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  Audio, Editorials, Reviews

  Students Pick the Lowest Musical Fruit

  September 11, 2015 Brian Cockburn

  I just walked by 4 students all listening to the same work for a class and each one was using a different Youtube performance.  Now occasionally the performances on Youtube are great, but in this case one was what I would call an adequate performance and the other three were very questionable or completely unknown.  While the performance […]

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  performance, quality, recordings, youtube

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  Research Tips

  Translations for Singers

  September 11, 2015 Brian Cockburn

  Finding good translations has always been a challenge for singers. Now that we have google, its even harder!!!

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  Books, IPA, Reference, translations, vocal, voice

• Editorials

  Another Beethoven’s Ninth!!

  July 29, 2015 Brian Cockburn

  I am often asked by musicians, librarians, and administrators, “why are you buying yet another performance of a particular work?” At one point in my life, Ii thought it was so I could pick and choose various ways of performing–to get interpretive ideas. And that is still true…but there is more.

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  Classical.com, Glenn Gould, Goldberg Variations, Guitar, Harpischord, J. S. Bach, Marimba, Music Appreciation, Naxos, Organ, Performance Practice, Piano

• Audio, Reviews

  Das Barbecü and JMU’s Awesome Musical Theatre collection

  July 9, 2015 Brian Cockburn

  One of the endless discussions among high school performers is “What are the best schools for “musical theatre” (or “theater” depending on denominational differences).  That question will never be answered.  However, we might know what academic institution has one of the best musical theatre recording collections in the country…JMU! In addition to thousands and thousands […]

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