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Composer’s Studio

Composer’s Studio

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.  Join hosts Tarik Ghiradella and Anna Linvill for conversations with living composers and musicians about music, life, and what’s happening in the genre defying world of contemporary composition today.  Spanning the globe, but with special emphasis on the local NC scene, this is a classical music show like none you have ever heard. Follow us on Facebook to join the conversation and find out about upcoming guests and performances.

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Composer’s Studio Archives

Composer’s Studio – 2/21/21 – Aaron Noë

Composer, performer, conductor, and educator Aaron Noë is a musical hero, for he writes music not only for himself or for professional performers, but for students just beginning their musical explorations. So many composers we have spoken with on this show had their first experience with music in a school band or choral program. In […]

Composer’s Studio – 2/14/21 – Jenny Olivia Johnson

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 […]

Composer’s Studio – 2/7/21 – Anthony Constantino

Composer Anthony Constantino wonders, where do I fit into 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 Shostakovitch. Did they not reach the pinnacle of what is possible in classical form? Thankfully, […]

Composer’s Studio – 1/31/21 – Peter Askim

Composer Peter Askim does it all. Conductor of the Raleigh Civic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, as well as Director of Orchestral Studies at North Carolina State University, he is also founder and Artistic Director of The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, focusing on the music of living composers. A few months ago, he added ‘Dad’ […]