Music For Life

This week, on  Music For Life, Music From DePauw...

Fifth House EnsembleHanna chats with 21CM Intern Elleka Okerstrom about what to expect from this week's visit from artists-in-residence Fifth House Ensemble...

 

Matt Skiba comes in to tell us about his Winter Term internship in New York City...

 

and looking forward to our large ensembles' performances this semester, our orchestra, choirs, and percussion ensemble directors come in to talk about what their groups are planning for us in the coming months, culminating in an exciting concert you will not want to miss, the monumental Ninth Symphony of Beethoven!

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From the String and Mixed Chamber Ensembles recital of December 10, 2014, clarinetist Daniel Hickey, violinist Jenny Miller, and pianist Rachel Robin perform Peter Schickele's Serenade for Three.

From the String and Mixed Chamber Ensembles recital of December 10, 2014, violinist Valentina Guillen Menesello, cellist Catherine Anderson-Quinones, and pianist Shiyu Su perform the Piano Trio no. 3 in C Minor, op. 1, by Ludwig van Beethoven.

In this episode of  Music For Life, Music From DePauw...

Click to visit 21cm.orgwith this year's opera production right around the corner, we hear from associate director Kerry Jennings and music director Orcenith Smith about producing Monteverdi's "The Coronation of Poppea," and Anna Gatdula chats with some of the cast members about the story of the opera...

Hannah Gauthier interviews sophomore music student Drew Casey about his Winter Term experience conducting in London...

and I talk with Elleka Okerstrom and Steven Linville about the unveiling of exciting new web site, 21cm.org, that we've developed to bring the 21st Century Musician ideas to the rest of the world!

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From the 1996 Archiv Produktion CD of John Eliot Gardiner's realization of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, here's the beginning of the opera, the Sinfonia and Prologue.

Also from the Gardiner Monteverdi CD, here is Scene 1 of the opera, the Ritornello "E pur'io torno qui, qual linea al centro."

From the string chamber music recital of  December 10th, 2014, here are violinists Lindsey Sullivan and Allison Emata, violist Tyler Huff, and cellist Peter Lockman performing the first movement, Un poco andante - Allegro molto ed agitato, from String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27, by Edvard Grieg.

From the Student Recital Hour of Wednesday, December 10, 2014,pianist Shiyu Su performs the third movement, Allegro ma non troppo, from the Piano Sonata no. 23, op. 57, by Ludwig van Beethoven.

In the first episode of  Music For Life, Music From DePauw for 2015, we gear up for our Spring semester with conversations with...

DePauw Cello Ensemble performs at the White House
Saxophone Professor Scotty Stepp, who gave a Winter Term students an introduction to instrument repair...

Orchestra Director Orcenith Smith, who, along with DePauw's Chamber Orchestra, presented a concert tour across Germany and Austria over Winter Term...

Band Director Craig Paré stops in to talk about the third annual DePauw Honor Band...

and faculty cellist Eric Edberg, jazz director Steve Snyder, and students who represented DePauw at the White House last month!

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From the Student Recital Hour of Wednesday, December 10, 2014, pianist Eric Heaton performs the third movement, "Un sospiro," from the Trois études de concert, S. 144, by Franz Liszt. 

From the Student Recital Hour of Wednesday, December 10, 2014, bassonnist Andrew Wilkey and pianist Nicholas Reynolds perform the Rondo from Johann Hummel's Grand Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in F Major. 

Looking forward to next month's Green Guest Artist Concert, from their CD "English Renaissance," The King's Singers perform Thomas Tallis' "Lamentations of Jeremiah."

Trio GloboFrom Music for Life episode 72, aired on November 16th, 2014, Mark McCoy interviews members of visiting ensemble Trio Globo and their guest vocalist Loire.

Joseph HorowitzFrom Music for Life episode 70, originlly aired on November 2nd, 2014, Mark McCoy interviews guests cultural historian Joseph Horowitz and bass-baritone Kevin Deas about Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's time in the United States.