Audience Development Webinar: Working with Mobile Technology to Develop Your Audience

Rosebrook Classical will be co-producing the second Audience Development Webinar Hosted by Audience Development Specialists!

When: Noon Eastern (U.S.), Friday, March 16, 2012
Where: Online!
Who: Shoshana Fanizza, Audience Development Specialists; David Dombrosky: Chief Marketing Office, InstantEncore;
Cost: $25.00
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DuoDrama Gets a new site!

Not too long ago, Lucy Mauro and Donald George joined the New Classical Order Podcast to talk about Margaret Ruthven Lang. Well today, we’re talking about their collaboration they call DuoDrama, and specifically, the new website we just built them!
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We’re on Pinterest – Join Us!

We’ve put it off long enough — we’ve finally taken the plunge and joined Pinterest! We’re located at Pinterest.com/rbclassical, so feel free to check out the beginnings of our Pin Boards.

If you’re already there, follow us and we’ll follow you back, and we’ll work together to figure out this new platform!
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NCO – Selected Songs of Margaret Ruthven Lang

This Episode of The New Classical Order Podcast focuses on the remarkable and incredibly intriguing early-American composer Margaret Ruthven Lang. Rosebrook Classical’s own David Weuste and Purdue University’s Dr. Jennifer Hund are joined by pianist Lucy Mauro and tenor Donald George to talk about Margaret Ruthven Lang and their two volumes (and coming volumes) of Selected Songs of Margaret Ruthven LangLove is Everywhere and the new release New Love Must Rise! But that’s all the introduction you get, because we know you’ll be as smitten with this composer as we are after listening to this extended edition podcast:
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RR is at it again, great new releases, leaks, and performances with robots!

We’ve been pretty quiet on the blogging front, but it’s not for lack of social media news (Facebook IPO launch anyone?) — we’ve been so busy making sure our client’s blogs and social media are going full steam, that we’ve let our own slack! It’s one of those “the cobbler has no shoes” sorts of things. But perhaps the following update on our clients will fill you in on what’s kept the writing to a miminimum:

Reference Recordings is at it Again:

Much like they did here in Dallas, the Reference Recordings Team is taking you behind the scenes of their recording sessions with the Kansas City Symphony!

Not only did they take time to do an interview with the symphony:

And not only have they been sharing great pictures on Facebook, Twitter, and their blog, they’ve also been giving live updates via the #RRatKC hashtag on their Twitter account!

New Releases from clients:

Delos has had a busy 2012 with a great new release of new Brass Quintet, and already a digital release of a new recordings of songs from American composer Margaret Ruthven Lang:

Dulcie Taylor leaks samples for upcoming album

New artist client Dulcie Taylor has a new release coming out March 13th, but the unofficial CD Release Concert is next weekend! So to get fans excited we’ve been helping her “leak” a few samples from the album to her ReverbNation and Facebook Fans. Take a listen here:


ComScore

Performing with Robots?

Yes you read that right! Pianist Jade Simmons will be performing a duet with Georgia Tech’s “improvising robotic marimba player” during her upcoming ARTech artist-in-residence performance! She’ll also be having an “ARTech After Party” that evening — details on her Facebook Page.

New Classical Order – Music and the Cinema

This Episode of The New Classical Order Podcast focuses on film music. Film music has a long history, and with deep roots in many traditions. Rosebrook Classical’s David Weuste and Purdue University’s Dr. Jennifer Hund explore “Music and the Cinema” from Richard Wagner to the newly released soundtrack from The Artist.

Listen to the episode “Music and the Cinema”:

Download this episode and subscribe to the podcast in iTunes!

