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Music: My Passion

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Play the Rings of a Tree Trunk Like a Record. Victor Wooten: Music as a Language. Bernstein at Harvard. I Don’t Know What Instrument This Is, But I Want It [COOL VIDEO. Tod Machover and Dan Ellsey play new music. Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity. Bob McFerrin Hacks Your Brain Video. This Clip Is Proof That Birds Are Secretly Composers. Visualizing Classical Music as a Roller Coaster Ride - Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg - Video. This ingenious promotional video for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra transforms the musical notes played by the first violinist in a symphony by Ferdinand Ries into a roller coaster track in real time.

Visualizing Classical Music as a Roller Coaster Ride - Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg - Video

The video was created by the production studio Virtual Republic. On their Vimeo page, they explain, "The notes and bars were exactly synchronised with the progression in the animation so that the typical movements of a rollercoaster ride match the dramatic composition of the music. " Below is an interesting video about the making of the animation, which traces the forms of actual roller coaster tracks. Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors. Like a BOSS: 9 year old Jonny Mizzone: Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - How Mountain Girls Can. Benjamin Zander on music and passion. Music In Our Schools Month. Since 1985, March has been filled with the sound as music in our schools thanks to this month being designated “Music In Our Schools Month.”

Music In Our Schools Month

Sponsored by the National Association for Music Education, the event focuses the nation’s attention on the need for and the benefits of quality music education programs. Locally, Martin Grade School has a tradition of decorating grocery sacks so watch for some artwork with your purchases in March! Students and educators appreciate the support they receive from their families year-round!