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After being told by a host of classical music powerbrokers - including top agencies and promoters - that her career was finished when she took a hiatus to have children, the Russian-trained artist of Armenian descent returns to centerstage determined to pick up where she left off ten years ago in defiance of out-of-date industry practices….
Today episode 6 of Sophie Fatu’s journey to making her first EP, “Love Is…” will premiere at 3pm Pacific time. Sophie's experience at Capitol Studios was unique for several reasons. She got to experience what is was like, first hand, to walk in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra.
It took two years for Orchestra Director, Matthew Manweiler to book Florido. Bringing Florido in to talk to the students has opened the door to learning about all different heritages.
“A lot of the stuff that we normally do in orchestra is western European classical stuff so we’re trying to break out other parts of the world.” Manweiler sad. “So a lot of our stuff is from Venezuela, from Central America, and is really dealing with the cultural groove and styles of music.”
Special thank you and shout out to all those who were able to be with us while Sophie Fatu listened to her spot on Siriusly Sinatra “Playing Favorites” on Sirius XM last Friday. It was truly exhilarating to be there with all of you in a virtual same-place.
Which got us to thinking about all our fans. We are so grateful and we couldn’t do any of this without you. We have more behind the scenes interviews with Producers Greg and Vicky, the music arranger Rob, violinist dad Cristian, and vocal recording engineer Tony Friedman.
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“I want to help inspire the next generation,” Florido said from his Los Angeles home. “i don’t want to make all [of them] professional musicians, but music develops your brain in so many more ways than just learning what’s in school, and it creates potential music patrons.”
Sophie's Host appearance on "Playing Favorites" will continue to be available via streaming for two weeks after its final air date on 2/15/2020. If you didn’t manage to catch her show while it was airing on Sirius XM, you will still have a chance from February 15th to February 29th to catch it on streaming, which is on-demand.
The Audible Pie-blog
Helms and session guitarist Hank Garland claimed, until their dying days, that they wrote the song. Helms had received a song called Jingle Bell Hop, from Decca Records, to record.
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” is a traditional English Christmas Carol made famous by Bristol-based composer, conductor, and organist Arthur Warrell. Arthur arranged an elaborate four-part harmony which he performed with the University of Bristol Madrigal Singers…
There were fears about Mariah doing a Christmas Album at the peak of her career, and usually the kind of project an artist does…
Celia’s first big musical break came in 1950 when the popular orchestra La Sonora Matancera was looking for a new singer. She auditioned for the band was subsequently asked to join as the lead singer, becoming the group’s first black frontwoman. Celia stayed with the group for 15 years and recorded 188 songs with them. In 1960 La Sonora Matancera took a contract for work
On this occasion with Jesús Florido Mariana Valencia and Omar Randazzo will talk about strings, stories, experiences, anecdotes and all about D ' Addario Orchestral.
En esta ocasión junto al Maestro Jesus Florido Mariana Valencia y Omar Randazzo conversarán sobre cuerdas, historias, experiencias, anécdotas y todo sobre D'Addario Orquestal.