Music on this Podcast:

Track: “The Ride of the Valkyries”
Composer: Richard Wagner
Artist: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Wagner: Overtures and selections
Label: RPO
Track: Neodammerung
Composer: Don Davis
Artist: Don Davis
Album: Matrix Revolutions
Label: Maverick Recording Company
Track: The Young Lady and the Hooligan: The Hooligan
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Artist: Minsk Symphony Orchestra; Walter Mnatsakanov, conductor
Album: The Young Lady and the Hooligan
Label: Delos/Russian Disc
Track: Tara’s Theme (Gone from the Wind)
Composer: Max Steiner
Artist: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Academy Award Themes
Label: Intereuro
Track: The Sea Hawk: Main Title-Reunion-Finale (Excerpt)
Composer: Erich Korngold
Artist: Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor
Album: Korngold: The Sea Hawk, Symphony in F-Sharp
Label: Delos
Track: Pirates of the Caribbean: He’s a Pirate
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Artist: Klaus Badelt
Album: Pirates of the Caribbean
Label: Walt Disney Records
Track: Star Wars (Main Theme)
Composer: John Williams
Artist: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Academy Award Themes
Label: Intereuro
Track: Estancia, Op. 8 (The Artist)
Composer: Ludovic Bource
Artist: Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: The Artist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label: The Weinstein Company

Download this episode and subscribe to the podcast in iTunes!

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New Classical Order – Music and Death

This Episode of The New Classical Order Podcast centers around the wonderfully uplifting subject of Death. Over the centuries there have been countless compositions of all genres and instrumentation that have centered around the “inevitable” subject. Rosebrook Classical’s David Weuste and Purdue University’s Dr. Jennifer Hund take a look at music on this subject from Mussorgsky through the twenty-first century.

Listen to the episode “Music and Death”:

Download this episode and subscribe to the podcast in iTunes!

Music on this Podcast:

Track: Songs and Dances of Death – Serenade
Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
Artist: Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone; Valery Gergiev, conductor; Kirov Orchestra
Album: Portrait
Label: Philips
Track: Requiem – Requiem Aeternam
Composer: Alfred Schnittke
Artist: Malena Ernamn, Susanne Carltrom, Annika Eliasson-Frick, Fredrik Bjorlin, Michael Engstrom, Swedish Radio Choir, Magnus Bengtsson
Album: Schittke: Requiem; Gorecki: Miserere
Label: Caprice
Track: Requiem – Requiem Aeternam
Composer: John Rutter
Artist: Dallas Women’s Chorus; Turtle Creek Chorale
Album: Rutter: Requiem, Five Anthems
Label: Reference Recordings
Track: Act II, Scene 2: Klinghoffer’s death
Composer: John Adams
Artist: John Adams; Kent Nagano
Album: The Death of Klinghoffer
Label: Nonesuch
Track: Death
Composer: Ricky Ian Gordon
Artist: Elizabeth Futral, soprano; Todd Palmer, clarinet;
Album: Orpheus & Euridice
Label: Sh-K-Boom Records
Track: Lacrimosa – Day of Tears
Composer: Zbigniew Preisner
Artist: Elzbieta Towarnicka, soprano; Sinfonia Varsovia, orchestra;
Album: Requiem for My Friend
Label: New Music B.V.

Bonus Track to listen to that we ran out of time for:
Track: Symphony No. 5, Funeral March
Composer: Uri Caine/Gustav Mahler
Artist: Uri Caine Ensemble
Album: Mahler: Urlicht – Primal Light
Label: Winter & Winter
Click to listen on Spotify

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Alexander String Quartet on Facebook and Beyond

We wanted to start the week this week doing a little bragging on our new clients the Alexander String Quartet. Firstly, they have the very first rendition of our new-look Facebook Page Tabs. Rather than having five different tabs, we built a full iFrame mini-site into their Facebook Page:

But Facebook isn’t the only site the ASQ has a new presence on:

Introducing the Alexander String Quartet!

We are excited to announce that the Alexander String Quartet is now a part of the Rosebrook Classical family!

As we work to guide and develop their social media efforts, we are happy to announce that they are hosting a giveaway for their concert in San Francisco this weekend on their Facebook Page! Check it out right here, give them a like, and enter to win!

Connect with the Alexander String Quartet:

Official Website
Blog
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube

About the Alexander String Quartet:

THE ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET has performed in the major music capitals of five continents, securing its standing among the world’s premier ensembles over nearly three decades. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich, the quartet has also established itself as an important advocate of new music through over 25 commissions and numerous premiere performances. The Alexander String Quartet is a major artistic presence in its home base of San Francisco, serving there as directors of the Morrison Chamber Music Center at the School of Music and Dance in the College of Arts and Humanities at San Francisco State University and Ensemble in Residence of San Francisco Performances.

