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Dead Prez & Jean-Pierre Rampal – A serendipitous sample discovery

While listening to the following recording this morning I immediately thought to myself “I know that melody” . . . Jean-Pierre Rampal & Lily Laskine performing Kojo no Tsuki Now check out Dead Prez performing Behind Enemy Lines I looked at the liner notes of Dead Prez’s album let’s get free and couldn’t find any mention of the sample or its source. So, I am not sure of the actual sample source or whether it was manipulated during production, but… Read More »Dead Prez & Jean-Pierre Rampal – A serendipitous sample discovery

How do you introduce classical music to young people?

The NPR blog deceptive cadence recently posed the question “How Do You Introduce Classical Music To Kids?” A great discussion ensued and several responses are now organized around emerging themes on a follow up post. Oddly, while deceptive cadence invited some fabulous artists to contribute to the conversation on their blog (and those invited shared wonderful approaches to connecting young people in performance settings), no K-12 public school music educators were invited to provide their perspective. Since the majority of… Read More »How do you introduce classical music to young people?