With public schools still operating remotely, one subject particularly challenging to teach online is music. Despite the limitations, choir teachers in Fresno County are brainstorming new ways to instruct, even through a screen. On one Thursday morning, halfway through the high school choir class that Jacob Bailey is teaching on …
Read More »This Grad’s ‘Little Virtuosos Project’ Connects Music And Mental Health Awareness
Violinist Anjeli Macaranas recently graduated from University High School in Fresno and will be attending Harvard this fall, from home. She performed this spring on Valley Public Radio’s Young Artists Spotlight and as a guest on the Play On series early this summer. Valley Public Radio’s David Aus recently caught …
Read More »The Morales Family On Playing Mariachi Music Through The Pandemic
Last August, we introduced you to a Delano teen who had just released her own mariachi album and was preparing to attend Harvard University with her older sister. In mid-March, sisters Anaí and Xóchitl Morales returned home to Delano to finish their semester at Harvard online, due to COVID-19. Since …
Read More »With Concerts On Hold, Fresno Musician Eva Scow Is Writing Her Own Music During Shelter In Place
As we go into the weekend, we wanted to leave you with a new tune, and maybe some inspiration. Fresno musician Eva Scow has been sheltering in place like the rest of us, but says she’s using the time to write more of her own music. She’s been experimenting with …
Read More »Oud Master Part Of Effort To Document Armenian-American Music Production In Valley
The Armenian oud master Richard Hagopian has been playing the instrument, similar to the lute, since he was a kid. He’s 82 now. This Saturday Feb. 29, he’ll be speaking and performing at a public memory event at Fresno State documenting the history of local Armenian-American music production in the …
Read More »Filmmaker Ken Burns Brings ‘Country Music’ Home To Bakersfield, Fresno
Renowned PBS Filmmaker Ken Burns will visit the Valley next week as part of a national tour to preview and discuss his most recent long-form documentary “Country Music.” The Ken Burns Country Music Roadshow will make stops July 25th at the Saroyan Theater in Fresno and July 26th at the …
Read More »John McCutcheon Takes Folk Music Odyssey To Fresno
Veteran singer, songwriter and instrumentalist John McCutcheon has earned the right to be considered a titan in the field of folk music. But as he prepares to release his 39th album Ghost Light, and embarks on a west coast tour that includes a stop Thursday at Fresno’s Unitarian Universalist Church, …
Read More »Q&A: Pentatonix Member Hails From Visalia, Ventures Into Folk Music
In 2011 the a cappella group Pentatonix won the third season of NBC’s show “The Sing Off.” Avi Kaplan, a bass in the group, is from Visalia and recently decided that he will be leaving the group. He’s also launched out on his own with a project called “ Avriel …
Read More »Fresno Philharmonic Selects Rei Hotoda As First Female Music Director
The Fresno Philharmonic has announced that conductor Rei Hotoda will be the orchestra’s next music director. Hotoda is the first woman and the first Asian-American to hold the position, and is just the eighth music director in the orchestra’s history. Hotoda is currently the Associate Conductor of the Utah Symphony …
Read More »This 12-year-old lost his house to a fire and his guitar to a thief. But, thanks to a kind gesture, the music is back.
First, a fire ripped through the home of young Joe Tapetillo III. With their home half-destroyed and uninhabitable, the boy and his family were forced to move to a hotel … Click to Continue »
Read More »Eclectic lineup set for Merced County Fair music shows in June
Fans of Afro-Cuban jazz, outlaw country, the King of Pop and other music have options this year at the Merced County Fair. Fair staffers announced the music lineup this week, … Click to Continue »
Read More »High school music students march and fill Merced with sound
Dozens of high school music students banded together Saturday at Golden Valley High School all day Saturday, giving audiences, judges and their peers one cohesive sound. “We want to all … Click to Continue »
Read More »Barnes & Noble brings local reggae music to Merced
Five instruments played by Merced and Planada locals attracted about 30 people Saturday night for the first live show put on by the Merced Barnes & Noble as part of … Click to Continue »
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