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Girija Devi Birth Anniversary: Best songs of the classical legend
Girija Devi was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas which is also known as Varanasi-a city on the bank of the river Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Girija Devi was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas which is also known as Varanasi-a city on the bank of the river Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, India.
She performed classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of thumri. Her father played the harmonium and taught music. He had Girija take lessons in singing khyal and tappa from vocalist and sarangi player Sarju Prasad Misra at the age of five. She starred in the movie Yaad rahe and continued her studies under Chand Misra in a variety of styles.
Review: Gemma New, Augustin Hadelich and Dallas Symphony refresh Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky
The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto shared billing with Stravinsky’s witty ‘Pulcinella’ Suite.
Principal guest conductor Gemma New, left, and violin soloist Augustin Hadelich perform during a Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert at the Meyerson Symphony Center.(Jason Janik / Special Contributor)
Thursday night’s Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert proved that it
can be done. With principal guest conductor Gemma New in charge, with violin soloist Augustin Hadelich, the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto was full of surprises, most of them very good. Completing the program was a smart, suave account of Stravinsky’s
April 10, 2021
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Frank Pascale Tirro
Frank Pascale Tirro, dean of the Yale School of Music from 1980 to 1989, passed away after a long illness on March 28.
Tirro is remembered for his pathbreaking writings on music, education, and racism in America; his landmark contributions to our understanding of the history of jazz; his studies of late medieval and renaissance music; and his considerable administrative accomplishments. He was also an ASCAP award-winning composer and a highly respected professional clarinetist and saxophone player.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Tirro earned his Bachelor of Music from the University of Nebraska in 1960 and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from that institution in 2006. He earned his M.M. from Northwestern University in 1961 and his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Chicago in 1974. While still a graduate student, he began his distin
Published February 11, 2021, 5:13 PM
Musical artists from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) were among those recognized at the “1st Sudi Awards” of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
The award recognizes “outstanding contributions of Filipino musical works, creators, institutions, and researchers across genres and modes of productions with the highest standard and artistic excellence” be known as such.
UPD College of Music (CMu) professor Josefino “Chino” Toledo, and performing groups UP Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) and UP Madrigal Singers (MADZ), received the special recognition.
Toledo is the current director of the UP Symphonic Orchestra and executive director of the Miriam College Center for Applied Music.