have something to say musically. In my case, my angle has always been 'a concert pianist from the Caribbean/Jamaica'. As a child, I had influences from the popular music of the day, and at that time it was Bob Marley's music. I have a different approach to classical music. Although it is treating the music with respect and authentically using the music scores and not doing anything that is not on the printed page, I have my own interpretation towards the music and often critics have described me as "the Caribbean Bombshell" and "Jamaica's ebullient answer to Vladimir Horowitz".
That is where I have made my niche.You have to have something new to offer, something new to say. What do you mean by personality?
You don't want to be considered as lacking character. You must have some amount of flair. To be a carrier of the music to the public you have to have some idea of what you think the music is saying and then try to convert that into your own language.
How well are concert pianists paid?
It depends on your agent and who invites you to play and many other factors. I have my set fees when I am asked to play anywhere. Luckily, I have been able to eat. What's right and wrong about how classical music is taught in Jamaica?
I think that a lot of the teachers that teach classical music apparently usually go into a exam for the students for the Associated Board exams of the Royal Schools of Music. I think that is good because it gives them some sort of standard to work with.
To say what is wrong, I think emphasis should be more on the classics and not on popular music. Classical music training is foundational for every other kind of music. I would like to see students performing more the works of the great masters.
Do you give master classes?
I give master classes. I have given a few here. I prefer to perform. I think I have a particular gift in that area in terms of communicating the audiences that I play to. That is how I inspire people, but not necessarily through teaching. It will inspire musicians to see that they too can get somewhere if they persevere and continue.
Who is Preston Hawes?
He is a genius. He is 25 and he is doing his doctorate in violin at Yale University. A lot of musicians can be very academic and dull and boring. He is not one of those. He has technique and he is a romantic performer and electrifying. I have known him for four years. He is the associate director of the New England Symphonic Ensemble. The concert is a warm-up for our appearance together at Carnegie Hall in September. You have lived overseas for many years, where do you make your home now?
Right here in Jamaica. I live here. Whenever I have concerts I go and come back. I have been living here for 10 years, but I keep a very low profile. It is only recently that I have been going out to a lot of parties and things like that.
Washington National Wagner Society - May 31st, 2008
Posted by admin on Monday, May 12 @ 06:36:57 EDT (20 reads)
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Please join the Washington National Wagner Society for a unique musical experience!
EVENINGS IN BAYREUTH
Saturday, May 31, 2008
And Repeated Saturday, June 7, 2008 7:30pm
Calvary Baptist Church 855 8th Street N.W. (8th and H Streets, NW) Washington, DC
Presenting The Wagner Symphonette and Vocal Ensemble
Conducted by Darryl Winston
And featuring the following singers:
Regina McConnell Marje Palmieri Paul McIlvaine Dianne Barton Joyce Lundy Sarah Wells Susan Sevier Elaine Dalbo Cynthia Ballentine Matthew Osifchin Richard Gabriel Lora Sullivan Jennifer Hosmer Linda Kiemel David Simons Stephen Brown Robert Davidson Donna Kepler Lynn Symmons Lydia Harris Joseph Baker Vernon Adler Darnel Brandon Harold March and introducing… Farrar Strum, tenor
For more information, contact the Washington National Wagner Society
Posted by admin on Thursday, May 08 @ 00:00:00 EDT (25 reads)
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Ryan Lott is a classically trained composer and pianist who has brought
the orchestration of minimalism and chant to a new stage: a dingy
TriBeCa rock venue’s basement room, where the symphony is formed
electronically, and melds seamlessly to hip-hop breakdowns with the
backing of a live rock band. This project is Son Lux, and the record
recently released under that moniker, titled At War with Walls and Mazes, explores the possibilities of chant and meditation.
At the Knitting Factory (the dingy TriBeCa rock venue in question)
Lott builds on loops from his collection of sound fragments with piano,
violin, and other instruments, and the repeated, fractured phrases he
sings gradually pull the listener in. The eleven tracks, whose assigned
titles are bookended with “Prologue” and “Epilogue,” are structurally
more like motets than pop songs. “The soul of each song is merely a
simple chant,” Lott explains later. He eschews the verse–chorus model
“so none of the songs are actually songs in the definitive sense, in
that they are not binary forms.” The live set draws from the same
material, but introduces variations in tone, depending on the venue,
freeing Son Lux “to explore alternate applications of these simple
chants.” At the Knitting Factory, strings were replaced by heavy beats,
and Lott played conductor to his laptop, then hit the spacebar and
grooved like a DJ. The scene was part
college dance party and part teen-idol rock concert; with the
sound-responsive animation projections, it also hinted at a
multi-disciplinary art happening.
