Listen / Nashville Shakespeare Festival has four actors playing double duty at tricking characters into mourning. Don’t worry: both The Tempest and Pericles have happy endings. But this particular deceit is set to music by local composers Jodie O’Regan and Rolan Mains.
Six Questions: Michael Alec Rose On Being ‘The Most Fortunate Composer Alive’
In celebration of 91Classical’s Local Composers Month, we posed six questions to some of Nashville’s classical music creators. For the final installment, get to know a little more about Michael Alec Rose, who is also an Associate Professor of Composition at the Blair School of Music.
Classically Speaking: Ben Folds Is The Rock Star Who Wrote A Concerto
When you’ve been playing in a rock band for your whole career the way Ben Folds has, getting in front of a huge symphony orchestra feels completely different.
Live In Studio C: Paired With A Spiritual
Listen / Each of the three art songs that local composer David Ragland brought to Studio C were paired with one of his arrangements of a spiritual, a structure that seemed to add meaning to both of the songs in equal measure.
With ‘The Fall Of Stag Lee,’ One Nashville Composer Turns A Legendary Murder Into An Opera
Listen / Since the early 20th century, the curious story story of Stag Lee has been woven into music, poetry in art. But local Nashville composer has taken it to the next level, giving the tale an operatic treatment. In 1959, Lloyd Price’s song about the legend of Stagger Lee reached number one on the […]
Six Questions: Composer Timbre Cierpke And The Meeting Of Musical Worlds
In celebration of 91Classical’s Local Composers Month, we posed six questions to some of Nashville’s classical music creators. This week’s featured composer is Timbre Cierpke, who feels equally at home performing and composing both classical and pop music.
Live In Studio C: An Offering
Listen / Gentle introspection at the piano from composer Cristina Spinei marked the midpoint of Local Composers Month. A change from her usual energetic fare meant for dancing, each piece brought a feeling of calm and stillness.
Six Questions: Composer Gary Powell Nash And Music For Enriching The Spirit
In celebration of 91Classical’s Local Composers Month, we posed six questions to some of Nashville’s classical music creators. Gary Powell Nash, who teaches at Fisk University and draws from a rich variety of sources of inspiration for his own work, is our featured composer this week.
Classically Speaking: Heart Is There
For Wu Fei, playing by heart doesn’t mean playing from memory. It means improvisation.
Live In Studio C: Rage Over A Lost Parking Spot
Listen / Is there a more intense day-to-day frustration than trying to find a parking spot in a crowded lot? Violist Christopher Farrell made productive use of his ire over that exact situation.
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