# Joan Tower
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joan tower (born September 6, 1938) is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist and conductor. Lauded by The New Yorker as "one of the most successful woman composers of all time", her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world. After gaining recognition for her first orchestral composition, Sequoia (1981), a tone poem which structurally depicts a giant tree from trunk to needles, she has gone on to compose a variety of instrumental works including Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, which is something of a response to Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, the Island Prelude, five string quartets, and an assortment of other tone poems.
Interview with Chris Grymes
An eclectic and versatile performer, NYC-based clarinetist Chris Grymes has made a name for himself in the new music scene, as a performer, show producer, and the founder of Open G Records, which he started in 2012. Today he talks about his decades-long friendship with Joan Tower, the surprising…
81. Tom Chen talks about his program at Carmel High School, selecting repertoire, working with younger high school orchestras, and more.
Thomas Chen is Director of Orchestras at Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana. Under his direction, the Carmel High School Symphony Orchestra earned regular appearances at the Indiana State School Music Association State High School Concert Finals, produced a recording of Dvorak Symphony No. 9, an…
Joan Tower
(1938 - ) the pioneering Grammy-winning American composer, curator of this series, who continues to be internationally commissioned and performed after 65 years of composing
Resonance with Andrew: 'What is acoustic resonance?' — Monday
Christy L’Esperance is joined by 8-year-old cohost Andrew, a second grader with a love for games and a curious mind.
The topic of the week is resonance in nature. Here's an example... resonance explains why tiny birds can sound as loud as elephants and why drips of water echo so powerfully in cave…
'The American Sound' marks Kedrick Armstrong’s Knox-Galesburg Symphony farewell
In this Galesburg’s Morning News episode, creative partner and principal conductor Kedrick Armstrong discusses his final Knox-Galesburg Symphony concert, “The American Sound,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 21 at The Orpheum, featuring Joan Tower’s Island Rhythms, Carlos Simon’s Tales, and Dvořák’s Ne…
Joan Tower on grief, procrastination and her papers at Library of Congress
The composer Joan Tower has won many awards, including the prestigious and lucrative Grawemeyer award in 1990. But for her, the biggest honor came when the Library of Congress announced that they would hold her manuscripts, papers and photos in their archives, in a collection called “The Joan Tower…
The Rite Stuff | A Concert Companion to Masterworks: Rite of Spring
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It’s been sixteen seasons since Sarasota Orchestra last tackled Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, and according to Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, it's high time for the Orchestra's marvelous musicians to perform the Rite again. In this episode of the Concert Companion, your "h…
Rock Music with Brody: Native Copper — Friday
This week on Intermezzo, let's get into some rock music — that is, music related to rocks and minerals!
Music in this episode: Joan Tower - "Copperwave"
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein Wonders 'Bout Sound and Meaning, In-Studio
Alisa Weilerstein is more than just a virtuoso cellist; she is also a winner of the MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called “genius” award. There is a real genius in the way Alisa Weilerstein connects music in her solo concerts, combining core classical pieces and commissioning new works to expand the …
Josh Quillen: Percussion, Process, and Concert Honesty
On this episode of The Bandwich Tapes, I sit down with percussionist, composer, educator, and Sō Percussion member Josh Quillen for a wide-ranging conversation about teaching, ensemble life, steel pan, podcasting, grief, musical history, and the value of listening closely.
Josh joined Sō Percussion…
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