Music For Life Episode 74 - European Tour, Green Guest Artists Series Preview, James Stewart

This week, on Music For Life, Music From DePauw...

Kristina Boerger

Choral director Kristina Boerger visits a desert island...

Orchestra conductor Orcenith Smith comes in for a chat about the chamber orchestra's upcoming concert tour of Germany and Austria...

DePauw alum James Stewart visits the studio after his recent Faculty Select Series guest artist performance...

and I talk to our 21CM staff about our new space on the town square and we preview our exciting Spring roster for the Green Guest Artists Series!

Music For Life Episode 73 - Holiday Gala, DePauw Chamber Players, University Orchestra, Percussion at Peeler, Woodwind Ensembles

In this episode of Music For Life...

Eric Edberg gives us a preview of the upcoming DePauw Chamnber Players concert...

Bonnie Whiting

Orcenith Smith tells us what he's planning for the orchestra's annual Thanksgiving concert...

Anne Reynolds lets us know about this year's woodwind bash...

Bonnie Whiting talks about Percussion at Peeler...

and Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray converses with Mark about the upcoming Holiday Gala!

Music For Life Episode 72 - Jazz Ensemble, University Band, Horn and Trombone Ensembles, Trio Globo

Craig Paré

In this week's episode of Music For Life, Music From DePauw...

Jazz director Steven Snyder gives us a preview of what the Jazz Ensemble has in store for us...

 

Matt Skiba finds out what the horn and trombone ensembles have planned for us this week...

 

we go into the conducting classroom with professor Craig Pare and two of his students...

 

Professor Paré tells us about the upcoming band concert program...

 

and we have a wide-ranging conversation with two members of Trio Globo and their guest singer Loire, our most recent Green Guest Artists!

Music For Life Episode 71 - Improvised Chamber Music, Percussion Ensemble, Weinstein/Baruch, Arcomusical, Student Teaching

This week, on Music For Life, Music From DePauw...

Anthony Weinstein

we talk to Eric Edberg and members of the Improvised Chamber Music ensemble, who are preparing a concert for us...

 

Matt Skiba talks to three senior music education majors about to embark on their student teaching adventures...

 

percussion professor Bonnie Whiting comes by to tell us about an interesting history-themed program from our Percussion Ensemble

 

and we look forward to TWO Faculty Select Series performances this week-- we have a chat about the fascinating berimbau quartet Arcomusical, and faculty pianist Anthony Weinstein and guest cellist Yotam Baruch tell us about their upcoming concert!

Music For Life Episode 70 - Dvorak and America Festival, Student Pops Orchestra, Barbara Nissman

On this week's episode of Music For Life, Music From DePauw...

Kevin Deas

we feature conversations about our just-concluded Dvorak and America Festival with interviews with special guests bass-baritone Kevin Deas and cultural historian Joseph Horowitz...

 

Kristina Boerger and Orcenith Smith give us insight into the choir and orchestra participation in the festival...

 

and Eric Edberg chats with me about the good work the State of the Art class did on the Dvorak and America festival...

 

Also on this episode, student producer Hannah Gauthier talks to sophomore Drew Casey about a new student-run pops orchestra here on campus...

 

and we catch up with phenomenal pianist Barbara Nissman, who recently performed for us as a guest artist on our Faculty Select Series!

Music For Life Episode 69 - Jazz Ensemble, Dvorák and America, State of the Art, Jennings and Hopson

This week, on Music For Life, Music From DePauw...

Kerry Jennings

Kerry Jennings and Amanda Hopson share with us their innovative approach to presenting Schubert's "Die Schöne Müllerin"...

 

director Steven Snyder comes in to invite us to the Jazz Ensemble's upcoming concert...

 

we go Into the Classroom with professor Eric Edberg and the new State of the Art course, an integral part of our Twenty-First Century Musician curriculum...

