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Classical Classroom

There is a rumor going around that classical music is hoity toity. At Classical Classroom, we beg to differ. Come learn with classical music newbie Dacia Clay and the music experts she invites into th... Read more

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Classical Classroom, Episode 203: Jason Vieaux and Jonathan Leshnoff, Musical Frontiersmen

Classical Classroom, Episode 203: Jason Vieaux and Jonathan Leshnoff, Musical Frontiersmen

Jason Vieaux is not just a Grammy-winning classical guitarist - he's a pioneer, taking on new works that have never been... Read more

1 Jul 2019

23mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 82: RERUN - Branford Marsalis Gives Classical Music Jazz Hands

Classical Classroom, Episode 82: RERUN - Branford Marsalis Gives Classical Music Jazz Hands

Our summer music festival series is over, and we are frankly a little sleepy now. So this week, while we nap, we are bri... Read more

29 Aug 2016

31mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 115: Awakening John Williams’ “Force” With Brett Mitchell

Classical Classroom, Episode 115: Awakening John Williams’ “Force” With Brett Mitchell

This episode is full of spoilers – not just spoilers about The Force Awakens, but about future Star Wars episodes. Okay ... Read more

18 Jan 2016

58mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 52: RERUN - Inside A Boléro With Howard Pollack

Classical Classroom, Episode 52: RERUN - Inside A Boléro With Howard Pollack

Ravel’s Boléro. Next to most of the soundtrack to Koyaanisqatsi, it’s possibly the most repetitive piece of music ever w... Read more

22 May 2017

42mins

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Classical Classroom Episode 3: Daniel Webbon teaches Steve Reich’s “Piano Phase” & Minimalism

Classical Classroom Episode 3: Daniel Webbon teaches Steve Reich’s “Piano Phase” & Minimalism

In this episode, Dacia Clay talks with MusicLab intern and Moores School graduate student, Daniel Webbon, about Steve Re... Read more

18 Apr 2013

18mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 210: Derek Bermel on Travels with Bartok

Classical Classroom, Episode 210: Derek Bermel on Travels with Bartok

Academy Award-winning composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel does a lot of traveling, soaking up the musical traditions a... Read more

13 May 2020

18mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 84: JoAnn Falletta Shares Scheherazade

Classical Classroom, Episode 84: JoAnn Falletta Shares Scheherazade

Conductor JoAnn Falletta walks through Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic poem. Who was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and why does he... Read more

20 Apr 2015

33mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 28: RERUN - Tchaikovsky’s Musical Biography, “Pathetique” – Harbinger Of Doom

Classical Classroom, Episode 28: RERUN - Tchaikovsky’s Musical Biography, “Pathetique” – Harbinger Of Doom

The HAL 9000 that we use to produce these little gems has met an untimely demise. Fear not! We’ve got a brand new HAL 90... Read more

12 Jan 2015

36mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 74: Rebel with a violin – Mozart’s violin concertos, Rachel Barton Pine

Classical Classroom, Episode 74: Rebel with a violin – Mozart’s violin concertos, Rachel Barton Pine

What makes Mozart’s violin concertos so special? Is it that he only wrote 5 of them? That he wrote him when he was a tee... Read more

19 Jan 2015

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Classical Classroom, Episode 71: Dreaming Of A David Ashley White Christmas

Classical Classroom, Episode 71: Dreaming Of A David Ashley White Christmas

The former Moores School director and composer teaches us about carols, and shares some of his favorites. It’s Christmas... Read more

22 Dec 2014

38mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 4: RERUN - Leitmotif In Star Wars – Brett Mitchell

Classical Classroom, Episode 4: RERUN - Leitmotif In Star Wars – Brett Mitchell

In this episode, conductor Brett Mitchell — Assistant Conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra, man of too many accolades t... Read more

8 Sep 2014

31mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 49: Beethoven Gets Small With Norman Fischer

Classical Classroom, Episode 49: Beethoven Gets Small With Norman Fischer

How are the Black Keys and Beethoven alike? They both had the low-down dirty blues. JK! They both compose(d) music for t... Read more

2 Jun 2014

31mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 185: On Discovering Hidden Classical Gems with Marc-André Hamelin

Classical Classroom, Episode 185: On Discovering Hidden Classical Gems with Marc-André Hamelin

Marc-André Hamelin is many things: a renowned pianist, a composer, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a record colle... Read more

10 Dec 2018

29mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 170: Fabien On Felix (Mendelssohn, That Is)

Classical Classroom, Episode 170: Fabien On Felix (Mendelssohn, That Is)

Conductor Fabien Gabel came to Houston to conduct the Symphony in a program of pieces by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky. In... Read more

30 May 2017

31mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 30: RERUN - The Rite Of Spring With Ana María Otamendi

Classical Classroom, Episode 30: RERUN - The Rite Of Spring With Ana María Otamendi

Allegedly, as of this posting, there are still about three weeks of spring to go. But in Houston, spring has already die... Read more

30 May 2016

35mins

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Classical Classroom Special Assembly with Itzhak Perlman

Classical Classroom Special Assembly with Itzhak Perlman

Going to class is a major part of being a classical musician. But have you heard of a "master class"? One student at a t... Read more

22 Jul 2019

32mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 89: Awadagin Pratt on Brahms, Brunge, and Beards

Classical Classroom, Episode 89: Awadagin Pratt on Brahms, Brunge, and Beards

The pianist gives a lesson on one of the Big Daddies of classical music. Awadagin Pratt, a man so awesome that his websi... Read more

8 Jun 2015

36mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 4: Brett Mitchell teaches Leitmotif in John Williams’ Star Wars Score

Classical Classroom, Episode 4: Brett Mitchell teaches Leitmotif in John Williams’ Star Wars Score

In this episode, conductor Brett Mitchell — Assistant Conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra, man of too many accolades t... Read more

24 Apr 2013

22mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 149: Beethoven In A Nutshell, With The Cypress String Quartet

Classical Classroom, Episode 149: Beethoven In A Nutshell, With The Cypress String Quartet

Before you get all excited, no: the Cypress String Quartet has not reunited. It’s just that we at Classical Classroom ha... Read more

14 Nov 2016

20mins

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Classical Classroom, Episode 61: Motet – Not Lesstet – With Mark Buller

Classical Classroom, Episode 61: Motet – Not Lesstet – With Mark Buller

Take a tour through music history – from chant to present day – through the lens of the motet. What’s a “motet”, you ask... Read more

29 Sep 2014

38mins

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