Portfolio Category: The Role of Classical Music
Q&A Part 4: Bringing Humanism Back to Washington D.C.
Q&A Part 3: Leadership, in a Crisis Like This?
Q&A Part 2: Only Man Bounds Man’s Development
Q&A Part 1: How Can Beauty Be Restored in Society?
Elvira Green: Classical Music Is the World’s Music
Elvira Green, a mezzosoprano, formerly with the New York Metropolitan Opera, and now an artist-in-residence at North Carolina Central University, described her path to learning that “Classical Music Is the World’s Music.” She concluded with the Negro spiritual, “I am a Pilgrim of Sorrow.”
Lynn Yen: The Work of the Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture
Transcript Lynn Yen is a founder of the Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture, an organization dedicated to inspiring youth with Classical music, in particular. Hello, everybody. The afternoon introduction by Kesha [Rogers] is actually correct: The basis of our foundation is founded on Schiller’s words that “It is through beauty that one proceeds […]
John Sigerson: Demonstrating the Verdi Tuning
The Schiller Institute’s John Sigerson discussed the science of the Verdi tuning. He illustrated his argument by having the chorus perform the chorus “Va Pensiero” from Verdi’s opera “Nabucco,” at the A=432 Hz Verdi tuning, and then at the popular A=440 Hz tuning.
Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C Major
J.S. Bach – “Magnificat”
Conducted by: Jennifer Kreingold Performed by: The Schiller Institute Chorus Orchestra: 1st violin: David Shavin, Don Clark 2nd violin: MyHoa Steger, Ryan Milton Cello: Jean-Sébastien Tremblay, Renée Sigerson Bass: Bruce Director Flute: Megan Beets, Pat Noble Trumpet: Curtis Cormier, Bowen Walsh Keyboard: Margaret Greenspan