Ralph Patt’s Tonal Centers Page
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Hal Galper Master Class Video
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NPR’s Science Friday Explains Perfect Pitch
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Music Infographics
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How to Turn Your Creative Brainstorm into a Completed Project
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Today the Pittsburgh Post Gazette great stories by legendary promoter Pat DiCesare about the history of Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena and the concert industry that grew up with it. A time-line of arena highlights and a short quiz accompanied the articles.
I’m sure everyone who grew up in the Pittsburgh area has many unforgettable memories of the concerts and sporting events they have attended at the arena. I can recall my parents first taking me to see Disney on Ice there as a child. Later I saw concerts by: Paul Simon, David Lee Roth, and Poison; and Pittsburgh Penguins and Harlem Globetrotters games among others.
Here are the articles that were in the paper. They are filled with great stories that will bring back memories and shed light on some rock history you probably didn’t know!
Civic Arena played big part in birth of ‘megaconcert’ industry
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10150/1061372-388.stm?cmpid=newspanel0
At the Arena: The nice, the rude, the outrageous
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10150/1061371-388.stm?cmpid=newspanel0
Arena timeline — Highlights of 50 years of entertainment
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10150/1060856-388.stm
TEST YOUR ARENA IQ
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10150/1061367-388.stm
Tonight I finished a mini-residency at West Elementary here in Athens Ohio. I taught two third-grade and two fourth-grade classes helping the students to understand the common 12-bar blues form and how it has influenced rock, country and jazz styles. I then coached each class in writing their own original lyrics which would become a class song with a central theme. As we rehearsed for this evening’s performance they also learned about concepts like stop-time and tag endings. The kids did a great job and it was a pleasure to work with them. Their lyrics are below…
Photos courtesy of Cindy Jewell.