 

and we give you a preview of our exciting "Dvorák and America" festival featuring visits by cultural historian Joseph Horowitz and bass-baritone Kevin Deas!

Music For Life Episode 68 - May Phang, Fifth House Ensemble, ETHEL with Robert Mirabal

In this week's episode of Music For Life, Music From DePauw...

we hear from Piano Professor May Phang about her upcoming solo recital program...

May Phang

 

Artists-in-Residence Melissa and Eric Snoza from Fifth House Ensemble stop by the studio to tell us about their most recent campus visit...

 

we share some gems from recent performances on our stages...

 

and we have a Green Guest Artists double-header this month — cutting-edge string quartet ETHEL and their special guest, Native American musician Robert Mirabal talk to us about their lives and work as 21st century musicians!

Music For Life Episode 67 - University Band, Weinstein recital, Parade, ETHEL

This week, on Music For Life, Music From DePauw...

Tony Weinstein

Band Director Craig Paré invites us to take a Short Ride in a Fast Machine to the University Band concert...

 

piano faculty member Tony Weinstein tells us about a monumental recital he's bringing us this week...

 

as preparations for our fall musical progress, music director Steven Linville and two of his singers —and stage director professor Tim Good —share with us their perspectives on Jason Robert Brown's Parade...

 

and violin professor Erica Dicker joins me to chat about our next Green Guest Artists, string quartet ETHEL with guest Native-American flutist Robert Mirabal!

Music For Life Episode 66 - University Choirs, Art Music at Almost Home, Music Entrepreneurship, Barbara Nissmann, Roomful of Teeth

In this week's episode of Music For Life...

Choral Director Kristina Boerger gives us the scoop on what we can look forward to on this week's choral concert...

Kristina Boerger

Anna Gatdula chats with the Miller-Hickey-Robin trio as they prepare for an Art Music at Almost Home gig...

we visit the 21st Century Musician's classroom with Professor Bonnie Whiting and students from our new Music Entrepreneurship class...

...faculty pianist May Phang stops by to talk about an upcoming recital by visiting pianist Barbara Nissmann...

and we bring you another treat from this season's inaugural Green Guest Artists concert — an exclusive pre-concert interview with the members of the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth!

Music For Life Episode 65 - Erica Dicker, Fifth House Ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, University Orchestra

This week, on Music For Life...

University Orchestra director Orcenith Smith fills us in on their upcoming appearances...

Erica Dicker

we chat with new faculty member, violinist Erica Dicker...

members of our 2014-15 Artists-in-Residence, Chicago's Fifth House Ensemble, stop by to talk about what they have in store for us...

Jazz Ensemble director Steven Snyder visits a desert island...

and on the heels of Roomful of Teeth's amazing performance here as Green Guest Artists, we talk to their very own Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Caroline Shaw!

Music For Life Episode 64 - Kristina Boerger, DePauwPalooza, Fifth House Ensemble

In this week's episode of Music For Life...

Fifth House Ensemble

we formally introduce new choral director, Dr. Kristina Boerger, who's filling in for Greg Ristow this year...

Student Producer Hannah Gauthier talks to Jacob Peterman and Xeno Carpenter-New about our upcoming DePauwPalooza festival...

Matt Skiba hears from students Maureen Bailey and Jennifer Peacock about the exciting ways they spent their summer...

and we talk to our new Graduate Intern for 21CM and Dr. Eric Edberg about the Chicago-based Fifth House Ensemble, which is returning to us this year as our 21CM Ensemble-in-Residence!

Music For Life Episode 63 - 21CM Initiative, Greencastle Summer Music Festival, Steve Snyder, Roomful of Teeth

Welcome back to Music for Life — Music from DePauw! In our premiere episode of the new academic year...

Roomful of Teeth

we talk to cello professor Eric Edberg about how he spent his summer — organizing the tenth annual Greencastle Summer Music Festival...

we also feature performances from some of our star students from the last concert of this year's Greencastle Summer Music Festival...

we introduce new faculty member and Jazz Ensemble director Steve Snyder...

and Anna talks to visiting choral director Kristina Boerger and Burke Stanton about vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, presenting the first of this year's Green Guest Artist Concerts next weekend!

