We have been apprised of the passing of Jim Kjelland, director of orchestras and coordinator of strings from 1984 at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. He was 76.
Kjelland write several manuals, including Teaching Stringed Instruments and the 3-volume Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra.
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Robert Peter Munves, a record executive who made millions out of old classics, died this week at the age of 97. Munves walked around with the Columbia and RCA catalogues in his head. He reinvented […]
The French violinist Renaud Capucon carried the Olympic torch at Niort yesterday on its latest leg towards Paris. The post Violinist carries torch appeared first on Slippedisc.
It is nice to hear the choir of my old college, King’s College, London, in so vibrant form; the composer here, Edward Nesbit, is currently lecturer in composition there. Christmas music is traditionally reflective: the […]
