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“W” is for Woodside Building [Greenville]. The seventeen-story Woodside Building was constructed on Main Street in Greenville in 1923—it was the city’s…

“B” is for Bob Jones University. Bob Jones University [BJU] is a private institution founded in 1927 by the evangelist Bob Jones, Sr., at College Point,…

“B” is for Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery. In 1965, the collection of the Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery opened to the public on…

“A” is for Adams, Mattie Jean [1873-1974]. Educator. In 1896, Adams, a native of Utopia in Newberry County, entered the junior class at South Carolina…

Here’s a little secret: harpists don’t use their pinkies. Since it’s the weakest finger, and since on the harp it provides no reach advantage—the ring…

The Libretto is the text of an opera or oratorio. Miles Hoffman details the origin of the term and how we understand it today.A Minute with Miles - a…

In part one of this four day series, Mile Hoffman introduces the topic of Tempo Markings and begins to define what they are and describe how composers use…

“We know rather more now about the psychology of artists than we used [to], and so we no longer incline to the naïve belief that if a composer has quarreled with his wife his next symphony will be a Pathétique, or that if his liver happens to be functioning normally he will produce a Hymn to Joy at the next [Choral] Festival."

I’ve been talking this week about vibrato, the vibrato that string players use to warm up their sounds, and the vocal vibrato that’s the natural product…

Atonal music is music that isn’t written in a key, music that doesn’t follow the traditional rules of harmony. But although the term “atonal” tells us what a piece isn’t, it doesn’t tell us what it is. Many different styles and musical languages, whether harsh or lush, cool or intense, simple or complex can be described as atonal.