The Things We Do For Love
by Bob Lord, CEO PARMA Recordings Let’s face it. We make it hard on ourselves. We all do. I would be hard-pressed to think of any artist I’ve ever met who isn’t always searching ...
Taming the music of “Wild Symphony” – Part One
by Bob Lord, CEO PARMA Recordings Since my earliest days, I have always considered creativity and the creative process to be related yet distinct, two separate structures that cannot exist without each other. Perhaps it ...
Author Dan Brown Releases Music of Wild Symphony
Today is the day! Dan Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, has unleashed his album Wild Symphony, his first musical release since embarking on his writing career. You ...
2020 Khachaturian Violin Competition Prizewinner Diana Adamyan Awarded Recording Contract with PARMA
This past June, 19-year-old violinist Diana Adamyan was selected as the prizewinner in Armenia’s 2020 Khachaturian Violin Competition. As part of her win, the world-class Armenian musician has been awarded a recording contract with PARMA Recordings. ...
The Music Industry and COVID-19: Now and Looking Forward
By Dr. Garrett Schumann From Jamie Barton, Ryan McKinny, and Kathy Kelly's "Coronadämmerung" adaptation of Wagner's Das Rheingold, to the online Bang On a Can Marathon, to the Minnesota Orchestra's haunting live-broadcast on the eve ...
The Tsunami Violin Project
On March 11, 2011, areas of coastal Japan were pummeled by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake which then birthed a tsunami that traveled up to six miles inland and killed nearly 16,000 people. Tree limbs, building wreckage, ...
Music that Inspired Wild Symphony: a Curated Playlist by Dan Brown – and More Wild Symphony News
Concert announcements, rave reviews, and music for the whole family – here’s what’s new with Dan Brown’s WILD SYMPHONY: The Inspirations for “WILD SYMPHONY” Playlist Featuring Dan’s picks for the young at heart, this playlist collects ...
Marga Richter: A Personal Remembrance and Tribute
On June 25, 2020, composer Marga Richter passed away peacefully at age 93. Her story is one of breaking glass ceilings, paving a new path, and creating truly great music. We are humbled to have ...
U.S., World Premiere of Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony Orchestral Performances Announced for Fall 2020
Dan Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, has a new credential on his already-singular resume: composer of the orchestral music from Wild Symphony, his new illustrated children’s book to be ...
PARMA Recordings and The Shakespeare Concerts Series Present: HAMLET
Composer and Navona Records artist Joseph Summer is known for his prolific Shakespeare Concerts series, in which he curates albums of his own compositions and works of other artists that showcase a different aspect of ...