Learn about instruments and compositional techniques. Also, explore various musical styles and meet musicians featured on Knowitall.
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Snuffy, Pappy and the Hired Hands perform the "Beaumont Rag" on the "Pickin' Time" program, WIS-TV Columbia, 1974. Snuffy plays his washboard.
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The Waccamaw Intermediate School has a Steel Drum Band called The Calypso Gators. The band is made up of 4th, 5th and 6th grade students, and being a part of this band is teaching them more than just...
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Jazz king John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was born in Cheraw in 1917. Dizzy was a founder of modern jazz, an innovative trumpeter known for his bent horn and bulging cheeks. The South Carolina Jazz...
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Juilliard in Aiken is a week-long event featuring public performances, concerts and outreach to area schools from students and faculty of Juilliard, America's premier music conservatory. The...
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Priscilla Smith from Juilliard discusses chamber music. She discusses pitch in the baroque era and states that she enjoys playing in a baroque ensemble because it is more intimate than playing in an...
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Larry Rhodes with the Juilliard School talks about why Juilliard decided to come to Aiken. Juilliard in Aiken is a week-long festival featuring performances and outreach from teachers, students and...
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Freddie Vanderford's passion for music started at an early age when he befriended legendary blues harmonica player Peg Leg Sam at the age of 16. Vanderford's talent and enthusiasm for music has earned...
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Ladies and gentlemen, meet Kevin Felder, or shall we say, Big Redd? Kevin Felder shares about his startup, The Euniek Group, and his other life as a Christian Hip-Hop artist.
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For Laura Buff, its not about knowing the odds. She teaches 5th Grade orchestra and says that every student that walks into her class has a clean slate. Music and art are passions of hers. The arts...
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A Closer Look In this video clip The South Carolina Philharmonic is playing the last few minutes of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. This piece of music was written to celebrate a Russian victory over the...