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George Gershwin could be called a "What If" composer. "What if" he had lived longer than just 39 years, what more would he have written? And, "Wh...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 25, 2009
- Length: :22
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 20, 2009
- Length: :12
Washington Monthly's Peter Laufer and Markos Kounalakis report on the Mexican-American Borderlands in this five-part series.
- Added: Jul 03, 2009
- Length: 59:04
- Purchases: 4
Recording duets with yourself, meaning recording both parts of a duet, is not a new invention. You record the first part, and then record the seco...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :24
- Purchases: 1
It's many a mother and father's dream to have their children follow in their footsteps. Then there's the Jarvi family. Use this 28 second clip to...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 1
As a young man, and a young composer, Beethoven used the piano as a laboratory, where he could experiment and try out new sounds and musical ideas....
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
We tend to forget that composing requires advanced skills, in addition to its purely creative inspiration. That fusion of skill, craft and creativ...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :23
There are hundreds of lists that designate the Top Ten or Top 100 of anything, from movies to books to restaurants. Classical music has its "best ...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
- Added: Jun 15, 2009
- Length: 31:01
Twenty 2:00 modules to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock.
Bought by Radio Catskill, KPSQ-LP, The Prairie Star, KVMR, WHRV and more
- Added: Jun 10, 2009
- Length: 40:00
- Purchases: 8
The piece is an audio postcard (only brief reporter narration) that tells the story of the termination of the Klamath Tribes by the federal governm...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Jun 10, 2009
- Length: 07:14
- Purchases: 2
Before a new piece of music is played for the first time – before it is judged either a masterpiece or a disaster, it exists in a state of musical ...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :19
Composer John Corigliano grew up surrounded by music. His father was the concertmaster (1st violinist) with the New York Philharmonic for 23 years...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :24
In almost every profession, some of the best work gets done away from the office. It's true for pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. He likes to work from h...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :23
"Sea in Spring" was written by a blind Japanese composer, Michio Miyagi . Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers says this music calls on her to use some spe...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :18
The music by Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla is often charged with romantic and melodramatic urges. When it comes to playing Piazzolla, violi...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :24
The life and work of Sister Rosalva Sandi of Maryknoll Sisters.
- Added: May 20, 2009
- Length: 28:20
Robo de Salarios en Amecia (Wage Theft in America)
- Added: May 20, 2009
- Length: 27:49
It's his second week on the job as house manager at a major American regional theater, and an icon of the modern cinema is paying a visit.
- Added: May 12, 2009
- Length: 07:21
- Purchases: 3
The innate romantic flavor of music from Spain, Mexico and South America is at the heart of its charm and appeal. But it has been known to tempt p...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :23
How does a performer choose the music they'll play? First and foremost, performers play the music they love – the music that resonates for them. ...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :15
Talented young actor who plays the vampire lover, Henry Fitzroy to Christina Cox's Vicki Nelson, in the hit Lifetime series, Blood Ties.
- Added: Apr 03, 2009
- Length: 25:13
- Added: Apr 02, 2009
- Length: 01:46
How does one interpret music? How do performers and conductors decide how to shape and craft the music they play? Conductor Gerard Schwarz likes ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :20
American composer David Diamond wrote in what can comfortably be called the "romantic" tradition. He enjoyed getting rich, full-bodied sounds from...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :24
