This week on Kids Commute - for years, people have told musicians to give up on their music dreams and "get a job!"
Composing is certainly a worthy line of work, and some classical composers had patrons, people who would pay their way so they could create music without having to worry about money. Many more had to keep their "day jobs" - ways to make money when the composing dollars weren't rolling in.
We'll hear music from composers who also kept a 9-to-5 - it's Get a Job Week! We have a new Quizlet to flex your brain, too.
Tune in to Kids Commute M-F at 7:40 a.m. and 3:20 p.m. or listen any time at the links below!
Kids Commute - GET A JOB WEEK! (Encore) Monday: Antonio Vivaldi
Cinderella, 1950: "The Work Song"/Mice Chorus/Al Hoffman, songwriter
Kids Commute - GET A JOB! WEEK (Encore): Tuesday: William Herschel
Symphony No. 2 in D Major/Mattias Bamert/London Mozart Players
Kids Commute - GET A JOB WEEK! (Encore) Wednesday: Milonga (Jorge Cardoso)
Gohar Vardanyan, guitar
Kids Commute - GET A JOB WEEK! (Encore) Thursday: Country Band March (Charles Ives)
Frederick Fennell, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Kids Commute - GET A JOB WEEK! (Encore) Friday: Minuet No. 1 in G Major (Ignace Paderewski)
Etsuko Terada, piano