The Ensemble will be celebrating their 30th Anniversary with an anniversary concert on February 4th!

Take a look and listen here:

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Subscribe to the New Classical Order Podcast!

The New Classical Order Podcast, co-hosted by Rosebrook Classical’s David Weuste and Purdue University’s Dr. Jennifer Hund, is now available for subscription in iTunes!

Click Here to subscribe to The New Classical Order in iTunes!

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New Releases and News

As we continue our catchup efforts from the Holiday break, we wanted to share a couple of exciting new releases from our label clients as well as other news!

Delos New Release

Delos has a new release from the brass quintet da Capo Brass called From the Beginning. The CD comes out at the end of this month (1/31/12), but is already available for digital download, and debuted at #8 in the iTunes Classical Charts! So congratulations to Delos and da Capo Brass!

“From the Beginning”

da Capo Brass
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In keeping with Delos’ founding principle of showcasing exceptional American artists, here is an auspicious debut recording from da Capo: a superb North Carolina-based brass quintet. Musicians will immediately pick up on the album’s title, “From the Beginning” (English for the musical term “da Capo”).

And who wouldn’t thrill to the majestic sound of a crack brass ensemble? This instrumental family’s unique sonorities – ranging from the trumpet’s clarion brilliance to the French horn’s mellow tones –can’t be beat for music of noble pomp or stirring glory – not to mention material of a more humorous nature. And, given the brasses’ distinctively varied tonal qualities, what better way to pick apart more complex music like a Bach fugue?

Reference Recordings New Release

Reference Recordings released the next LP release in the Reference Mastercuts series today! One of the best-known audiophile labels has finally gone back to creating vinyl releases after finding quality ways to reproduce the medium up to their high standards, and the first two LPs were released to enormous success. The new release featuring their recording of the Minnesota Orchestra performing works from Rachnaminoff is critically acclaimed as their best recording in their 30+ year history!

RACHMANINOFF: SYMPHONIC DANCES; VOCALISE (RM-1504)

Eiji Oue/ Minnesota Orchestra

33 1/3 rpm, Half-Speed Mastered, 200 gram virgin vinyl from Quality Record Pressings in gatefold jacket

FIRST TIME EVER ON LP!

Widely believed to be the finest orchestral recording RR has ever made.

Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the most beloved composers of the twentieth century. His music is redolent of his Russian homeland, and it sings long, lush melodies that define the term “romantic.” Everyone who knows and loves his piano concertos will enjoy these lyrical and dynamic works for orchestra. The “Symphonic Dances” in recent years have become one of Rachmaninoff’s most-performed scores. “Vocalise” is one of the great classical melodies, and is hummable by everyone. Grammy® Nominated 2002– Best Engineered Album – Classical; Keith O. Johnson, engineer

Reference Recordings launches RR Radio!

Reference Recordings is excited to announce a new avenue for you to listen to Reference Recordings Music — RR Radio via SoundCloud!

RR Radio will feature one full track from each of our new releases, added after each album is released. RR Radio will also bring you a full track from a featured release from Reference Recordings’ 30+ year history. RR Radio will stay fresh, and will rotate tracks in and out as we go on, so make sure you’re listening often!

Audience Development Webinar: Participatory Classical Music

Rosebrook Classical will be co-producing the first Audience Development Webinar Hosted by Audience Development Specialists!

When: 10am-11:30 am Mountain Time, Friday, January 20, 2012
Where: Online!
Who: Shoshana Fanizza, Audience Development Specialists; John Steinmetz: bassoonist, composer, writer, satirist, speaker;
Cost: $25.00

How can we build classical music experiences that will also build our audiences? Participatory performances, designing events with your audience members, using music as a social force, nurturing your audiences, and increasing demand will all be discussed. Register today and join the conversation!

Click Here to Register

New Classical Order – Music and Politics Part Two And Three

On this episode of The New Classical Order Podcast, David Weuste and Dr. Jennifer Hund continue the discussion of Music & Politics focusing on music for propaganda, protest, revolution, and critique.

