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Perfect Pitch, Autism, and Savants. Is there a music connection? Therapist Susan Rancer, RMT shares her experiences.
- Added: Oct 24, 2009
- Length: 29:03
A brief interview with someone who experienced what its like getting a DUI early in life.
- Added: Oct 08, 2009
- Length: 04:52
One of the beauties of classical music is that some things never go out of style. Use this 24 second clip to introduce harpist Catrin Finch playin...
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :24
Bach's Goldberg Variations – now there's a piece of music where we could have a practically endless conversation, starting with the first few notes...
- Added: Sep 26, 2009
- Length: :24
Everyone has a view on the "youth of today," including conductor Charles Dutoit. When it comes to today's youth, he's not a grouch, but he would l...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :28
- Purchases: 1
Everyone, from the TV networks to Madison Avenue, wants the attention and especially the dollars from the 20 and 30-somethings. Even our orchestra...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 1
Thomas Stacy was the long time English horn and Oboe D'amore player with the New York Philharmonic. The Oboe D'amore is a longer, deeper sounding ...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :20
- Purchases: 1
English horn player Thomas Stacy grew up in Augusta, Arkansas, population three thousand (3,000). He's one of the most recorded English horn playe...
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- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :25
- Purchases: 1
We take a look on why is the domestic violence a growing problem within Hispanics.
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jul 14, 2009
- Length: 27:41
- Purchases: 1
Guitarist Sharon Isbin jokes that in a former life, she must have lived during the Renaissance era. Music from the 16th century clearly awakens bo...
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- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :21
- 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
Its subtitle is the "Elvira Madigan" Concerto, thanks to its presence in the obscure 1967 Swedish film by the same name. But Mozart's Piano Concer...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
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
What do you like about Mozart? There are so many things to like – and choose from. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes simply likes all the action. Use thi...
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- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :18
- Purchases: 1
Composer John Corigliano’s father was the concertmaster (1st violinist) with the New York Philharmonic for 23 years, so violin playing and the viol...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :26
The name of the piece is "Mirror in Mirror." It's a seven minute work by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers describes it as...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :26
It was voted the Number One Song on the American Film Institute's list of the "100 Best Songs" used in film. The beauty and autobiographical senti...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :21
On a few occasions, pianist Simone Dinnerstein gets herself into trouble on the concert stage. Nothing too serious, but the difficulty usually beg...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :25
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
This month we are in San Francisco, California exploring what it means to be American through those involved in the struggle for same-sex marriage ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2009
- Length: 09:49
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
