Where the Traditional Dances with the Absurd - Stephen Downing
Send 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 Ste...
12 Juli 20201h 1min
Africaamerica - In these contentious times, can we all sing together? - Anthony Kelley
Send 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 Aaro...
14 Juni 20201h 1min
A Recovering Modernist Travels a Compelling and Beautiful Journey - Mark Engebretson
Send 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 are a...
12 Juni 20201h
Through the Window - Kenneth Frazelle and Andrea Moore
Send 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 Triangle’s...
7 Juni 20201h 7min
Where Nature, Motherhood, and Tenacity Abound - Jenni Brandon
Send 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 optimisti...
31 Maj 20201h 1min
Deep Faith in the Face of Adversity - Jesse Ayers
Send 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 abolitioni...
24 Maj 20201h 4min
A Powerful Native American History Lesson through Music and Conversation - Brent Michael Davids
Send 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 citizen...
17 Maj 20201h 21min
Telling stories through music: How Celtic folk music and Japanese animation inspire a young composer - Marianna Filippi
Send 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 proving ...
10 Maj 20201h 6min
