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Journalist and author Jorge Ramos talks about his latest book "Tierra de Todos" and explain why it is necessary to reform the immigration system now.
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jul 28, 2009
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Pianist Clara Schumann was ahead of her time -- she was a leading soloist of her day and a composer. Although she's best known as Robert Schumann'...
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :25
Pianist Angela Cheng, like many people, has a thing for Mozart -- his symphonies, his piano concertos and his uncanny ability with first drafts. S...
Bought by WHRV
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :22
- Purchases: 1
Clara Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann was quite celebrated as a pianist, but she was also a gifted composer. Today, one her biggest fans is piani...
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :24
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
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...
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- 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
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
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
We visited the DOME project in New York City to discuss their work with young offenders and alternative ways to keep kids out of jail.
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 28:00
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
A family of Bukharan Jewish dancers and musicians escape war-torn Tajikistan. They move to an apartment near Queens BLVD, and go from dodging bulle...
Bought by Remix Radio
- Added: Feb 21, 2009
- Length: 03:39
- Purchases: 1
For those among us who question the existence of humor or levity of any kind in classical music, violinist Joshua Bell offers this piece of evidenc...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :24
