She has a grounding in classical composition and her latest endeavours involve a course at the Royal College of Music and a 40-minute composition, which will be performed at the National Gallery this week. With that in mind, I caught up with Kate to discuss the impending performance. How have you been juggling your...
TORONTO, May 9, 2013 /CNW/ – Centennial College is launching a three-year diploma program in Music Industry Arts and Performance (MIAP), offering a unique opportunity for students who want to turn a passion for popular music, world music or indigenous music into an exciting and sustainable career. Unlike other music programs rooted in classical...
In an interview with radio talk-show host Bill Bennett, Pat McCrory, North Carolina’s governor, criticized the “educated elite” for offering courses that supposedly don’t help graduates get jobs. He specifically attacked areas of study like philosophy and gender studies, both of which are strong programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As...
Cheerful music professor hits all the right notes KEY TO HAPPINESS– Music professor Dr. Cynthia McGregor is popular with students and in demand as a French horn virtuoso.Photo by Rick Flores/Staff Sometimes you have to blow your own horn… especially if you are a French horn virtuoso. Professor of Music Dr. Cynthia McGregor is...
Writers across the United States will celebrate the sixth annual National Grammar Day on March 4 by dotting their I’s and crossing their T’s. National Grammar Day, founded in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, brings awareness to the important building blocks of the English language. Despite...
The Seattle Times is the latest paper to join the paywall movement. It looks like it’s basically copying The New York Times’s digital subscription model, which is the industry standard. One difference: At $ 207 a year for a digital-only subscription, it will actually cost more than an NYT subscription, although The Seattle Times...
“Lichtenstein, born in 1923 to a prosperous estate agent on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, had the sort of art education that has disappeared in the Western world. From the age of 16 to 26, he learnt anatomical drawing, Renaissance techniques, botany, art history, mechanical drawing, portraiture, design, watercolour, oil and mural painting. “In the...
January 29, 2013 12:00 PM How Stanford University Uses Its Wealth, With Some Notes on the Analysis of Rising Tuition by Keith Humphreys Stanford university’s annual undergraduate tuition is over $ 41,000 and our endowment is a gasp-inducing $ 17 Billion. Based on these facts, many people would argue that I work for one...
Stanford university’s annual undergraduate tuition is over $ 41,000 and our endowment is a gasp-inducing $ 17 Billion. Based on these facts, many people would argue that I work for one of those money-grubbing dens of elitism that is preventing middle class parents from providing their kids a world-class education. Since I am a...
Charlotte Country Day to host admission open house Charlotte Country Day School will host two admission open house events in November for prospective families. Parents and their students who are going to be in ninth through 12th grades are invited to attend an open house event Nov. 8, a Thursday, at 1:30 p.m. Parents...
