Passion #5: Rockin’ Rachmaninov

(https://www.violinist.com/blog/Terez/20172/21000/) Sorry for the lack of a good pun in the title this week – Rachmaninov doesn’t really lend itself to any easy puns. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   You might’ve noticed by now… but I’m kind of biased toward the Romantic era composers. But also, they’re awesome, given the power and emotional strength of their music. So […]

Passion #3: Get In Loser, We’re Going Chopin

(https://me.me/i/get-in-loser-were-going-chopin-badtastebb-<p>solid-pun<-p>-22290447) I had to throw in a Mean Girls pun at some point.   So, you guys might be wondering… Why haven’t I written about the Classical Period composers? Where are Beethoven and Mozart? Don’t I think they’re important?   Absolutely, I think they are important. They changed classical music from religious, rigid compositions to […]