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Four music stages and magnificent fireworks highlighted inauguration of Presidency in Poland’s capital. Warsaw prepared attractions for inhabitants of all ages who demonstrate various interests. The youngest ones took part in EUgenius character-themed games and activities, whilst music enthusiasts could choose from experimental, classical, European and rock music. At noon, Warsaw’s Mariensztat was    .. more …

 

Six weeks before Woodstock , parts of Georgia ran out of ice.The Atlanta International Pop Festival took place over the Fourth of July weekend in 1969. Janis Joplin , Creedence Clearwater Revival , Joe Cocker , Canned Heat and an up-and-coming English band called Led Zeppelin were among the performers at the Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia. With temperatures in the 90s and a    .. more …

 

According to AptiQuant’s report, individuals on the lower side of the IQ scale tend to resist performing browser upgrades. “The subjects using any version of Internet Explorer ranked significantly lower on an average than others” on the IQ test, the firm’s researchers reported. Out of all the IE versions, however, “subjects using IE8 fared a little better.”About 34 percent of the test subjects    .. more …

 

This is Lesson 3 on Reading Music. Guido’s music notation evolves into the G-Clef HOMEWORK: Look at each corresponding key on the piano while …

 

St. Philip’s Friends of Music’s summer concert series continuesat 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church,4440 N. Campbell Ave.The classical piano and saxophone duo of Allen Rodriguez andMichael Keepe will explore the unique combination of instrumentsthrough original compositions and transcriptions of timelessfavorites.They will perform works by Bach, Debussy, Granados,    .. more …

 

You may have seen the Enquirer story last year about Paul Alexander, currently the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Line Coach for the Cincinnati Bengals who is studying classical piano at CCM.Now, Coach Alexander has come out with his first book, which finds analogies between football coaching and learning to play the piano: Perform: A Journey for Athletes, Musicians, Coaches and Teachers.” It    .. more …