It was the first and only time that Dennis James smacked a celebrity. During a 1999 taping of “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee,” Regis Philbin excitedly got up, strode over to James and reached for his ...
TOLEDO —Twenty minutes before his performance with an orchestra in Naples, Italy, Dennis James learned that the concert would be televised throughout Europe. When intense camera lights were trained on ...
A glass armonica, originally invented by Benjamin Franklin and revived at a recent performance at the Park Avenue Armory (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) In 1761, Benjamin Franklin invented an ...
SOLVING a crossword puzzle one day some 30 years ago, a young Austrian violinist couple named Christa and Gerald Schönfeldinger came across a reference to an instrument they had never heard of, ...
Benjamin Franklin is widely remembered for his role in politics, science, and innovation. However, one of his lesser-known inventions– a musical instrument– rarely makes it to the spotlight. Known as ...
Starting tonight, a group of experimental musicians in B.C. will give a series of performances using instruments and objects made solely from glass. The project sees three musicians from Victoria's ...
The second thing you learn, when you learn to drink wine, is how much fun it is to run a wet finger along the rim of the glass in order to make an eerie musical sound. The third thing you learn is ...
Two years ago, percussionist Jake Schlaerth scored a Mason Gross fellowship to study the glass armonica His mastery of the instrument is featured in the nation's No. 1 film, "Logan," the latest ...
The cold, winter weather does not faze Madrid. There is a gay, fiesta atmosphere everywhere. The wide plazas are full of people of all ages. There are natives chatting with friends, having meals on ...
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