MUSIClassical ALLEGRO
Topic: SITEseeing
ACMA was founded in 2007; we provide opportunities for the non-professional (but dedicated) classical musician to perform and network with fellow amateurs. Our members gather monthly in Manhattan to perform short classical pieces in front of an appreciative, supportive audience of fellow amateurs. Rather than focus on technical perfection, ACMA emphasizes the need for meaningful, inspired performances that are mutually satisfying for audience and performer alike. It is our mission to broaden the perception of classical music as a universal art form. I feel that many classical music students would greatly benefit from exposure to performance opportunities, as well as networking with a group of like-minded (and friendly) colleagues. Our website is: www.nycclassical.com.
Pronouncing the titles of classical music and the names of composers and performers is a daunting task for many Americans because so many of the words are foreign to us. Adding to the difficulty is the fact that some of the names that look familiar are not pronounced as we would pronounce them. This dictionary provides some help in the form of pronunciations by a phonetic system devised by E. Douglas Brown of the staff of WOI Radio at Iowa State University. Many of the pronunciations in the dictionary were derived from tape-recorded pronunciations made by foreign nationals who were were speaking their respective native languages. 
Today, the Honolulu Symphony has begun its second century of bringing great music to the Hawaiian Islands. Founded in 1900, the Honolulu Symphony claims the distinction of being the oldest American orchestra west of the Rocky Mountains! The Honolulu Symphony has undergone a series of transformations over the course of its first century, responding to the challenges and opportunities of the times. It has endured two World Wars, the Great Depression, financial crises, and changing musical and cultural fashions. The orchestra of professional musicians that performs today on the stage of the Blaisdell Center Concert Hall may bear little resemblance to the first group of amateur musicians which met in a clubhouse on the slopes of Punchbowl nearly 104 years ago. However, one thing remains constant, the mission of the Honolulu Symphony is to enhance the quality of life of the people of Hawaii by sustaining a symphony orchestra of the highest artistic quality... 
Daniel Levy is a classical pianist who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1947. In addition to being a highly successful musician, Levy has created a career for himself as an author, radio broadcaster and educator...check out his new webpage at 
Even when it isn't sung, the Italian language sounds like music, which is part of why Italian words are used to tell musicians how to play—presto, lento, adagio, forte. Miles Hoffman, author of The NPR Classical Music Companion, recently joined Renee Montagne to discuss the Italian jargon of classical music. 
Antonin Dvorák's biography - his life and works. He is best known for Symphony No.9, 'From the New World,' and his nationalistic outlook of using folk music. Antonin Dvorák, Czech composer with the widest international renown due to his masterpiece Symphony No.9, 'From the New World,' is equally known for incorporating folk music into his classical works by using Bohemian and Slavonic folk songs and dances. Dvorák was born in Nelahozeves, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) on September 8, 1841, 