Listen Now:
The New Classical Order – Music and Politics (part 2)

The New Classical Order – Music and Politics (part 3)





Music from Part Two:

Track: Air and Simple Gifts
Album: Music of America – John Williams
Composer: John Williams
Artists: Yo Yo Ma
Label: Sony Masterworks
Purchase on Amazon.com

Portraits of Freedom

Track: Lincoln Portrait
Album: Portraits of Freedom
Composer: Aaron Copland
Artists: James Earl Jones, narrator; Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Seattle Symphony
Label: Delos
Purchase from Delos

Christian Wolff

Track: Emma, Movement Five
Album: Christian Wolff: (Re:) Making Music – Works 1962-99
Composer: Christian Wolff
Artist: The Barton Workshop
Label: Mode
Purchase on Amazon.com

Hydrogen Jukebox

Track: Part Two, Song #13 From Nagasaki Days (Everybody’s Fantasy)
Album: Hydrogen Jukebox
Composer: Philip Glass
Artist: Martin Goldray, conductor
Label: Nonesuch
Purchase on Amazon.com

Music from Part 3:

Zippo Songs

Track: Zippo Songs: If I Had a Farm
Album: Zippo Songs
Composer: Phil Kline
Artist: Zippo Band, Phil Kline
Label: Cantaloupe Music
Purchase on Amazon.com

Howl, USA

Track: Cold War Suite from How It Happens (The Voice of I.F. Stone), Perfect Weapon
Album: Howl, U.S.A.
Composer: Scott Johnson
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Label: Nonesuch
Purchase on Amazon.com

Howl, USA

Track: Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover
Album: Howl, U.S.A.
Composer: Michael Daugherty
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Label: Nonesuch
Purchase on Amazon.com

Zippo Songs

Track: 3 Rumsfeld Songs: No. 1. As We Know
Album: Zippo Songs
Composer: Phil Kline
Artist: Zippo Band, Phil Kline
Label: Cantaloupe Music
Purchase on Amazon.com

Listen to Part One Here!

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Dr. Jennifer HundJennifer Hund is currently a music professor at Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts. She was previously a professor in the musicology department of Texas Christian University’s School of Music in Fort Worth. Prior to her work in Texas, she was visiting lecturer at Purdue University and Indiana University where she earned her Ph.D. in musicology in August 2007 with her dissertation “The Proposta e Risposta Madrigal, Dialogue, Cultural Discourse, and the Issue of Imitatio.” In this study, Hund combined her interests in the Italian madrigal, poetry, Renaissance studies, and dialogue. She also has a B.M. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Illinois Wesleyan University and an M.M. in Musicology from Florida State University. Her other interests include music and humor, opera and politics, the nineteenth-century symphony, and the pedagogy of music history. Hund is currently writing a book based on her dissertation research as well as completing another edition of A Study and Listening Guide for A History of Western Music (W. W. Norton).


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New Classical Order Podcast – Music & Politics

On this episode of The New Classical Order Podcast, David Weuste and Dr. Jennifer Hund scratch the surface of Music & Politics focusing on Nationalism, Censorship, and how music touches our emotions to shape these ideas.

Listen Now:
The New Classical Order – Music and Politics (part 1)





Music on this podcast:

South Sudan National Anthem
Click here to view the Lyrics

Lady Macbeth

Track: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Suite, Op. 29a: I. Allegro con brio
Album: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 / Suite (of excerpts) from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Artists: Andrey Boreyko, conductor; SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Label: Hänssler Classics
Purchase on Amazon.com

Symphony No. 5

Track: Symphony No. 5 in D minor – II. Allegretto
Album: Shostakovich: Symphony no 5, Piano Concerto no 2, etc
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Artist: Andrew Litton, conductor; Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Label: Delos
Purchase from Delos

WTC 9-11

Track: WTC 9/11 – I. 9/11
Album: WTC 9/11
Composer: Steve Reich
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Label: Nonesuch
Purchase on Amazon.com

On the Transmigration of Souls

Track: 5 minute Sample from On the Transmigration of Souls, so not the full work!
Album: On the Transmigration of Souls
Composer: John Adams
Artist: Lorin Maazel, conductor; New York Philharmonic
Label: Nonesuch
Purchase on Amazon.com

WTC 9-11

Track: WTC 9/11 – III. WTC
Album: WTC 9/11
Composer: Steve Reich
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Label: Nonesuch
Purchase on Amazon.com


