WELCOME from "THE RICE BROTHERS"

Johnny (USA; cello and piano; age 19) and Chris (USA, cello and piano; age 17),

and from our parents, John and Jean Rice

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EVERYONE

has

Beautiful Music

in them

.... *EVERYONE*!! 

There are so many kinds of "beautiful music" ... and not all of them involve such things as instruments!

TELL US, PLEASE, ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN YOUR LIFE, AND READ ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE!

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

and

the Beautiful Music

in *YOU*

( our first DVD! )

"The classical music which The Rice Brothers, Johnny and Chris, play on cello and piano in this film, speaks to the beautiful music which lives in each of us.  This is true whether that beautiful music involves the playing of an instrument, or the choice to speak in a kind way to your little sister or brother, or..."

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The

CIVILIZED EVENING

Movement

Shining a Light

on the Beautiful Music

of each Guest

What do we mean by "A Civilized Evening," and why might you like to host or attend one?

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          We'd love to hear from you!   Please feel free to e-mail us at:

         CHRIS:                                          JOHNNY:                                            JOHN and JEAN (parents):

         chris@the-rice-brothers.us    johnny@the-rice-brothers.us     JRice43497@aol.com    or

                                                                                                                  parents@the-rice-brothers.us

"Children should be

seen and not heard!"

Okay, maybe there should be one exception to this rule. <smile>

 

After all, it would be a shame to miss seeing *and* hearing our site's videos of excellent young musicians playing the music of "the best of the best" (composers of classical music)!

If you're a terrific young musician ... please consider entering our (very unique!) competiton

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What is your *musical* geneology?

Please consider partipating in our

GENERATIONS PROJECT!

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"Classical Music should be

heard and not seen!"

Those who held to the old-fashioned "rule" that "Children Should Be Seen and Not Heard," have completely capitulated.  But Classical Music has meekly abided by the "rule" that, almost always, it Should Be Heard and Not Seen!  It's a fact that more people, by far, hear Classical Music when they find themselves in such places as elevators and the like (where people come together with no intention whatever of listening to Classical Music), than hear and see Classical Music performed in a symphony hall, or in a private home, or on a DVD.  (*Imagine* ... the most elevating music in the world, relegated to *this* fate!)

For all but a *tiny* portion of the world's population, Classical Music has never fully emerged from "The Radio Age."  The *modern* world is extremely visual in its orientation.  But the vast majority of Classical Music arrives upon the world's doorsteps in aural form only. It's a wonderful thing to hear, say, Beethoven's Appassionata or Waldstein piano sonatas.  But to merely hear the sounds, and be unable to *see* what's required of the pianist's fingers (and hands, and arms, and entire *body*!) is as limited as being carted through the woods blindfolded, and never getting to see or touch anything, but only to listen to the sounds!

It is absurd for Classical Music, which features such immense *visual* beauty, to continue to bow and scrape its way around the background of people's lives, like some sort of ghost whose presence is known *only* by the sounds it occasionally makes!

 

WE REQUEST that Youth and Youthful please help us bring Classical Music into the modern, visually-oriented world!

JOIN US in the creation of the renaissance of Classical Music which is being made possible by such modern technologies as DVDs, video-conferencing, internet broadcasting and "vidcasting"!

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How to Introduce Children to Classical Music .. and Why!! 

These RiceHouse presentations are part seminar, part concert.

Come and attend one "in person," if you can.  Or ... pretty soon, we'll have these programs available in video formats, such as DVD and streaming video, and we'll also be setting up live video-conferencing events.  (Isn't modern technology absolutely *amazing*?!) 

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Biographies

of the

Great Composers of Classical Music

(right here on this site!)

The more we've listened to and played their music, and allowed them to *speak* to us through the music they've written, the better we've gotten to *know* these amazing individuals, and to consider them to be our *friends*.  We decided, here at RiceHouse, to learn as much as possible about them, and to write about what we've learned, so we can share that knowledge with *you*!

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To learn about our great-great-great-great grandteachers, Fred and Franz, who are among the great composers...

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PERFORMANCES

by

The Rice Brothers

Our Goal:

To be "in concert" with the people of our community, so that we encourage one another in the creation of the widest possible range of "beautiful music" in our region, so that *every* person's "beautiful music" will emerge in all its glory, and be a blessing to all of our citizenry, as well as all who come in contact with us.

What has it meant to us to be "in concert" in and with our community in the past, and how might we participate with one another in the future?

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A few thoughts and ideas about "the beautiful music possibility"...

 

 

 

What's the best way to discover, nurture and bring forth the beautiful music in children?

 

What role must education play?

 

What role must the adults in a child's life play?

 

(These matters are of great interest to us here at RiceHouse.  We invite you to participate with us in discussing these topics!)

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          Our new site, 2008 --->(links):

-- http://www.piano-and-cello-and-friends.com/videoblog/

-- http://www.piano-and-cello-and-friends.com/

-- http://www.piano-and-cello-and-friends.com/better-visual-quality.htm

-- http://www.piano-and-cello-and-friends.com/forum

-- http://www.piano-and-cello-and-friends.com/about-us.htm

-- http://www.piano-and-cello-and-friends.com/contact-us.htm

-- http://www.piano-and-cello-and-friends.com/videoblog/vote-here-1a/

-- http://www.piano-and-cello-and-friends.com/videoblog/