music

What’s your most memorable music?

/ 2012, Columns (J. Nathan) / /

What are your favorite songs, and why? Is it mostly the melody, or that and words? Do you associate a song with a memorable moment or era in your life? I ask because of two recent news events related to the power of music. The first is a remarkable story from National Public Radio about […]

Why did 2,600 people celebrate high school musicals?

/ 2011, Columns (J. Nathan) / , /

Why did more than 2,600 people jam into the Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis last week? They came to praise and promote high school musicals, during one of the most remarkable youth programs I’ve ever witnessed. It was rowdy, rousing and reassuring. Sarah Cartright, a prize-winning performer who recently graduated from Eastview High School told […]

Celtic Woman shows music’s message

/ 2011, Columns (J. Nathan) / , /

“The rowdier you are, the more fun we’ll have.” That was one of the first things that Chloë Agnew, a member of the wildly popular singing group, “Irish Woman” told Minnesotans attending their recent show. This was one of more than 60 they are doing around the US this spring. Two hours later, hundreds of […]