Judith Lang Zaimont: “Mandarin Orange” from In My Lunchbox
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question We would like to thank Chris Madden for these insightful teaching tips on Zaimont’s “Mandarin Orange” from In My Lunchbox. Interested in learning more about Chris’s publications and research? Check out Technique through Repertoire Book 1 and...
Go Green (Screen) and Bring the Music to Life!
May 2018; Vol. 10, No. 3
Imagine your student performing inside the Sydney Opera House, at the top of Mount Fuji, or even on the rings of Saturn. Seem impossible? It’s not! Using green screen technology, you can transport your students to any place or time without leaving your home studio. All you need is...
The Recorded Legacy of Claude Debussy
July 2018; Vol. 10, No. 4
Table 1: Debussy’s acoustic recording with Mary Garden. In 1904, soprano Mary Garden entered the Paris recording studio of Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd. with her pianist, Claude Debussy. Garden sang three excerpts from Ariettes oubliées, a set of chansons Debussy dedicated to her, as well...
Creative Commemorations: How a Performer, Composer, and Teacher Celebrated Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary
Winter 2021; Vol. 12, No. 5
Josh Straub Chris Madden (CM): How did the Beerthoven concert series begin? Josh Straub (JS): I have to admit that I’m not the person who started the Beerthoven concert series—it was my partner Daniel Swayze—but I was involved relatively early on. It’s kind of ironic that Daniel and I...