by Greg Hettmansberger | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
“Four rational people conversing” was how the brilliant writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe described to a friend in 1829 the genre of the string quartet. By this time in history, the particular ensemble of two violins, viola, and cello had been established for...
by Jane Simon, John DeMain, Valerie Laken | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In Part III of the Wisconsin Academy’s “Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World” Academy Evenings event on September 11, 2011, panelists consider how the arts can provide new ways of understanding tragedy: John DeMain, music director of the Madison...
