Tag: education
Unheard of Instruments in the Saxophone Family
Dr. Paul Cohen shares with the Army his unique collection of historical saxophones that highlight the evolution of the instrument.
Orchestra Plays the History of Music - From Cavemen to Barbiec
From the Stone Age to Barbie Girl. Musical history as it should be. Rainer Hersch Orkestra funniest orchestra pranks.
Flute Fundamentals
The flute section of The U.S. Army Field Band brings a wealth of performance and teaching experience to Flute Fundamentals, the latest in the Army Field Band instructional video series.
Josef Albers Interaction of Color – Op Art and Relative Color
Josef Albers is known for his endless study and teaching of Interaction of Color. We think we know what we see but color can change each other. Josef Albers is the man to tell you otherwise.
Sign Language
Sign languages are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign languages are full-fledged natural languages...
Leonardo's Salvator Mundi: Scholarship, Science and Skulduggery
This lecture looks at the discovery, conservation and scientific examination of Leonardo's Salvator Mundi, the world's most costly picture.
How Did Each U.S. State Get Its Name?
It would appear that the origins of our State names would be well-established facts; however, when an attempt is made to trace these origins, they are found to be quite elusive and controversial.
Introducing TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing
TED-Ed's mission is to capture and amplify the voices of great educators around the world. We do this by pairing extraordinary educators with talented animators to produce a new library of curiosity-igniting videos.
Learn To Draw
A beginners course for learning the foundational skills of drawing and sketching.
The First ARG Was Actually A Book From The 1970s
If you know about ARGs, you probably know of them as a primarily digital and online art form that came into being sometime in the 1990s or early 2000s. however, the roots of this genre go back much farther in history.
Are You Getting These Phrases Wrong Too?
Eggcorns are no "old wise tale". These misheard phrases are everywhere. In this video we look at lots of examples of these amusing mishaps and try to understand why they happen, with the help of Professor Mark Liberman who helped coin the term "eggcorn"....
Difference Between Handbells and Handchimes
If you're in a hand bell choir or hand chime choir, you might be interested in the history behind these cool instruments. Chimes and Bells are great instruments for teaching and performing a wide variety of music. Many churches, children's programs and...
How Mozart Changed Opera Forever
Mozart's collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte was legendary. Here is how Mozart's two great operatic achievements, The Marriage of Figaro (La Nozze di Figaro) and Don Giovanni revolutionised the genre of opera.
How Beethoven Revolutionized the Symphony
Six ways that Beethoven revolutionized the symphonic genre, and changed music history forever.