Dr. Jennifer HundJennifer Hund is currently a music professor at Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts. She was previously a professor in the musicology department of Texas Christian University’s School of Music in Fort Worth. Prior to her work in Texas, she was visiting lecturer at Purdue University and Indiana University where she earned her Ph.D. in musicology in August 2007 with her dissertation “The Proposta e Risposta Madrigal, Dialogue, Cultural Discourse, and the Issue of Imitatio.” In this study, Hund combined her interests in the Italian madrigal, poetry, Renaissance studies, and dialogue. She also has a B.M. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Illinois Wesleyan University and an M.M. in Musicology from Florida State University. Her other interests include music and humor, opera and politics, the nineteenth-century symphony, and the pedagogy of music history. Hund is currently writing a book based on her dissertation research as well as completing another edition of A Study and Listening Guide for A History of Western Music (W. W. Norton).

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Billboards, Grammys, and an Artist at The White House!

We love telling you about our clients exciting news, and boy do we have some today!

Delos

Classical label Delos had two major bits of exciting news today. First, their new release “Ceremony of Carols” featuring the wonderful Etherea Vocal Ensemble debuted at #14 on the Billboard Classical Charts! Not bad for a release that’s only available digitally!

And as of only a couple of hours ago, Delos found out that their release “Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos” won the Latin Grammy for Best Classical Album of the Year!

Take a listen to the Latin Grammys Best Classical Album:

Congrats to Delos, Etherea Vocal Ensemble, and the Brazilian Guitar Quartet!

Jade Simmons

Rosebrook Classical artist client Jade Simmons was named the “Best Houston Arts Ambassador” earlier in the year, and today announced that she’ll be looking to give that title some new legs as she goes to perform at The White House on December 16th as part of the White House Holiday Open House Period. Jade will perform a two-hour concert of Classical music including a set of her own Contemporary Classical arrangements of popular Christmas carols.

Here’s a look at one of the Christmas Carol arrangements:

A good day for our clients, is always a good day for us!

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The New Classical Order Podcast – Ólafur Arnalds

On this latest episode of The New Classical Order Podcast, David Weuste and Dr. Jennifer Hund take a look at an interesting new composer from Iceland named Ólafur Arnalds.

Born in 1986, Ólafur hails from the suburban Icelandic town of Mosfellsbær, just a few kilometres outside of Reykjavík. He has immersed himself completely in a world of delicate symphonic compositions generating near weightless orchestral pieces. Arnalds explores the crossover from classical to pop by mixing chamber strings and piano with discreet electronics which makes him a perfect fit for cinematic music label Erased Tapes. His motivations are clear: ‘The classical scene is kind of closed to people who haven’t been studying music all their lives. I would like to bring my classical influence to the people who don’t usually listen to this kind of music…open people’s minds.’

Listen Now:
The New Classical Order – Ólafur Arnalds

Music on this podcast:

...and they have escaped the weight of darknessTrack: Loftið verður skyndilega kalt
Album: …and they have escaped the weight of darkness
Composer: Ólafur Arnalds
Artists: Ólafur Arnalds
Label: Erased Tapes
Purchase on Amazon.com

...and they have escaped the weight of darknessTrack: Þú ert jörðin
Album: …and they have escaped the weight of darkness
Composer: Ólafur Arnalds
Artists: Ólafur Arnalds
Label: Erased Tapes
Purchase on Amazon.com

Eulogy for EvolutionTrack: 0040
Album: Eulogy for Evolution
Composer: Ólafur Arnalds
Artist: Ólafur Arnalds
Label: Erased Tapes
Purchase on Amazon.com

Dyad 1909Track: Brotsjór
Album: Dyad 1909
Composer: Ólafur Arnalds
Artist: Ólafur Arnalds
Label: Erased Tapes
Purchase on Amazon.com

Dyad 1909Track: 3326
Album: Dyad 1909
Composer: Ólafur Arnalds
Artist: Ólafur Arnalds
Label: Erased Tapes
Purchase on Amazon.com

Eulogy for EvolutionTrack: 3704/3837
Album: Eulogy for Evolution
Composer: Ólafur Arnalds
Artist: Ólafur Arnalds
Label: Erased Tapes
Purchase on Amazon.com


