Euterpe: Music Is The Key’s Animals in Music video presents 7 different animals depicted in 7 delightfully imaginative pieces written by a variety of composers including from France, Canada, and the United States. Animals represented: cat, ferret, black crow,...
Braziliera was written by the French composer Darius Milhaud. It is part of Milhaud’s Scaramouche Suite for 2 pianos. Braziliera means belonging or relating to Brazil, and this piece is in the style of A SAMBA, which is a lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin. This...
The Argentine Tango Master Astor Piazzolla is known as the creator of the neuvo tango, and his compositions reflect a blend of traditional Argentine Tango along with Jazz and Classical influences. Piazzolla revered the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, particularly...
Carla Bley who lived from1936 to 2023, was an American Jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. She was an important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, and a pioneer in the development of independent artist-owned record labels. Her haunting...
In 2012, 12-year-old Ismael Paris, then a grade 6 student at an inner-city school in Scarborough, Ontario experienced Ensemble Vivant’s inspiring music education performance program, conducted through the registered not-for-profit charity Euterpe: Music Is The Key,...
Making Art not War, by composer Richard Whiteman is a beautiful piece of music arranged for solo bass and piano. Richard was inspired by a 7-year-old visual artist who sold her paintings to help comfort her people during wartime strife. If only we could shift our...
