Where the Traditional Dances with the Absurd - Stephen Downing
Send us a text Stephen Downing is a North Carolina based composer currently earning his PhD in music composition at Duke University. Stephen's music travels from the traditional to the absurd. Though ...
12 Heinä 20201h 1min
Africaamerica - In these contentious times, can we all sing together? - Anthony Kelley
Send us a text In this episode of Composer's Studio, composer and Duke professor Anthony Kelley takes us on a tour through his musical family tree. From Ghanaian dance music to Bach, Scott Joplin to A...
14 Kesä 20201h 1min
A Recovering Modernist Travels a Compelling and Beautiful Journey - Mark Engebretson
Send us a text Mark Engebretson, composer and professor out of Greensboro, NC, writes music that is driven by a desire for fresh, engaging forms and modes of musical expression in which performers ar...
12 Kesä 20201h
Through the Window - Kenneth Frazelle and Andrea Moore
Send us a text Composer Kenneth Frazelle has had work commissioned and performed by such prominent artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Jeffrey Kahane, Dawn Upshaw, jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson, and now the Triangl...
7 Kesä 20201h 7min
Where Nature, Motherhood, and Tenacity Abound - Jenni Brandon
Send us a text Take a step into nature, into the love of a wife and mother, and the strength of a young woman. Be inpsired by the tenacity of young trees. Award winning composer Jenni Brandon’s optimi...
31 Touko 20201h 1min
Deep Faith in the Face of Adversity - Jesse Ayers
Send us a text On the Composer’s Studio this week, Tarik and Amy take a deep dive into composer Jesse Ayers’ opera Beneath Suspicion, based on historical accounts of the friendship between two aboliti...
24 Touko 20201h 4min
A Powerful Native American History Lesson through Music and Conversation - Brent Michael Davids
Send us a text In this powerful episode, Tarik and Amy discuss music and American history with Brent Michael Davids, composer and co-director of the Lenape Center in Manhattan. An American Indian citi...
17 Touko 20201h 21min
Telling stories through music: How Celtic folk music and Japanese animation inspire a young composer - Marianna Filippi
Send us a text Marianna Filippi, a bright young composer from Maine, is at her core, a storyteller. Composing for theater and film as well as chamber groups and solo artists, Marianna’s music is provi...
10 Touko 20201h 6min