The large-scale ensemble
Alarm Will Sound is a semi-related case that provides some background
to a persisting quandary. Their latest project situated original
classical arrangements of well-known pop songs alongside straight
recitations of twentieth-century classical and avant-garde
compositions. To illustrate, the program of 1969’s March 22 performance
at the Kitchen opened with a Stockhausen excerpt, then breezed through
a few of Luciano Berio’s Beatles Songs, staged an original arrangement of Bernstein’s Mass Epistle: The Word of the Lord, returned from the intermission with an original Chamber Symphony,
some Stravinsky, an arrangement of the Beatles’ “Revolution 9,” then
left us with more Stockhausen. The series of earnest gimmicks is
intended to remind us that the rage and excitement over contemporary
composers’ use of electronic sounds and pop influences is an extension
of trends that began in the mid–twentieth century, when classical
composers and pop musicians became interested in what one another were
doing, in the face of Schoenberg’s insistence that art not be for all.
Children and Classical Music
Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 07 @ 06:11:24 EDT (27 reads)
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It’s often said that music has charms to soothe the savage beast.
Sure. Sure. Sure. What about fussy children?
Michelle
Snyder has developed a program to introduce children to classical
music. Her selections include music for relaxation, play, studying and
getting ready for bed.
“I remember seeing The Nutcracker
as a child,” says Snyder, now an academic adviser at Brigham Young
University. “In developing the music program for children, I thought
how Tchaikovsky’s music affected me the first time I heard it. I wanted
to share that wonder and delight with others.”
The trick is to
find music that’s engaging, but not overwhelming for children –
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony didn’t make the cut. For accomplished
listeners, Snyder’s selections may read like the Top 40 Hits of Bach,
Chopin, Debussy, Mozart, and Saint-Saens, but this misses a basic
point: for most children, the music is a new experience.
“Classical
music can help children focus or relax,” Snyder says. “I think children
are intrigued by classical music and want to learn more about it. Most
begin to show interest between ages six and eight.”
Metropolitan Opera 2008-2009 Season
Posted by admin on Wednesday, March 05 @ 05:29:52 EST (2590 reads)
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The Metropolitan Opera Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary
Season with Six New Productions, Including the Met Premiere of John
Adams’s Doctor Atomic
Opening Night Gala on September 22 stars Renée Fleming performing three roles;
125th Anniversary Gala on March 15 features fully-staged scenes that recreate historic productions, conducted by James Levine;
Anniversary of Luciano Pavarotti’s death to be marked with free Verdi "Requiem" on September 18;
Final revival of Otto Schenk’s production of Wagner’s "Der Ring des Nibelungen" begins March 28;
Expansion of Met’s HD transmissions and educational initiatives;
Contemporary visual arts program to feature work by Jeff Koons and David Altmejd
New York, NY (March 4, 2008)—The Metropolitan Opera’s 2008-09 season will pay tribute to the company’s extraordinary history on the occasion of its 125th anniversary, while also emphasizing the Met’s renewed commitment to advancing the art form. General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director James Levine jointly announced plans for the new season today, which will include six new productions, 18 revivals, the final performances of Otto Schenk’s production of Wagner’s Ring cycle, conducted by Levine, and two gala celebrations—featuring many of the world’s greatest singers, directors, designers, and conductors.
List of the radio broadcast for the Met in 2008-2009 season: NOVEMBER 29 LE DAMNATION DE FAUST DECEMBER 6 TRISTAN UND ISOLDE DECEMBER 13 THE QUEEN OF SPADES DECMEBER 20 THAIS DECMEBER 27 THE MAGIC FLUTE JANUARY 3 LA BOHEME JANUARY 10 LA RONDINE JANUARY 17 ORFEO ED EURIDICE JANUARY 24 (? TBA) JANUARY 31 RIGOLETTO FEBRUARY 7 LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR FEBRUARY 14 EUGENE ONEGIN FEBRUARY 21 ADRIANA LECOUVREUR FEBRUARY 28 IL TROVATORE MARCH 7 MADAMA BUTTERFLY MARCH 14 RUSALKA MARCH 21 LA SONNAMBULA MARCH 28 DAS RHEINGOLD (RING CYCLE I) APRIL 4 L’ELISIR D’AMORE APRIL 11 DIE WALKURE (RING CYCLE I) APRIL 18 SIEGFRIED (RING CYCLE I) APRIL 25 GOTTERDAMMERUNG (RING CYCLE I)
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On Sunday, May 18, Jamaica's world-famous concert pianist, Orrett Rhoden, will give a joint recital with violinist Preston Hawes in the Mona Chapel, at the University of the West Indies. The concert begins at 5:00 p.m.
Ryan Lott is a classically trained composer and pianist who has brought
the orchestration of minimalism and chant to a new stage: a dingy
TriBeCa rock venue’s basement room, where the symphony is formed
electronically, and melds seamlessly to hip-hop breakdowns with the
backing of a live rock band. This project is Son Lux, and the record
recently released under that moniker, titled At War with Walls and Mazes, explores the possibilities of chant and meditation.
The Metropolitan Opera Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary
Season with Six New Productions, Including the Met Premiere of John
Adams’s Doctor Atomic
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