Music For Life Episode 96 - Timothy McAllister, Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble

This week, on Music for Life, Music from DePauw...

Timothy McAllister

professor Steve Snyder and junior Drew Casey come in for a friendly chat about the next Jazz Ensemble concert...

professor Bonnie Whiting comes in to tell me about what the Percussion Ensemble has planned for their performance this week...

Hannah talks with seniors Catherine Anderson-Quinones and Lance Orta and junior Dallas Gray about their upcoming recitals...

and sax professor Scotty Stepp tells us what to look forward to from Faculty Select Series guest Timothy McAllister this weekend!

Music For Life Episode 95 - Seymour Bernstein, Paré & Weinstein Recital, NATS

This week, on Music for Life, Music from DePauw...

Seymour Bernstein

voice professor Caroline Smith talks to Dean McCoy about a vocal competition DePauw just finished hosting...

Burke Stanton chats with professor Barbara Paré about an intriguing recital of settings of Emily Dickinson's poetry that she and Tony Weinstein are presenting this week...

we present some terrific performances recently given on the stages of Thompson Recital Hall and Kresge Auditorium...

and Dean McCoy talks with professor Kristina Boerger about a special guest this week, beloved New York-based piano pedagogue Seymour Bernstein, with whom we have a special DePauw connection!

Music For Life Episode 94 - University Orchestra, Clubbing for Classical Musicians, Decoda

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

Ensemble-in Residence, Decoda

Burke Stanton talks to first-year music major Jacqueline Robertson about the Shostakovich symphony the orchestra recently performed...

21CM director Mark Rabideau interviews classical musician author Sarah Robinson about her new book “Clubbing for Classical Musicians,” a must-read for any up-and-coming musician...

we present some terrific performances from this past week...

and I sit down with three members of Decoda, this year’s Ensemble-in-Residence, for a lively conversation about their innovative performances and collaborations in the changing world of classical music!

Music For Life Episode 93 - Sweet Honey in the Rock, Jayme Stone, Elissa Harbert, University Choirs

This week, on Music for Life...

Sweet Honey in the Rock

Hannah Gauthier talks to singers Dallas Gray and Marin Tack about the choirs’ recent performance of Benjamin Britten’s monumental “Rejoice in the Lamb...”

we send music history professor Elissa Harbert on a tropical vacation with malfunctioning personal electronics...

we chat with banjoist Jayme Stone about his visit and his innovative approach to keeping traditional music exciting and engaging...

and choir director Kristina Boerger comes in to talk about our next Green Guest Artists, the phenomenal all-female vocal ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock!

Music For Life Episode 92 - Spamalot, Jayme Stone's Lomax Project, Eric Edberg, May Phang

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

Jayme Stone and the Lomax Project

Matt Champagne chats with Eric Edberg about his and May Phang’s recent performance of Albert Schnittke’s second cello sonata...

 

with our fall musical right around the corner, Hannah Gauthier has a special audience with His Royal Highness Arthur, King of the Britons and his assistant, Patsy...

 

we share some performances from the stages of Thompson Recital Hall and Kresge Auditorium...

 

and Burke Stanton talks to series director Professor Ron Dye about this week’s Performing Arts Series guests, Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project, a group which brings together terrific roots musicians to revive, recycle and re-imagine traditional American music!

Music For Life Episode 91 - Elissa Harbert, Brooke Addison, Study Abroad, Music on the Square

This week, on Music for Life, Music from DePauw...

Elissa Harbert

we meet musicology professor Elissa Harbert and 21CM intern Brooke Addison...

he’s been here for less than a month, but so what — we’re stranding professor Thomas King on a desert island with a defective iPod...

Hannah learns about the summer abroad that Dana Hart and Annie Chase had, and Rachel talks to Burke Stanton about his semester abroad...

and we bring you some great performances that DePauw students, faculty, and guests presented this week, including from the inaugural performance at Music on the Square!

Music For Life Episode 90 - A Far Cry, Jennings/Hopson Recital, Jennie Smith, Thomas King

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

A Far Cry

we hear from two more students about their summer doings; this time, working with young musicians...

two more new faculty members drop by to introduce themselves: singer Thomas King and music theorist Jennie Smith...

Hannah talks to Kerry Jennings and Amanda Hopson about their Schubert recital...

and we have a lively chat with members of our first Green Guest Artists of the year, Boston-based and Grammy-nominated chamber ensemble A Far Cry, whom I fuss at for being conductorless!