Playlist: Brad Cresswell's Portfolio
Producer and host of "Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green."
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Focus On: Evan Chambers
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
Composer and BGSU alumnus Evan Chambers takes us on a tour of his extraordinary chamber cantata “The Old Burying Ground,” inspired by his life-long fascination with graveyard walks and epitaph spotting.
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Composer and BGSU alumnus Evan Chambers takes us on a tour of his extraordinary chamber cantata “The Old Burying Ground,” inspired by his life-long fascination with graveyard walks and epitaph spotting.
Focus On: Vicky Chow
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
We spend an hour with visionary pianist Vicky Chow, who takes us through her latest recording & performance projects.
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We spend an hour with visionary pianist Vicky Chow, who takes us through her latest recording & performance projects.
In Residence: Alarm Will Sound
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
Inspired by their residency at Bowling Green State University, we spend the hour with visionary new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound. Featuring music introduced by Steve Reich, Michael Gordon, Caleb Burhans, and John Orfe.
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Evergreen Episode Five (NMBG EV05)
Inspired by their residency at Bowling Green State University, we spend the hour with visionary new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound. Featuring music introduced by Steve Reich, Michael Gordon, Caleb Burhans, and John Orfe.
Special guests: composers mentioned above, also conductor Alan Pierson.
Sarah Cahill: The Future is Female
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
Piano maverick and West Coast radio personality Sarah Cahill co-hosts this episode, sampling her considerable discography as well as her provocative performance project The Future is Female.
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- Sarah Cahill: The Future is Female
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Season Seven Episode One (NMBG 0701)
Piano maverick and West Coast radio personality Sarah Cahill co-hosts this episode, sampling her considerable discography as well as her provocative performance project The Future is Female.
Special guest: Sarah Cahill
In Residence: David Lang
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
Pulitzer Prize winner and Academy Award nominee David Lang presents a program of his own music, inspired by his residency at Bowling Green State University.
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- In Residence: David Lang
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Evergreen Episode One (NMBG EV01)
Pulitzer Prize winner and Academy Award nominee David Lang presents a program of his own music, inspired by his residency at Bowling Green State University.
Special guests: composer David Lang, pianist Karl Larson, clarinetist Kevin Schempf
In Memoriam Matt Marks
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
We pay tribute to one of the most compelling voices in new music, Matt Marks, who passed away unexpectedly in 2018 at age 38. Joining us for this episode are three people who knew Matt well: conductor Alan Pierson (Alarm Will Sound); singer Mellissa Hughes, and pianist Kathleen Supové.
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- In Memoriam Matt Marks
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Season Six, Episode Ten (NMBG 0610)
We pay tribute to one of the most compelling voices in new music, Matt Marks, who passed away unexpectedly in 2018 at age 38.
Special guests: conductor Alan Pierson (Alarm Will Sound); singer Mellissa Hughes, and pianist Kathleen Supové.
Jennifer Higdon: Notes of Gratitude
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
Composer and BGSU alumna Jennifer Higdon co-hosts this episode, introducing recent recordings of her music, including the piece she wrote for pianist Lara Downes’ "Holes in the Sky" album and her Grammy®-winning Harp Concerto.
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- Jennifer Higdon: Notes of Gratitude
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Season Seven, Episode Seven (NMBG 0707)
Composer and BGSU alumna Jennifer Higdon co-hosts this episode, introducing recent recordings of her music, including the piece she wrote for pianist Lara Downes’ "Holes in the Sky" album and her Grammy®-nominated Harp Concerto.
Special guests: Jennifer Higdon
Dead White Man Music
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
Composer and BGSU grad Evan Williams introduces his harpsichord concerto, "Dead White Man Music," which reflects on the state of diversity in classical music. Also, up next in Jennifer Higdon’s Living Women Composers series: Meredith Monk.
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Season Six, Episode Five (NMBG 0605)
Composer and BGSU grad Evan Williams introduces his harpsichord concerto, Dead White Man Music, which reflects on the state of diversity in classical music. Also, up next in Jennifer Higdon’s Living Women Composers series: Meredith Monk.
Special guest: composer Evan Williams
In Concert: GVSU New Music Ensemble
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
We hear a concert performance from the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, made up entirely of works commissioned by the group and introduced by their director, Bill Ryan. Part of the 2017 New Music Gathering at Bowling Green State University.
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- In Concert: GVSU New Music Ensemble
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We hear a concert performance from the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, made up entirely of works commissioned by the group and introduced by their director, Bill Ryan. Part of the 2017 New Music Gathering at Bowling Green State University.
Music at the Forefront: Spektral Quartet
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
We spend the hour with the Chicago-based visionary ensemble Spektral Quartet and some of the works created just for them, including selections from a recent “Music at the Forefront” concert at Bowling Green State University.
We spend the hour with the Chicago-based visionary ensemble Spektral Quartet and some of the works created just for them, including selections from a recent “Music at the Forefront” concert at Bowling Green State University.
Close Up with Michael Daugherty II
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
Multi Grammy-winning composer Michael Daugherty continues the backstage tour of his musical career, with more stories behind some of his best-known works.
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- Close Up with Michael Daugherty II
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Multi Grammy-winning composer Michael Daugherty continues the backstage tour of his musical career, with more stories behind some of his best-known works.
Close Up with Michael Daugherty
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
Multi Grammy-winning composer Michael Daugherty takes us on a backstage tour of his musical career, providing the stories behind some of his best-known works.
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- Close Up with Michael Daugherty
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Multi Grammy-winning composer Michael Daugherty takes us on a backstage tour of his musical career, providing the stories behind some of his best-known works.
In Residence: Roomful of Teeth
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
We hear a program inspired by cutting-edge vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth’s 2017 residency at Bowling Green State University, introduced by RoT founder Brad Wells and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw.
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- In Residence: Roomful of Teeth
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We hear a program inspired by cutting-edge vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth’s 2017 residency at Bowling Green State University, introduced by RoT founder Brad Wells and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw.
Mass for the Endangered
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider introduces us to her "Mass for the Endangered" - a modern re-imagining of the traditional Catholic Mass as a prayer for endangered species and the imperiled environments in which they live.
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- Mass for the Endangered
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Festival Mixtape
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
We hear performances from the 43rd annual New Music Festival at Bowling Green State University.
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- Festival Mixtape
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10 Years On
From WGTE Public Media | Part of the Living American Composers: New Music from Bowling Green series | 59:00
As we begin the 10th season of NMBG, Grammy® and Pulitzer-winning composer Jennifer Higdon returns to introduce new recordings of her work, including the multi-Grammy® award-winning album "Letters for the Future" from string trio Time for Three.
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