The Great Divide

David Olivares In many social spheres of music, it is accepted that a divide lies between classical and popular music wherein classical is more existent in association with your mind and popular is so with your body. However, I personally believe that both sides can be part of both the mind and the body. The

The Formation of New Musical Languages

David Olivares The passage of time will always come with changes in the way we live our lives and the cultures we form collectively from them. I think as humans, we are hardwired to try to search for something new, and this includes our developments in the arts. The idea of “modernism” seems so predictable

The Global Take on the Western Canon

David Olivares In much of the Western world, the performing canon is recognized as the pieces most integral to the Western classical tradition. However, there are plenty of symphonies and orchestras outside of the Western world, and to what extent they play works of this canon is what I intend to make a conclusion about.