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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 – 3/22/20 – Steven Spiel

Practicing good Corona virus social distancing, the Composer’s Studio phones it in with Steven Spiel, a composer who paints with sound. Steven has written music for large and small ensembles, choir, film, and even jazz combos. We talk with Steven about how music in film manipulates our emotional response to the image, what it is […]

Composer’s Studio – 3/15/20 – Mark Engebretson

Mark Engebretson, composer and professor out of Greensboro, NC, writes music that is driven by  a desire for fresh, engaging forms and modes of musical expression in which performers are asked to face and overcome novel technical and musical challenges. Listen as Mark explains and performs his piece The Outside,  live in the WHUP studio. […]

Composer’s Studio – 3/8/20 -Steven Bryant

Join Amy, Tarik, and Anna for a conversation with composer Steven Bryant. With music chiseled in its structure and intent, fusing lyricism, dissonance, silence, technology, and humor into lean, skillfully-crafted works, Steven’s music enthralls listeners and performers alike. His seminal work Ecstatic Waters, for wind ensemble and electronics, has become one of the most performed […]