"The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound of Music (1965)

In this classic scene from Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s 1965 film adaptation of The Sound of Music, Maria and the von Trapp children sing ‘The Lonely Goatherd’ during their marionette show, a performance for their father and his friends.

Maria is played by the great Julie Andrews. Baron von Trapp is played by Christopher Plummer. Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker are briefly in the scene. The children are played by Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, and Kym Karath.

"Rainbow Connection" (2020) (1979) - Kermit the Frog

In a special performance from a riverbank in the woods, Kermit the Frog sings Rainbow Connection, his Oscar-nominated hit.

The song was originally written for the frog and his banjo by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher for 1979’s The Muppet Movie. 

Watch the original here:

 From Vanity Fair:

Swamp-dweller Kermit plucks a banjo, contemplating rainbows and “what’s on the other side”—much like Judy Garland’s Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. But “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was not the song’s main inspiration.

“The model we used was ‘When You Wish Upon a Star,’ which opened Disney’s Pinocchio,” Williams said. “This is Kermit’s ‘I am’ song. This song will show that Kermit has an inner life, a spiritual life…”

“The thing that is so human about the song, and spiritual at the same time, is that it honors the questions, not the answers,” Williams explained. “That moment made Kermit not the mentor, not the teacher, not the preacher. He became a seeker with the audience.”

"A-Tisket-A-Tasket" (1942) by Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald, in her first screen role, sings A Tisket a Tasket in Abbott and Costello’s Ride Em Cowboy in 1942.

Carole King's Anti-Trump Song

It has been seven years since musician Carole King has released a new song but that dry spell has finally been broken. The 76-year-old has come out of retirement and taken aim at US President Donald Trump in a reworked version of her 1977 track, ‘One’.

King initially rewrote the song to play at a political fundraiser last month, but then recorded the new version in hope that it would encourage more people to participate actively in the upcoming US election.

The song features a new final verse, which King told the Guardian is “a call to action” ahead of the mid-term elections in the US.

The original lines about being “part of the energy it takes to serve each other” are now sharpened into calls to “come together as one/show ’em how it’s done/at the end of the day, we’ll be able to say/love won”.

“It’s a song about wondering what we can do when we see injustice, and it expresses my long held belief that we — all of us humans — are most effective when we come together as ‘One’,” King explained of the track. “I was inspired to write some new lyrics for the last chorus to reflect my feelings about the 2018 election. And then I wanted to record it.”

The song also features King’s daughters Louise Goffin and Sherry Kondor on backing vocals. 

King — the woman behind songs including ‘(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman’ and ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ — hasn’t written any music since her 2011 Grammy-nominated Christmas album. 

The singer made her debut in 1971, with her album Tapestry, which became an immediate success. In her long, fruitful career, King has written more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists such as Aretha Franklin, The Monkees and The Chiffons. 

Building a Glitter Firing Saxophone

When five-year-old Benjamin designed his Glitter Firing Saxophone, the team at Kids Invent Stuff rose to the challenge of making it real. In this how-it’s-made video, makers Ruth Amos and Shawn Brown team up to design, print, and assemble the "Roald Dahl-esque" machine. 

You can submit your ideas for crazy inventions to their site, where they might select your idea. 

See it in action below!

Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" Song

Watch singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician Tom Lehrer perform ‘The Elements’ song live from Copenhagen in 1967. Set to the melody, ”I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance, it challenges the speed at which you can recite all of the elements known in the early-1960s.

As a bonus, here is Daniel Radcliffe (of Harry Potter fame) doing his own rendition.

Related browsing: TomLehrerSongs.com, a site that contains lyrics and sheet music free for download and use as if they “were in the public domain.” Permission appears to have been granted by Lehrer himself. But note: The site will disappear at the end of 2024. With that in mind…

🎵 Elements Lyrics: view or download PDF
🎵 Elements Sheet music: view or download PDF
🎵 Elements, Aristotle version:

Uncertainty of Director of Bands Position at OSU - Orange Media Network

Sad to see history repeating itself.  Read the full article HERE.

Hip-Hop Produces Funky Cheese/Music Affects Aging Cheese Flavor - Smithsonian

From the Smithsonian Magazine:

The creation of good cheese involves a complex dance between milk and bacteria. In a quite literal sense, playing the right tune while this dance unfolds changes the final product’s taste, a new study shows. Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani at Reuters report that hip-hop, for example, gave the cheese an especially funky flavor, while cheese that rocked out to Led Zeppelin or relaxed with Mozart had milder zests.

Read the rest of the article HERE.

Auld Lang Syne, Explained - Vox

After the ball drops in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, the crowd cheers, couples kiss, confetti flies and the song you hear is “Auld Lang Syne.” For Americans this song is associated with another year passing, but it means something else entirely in other cultures. Since the Scottish poet Robert Burns first published the words to the song in the 18th century, the melody has been adapted as a soccer ballad in the Netherlands, a graduation song in Japan, and more.

So, how did Auld Lang Syne, a Scottish folk tune, become America’s go-to song for New Year’s Eve celebrations? It’s all for old time’s sake and remembering friends. Also: Guy Lombardo. Vox explores the history and usage of this song in The New Year’s Eve song, explained.

Further reading on Scotland.org: The history and words of Auld Lang Syne.

Here is a copy of the melody in sheet music form:



Here are the full lyrics:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And auld lang syne.

Chorus:

For auld lang syne, my jo,

For auld lang syne,

We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,

For auld lang syne,

And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp!

And surely I'll be mine!

And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,

For auld lang syne.

Chorus

We twa hae run about the braes

And pu'd the gowans fine;

But we've wander'd mony a weary foot

Sin auld lang syne.

Chorus

We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn,

Frae mornin' sun till dine;

But seas between us braid hae roar'd

Sin auld lang syne.

Chorus

And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!

And gie's a hand o' thine!

And we'll tak a right guid willy waught,

For auld lang syne.

Chorus

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

And never brought to mind?

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

And long, long ago.

Chorus

And for long, long ago, my dear

For long, long ago,

We'll take a cup of kindness yet,

For long, long ago

And surely youll buy your pint-jug!

And surely I'll buy mine!

And we'll take a cup of kindness yet,

For long, long ago.

Chorus

We two have run about the hills

And pulled the daisies fine;

But we've wandered manys the weary foot

Since long, long ago.

Chorus

We two have paddled in the stream,

From morning sun till dine;

But seas between us broad have roared

Since long, long ago.

Chorus

And there's a hand, my trusty friend!

And give us a hand of yours!

And we'll take a deep draught of good-will

For long, long ago.

Chorus

Taiwanese National Symphony via Goldstar at Davies Symphony Hall

18/11/06

Bandroom wall mural

Hackbright Music Class Project

Happy Easter from the Pac-12 Marching Bands

Don’t Show Crying Kids During March Madness Show crying band members instead.

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Boogie Woogie Jazz Pianist Bio Link

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Crab Canon on a Möbius Strip - How a Bach Canon Works

Brilliant. This moving manuscript depicts a single musical sequence played front to back and then back to front. Give the video a little time to unfold.

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" (1941) - The Andrews Sisters

Nothing gets you moving quite like boogie woogie and The Andrews Sisters-Patricia Marie, Maxine Angelyn and Laverne Sophie-were brilliant at it. Here they are in a 1941 clip from Abbott and Costello’s Buck Privates.