Sydney stylist Jo Bayley offers observations about the world of fashion, style and travel in a column on The Culture Concept Circle home page – Fashion Elixir

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Ann Thompson OAM, Director of Medici Concerts has worked tirelessly to offer a program celebrating twenty years of great classical music composed for great musicians

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At the Bodleian Library, Oxford in England is a selection showcasing rare musical works, verse and ephemera collected by a former ragtime pianist Walter Harding

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Riveting reading, considered DVD watching and beautiful music listening are all great can-do activities for the festive holiday season, as are long walks each day. This is the time of year we all need to recharge not only our body batteries, but also refresh our mind, spirit and soul.

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The Celts were, and are, exceedingly fond of gatherings, which I think is such a lovely word for bringing people together to celebrate a culture, whose origins go back into the mists of time.

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Along with my passion for early music is an enjoyment and love of music written for the violencello. Often shortened to Cello. I would ride through storm and tempest to attend performances by Steven Isserlis and Peter Wispelway or the acclaimed 2Cellos, Croatian musicians Luke Sulic and Stjepan Hauser.

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Architecture, literature and philosophy are integral to the intellectual and artistic life of every society in every age, with its spirit expressed through its music Modern technology is a wonderful thing. Just love it. There are no boundaries about how we enjoy our favourite music or where, because we can take it with us. Some [...]

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The Culture Concept Circle – Muse~News Festive Season 2011 is packed full of articles with our Reading TV and Music Choices for the Festive Season to consider. If you are sharing a special breakfast, lunch or dining out prior to December 24 please consider DineSmart, an initiative of social profit organisation StreetSmart Australia helping those experiencing homelessness.

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From the 11th to the 13th century in England and Europe expressing personal feelings in relation to the beauty and bountiful joys of women became the province of troubadours, who were both composers and performers of lyrical poetry set to romantic music. They roved about the countryside visiting castles and their communities to deliver the latest ditties going about in song. The themes they favoured the most were those of chivalry and courtly love.

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A musical Flash Mob provides people from all walks of life and all backgrounds with an opportunity to come together on the spur of the moment to create a memory that when remembered, will for a long time in their lives cause them to smile.

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Based in Brisbane Medici Concerts is all about the power of music motivating, captivating, inspiring and entertaining its audiences. In the final of its 2011 series they are presenting Russian born British pianist Nikolai Demidenko, who is a supercharged virtuoso performer.

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‘This site takes the often complex world of history, design and the arts to a whole new level. It’s a cultural journey filled with beautiful images and fascinating stories. I love the simplicity and richness of the content and I’m sure you will too – never boring always fascinating! In the 21st century creativity is [...]

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Changes in the economic order and the social structure of society brought into favour in England and Europe during the second half of the eighteenth century a new style in architecture, literature and the arts. Today it has become more generally known as neoclassicism. Its tenets were based on the considerable legacy of the remains and ruins of the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. This sophisticated style of grace by and large, favoured simplicity of form over complexity. It had a taste for structural clarity and it is this emphasis that worked its way into the world of music, taking it forward towards a style in which melody was preferred.

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While being associated with entertainment and frivolity, music is also a powerful form of communication vital to our health and inner well-being. At what point meaningful, communicative sounds began cannot be established. What we do know is that we all make sounds first before we learn to talk. So we could say that music is the first language that we learn and an important step in the creation of the spoken word.

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The Culture Concept Circle’s comprehensive course of study the Evolution of Art, Design & Style contains sumptuous imagery and beautiful music. The course traces humankind’s journey from antiquity to the modern age by surveying the evolution of painting, sculpture, architecture, interiors, gardens, music and much much more. It includes the intimate world of the fashionable [...]

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Nowadays we have the best of all worlds in music…there is something for everyone. I just love opera. Its stories of love and life are always fashionable. A great many young people are being won over by its beauty and charm.

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