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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote music completely in his head, or so the story goes. Turns out, that’s mostly the stuff of legend. What is known, though, is contemporary composer Quinn Mason a 25-year-old African American musician from Dallas, Texas does on occasion write music without the aid of an instrument.
Mason’s piece “Princesa de la Luna” premieres in a virtual performance from the Oregon Mozart Players on May 15, part of
Courage, a concert saluting youthful and diverse contributions to the classical music canon. It’s only the second performance of the work from the much-lauded composer anywhere in the world.
March 26, 2021
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Your computer can help scientists find a cure for COVID-19. Here’s how
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum.
Author: Victoria Masterson, Senior Writer, Formative Content
Volunteers can get on with their everyday activities while their computers help find cures for diseases like cancer, Parkinson’s and influenza.
The COVID-19 project has crowdsourced more than 1 million devices to help sort through tens of thousands of molecules.
It s a 2020 kind of Christmas concert
Philharmonic musicians perform remotely, and play non-traditional pieces to spice up 59th annual event.
The beauty of a Portland Youth Philharmonic concert is watching the orchestras and ensembles play with such harmony, the majestic sounds filling a venue such as Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall to the delight of audience members.
So, what about a streamed concert involving anywhere from 15 to 125 musicians? How does that work?
Well, it s a little bit more of a challenge, and we ll see the final product when Portland Youth Philharmonic puts on its 59th Concert-at-Christmas, virtually, Saturday, Dec. 26.
Having rehearsed via Zoom throughout the season, musicians have recorded their parts on video and audio with the use of metronomes and click tracks, which provide tempo and cues, and post-production entails meshing all the parts together for the full orchestra and ensemble sound.