Those who know me know that I love Big Band music. (I often say I was born in the wrong era!) I think it’s such a fun, energetic, uplifting sound. It makes me happy and makes me want to dance – so I love to listen to it when I do tasks I don’t enjoy… […]
Shenandoah – Music Inspiration Monday
Shenandoah is a beautiful American folk song. No one knows exactly who wrote it or when it was written but it seems it was written sometime in the early 1800’s. It was written by voyageurs – adventurous men who were looking to make a fortune in the wilds of the Midwest by fur trading. These […]
Ma Vlast – Vltava – Music Inspiration Monday
Ma Vlast (My Homeland) is a set of six symphonic poems written by Bedřich Smetana. Smetana was a Czech composer whose music so embodied his people that he is considered the father of Czech music. He wrote this set of music as a tribute to his homeland. Each one of the pieces refers to either a […]