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- WKAR's Scott Pohl talks with John Madden about a new biography that chronicles the life of legendary leader of MSU bands Leonard Falcone
- WKAR's Melissa Ingells talks with conductor Kevin Noe about the September 23, 2011 Symphony Orchestra concert including Stravinsky's Le Sacre de Printemps and Brahm's Violin Concerto in D Major
- Henry Butler and Rodney Whitaker talk with Jim Fordyce, MI Entertainment Radio's TalkLansing.net, about the September 1, 2010, concert.
- WKAR's Melissa Ingells talks with composer John Corigliano about his April 19-24, 2010 residency at the MSU College of Music
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Margarita Krein performing a selection from The Red Violin Caprices
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Wynton Marsalin Visits MSU
MSUToday: A Study in Jazz
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From MSU Today: MSU’s highly acclaimed School of Music is now the College of Music. The MSU Board of Trustees approved the change at its February 23, 2007, meeting, recognizing the growth of the school and its stature among music performance and music education programs. Jim Forger is dean of the college. He talks about the college’s mission and discusses its increased emphasis on outreach efforts.
- Hear the show (8:46 min | 5.2 MB | mp3)
From MSU Today: The Cuban rumba takes the lead in composer and MSU associate professor of music Ricardo Lorenz’s symphonic work, Rumba Sinfonica, written in collaboration with Jorge Gomez, musical director of the Cuban musical group Tiempo Libre. Lorenz talks about his inspiration for the piece and about his relationship with Gomez and Tiempo Libre. He describes what patrons of the performance can expect and discusses how audiences and musicians have responded to the piece.
- Hear the show (21:06 min | 12.1 MB | mp3)
From MSU Today: Sunny Wilkinson has taken her place in that elite group of jazz vocalists who have stretched the boundaries and found themselves “one of a kind.” Her performance credits are impressive: Wilkinson has sung with The Count Basie Band, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Clark Terry, Mark Murphy, Milt Hinton, Curtis Fuller, and Edgar Winter, among others. "A Gentle Time – When Sunny Meets Tom," Sunny’s latest CD release, is a duo project featuring Los Angeles-based pianist Tom Garvin. Wilkinson discusses the inspiration behind the new work and her teaching role at MSU, noting that jazz is alive and well in the world today!
- Hear the show (20:56 min | 12 MB | mp
From MSU Today: Nine-time Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Wynton Marsalis was commissioned by the MSU College of Music, the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to create a new piece of music that celebrates Michigan. The world premiere of the piece was performed by Marsalis with the MSU Symphony Orchestra and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on September 24, 2008. Rodney Whitaker, director of jazz studies at MSU’s College of Music, began the process in 2005 to commission Marsalis, his longtime friend and mentor. “He’s one of the leading musicians of our time,” says Whitaker. “He’s an icon even to classical players.” Marsalis was on the MSU campus as an artist-in-residence from September 22-25, 2008, to work with music students who make up the 110-member MSU Symphony Orchestra, to share his vision of the commission, and to pass on some of his knowledge and opinions about music, culture, and the arts. Whitaker also talks about the jazz studies program he leads at MSU and about the state of jazz music around the world.
- Hear the show (15:42 - 9 mb | mp3)
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Rhonda Buckley is associate dean for outreach and engagement for MSU’s College of Music. MSU will expand its presence in Southeast Michigan this fall, establishing Community Music School Detroit with classes for area youths and adults and a new headquarters for College of Education teaching interns and programs in Detroit schools. Community Music School is the outreach arm of the College of Music. The college initiated CMS Detroit in response to the community’s desire for enhanced music education and performance opportunities, says Buckley. “The programs are built on the knowledge that exposure to music dramatically enhances learning, life skills, cognitive development, social awareness and problem solving – all skills that are transferable and necessary in these changing economic times,” Buckley says. “This is an exciting opportunity to bring the energy of our MSU faculty and students into the rich cultural heritage that Detroit is - the place where Motown started and where techno music developed,” Buckley says. “To be able to go to Detroit and offer this richness to other young people and to share that gift is extraordinarily exciting.”
- Hear the show (10:05 - 5.8 mb | mp3)
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Chilean singer and songwriter Victor Jara died in 1973 fighting for social justice in a country suffering from a military coup. His politically charged lyrics and mesmerizing melodies created hope for Latin Americans – and now Associate Professor of Composition in the MSU College of Music Ricardo Lorenz has reignited the passion with the world premiere of viola concerto, “Canciones de Jara.”
“Early on, I was affected by the fact that Victor was murdered for his music. It was his words, his poetry,” says Lorenz, who grew up in Venezuela. “His death showed me the power of music, that it can influence people to the point of becoming a threat to the government.” Most interesting and timely, Lorenz says, is the concerto’s tribute to Jara’s “Song of the Miners,” about Chilean miners and their difficult working conditions. Lorenz’s final song in the concerto mimics that hope – after 20 minutes of the viola fighting and eventually dying – when a guitar plays through a megaphone. It’s much like hearing Jara on the radio, Lorenz says. “At first, I was just thinking of melodies, but the more I got into this, the more I realized the viola is Victor Jara,” he says. “I’m not quoting melodies, but I’m using the emotional content of the songs to weave a narrative.”
- Hear the show 25:33 – 14.6 mb | mp3
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From MSU Today on Impact Radio: One of the most acclaimed composers of contemporary concert music, John Corigliano, is holding a weeklong residency at the MSU College of Music April 19-24. Corigliano received a Pulitzer Prize of Music in 2001 and an Oscar in 1999 for his musical score in the 1998 film “The Red Violin.” He is also a three-time Grammy Award recipient. “I enjoy working with students because they love music and want to learn; that interaction nurtures me, too,” says Corigliano. “I hope they learn from me that today’s composers are living, natural, normal and down-to-earth people.” Corigliano’s visit to campus will conclude with “An Evening with John Corigliano: MSU’s Tribute to the Man and His Music.” The concert will be held 8 p.m. April 24 in Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall. Corigliano will host a 7:15 p.m. preview lecture, commenting on the works that will be performed. The concert will feature five of Corigliano’s most well-known works performed by the MSU Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale, State Singers and Wind Symphony. Corigliano will host open rehearsals with the groups.
- Hear the show (13:41 - 7.8 mb | mp3)
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