Music For Life Episode 62 - Harvest, Jazz Ensemble with Tad Robinson, Senior Seminar, Green Guest Artist Series

In our final episode of our academic year...

our Jazz Ensemble's special guest soloist -- singer Tad Robinson -- joins me to talk about that upcoming concert...

Fifth House Ensemble

we go into the senior seminar classroom and hear about some intriguing final projects...

Student Producers come in to talk about next year's Green Guest Artist Concerts...

and closing out our book for this year, Greg Ristow, Eric Edberg and Emily Smith chat with me about "Harvest," our capstone extravaganza featuring Ensemble-in-Residence Fifth House and many local musicians!

Music For Life Episode 61 - Musical Theater Scenes, Senior Seminar Topics, Percussion at Peeler, Choir/Orchestra Performance

In this week's episode of Music for Life...

Steven Linville and some Musical Theater Scenes students tell us about their semester-ending extravaganza...

Steven Linville

we hear from some students preparing their final projects in Senior Seminar...

Dan Hickey and I chat about an interesting composition project he recently finished...

Katie talks to percussion professor Bonnie Whiting and students Zack Jacobs and Andrew Bosomworth about this year's Percussion at Peeler concert...

and looking forward to our end-of-year choir and orchestra performance of Poulenc's Gloria, I talk to those groups' conductors, professors Orcenith Smith and Greg Ristow!

Music For Life Episode 60 - Horn Ensemble, Trombone Choir, Woodwind Extravaganza, Bluebird, Recital Season, Alumni

This week, in Music for Life...

Matt Skiba chats with members of the horn ensemble and the trombone choir about their upcoming concert...

Anne Reynolds

we talk to flute professor Anne Reynolds about a special evening of woodwind music...

Veronica Pejril and student Andre Williams talk about a special dance and electronic music program they're presenting...

we hear what several students are planning for their upcoming solo recitals...

and as part of our 21st Century Musician initiative, we brought back to campus a panel of distinguished alumni, who joined me to talk about life in music after DePauw!

Music For Life Episode 59 - DePauw Underground, Accompanists, Bobby McFerrin

This week, in Music for Life...

Bonnie Whiting and Veronica Pejril tell us about an exciting Experimental Music Night coming up...

Anna talks to soprano Elleka Okerstrom about her rapidly-approaching senior recital...

Bobby McFerrin

Dean McCoy talks to pianist Amanda Hopson about the hardest job in show biz...

Mezzo Brooke Addison and bassist Jacob Peterman tell Burke Stanton about their junior recital next weekend...

and hot on the heels of Chanticleer's visit, voice professor Caroline Smith comes in to talk about the phenomenal Bobby McFerrin, our next Green Guest Artist!

Music For Life Episode 58 - Percussion Ensemble, University Band, Chanticleer

In this week's episode of Music for Life...

Bonnie Whiting comes in to give us a preview of the Percussion Ensemble concert...

 

Chanticleer

Rachel Clark chats with Joey Leppek and Anna Gatdula about their upcoming Junior Recital...

 

Craig Paré, Carla Edwards, and Eric Edberg fill us in on the next University Band concert...

 

Senior Susan Miller comes in to talk to Burke Stanton about her Senior Recital...

 

we share some great performances from our Jazz Band and this week's Recital Hour...

 

and Dean McCoy talks to choir director Greg Ristow about the renowned vocal ensemble Chanticleer, which will be performing live here this weekend as part of our Green Guest Artist Series!

Music For Life Episode 57 - Shannon Song Cycle, Jazz Ensemble, Concerto Competition Concert

In our last episode of Music for Life before spring break...

I talk to Stephen Shannon, one of our composition students, about what he's up to, and we hear part of a song cycle he's working on...

