Classical
Indie Composer Mica Levi Gets Big Break With Hit Score for Scarlett Johansson/Jonathan Glazer Film 'Under The Skin,' Wins European Film Award for Best Composer
Prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama Admits First Rapper Jack Derbyshire, AKA Jakaboski, into Program
With the burgeoning awaking of classical music hitting youth around the nation, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, one of the world’s leading music conservatories, has just admitted its first rapper, according to Noisey.The student is Jack Derbyshire, 25, who began rapping around age 14 under the solo moniker Jakaboski and within a collective called Strangelove.“I heard about Guildhall and the Leadership program through a friend,” he said. “I then met the course leaders for a chat and it went from there. The audition was tough. I was insecure about my lack of musical training, but it must have gone all right because I'm here now, right?”After impressing the examiners, Derbyshire was invited to join the Masters in Leadership program, a two-year course which encourages musicians to work with aspiring performers in their local community. Sol3 Mio's Pene Pati Proposes to Girlfriend, Soprano Amina Edris, Live on Stage in Front of 7,000 Fans
Pene Pati of the hit singing group Sol3 Mio proposed to his girlfriend, soprano Amina Edris, live on stage at a Sol3 Mio concert in Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 21.Audiences got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at Sol3 Mio’s "Christmas in the Vines" show. After serenading Edris with the beautiful German aria "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz," he brought members of their families on stage to present her with red roses before bending to one knee and asking her to marry him."The proposal was a big surprise for Amina and when the moment came to do it, I took a big gulp and knew there was no going back," Pati said. "I had no Plan B if she said no in front of thousands of people, but I was quietly confident it would all go well.”Lucky for him, Edris, who had charmed the audience with her own performances earlier in the evening, said yes as the crowd cheered and waved glow sticks to congratulate the couple.The couple met in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011 on a week-long singing course backed by Kiwi opera legend Dame Malvina Major. Pati was then an unknown tenor and Edris was also trying to get her foot in the door as a singer.
