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Last week, the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America and the Ukrainian Children’s Choir joined forces under Oleh Mahlay, artistic...

That’s exactly what a highly skilled and charismatic conductor exclaimed to a percussionist in an orchestra comprised mostly of...

Recently a respected colleague teaching English to music conservatory students described a scenario: A student reported that his...

Nadia Boulanger with Aaron Copland and Walter Piston, 1945 (Image is in the Public Domain) In his weekly newsletter, author James Clear...

In language teaching, teachers strive to create lessons that afford learners opportunities to “notice the gaps in their language...

I recently traveled by plane to visit family and, since it’s been awhile, I noticed all kinds of English language learning opportunities...

English Phrase of the Day: behind the scenes (Oxford Learner’s Dictionary) 1. ​in the part of a theatre, etc. that the public does not...

Definition: ​to be so easy to see and understand that you do not need to say anything else about it (Oxford Dictionary for English...

Lately, I’ve been noticing some of the ways we can emphasize our opinions and ideas in English. There are many ways to do this, with word...

An important vocabulary word for today, and expressed beautifully in song: https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/videos/opera-singer-ukrai...

Most musicians know the value of making the most of their time: practice time, rehearsal time, travel time. Did you know you can make...

Today we honor the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King. I’m joining vocalist, composer, photographer and educator Ruth Naomi Floyd in sharing...

Happy New Year! I’m starting the new year off with a mini vocabulary lesson that may cross over into therapy (ha ha). But after making a...

Yesterday's article from Slipped Disc, a classical music news website, features some "everyday English." Specifically, we’re going to...

How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/arts/music/wayne-shorter-esperan...

A colleague was recently speaking to me about her English language learners’ expressed need to know how to interrupt, or “jump in” (a...

Hi everyone! ​ I’ve been writing a song that seems to belong in Db minor – don’t hate me! But when I tried to use notation software to...

Happy Birthday, Paul Simon! (b. October 13, 1941) Read any review about American musician Paul Simon and you’ll find countless adjectives...

Maestro Muti begins by saying "It will be very difficult for me to say things deep because it's not my language, the English, and so I...