Dr. Jennifer HundJennifer Hund is currently a music professor at Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts. She was previously a professor in the musicology department of Texas Christian University’s School of Music in Fort Worth. Prior to her work in Texas, she was visiting lecturer at Purdue University and Indiana University where she earned her Ph.D. in musicology in August 2007 with her dissertation “The Proposta e Risposta Madrigal, Dialogue, Cultural Discourse, and the Issue of Imitatio.” In this study, Hund combined her interests in the Italian madrigal, poetry, Renaissance studies, and dialogue. She also has a B.M. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Illinois Wesleyan University and an M.M. in Musicology from Florida State University. Her other interests include music and humor, opera and politics, the nineteenth-century symphony, and the pedagogy of music history. Hund is currently writing a book based on her dissertation research as well as completing another edition of A Study and Listening Guide for A History of Western Music (W. W. Norton).

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More Bragging on our Clients

This week has turned into a brag-fest, but since it’s about our clients, we’re not going to apologize. (Check out our posts on Marion Harrington and Jade Simmons from earlier of the week)

With the Recording Academy scaling back on Grammy Categories this year, the Latin Grammy’s have taken on a much more important role in the awards season, and two of Rosebrook Classical’s label clients have artists and albums nominated for a Latin Grammy in Classical music categories.

José Serebrier, who released three albums as a conductor on Reference Recordings, was nominated for Best Classical album for a recording of works he composed! So congratulations to José Serebrier for the honor! Read all about it from the Reference Recordings Blog.

And in the same category, Best Classical Album, Delos’ January release The Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos has received a nomination as well! So congratulations to the Brazilian Guitar Quartet and congratulations to Delos! Read all about the release and award on the Delos Blog.

Best of luck to both and we’ll find out the winners on November 10!

Stay tuned in tomorrow as we go back to talk about social media with our new episode of The Social Media Minute! Check out the other episodes here!

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New Episode of The New Classical Order Podcast

New Classical Order Podcast Logo

For a little change of pace, we thought instead of another social media diatribe, we thought it would be fun to share the latest New Classical Order Podcast featuring Rosebrook Classical’s David Weuste along with Purdue University professor, Dr. Jennifer Hund. These shows are featured on EverydayOpera.com and Everyday Opera Radio. So make sure and check there for more regular additions. On the last New Classical Order Podcast, David and Dr. Jennifer Hund focused on celebrating the vast varieties of influence that modern American composers have to draw from. This week, they get a little more in depth into one of America’s cultures with a very diverse set of influences — composers and performers of African heritage.

New Classical Order – African Heritage Music

Music on this podcast:

Track: “Symphony No. 1 ‘Afro-American’ (1930): I. Moderato Assai”
Album: African Heritage Symphonic Series Volume I
Composer: William Grant Still
Artists: Paul Freeman, Chicago Sinfonietta
Label: Cedille
Purchase on Amazon.com

Track: “Black Man Singing”
Album: etudes4violin&electronix
Composer: Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Artist: DBR
Label: Thirsty Ear
Purchase on Amazon.com

Track: “Hip-Hop Studies & Etudes: Hip-hop Study & Etude in D-Sharp Minor”
Album: The Rhythm Project: Revolutionary Rhythm
Composer: Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Artist: Jade Simmons
Label: Koch International (E1)
Purchase on Amazon.com

Track: “Dirty Orchestra”
Album: Black Violin
Composer: Black Violin
Artist: Black Violin
Label: Di Versatile, Inc
Purchase on Amazon.com

Track: “Minstrel Man”
Album: Libera
Composer: Margaret Bonds
Artist: Marlissa Hudson
Label: African Musical Arts, Inc.
Purchase on Amazon.com

Track: “Dream Variations: I, Too, Sing America”
Album: Poetry Prelude – The Music of Richard Thompson
Composer: Richard Thompson
Artist: Darryl Taylor
Label: Albany Records
Purchase on Amazon.com

Track: “Homage to Duke ”
Album: The Classical Underground
Composer: Jeff Scott
Artist: Imani Winds
Label: Koch International (E1)
Purchase on Amazon.com


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