Jacob Alexander is an 11-year-old violin student from Gibraltar secondary school.
Articles
Bach is Number 1
I have a thing about numbers. I don’t think it is an obsession, but there is something there that has an effect on me. I seem to prefer even numbers or numbers that can easily be divided. Even numbers that can be divided by more numbers seem especially good, so… [Read More]
Midsummer’s Music Celebrates Bastille Day and Bach’s 333rd Birthday
Sister Bay, Wis. – July 5, 2018 – Midsummer’s Music continues its 28th season with two celebratory programs: one for Bastille Day and the other for Bach’s 333rd birthday. Performing a program on Bastille Day cries out for an all-French program. Midsummer’s is featuring two well-known Parisian composers and two… [Read More]
Midsummer’s Music Gets Exotic
Sister Bay, Wis. – June 20, 2018 – Midsummer’s Music continues its unique twist on the Million Dollar Quartet while adding a new program of exotic music. Midsummer’s Million Dollar Quartet is a hypothetical version of the 1956 impromptu jam session between Johnny Cash, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl… [Read More]
The Million Dollar Quartet (Vienna, Circa 1785)
In 1956, an amazing event occurred. Four of the greatest rock stars of the century gathered for a singular evening of music making – a casual jam session at Sun Studios in Memphis. It happened almost by chance. This one gathering was memorialized by an article about it that appeared… [Read More]