The following is a guest post by David H. Plylar, Music Specialist, Concert Office. Update: Out of concern for our patrons’ safety and in consideration of the extreme weather in the Washington area, the Library of Congress has rescheduled the concert originally scheduled for Tuesday, October 30, 2012. LUCY: Song & Dance, an Opera without Words will …
The following is a guest post by Nicholas A. Brown, Music Specialist, Concert Office. Concerts from the Library of Congress is thrilled to welcome Joel Frederiksen’s Rose of Sharon project to the Coolidge Auditorium this Saturday, October 20 at 2:00 pm. Along with renowned early music artists Brandi Berry (violin), Jesse Lepkoff (flute & guitar) …
The following is a guest post from David H. Plylar, Producer in the Concert Office. For those who love music and the people who create it, it would be difficult to match some of the perks of working at the Library of Congress. Perhaps the most rewarding, artistically and intellectually, is having the opportunity to …
Join us Saturday, October 6, 2012 for the Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir. The choir, based in a 14th century monastery in the heart of Moscow, continues the rich tradition of church chants — the uniquely sonorous singing for which Russia has always been famous. In addition to the daily Divine Services, the choir has taken …
The following interview was conducted by frequent In the Muse contributor, Senior Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley. How did you come to be an intern in the Music Division? I heard about this program through my honors courses. As a member of Renaissance Scholars Honors program at Montgomery College, I was frequently told to apply to …