/tags/kronos-quartet Kronos Quartet en-US Copyright Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:03:00 GMT /classical-101/2022-06-06/new-recording-tells-the-story-of-the-my-lai-massacre The My Lai Massacre is one of the Vietnam War’s most notorious episodes. Now a new recording again brings awareness to the massacre and the U.S. Army officer who tried to bring it to a halt. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:03:00 GMT /classical-101/2022-06-06/new-recording-tells-the-story-of-the-my-lai-massacre Jennifer Hambrick /classical-101/2017-07-28/replay-enriching-the-lives-of-columbus-children-with-music Proposals to cut funding for the arts pop up in seemingly every federal budget discussion. A recent proposal suggested eliminating the National Endowment… Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:28:23 GMT /classical-101/2017-07-28/replay-enriching-the-lives-of-columbus-children-with-music /2017-07-28/replay-enriching-the-lives-of-columbus-children-with-music Proposals to cut funding for the arts pop up in seemingly every federal budget discussion. A recent proposal suggested eliminating the National Endowment… Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:28:23 GMT /2017-07-28/replay-enriching-the-lives-of-columbus-children-with-music /classical-101/2016-06-29/5-years-50-new-pieces-1-5-million-free In a world where there seem to be daily stories about disappearing funding for the Arts, Kronos Quartet has a solution...give it away.In a project called… Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:03:00 GMT /classical-101/2016-06-29/5-years-50-new-pieces-1-5-million-free /classical-101/2016-06-04/kronos-quartet-wants-to-give-you-free-music-and-teach-you-how-to-play-it The Quartet's Fifty for the Future project will commission 50 pieces by as many composers. Then the scores and instructional videos will be free online. Sat, 04 Jun 2016 11:55:00 GMT /classical-101/2016-06-04/kronos-quartet-wants-to-give-you-free-music-and-teach-you-how-to-play-it Tom Vitale /classical-101/2016-05-31/musical-mashups-part-2 Earlier this year, I shared a "musical mashup" by Grant Woolard, consisting of 57 classical melodies from 33 different composers. It was quite fun trying… Tue, 31 May 2016 18:02:12 GMT /classical-101/2016-05-31/musical-mashups-part-2