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!