music Archives – Viva Virtuoso

Viva Virtuoso YouTube Musical Picks of the Month October

Post author:Viva Virtuoso
Post published:October 13, 2017
Post category:Uncategorized

Some 10,000 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube every month. Obviously, the majority of that content isn’t original content created by the uploaders. Long story short – no one will ever be able to watch all of it and there’s hours of digging to be done to find genuine, interesting content.

One of the reasons that Viva Virtuoso was created on YouTube and for the platform’s global audience is that most of us on the creative team appreciate the mindboggling access to new, original content that YouTube has been offering us as viewers and listeners over the past decade. The platform is accessible to viewers and creators alike, and we’ve found plenty of our own new and old musical favorites on YouTube over the past several years. (more…)

Candace Bogan at the shoot of the first Viva Virtuoso show. August 2017.

On Life, Song and Faith – A Lyrical Chat with Candace Bogan

Post author:Viva Virtuoso
Post published:September 9, 2017
Post category:Great American Songbook Interviews

On the first Viva Virtuoso show, we were joined by the unique and unmistakable voice and presence of lyric-soprano Candace Bogan. Candace has recently been singing the coveted lead in Marina Del Rey Symphony’s production of Verdi’s Aida. She hopped over to our end of the Marina on a Sunday to join us for and afternoon of champagne and Gershwin, all of which you’ll see in the premiere of the show any day now.

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A Rockin’ Good Way: The Rocky Relationship of Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

Post author:Viva Virtuoso
Post published:August 11, 2017
Post category:Great American Songbook

The world knew them both as stars. Individually, they were both musical powerhouses in their own right. Dinah was certainly the more well-known of the two and continues to be a favorite among die-hard early RnB fans, but Brook helped pen and compose a series of hits over several decades.

The rare tracks they recorded together can still be heard in the occasional major motion picture soundtrack and on the radio. Songs like You’ve Got What It Takes have been embedded deep into our popular culture and, while we often hum these tunes, most of us don’t know the story behind them.

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Leonard Bernstein on Being Happy During Miserable Times

Post author:Viva Virtuoso
Post published:July 6, 2017
Post category:Great American Songbook

We’re starting this blog on a high note, which always carries a certain risk. On the other hand, this particular intro will give our readers plenty of insight into what Viva Virtuoso is. This is not only to say that Bernstein tunes will be a regular fixture, but also that Bernstein perhaps best represents the whole feel of what we’re trying to achieve.

A Bernstein piece that particularly embodies the high-brow with the low-brow and what was then contemporary with today’s day and age is The Age of Anxiety.

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