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LICENSED BACKGROUND MUSIC: THE BUSINESS ADVANTAGE
Music influences perceptions and shapes moods. Choosing appropriate background music is not an afterthought for businesses. It seems like a good plan, but what insights do they have that we might be missing? Incorporating licensed music gives them a competitive edge because they can set the tone, mood, and all that positive experience for their…
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HOW THE ORDER OF GUITAR STRINGS AFFECTS YOUR PLAYING
Many people play the guitar as a creative outlet—a way to relax, express themselves, and enjoy making music. Understanding how the order of guitar strings relates to playing technique reveals both the technical skills involved and the joy of mastering the instrument. This blog will explore how string arrangement shapes sound, technique, and overall performance….
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Opera Review: FRA DIAVOLO (Pacific Opera Project)
A Night with a Gentleman Thief: Pacific Opera Project’s Delightful Fra Diavolo Daniel Auber’s Fra Diavolo amassed over 900 performances at the Opéra Comique during the 19th century before being dropped from the repertoire in 1907. Pacific Opera Project’s current production at The Highland Park Ebell Club makes a case for why this neglect is…
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Opera Review: HILDEGARD (World Premiere, LA Opera and Beth Morrison Projects at The Wallis)
BEST BE ON YOUR HILDEGARD WATCHING THIS THING When approaching a work based on history, it’s expected that there will be some degree of fictionalization. Even though it won’t be completely true, the broad strokes will be, and you’ll leave having learned a tiny bit of something new. However, Hildegard, the dull new opera by…
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Album Review: I WILL (Larry Goldings, piano, with Karl McComas-Reichl, bass, and Christian Euman, percussion)
GOLDINGS HAS THE GOLDEN TOUCH Soloist, sideman, bandleader, pianist, organist, arranger, composer, accompanist to singers (such as James Taylor, John Pizzarelli, Jessica Molaskey, and Norah Jones)… Well, check out Larry Goldings and you’ll note that he checks a lot of boxes and thinks outside the box as a creative jazz man. His latest release, the…
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Opera Review: EURIDICE (Haymarket Opera and The Newberry Consort in Chicago)
THE FIRST OPERA GETS NEW LIFE FROM HAYMARKET AND NEWBERRY CONSORT The origins of opera are somewhat obscure and not well-known. Haymarket Opera and The Newberry Consort, two of Chicago’s finest early music ensembles, aim to change that with this delightful concert performance of the first surviving opera. Written and performed for the marriage of…
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Album Review: TATUM’S SWINGIN’ SESSION!!! (Tatum Langley and Shout Section Big Band)
PROOF THAT SWING HASN’T GONE OUT OF STYLE If you think big band jazz is a museum piece, Tatum’s Swingin’ Session!!! will blow that notion clear off the bandstand. Under the sharp direction of Brett Dean, Chicago’s own Shout Section Big Band brings brassy swagger and airtight polish to fourteen tracks that feel both reverently…
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Concert Review: THE GENIUS OF HAYDN (“What Makes It Great” with Rob Kapilow at Jordan Hall)
A LOVELY SURPRISE The focus of the first program in the 28th season of Rob Kapilow’s “What Makes It Great,” was Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in G Major, known as “Jack-in-the Box.” With his signature wit and energy, celebrity conductor and music educator Rob Kapilow entertained and educated about this particular string quartet and…
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Highly Recommended Concert: AZARASHVILI, MOZART & ELGAR (Orchestra for People at Merkin Hall, Nov 18)
Experience a powerful evening of music as Orchestra for People presents Azarashvili, Mozart and Elgar on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 7:30pm at NYC’s Merkin Hall. Under the baton of conductor Hahnsol Kim, the program introduces a vibrant dialogue between Georgian and European masterworks, featuring acclaimed soloists Sandro Sidamonidze (cello) and Sam Boutris (clarinet) in a bold and moving…
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Concert Review: YUNCHAN LIM, PIANIST (Debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall)
Pedal to the Monument: Yunchan Lim Reimagines the Goldberg Variations Last night, October 16, the audience fell quiet before Yunchan Lim, making his Disney Hall debut, walked onstage, but it wasn’t the usual pre-concert hush. Something closer to anticipation, maybe nervousness. Lim has acquired a reputation that precedes him now. After the Cliburn Competition, where…
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