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Tom Head

Tom Head holds a Ph.D. in religion and society from Edith Cowan University, and is author or coauthor of 28 nonfiction books on a wide range of topics. He lives in Jackson, Mississippi (USA).
which musical era are you quiz

Which Musical Era Do You Belong In? Take the Quiz!

May 31, 2018Nov 6, 2015 by Tom Head
Categories MUSIC FUN, QUIZZES Tags music quiz
musical instrument quiz

Which Classical Instrument Are You? Take the Quiz!

Jul 1, 2018Oct 22, 2015 by Tom Head
Categories CLASSICAL, QUIZZES Tags music quiz
Graduate Music Online Programs

Top 10 Best Online Doctoral Programs in Music

Mar 7, 2020Sep 10, 2015 by Tom Head

The doctoral-level study of music can be tricky to negotiate and challenging to complete under the *best* of circumstances. But for musicians who are already … Read more

Categories INSPIRATIONAL, LISTS Tags DMA, Doctoral Programs, learn music, Music Education, online music
Graduate Music Online Programs

Best Online Master’s Programs in Music

Jul 1, 2018Sep 10, 2015 by Tom Head

In the United States and much of the industrialized world, graduate school is the first real opportunity you have to specialize in a topic in … Read more

Categories INSPIRATIONAL, LISTS Tags learn music, Master Programs, Music Education, online music
nigerian composers

5 Nigerian Composers You Need to Hear

Jul 1, 2018Aug 15, 2015 by Tom Head

With a population of 184 million, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh-most populous in the world. The historic seat of … Read more

Categories CLASSICAL, LISTS Tags Composers, Nigeria
Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja

5 Reasons Classical Music Isn’t Dying

Jul 1, 2018Jul 30, 2015 by Tom Head

Over the past few years, U.S. and European media have been predicting classical music’s death with a regularity usually reserved for elderly heads of state … Read more

Categories CLASSICAL, LISTS Tags classicfm, GarageBand, MuseScore, Piano factory
famous composers quiz

QUIZ: Can You Identify These 10 Famous Composers From Their Photos?

Jul 1, 2018May 29, 2015 by Tom Head

No hints; just portraits. How many of these 10 famous composers can you identify?

Categories CLASSICAL, QUIZZES Tags Composers, music photos, music quiz, trivia
richard wagner most interesting facts

Six Interesting Facts About Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Jul 1, 2018May 25, 2015 by Tom Head

Within his historical context, the music of Wilhelm Richard Wagner represented elemental chaos. Outside of his historical context, it reminds us more of order gone … Read more

Categories CLASSICAL, LISTS Tags Bayreuth Festspielhaus, German Opera, leitmotifs, Nazi, orchestra pit, Third Reich
bb king quiz

How Well Do You Know B.B. King? Take the Quiz!

May 31, 2018May 21, 2015 by Tom Head

How well do you know the King of the Blues?

Categories JAZZ, ROCK, POP, QUIZZES Tags Lucille, quiz
richard wagner quiz

How Well Do You Know Wagner? Take the Quiz!

Jul 1, 2018May 21, 2015 by Tom Head

Wilhelm Richard Wagner is one of the most controversial figures in the history of classical music, and for good reason. How well do you know … Read more

Categories CLASSICAL, QUIZZES Tags Music History, music quiz
B.B. King in 1971 Photo: Heinrich Klaffs CC-BY-SA

B.B. King: A look at his life and musical legacy

Jun 21, 2018May 21, 2015 by Tom Head

Riley B. King was born on September 19th, 1925 in Berclair, Mississippi, a small unincorporated community in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. In other … Read more

Categories JAZZ, ROCK, POP Tags Beale Street, Billboard, Blues Boy, Delta Blues, Eric Clapton, Gibson ES-355, grammy, King Biscuit Time, Lucille, Martha King, Memphis, Regal Theater, Riding with the King, Rolling Stone, Three o'clock Blues
tchaikovsky quiz

How Well Do You Know Tchaikovsky? Take the Quiz!

Jul 1, 2018May 14, 2015 by Tom Head

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was widely misunderstood in life, and perhaps even more so in death. How much do you know about the great composer?

Categories CLASSICAL, QUIZZES Tags Music History, music quiz
Albert Einstein Interesting Musical facts

Six Interesting Musical Facts About Albert Einstein

Jan 20, 2022Apr 29, 2015 by Tom Head

What does it mean to live a meaningful, productive life? If Albert Einstein passed away in 1905 after publishing his earliest work on relativity, he … Read more

Categories INSPIRATIONAL Tags Albert Einstein, Brian Foster, Einstein Violin, Lina, Pauline Koch Einstein, Relativity
sergei prokofiev

Six Interesting Facts About Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Jul 1, 2018Apr 21, 2015 by Tom Head

For a man who left behind volumes of written records and explanations, Prokofiev remains a remarkably mysterious figure in the history of 20th century music. … Read more

Categories CLASSICAL, LISTS Tags Barber, chess, child prodigy, Cinderella, Gulag, José Raúl Capablanca, Peter and the Wolf, Romeo and Juliet, Soviet Union, Stalin, The Giant, The Love for Three Oranges
happy birthday vivaldi style

Happy Birthday in the Style of Vivaldi

Jul 1, 2018Apr 10, 2015 by Tom Head

Everyone celebrates Antonio Vivaldi’s birthday in a different way. Here at CMUSE, we highlighted six interesting facts about his life. Five years ago, Google gave … Read more

Categories CLASSICAL, MUSIC FUN Tags happy birthday song
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