Friday, September 26, 2014

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



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

Tony Weinstein
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!

Saturday, September 20, 2014

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
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!

Saturday, September 13, 2014

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
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!

Friday, September 5, 2014

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



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

Fifth House Ensemble
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!