In the Press • July 17, 2009
Wow, there’s big backlog from the last several months. In no particular order:
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- Wynton Marsalis’s commencement speech at Northwestern University [Northwestern University]
- Ending a 60-Year Gig at the N.Y. Philharmonic. Stanley Drucker retires [New York Times]
- Music a ‘mega-vitamin’ for the brain. Sing for Joy – a choir made up of sufferers of neurological conditions plus friends, family and carers. [CNN]
- The power of music: It’s a real heart opener. Hospitals across the country use music therapy to help patients heal [CNN]
- Music critic for the New Yorker, Alex Ross, writes about the use of music in psychological warfare [The New Yorker]
- Arts education would provide right balance [Columbus Dispatch]
- NU’s first 26-hour Music Marathon raises funds for children’s music school [Daily Northwestern]
- Ben Folds goes back to school [CNN]
- Even isolated cultures understand emotions conveyed by Western music [Cognitive Daily]
- Wynton Marsalis:2009 Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy [Americans for the Arts]
- Vocal group Conspirare sings an amazing arrangement of Eric Whitacre’s What it filmed for a PBS concert [Soaring Leap]
Posted: July 17, 2009 | PermaLink
2008-2009 Programs updated
http://www.mccrackenband.com/programs/?year=08_09
Posted: July 17, 2009 | PermaLink
2010 IMEA All-State Conference
Great news! Congratulations to the McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band for being invited to present a concert at the 2010 Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference.
Our performance will take place January 28, 2010 at 7:15p – 7:45p in the Peoria Civic Center Theatre. We are sharing this double performance session with the amazing Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble 8:00p – 8:30p.
More information when we have it.
Posted: July 5, 2009 | PermaLink