2014 DePauw School of Music
Concerto Competition Winners

Matt Skiba rounds up some cats from the Jazz Ensemble to give us the scoop on their upcoming concert...

Katie Sherman chats with fellow university band percussionist Carly Tebelman about their favorite piece from last week's band concert...

Senior cellist Sam Kelly comes in to tell Rachel Clark about his senior recital program...

and, anticipating our Concerto Competition Winners' concert, I talk to many of our featured soloists!

Music For Life Episode 56 - University Chorus, Chamber Singers, First Year Seminar, View From The Stage, Fifth House Ensemble

This week, on Music for Life...

Greg Ristow

As our choirs get ready for a concert next weekend, Greg Ristow stops by to give us the scoop on their program...

Anna brings us The View From The Stage on the upcoming choir concert with singers Blake Beckemeyer and Dakota Dalton...

Matt Skiba chats with students Derrick Truby and Shannon Barry about their rotations in the first-year seminar

we bring you some outstanding performances from our stages...

and members of our ensemble-in-residence, the Fifth House Ensemble, join me to talk about their innovative work here as part of our 21st Century Musician initiative!

Music For Life Episode 55 - Fifth House Ensemble, Jazz Improvisation, University Band

In this week's episode of Music for Life, Music from DePauw...

student producer Matt Skiba talks with some students about the Fifth House Ensemble apprenticeship they're working on...

Sandy Williams

we go into the jazz improvisation classroom with our jazz guitar instructor Sandy Williams...

we ask flute professor Anne Reynolds about her desert island disc...

Band director Craig Paré tells us about the upcoming concert from the University Band...

and we hear more great music from our Music of the 21st Century guest composer, John Corigliano!

Music For Life Episode 54 - Opera Week Special

It's opera week here at the School of Music, and we're bringing you several perspectives on DePauw Opera's production this year of Mozart's early work "La Finta Giardiniera."

Mozart wrote this incredible work when he was only 18 years old, and we bring it to life with interviews with music director Orcenith Smith...

some members of our all-student cast...

stage director Joachim Schamberger...

and vocal professor Caroline Smith!

Music For Life Episode 53 - Winter Term in NYC, Audition Weekend, Concerto Competition, John Corigliano

This week... Burke reports on his Winter Term course  in New York City...

2013 DePauw Concerto Competition Winners

Anna gives us a glimpse into the audition weekend experience of our incoming students...

with Concerto Competition auditions right around the corner, orchestra director Orcenith Smith stops in to chat about that DePauw tradition...

we feature some highlights of recent performances from our stages...

and right on the heels of our Music of the 21st Century festival, we bring you a conversation with renowned guest composer John Corigliano!

Music For Life Episode 52 - Winter Term in England, John Corigliano

In this week's episode of Music For Life... Matt brings us a Student Corner segment on the Winter Term trip he took to England to study Benjamin Britten's War Requiem...

John Corigliano

in anticipation of next week's Music of the 21st Century festival with guest composer John Corigliano, festival organizer Carla Edwards comes in to give us an overview of the festivities...

Craig Paré, Greg Ristow and Orcenith Smith talk about the works the band, choirs, and orchestra have been rehearsing...

and Anna brings us a Student Corner conversation with student performers gearing up for the festival chamber music concert!

Music For Life Episode 51 - Winter Term Opportunities, Faculty Recordings, Stefan Jackiw

Stefan Jackiw

In this week's episode of Music For Life... we kick off our Spring semester with a student interview of members of the Chamber Singers, who took a trip to Mexico, and I talk to Rachel Clark and Rachel Robin, who both had arts management internships over Winter Term...

Voice Professor Kerry Jennings comes in to tell us about his recently released CD of new American songs...

and Orchestra Director Orcenith Smith chats with me about our upcoming Green Artist Series concert from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, their music director Kryztof Urbanski, and special guest violin soloist Stefan Jackiw!