Drew McManus wrote a recent post about a pair of articles he edited for Jonathan Boen, Principal Horn for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The concerto was commissioned from Jan Bach, and the articles (available on Polyphonic.org) chronicle Jonathan’s experiences...
A blog post from Somewhat Frank alerted me to this cool new service by a Chicago-based startup. Currently available only in Chicago (yay) and Philadelphia, ParkWhiz is essentially Google for parking spots in Chicago. Type where you want to look for parking and it will...
There is an interesting recent article from eWeek.com describing how as classic journalistic integrity and ethical principles are being adopted (or not adopted in some cases) by bloggers. According to a recent Steven Vaughan-Nichols column, several bloggers who wrote...
There is a really interesting Flash-based program by Visual Acoustics that is worth checking out. A choice of bass, guitar, piano, violin, flute, guitar, tenor sax, strings, or harp is available for experimentation. Pick an instrument and some parameters, then move...
Nina from Violinmasterclass.com recently sent me a link to this video by a violinist and cellist from the Great Wall International Music Academy. Check out greatwallacademy.org for audition and scholarship information for this academy. When you go to their homepage...
