Christmas Caroling with Lumedia

Lumedia Musicworks invites you to sign-up and come Christmas Caroling at local assisted living centers and hospitals.

What better way to create good vibes and give back to our community than through music! Sign-up to join Lumedia Musicworks in their small caroling tour of local assisted living centers and childrens hospitals the week before Christmas. Once you sign-up, Lumedia's elves immediatly get to work and make a music packet with your name on it. We will then come together for one rehearsal (with hot chocolate and treats!). A few days later, we will meet up at our first caroling location. So, what are you waiting for?? Help us spread musical cheer and sign-up!! 

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Eternal Source of Light Short Film Premier

This season's short films musical selections are Handel's "Eternal source of light" and "Furie Terribili" and are featuring Dallas' extraordinary sopranos Gabrielle Gilliam and Julianna Emanski. We are excited to see what Director Eliza Polly Smith and Videographer Cam Covello create visually for these pieces. Register to attend this event and be the first to see the films reveal alongside the artists who created it. 

Under the Same Stars: Trading Traditions

“Under the Same Stars: Trading Traditions” – a showcase of works from medieval Spain, presented alongside and fused with North Indian improvisation by drawing on the common musical roots of the two traditions.

Lumedia Musicworks teams up with Dallas-based sitarist Vatsal Dave and his colleagues of Brahma Nada to fuse Hindustani (North Indian) classical music with the music of Medieval Spain.

Indian Classical music traditions have been passed through generations orally by means of rote based learning. This means that Indian classical music is free of scores and manuscripts. Indian Classical music features sophisticated techniques such as micro-intervals, microtonal pitches, and ornamentation styles. It is also structured around a complex rhythmic system called "tala".

Medieval music has written sources that date back from the 11th century. They are still being carefully studied today because of their indeterminate time signatures and complex rhythmic schemes. However, these scores are sparse and only contain a single line (monophonic) of melody. The sung text in these manuscripts are written in the margins or along side the music, rather than neatly underneath each note. These factors leave a lot of room for interpretation of text setting, musical form, and the choice of accompanying instruments up to the performers.

Inspired by the similarities between the musical structure of Western Medieval music and Indian Classical music, Lumedia has selected specific pieces that have close correlation to Indian raga tradition. They are from manuscripts of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Codex Calixtinus, Códice de las Huelgas, and the Oxford manuscript and rare book collections.

Brahma Nada and Lumedia Musicworks are meeting for one year to teach one another the techniques and nuances of music from the two great world traditions.

Under the Same Stars: Trading Traditions

“Under the Same Stars: Trading Traditions” – a showcase of works from medieval Spain, presented alongside and fused with North Indian improvisation by drawing on the common musical roots of the two traditions.

Lumedia Musicworks teams up with Dallas-based sitarist Vatsal Dave and his colleagues of Brahma Nada to fuse Hindustani (North Indian) classical music with the music of Medieval Spain.

Indian Classical music traditions have been passed through generations orally by means of rote based learning. This means that Indian classical music is free of scores and manuscripts. Indian Classical music features sophisticated techniques such as micro-intervals, microtonal pitches, and ornamentation styles. It is also structured around a complex rhythmic system called "tala".

Medieval music has written sources that date back from the 11th century. They are still being carefully studied today because of their indeterminate time signatures and complex rhythmic schemes. However, these scores are sparse and only contain a single line (monophonic) of melody. The sung text in these manuscripts are written in the margins or along side the music, rather than neatly underneath each note. These factors leave a lot of room for interpretation of text setting, musical form, and the choice of accompanying instruments up to the performers.

Inspired by the similarities between the musical structure of Western Medieval music and Indian Classical music, Lumedia has selected specific pieces that have close correlation to Indian raga tradition. They are from manuscripts of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Codex Calixtinus, Códice de las Huelgas, and the Oxford manuscript and rare book collections.

Brahma Nada and Lumedia Musicworks are meeting for one year to teach one another the techniques and nuances of music from the two great world traditions.

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Under the Same Stars: Trading Traditions

“Under the Same Stars: Trading Traditions” – a showcase of works from medieval Spain, presented alongside and fused with North Indian improvisation by drawing on the common musical roots of the two traditions.

Lumedia Musicworks teams up with Dallas-based sitarist Vatsal Dave and his colleagues of Brahma Nada to fuse Hindustani (North Indian) classical music with the music of Medieval Spain.

Indian Classical music traditions have been passed through generations orally by means of rote based learning. This means that Indian classical music is free of scores and manuscripts. Indian Classical music features sophisticated techniques such as micro-intervals, microtonal pitches, and ornamentation styles. It is also structured around a complex rhythmic system called "tala".

Medieval music has written sources that date back from the 11th century. They are still being carefully studied today because of their indeterminate time signatures and complex rhythmic schemes. However, these scores are sparse and only contain a single line (monophonic) of melody. The sung text in these manuscripts are written in the margins or along side the music, rather than neatly underneath each note. These factors leave a lot of room for interpretation of text setting, musical form, and the choice of accompanying instruments up to the performers.

Inspired by the similarities between the musical structure of Western Medieval music and Indian Classical music, Lumedia has selected specific pieces that have close correlation to Indian raga tradition. They are from manuscripts of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Codex Calixtinus, Códice de las Huelgas, and the Oxford manuscript and rare book collections.

Brahma Nada and Lumedia Musicworks are meeting for one year to teach one another the techniques and nuances of music from the two great world traditions.