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The South Carolina Botanical Garden is on the campus of Clemson University. The Garden is open for people to walk in and enjoy, with rules requiring masks…

What makes a good conductor? Well, musical imagination and intelligence certainly come first since there's no point in trying to communicate with an…

Another word today about opera. Over the centuries, opera has often been criticized, and justly, for any number of reasons: silly or unrealistic plots,…

Nobody knows for certain where the word “carol” comes from. It may come from the Latin, “chorus,” by way of the Greek “khoros,” and both words have to do…

Today is the second of January, and on this date in 1881, the Spanish violinist Pablo de Sarasate was in Paris to play the premiere of the Violin Concerto…

Some scholars think the word madrigal derives from the Latin matricalis, or “mother,” as in mother tongue. Others think it may be related to mandrialis,…

The Clavichord dates from the 1400's and was in common use, primarily for home enjoyment, from the 1500's through the 1700's. Miles Hoffman describes the…

In the second episode of this three part series, Miles Hoffman talks about the tonal harmony that make up what we understand as a musical key.A Minute…

When violinists play, their left hands always seem to shake. But it’s not because they’re nervous. Violinists, violists, cellists, and double bass players…

Host Miles Hoffman discusses why "Classical Music" is not a precise term, but a practical term that when used is easily understood. A Minute with Miles -…