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Our summer Virtual Band program will pair students with top NYC musicians and special guests from TV, Broadway, and pop acts to put together a Virtual Band Concert.
02/11/2021
Cool!!
Why A Musician Breathed New Life Into a 17,000-Year-Old Conch Shell Horn A seashell found in a French cave appears to have been modified by prehistoric people so that it could be used like a trumpet, making it a new addition to the Stone Age orchestra.
02/01/2021
How about both!!!
Want Smarter Kids? Teach Music, Not Coding, According to MIT The latest neuroscience shows that learning a musical instrument increases brain power.If there's been a theme to the technology industry's plans to reform education, it's that every child should learn to code. This is supposed to allow children to better adapt to a world where computers are omnipre...
So yesterday I was working with this student on "how to make a mistake," like how to control the mental processes that happen when things go wrong and stay cool under pressure, and he's like "wow I can use this in all kinds of situations!"
And I'm like "oh noooo, you've discovered my secret!!"
(yes I literally said that to him it was hilarious)
are not just about learning music.
11/18/2020
Watch MusicNYC's founder and brass teacher Ric Becker present a masterclass to composition students in the Los Angeles Inception Orchestra.
08/29/2020
Ric Becker's Music Club is today and every Saturday at 5:00- if you're not already signed for Outschool, use this link to get $20 in free credits! ---> https://bit.ly/2Qx96VM
I don't usually promote my Outschool classes here but I'm pretty excited about this one: in today's Music Club and we're listening to and learning about music from Islands. Newfoundland, Azores, Crete, Cape Verde, Madagascar, Java, and Hawaii - all of these places have really fascinating cross-cultural connections with some pretty amazing music.
Music Club | Small Online Class for Ages 8-13 An interactive exploration of musical concepts, instruments, and styles.
Check out Raymond James Mason's looping warm-up in this clip from his masterclass last month. He joined us at our Virtual Band Camp, and it was a lot of fun! We'll be back this fall with more Virtual Band, so stay in touch!
MusicNYC's Virtual Band peforms our own arrangement of "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash at our Virtual Band Camp, July 2020.
07/17/2020
I have no words...
Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles) Get the audio track "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan: https://wintergatan.bandcamp.com/track/marble-machine Marble Machine built and composed by Martin Molin ...
One of the things that has helped me through these last months is playing music with friends. Online, sure, but we've found ways to come together in some really artistic ways. This is a video of my tune "Brooklyn Sky" I put together with my good friend Andy Warren. An original tune composed and performed by Ric Becker with Andy Warren, trumpet.
All 5 parts played by Ric Becker!! Want to make videos like this? Check out our Virtual Band Camp, July 20-30th. https://musicnyc.info.
07/01/2020
Early bird pricing ends Friday but this deal is good all summer! https://musicnyc.info