What would a city be without culture? No place we'd want to live. Yet most attempts to seed thriving centers are fraught with stumbles. The new AT&T Performing Arts Center solidifies Dallas's arts district by bringing a red-hot ...READ»
The Delphian School's award-winning Jazz Choir sang at the Oregon
Symphony in Portland last Sunday as part of the Symphony's Prelude
Program. This program offers music groups from the area a chance to
perform as the ...READ»
Ever think you'd see YouTube videos in Carnegie Hall?
Last night, Google and YouTube presented the premiere of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a collaborative online effort featuring 96 classical musicians from ...READ»
Originally created by Frederick Fennell at the Eastman School of Music
in Rochester, New York, in 1952 the modern wind ensemble was developed
to feature the full range of woodwind instruments in a concert band
setting. Since then, ...READ»
This week Delphian Elementary and Lower School students attended a concert given by the Portland Youth Philharmonic. The students got acquainted with the different musical instruments used by a symphony orchestra and listened to the ...READ»
On Feb. 5th and 6th, nine Delphian School Varsity Choir members went to St. Helens, Oregon to participate in the Oregon Music Educator's Association District 3 Honor Choir. About 120 students participated from 14 High Schools in ...READ»
Santiago Calatrava has often been called the most
lyrical of the current crop of starchitects. Today, the New York City
Ballet announced that it will give the Spaniard a chance to apply his
architectural and engineering skills to ...READ»
The Metropolitan Opera's latest marries theater with captivating innovations for modern, plugged-in theatergoers used to watching multiple screens, browsers, tabs, and windows.READ»
The run of the Metropolitan Opera's Damnation of Faust, designed by Canadian powerhouse designer Robert Lepage and his Ex Machina troupe, just started. We promise to give you a run-down of the opera's blitz of techno-imagery on ...READ»
On September 26, eight members of the Delphian Varsity Choir attended the Choral Leadership Workshop hosted by Willamette University. Selected Delphian students have been attending this annual event for many years.READ»
Ever think you'd see YouTube videos in Carnegie Hall?
Last night, Google and YouTube presented the premiere of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a collaborative online effort featuring 96 classical ...READ»
As the financial crisis ripples beyond Wall Street, the Classical music industry is being affected. Because this cultural segment relies on wealthy donors and audiences for its survival, opera houses and philharmonics are forced to cut back.READ»
I’ve been learning about “el sistema,” the Venezuelan music-training program that has been offered to over 300,000 impoverished Venezuelan children.The brainchild of Jose Antonio Abreu, a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering who ...READ»
When efficiency costs too much:
Now that everybody is shouting ‘recession’ and demanding belts to be tightened, I have a question for you: “Can efficiency cost too much?” Most people think that the point of efficiency is ...READ»
John Coné
John Coné joined Dell in 1995 as vice president of education and president of Dell University. In that role, he has been responsible for the education of all Dell employees worldwide. Since joining Dell, Coné has ...READ»
How do the musicians of Orpheus get to Carnegie Hall? They practice -- not just their music, but a radical approach to leadership that has become a compelling metaphor for business.READ»
