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2023-10-17 11:00:08
The Londoner’s playful and poetic work explores the nexus between African and western music
2020-11-07 00:48:00
Eric Conway: Final days of Theatre Morgan Virtual Production: Marisol! Read the review!
Dr. Eric Conway writes: Hello Morgan Fine and Performing Arts Community, Last weekend, Theatre Morgan premiered their Fall production of José Rivera’s Marisol. The production was historic because this was Theatre Morgan’s first virtual production ever! Given our world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, many performing artists must creatively find ways to share their craft. Theatre houses all over the country have turned to creating virtual performances of their dramas and shows in hope of finding ways to still engage their audiences - Theatre Morgan is no different! The challenge for Theatre Morgan is that classes were not held on campus during the Fall 2020 semester as a result of our pandemic. It would have been easy to just say that we would not have any public performances this semester or even the entire academic year, however, we […]
2020-06-03 23:57:00
Climate Power 2020: Dr. Ayana Johnson: ‘I’m A Black Climate Expert. Racism Derails Our Efforts to Save the Planet.’
“So, to white people who care about maintaining a habitable planet, I need you to become actively anti-racist. I need you to understand that our racial inequality crisis is intertwined with our climate crisis. If we don’t work on both, we will succeed at neither. I need you to step up. Please. Because I am exhausted.” […]
2018-07-31 23:30:00
Keith Clark & Marni Nixon: Roy Harris - Symphony No.6 & Copland - Emily Dickinson Poems
01. - 04. Roy Harris - Symphony No.6 'Gettysburg' [28'17]05. - 12. Aaron Copland - Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson* [21'37]Marni Nixon*- soprano, Pacific Symphony Orchestra conducted by Keith ClarkVarese Sarabande VCD47245 (recorded March 1981 & February 1985*; CD issued 1986)(flacs and scans - cover inlay and booklet)Recording venue: Not stated - but possibly Santa Ana High School Auditorium, California (if Reference Recordings are to be believed).Recording engineer: Bruce Leek; Producers: Keith Clark & George Korngold*Back in July 2016, just after Marni Nixon's death, I intended to post her definitive recording of Copland's superb settings of poems by Emily Dickinson in their orchestral versions. At the time, I couldn't locate the recording on my shelves although I was sure that I had it. I assumed that it was one of a number of CDs that went missing after a major house move.Then in April 2017, Cunctator posted what I thought […]
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