New BARD Additions for April 2024
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Check out the latest offering from the NLS Music Section of audio and braille music titles now available on BARD.
Posted in: Braille Music, Choral, Organ, Piano
Category: Piano
American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: (Part 2–Kauflin, Justin and Kern, Kevin)
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Highlighting two young pianist composers and performers, Justin Kauflin and Kevin Kern.
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille Music, Interviews, Jazz, Music Composition, NLS Concerts, NLS Music Section, Piano, Piano Music, Uncategorized
American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: I-Part 2, Blind Musicians, International
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Blind musicians have been an integral part of music making for centuries.
Posted in: American Composers, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Jazz, Louis Braille, Music Education, NLS Music Section, Organ, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Piano Technicians Guild, Piano Tuning, Stevie Wonder
Recent BARD additions-late October-November
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
NLS Music Section announces recent BARD additions from October-November, 2018.
Posted in: Arnold Schoenberg, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Choral, Classical Music, Guitar instruction, Music Education, New Acquisitions, Piano, Popular Music, Uncategorized
From Blessings Come Other Blessings
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Today is the blessing of the animals. St. Francis of Assisi died on October 3, 1226. He is still revered as a religious figure, having been canonized by Pope Gregory IX on July 16th, 1228 and recognized for his patronage of animals and the environment. There is now an established custom for pet owners to …
Posted in: Braille Music, Lieder, NLS Music Section, Piano, Vocal music
Day of Infamy
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Today is an anniversary of special significance for many U.S. citizens. There have been two previous posts by Katie Rodda about the impact of war on music (Veterans Day and Armistice Day and The Music and Sounds of the Vietnam Era) relating how music affected the era and events. Lasting approximately two hours, the attack …
Posted in: Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Piano, World War II
There’s No Song Like an Old Song
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
I’m always reminding myself how fortunate I am to live in an area that offers not only great classical music, theater and dance performances, but many popular music performers make a stop, especially during the summer. Being a child of the sixties, rock and roll concerts usually meant performances in smoky nightclubs (missed out on …
Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Guitar instruction, Instrumental Music, Music Instruction, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Rock n' Roll, saxophone, Uncategorized
PAR-TAY!!!
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
You know it’s coming, sooner or later this year must end. It has certainly been an interesting series of events, to say the least, and I will leave it there. Whatever your plans are for New Year’s Eve, the NLS Music Section wants everyone to be safe and take some time for reflection. And if …
Posted in: Audio, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, NLS Music Section, Piano, Popular Music, Rock n' Roll
NLS Music Section Hits the Road–Performing Outreach
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
I have always considered the NLS Music Section’s home base in Washington D.C. as a very fine perk of my job. There are numerous opportunities for concerts with great venues such as Kennedy Center, the Strathmore, our own home at the Library of Congress and (according to me) the jewel in the crown of museums, …
Posted in: Band, Braille, Braille Music, Braille Music Transcribers, Instrumental Music, Large Print Music, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Outreach, Performing music, Piano