Next Animation Studio
Pull Out All the Stops
Max blows up balloons to get ready for his best friend's birthday. Max tells Moon he will also decorate the house and bake her a cake. Moon is impressed. She tells Max he's "pulling out all the stops" to make sure she has a good birthday.
The Art Assignment
The Case for Copying | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Sampling, appropriating, borrowing, stealing. Whatever you want to call it, artists have been copying since time immemorial. We look into the history of the practice, and share our theories of why it is done, and what it can offer us.
Curated Video
Joseph Henry Douglass: Changing America With Music
Classical violinist Joseph Henry Douglass helped empower the Black community through music and education at a time when Southern lawmakers were pushing back against the progress of Reconstruction.
Curated Video
Structure and Acoustics of the Trumpet
A trumpet is a musical instrument that amplifies the buzzing sound created by a musician blowing air through their lips. By manipulating the tightness or looseness of their lips, the musician can modify the pitch of the sound. The...
The March of Time
American Fed. of Music
MOT 1947: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSIC: CU Door. INT VS President James C. Petrillo (1892-1984) at desk talking w/ men. REPRISAL: MS Petrillo '...have quarrel w/ recordings for jukeboxes & radio stations... musician playing at his own...
Music Matters
10,000 Hours to Master the Piano? - Music Performance
Does it really take 10,000 hours to master the piano? This music performance lesson explores the theory that 10,000 hours is what is needed to produce a great pianist. The idea comes from Malcolm Gladwell, that it takes about 10000 hours...
Red Rock Films
Who was James Brown?
How one musician's soothing words calmed a city and stopped violence from erupting around the country.
Music Matters
Why is Ear Training and Developing Aural Skills Important?
For a musician, ear training and aural skills are absolutely fundamental to what we're about and the ability to hear what we are doing is essential. The more we can develop our Aural skills the more refined our abilities will become....
STAT
Ben Folds and the music in his mind
Ben Folds sits down with Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist and musician, to talk about how Folds's brain lets him make music.
Fun Kids
I Want To Be A Tennis Player
Jobs and Occupations Song for kids! What do you want to be? Sing, teach and learn about jobs and occupations in this very fun animated kids' music video from Fun Kids English! Which one of our characters do you want to be, the dentist,...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Get My Job - Conductor
Get My Job explores the day in the life of different professions around Australia. In this episode we meet a Conductor.
Weird History
Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock National Anthem
Woodstock 1969 can be seen as the crowning event of the decade's free love movement, and its cultural impact spans generations. The shining star of the event turned out to be Jimi Hendrix's national anthem performance. His electric...
Science360
Music Man - Innovation Nation
University of Rochester electrical engineer Mark Bocko has combined his passion for music with his passion for engineering, devising a way to digitally reproduce music in files 1,000 times smaller than an mp3! He's also built a computer...
Music Matters
Becoming a More Professional Performer in Music - Music Performance
Six top tips on how to raise your game in becoming a more professional performer in music. Many people get as far as playing or singing notes accurately but if you really want to play with greater technical facility and with more...
Odd Quartet
Music Theory - How To Read Music
Music can get complicated, so how do musicians know which notes to play? This video looks at clefs and how they help musicians read sheet music.
Curated Video
For decades, her 18th century violin wasn't allowed to leave Quebec
New ReviewRetired violinist Angèle Dubeau wowed audiences with a Stradivarius violin for 48 years. In 1978, Quebec classified it as a heritage object, meaning it could not leave the province without special authorization from the government.
Curated Video
'She is still and always Joni:' James Taylor, Rufus Wainwright and other stars honour Joni Mitchell
George Takei, Rita Wilson, Rufus Wainwright, Diana Krall and James Taylor, among the celebs who honoured Joni Mitchell on her 75th birthday, talk about her influence as a musician and artist.
Curated Video
Remembering Aretha Franklin
Canadian singer Molly Johnson and arts host Amanda Parris discuss the legacy of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul.
Curated Video
Celebrating the Gabala Music Festival in Azerbaijan
The Gabala International Music Festival in Azerbaijan has been celebrating its 10th anniversary. The artistic directors of the festival are Farhad Badalbeyli, Professor and Rector of Baku Music Academy and the cello player and conductor,...
Curated Video
Inside the clarinet virtuoso's creative mind
Martin Fröst is known for his cutting-edge performances. He invited Musica to his home in Stockholm to give us an insight into his creative mind. "I'm the type of musician who really wants to have a traditional life as a classical...
Curated Video
Yuja Wang on Rachmaninov: "Every time I play his music it's...a gift!"
A child prodigy, Yuja Wang discovered the piano at the age of six. A year later, she gave her first concert. Now 31, the Chinese musician is one of the most highly-regarded pianists of our time. And at the Doelen concert hall, with the...
Curated Video
Yuja Wang on Rachmaninov: "Every time I play his music it's... a gift!"
A child prodigy, Yuja Wang discovered the piano at the age of six. A year later, she gave her first concert. Now 31, the Chinese musician is one of the most highly-regarded pianists of our time. And at the Doelen concert hall, with the...
Curated Video
Violinist Andrew Forde re-interprets Glenn Gould
The Toronto-based musician, accompanied by Nathaniel James on piano, gives a sneak peek of his upcoming performance marking Black History Month
Curated Video
Vladimir Jurowski and Budapest embrace the genius of George Enescu
The Enescu Festival had a grand opening with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor Vladimir Jurowski performing the opera Œdipe. It was composed by the Romanian composer George Enescu and is based on the Greek mythological...