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Composer's Studio

Composer's Studio

Composer's Studio

Join hosts Anna Linvill, and Tarik Ghiradella for conversations with contemporary composers about music, life, and what’s happening in the genre defying world of classical music today. The Composer’s Studio is a place where living art is made, a place without boundaries where inspiration can come from anywhere from birdsong to heavy metal, Vivaldi to the hum of a vacuum cleaner. Classical composers today are no longer confined to the concert stage or the cathedral but contribute to film scores, television commercials, video game soundtracks and beyond. From graduate students to Grammy winners, this is a classical music show like none you have ever heard. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to join the conversation and find out about upcoming guests and performances.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Composer's Studio episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Composer's Studio for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Composer's Studio episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Composer's Studio - Double Vision: Peter Askim and Jeffery Scott
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01/30/24 • 33 min

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Composer's Jeffery Scott and Peter Askim discuss the upcoming performances of their new works.
'Anatomy of an Embrace' (World Premiere) by Peter Askim and 'Pesadelos 1' and 'Songs' by Jeffery Scott will be perfomed by Mallarme Music on Friday, February 2, 2024, 7:30 p.m. at the PSI Theatre, Durham Arts Council, Durham NC.
If you live nearby, we hope to see you there.

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From the kind-natured city of Buffalo, NY to the vibrant energy of Long Island; from being the Head Chorister in the Choir of Men and Boys at St. Pauls Cathedral to being the 2004 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, Music has always been at the heart of who Paul Moravec is.
In this episode of the Composer's Studio, Moravec speaks so eloquently about the personal intention of his music, its lyricism and the connection he feels to some of his most important pieces.

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Composer's Studio - Anthony Constantino - The Futility of Music
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02/07/21 • 65 min

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Composer Anthony Constantino wonders, where do I fit in the larger picture? Why does the world need another quartet, another chamber work when so much great work has already been composed? The World already has Beethoven and Stravinsky, Bartok and Shostakovich. Did they not reach the pinnacle of what is possible in classical form? Thankfully, Anthony has figured out how to shut off his doubting mind. Constantino writes everything from chamber, vocal, and electroacoustic music to large scale orchestral works and shows us that there is still plenty of room for new music in the old forms.

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Composer's Studio - Jenny Olivia Johnson - Don't Look Back
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02/14/21 • 83 min

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Composer and sound artist Jenny Olivia Johnson’s work is a musical memoir, her multi-sensory synesthesia coloring everything she does. Her compositions and artwork range from electroacoustic chamber songs and contemplative solo works to short amplified operas and interactive sound and light sculptures. We can’t take you through one of her fascinating installations, but her music is a fascinating experience all on its own.

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Composer's Studio - Douglas Boyce - The Speed of Time
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01/12/22 • 96 min

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With a fascination with language and mythos, Douglas Boyce composes music that draws on Medieval and Renaissance traditions but sits firmly within a modernist aesthetic. Building rich rhythmic structures that shift between order, fragmentation, elegance, and ferocity, many of his works have a direct historical touchstone. Other works draw on sources from antiquity, literature, and philosophy. Join Tarik and Anna for a deep dive into a fascinating, modernist mind.

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Composer's Studio - Annie Nikunen - Embodied Music
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04/23/22 • 72 min

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Composer, flutist, choreographer, sound artist, and radio broadcaster Annie Nikunen's music is an embodiment of her humanity. Join Tarik and Anna for an exploration of the physicality of sound with this lovely, creative spirit.

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Composer's Studio - Christopher Dietz “My Manifesto”
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11/10/21 • 89 min

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Award winning Composer Christopher Dietz is a stargazer, his compositions moving through the darkness of spacetime in whirling constellations of sound. With instruments standing in for celestial bodies, Dietz engages in a philosophical contemplation of dualities and opposition, changing seasons, beginnings and endings. The individual, in relief against the unfathomable mass of the Universe, turns from the broader view to the comforting safety of self-made limitations. Dietz’ reworking of The Rifleman’s Creed is a sympathetic, yet unflinching examination of humanity’s rigid, defensive attachment to its personal manifestos, though they lead us astray or into unwinnable conflicts. Join Tarik and Anna for a conversation that takes us from the deepest depths of the Universe to the mysteries of the human soul.

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Composer's Studio - Rain Worthington - Tapping into the pre-verbal Language
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05/30/21 • 91 min

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It's very mysterious how it works, this pre-verbal language that we all recognize and comprehend. It's not simplistic or concrete yet somehow it channels and resonates its way through our minds and into our souls. It is with this vision and deep understanding that Worthington composes. Often, she may not even know the meaning behind a composition until she has finished writing it.

Rain is a self-taught composer. Magical Realism, Reflection and Musical Angels are some of the beautiful manifestations of her music. Impulses for new pieces have ranged from the small bits of rain cascading off of windows to the two-note expression of a sigh as well as the tragedy and heartache felt so deeply and by so many after 911.

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Shanan Estreicher is a man of many accomplishments, and he has done so, not for himself but for others. There is a Hebrew phrase "Torah Lishmah." Loosely translated, it means - a raging thirst for knowledge. But, in Shanan's case the gift he offers is not about the knowledge he's learned but rather the knowledge he shares. With a heart of a teacher, Shanan expresses his musical voice in a passionate and honest way: an uninterrupted communication of musical language that speaks through him so deeply, encouraging every voice around him to rise up and sing.

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Composer's Studio - Composer's Studio Holiday Show
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12/21/20 • 60 min

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Anna and Tarik close out the Composer's Studio first season with a holiday special of Sacred Choral works.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Composer's Studio have?

Composer's Studio currently has 53 episodes available.

What topics does Composer's Studio cover?

The podcast is about New Music, Classical, Music, Podcasts, Music Interviews and Interviews.

What is the most popular episode on Composer's Studio?

The episode title 'Paul Moravec - From the Underground to Freedom, to the Overlook and the Tempest.' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Composer's Studio?

The average episode length on Composer's Studio is 70 minutes.

How often are episodes of Composer's Studio released?

Episodes of Composer's Studio are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.

When was the first episode of Composer's Studio?

The first episode of Composer's Studio was released on Mar 8, 2020.

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