Composer's Studio
Join hosts Anna Linvill, and Tarik Ghiradella for conversations with contemporary composers about music, life, and what’s happening in the genre defying world of classical music today. The Composer’s Studio is a place where living art is made, a place without boundaries where inspiration can come from anywhere from birdsong to heavy metal, Vivaldi to the hum of a vacuum cleaner. Classical composers today are no longer confined to the concert stage or the cathedral but contribute to film scores, television commercials, video game soundtracks and beyond. From graduate students to Grammy winners, this is a classical music show like none you have ever heard. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to join the conversation and find out about upcoming guests and performances.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 69 minutes
- Episodes
- 53
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Where the Traditional Dances with the Absurd - Stephen Downing
Stephen Downing is a North Carolina based composer currently earning his PhD in music composition at Duke University. Stephen's music travels from the traditional to the absurd. Though …
Africaamerica - In these contentious times, can we all sing together? - Anthony Kelley
In this episode of Composer's Studio, composer and Duke professor Anthony Kelley takes us on a tour through his musical family tree. From Ghanaian dance music to Bach, Scott Joplin to A…
A Recovering Modernist Travels a Compelling and Beautiful Journey - Mark Engebretson
Mark Engebretson, composer and professor out of Greensboro, NC, writes music that is driven by a desire for fresh, engaging forms and modes of musical expression in which performers ar…
Through the Window - Kenneth Frazelle and Andrea Moore
Composer Kenneth Frazelle has had work commissioned and performed by such prominent artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Jeffrey Kahane, Dawn Upshaw, jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson, and now the Triangl…
Where Nature, Motherhood, and Tenacity Abound - Jenni Brandon
Take a step into nature, into the love of a wife and mother, and the strength of a young woman. Be inpsired by the tenacity of young trees. Award winning composer Jenni Brandon’s optimi…
Deep Faith in the Face of Adversity - Jesse Ayers
On the Composer’s Studio this week, Tarik and Amy take a deep dive into composer Jesse Ayers’ opera Beneath Suspicion, based on historical accounts of the friendship between two aboliti…
A Powerful Native American History Lesson through Music and Conversation - Brent Michael Davids
In this powerful episode, Tarik and Amy discuss music and American history with Brent Michael Davids, composer and co-director of the Lenape Center in Manhattan. An American Indian citi…
Telling stories through music: How Celtic folk music and Japanese animation inspire a young composer - Marianna Filippi
Marianna Filippi, a bright young composer from Maine, is at her core, a storyteller. Composing for theater and film as well as chamber groups and solo artists, Marianna’s music is provi…
From the Louvre to the Kennedy Center, an International Wonder - Lucia Caruso
Award winning virtuoso pianist and composer Lucia Caruso’s musical journey has taken her across four continents, and through over a dozen countries with performances in such renowned la…
A Genre Bending, Portuguese-American Composer - Pedro da Silva
Dr. Pedro Henriques da Silva is a Portuguese composer, multi-instrumentalist, professor, and lecturer in various fields of music, arts, and sciences; whose numerous awards include the 2…
From Carnegie Hall to the Royal Opera - Daniel Thomas Davis
Composer Daniel Thomas Davis’ wide range of musical activities has taken him from the stages of Carnegie Hall and the Royal Opera House to monasteries in the Horn of Africa to directing…
Painting with Sound for Film and Concerts - Steven Spiel
Practicing good Coronavirus social distancing, the Composer’s Studio phones it in with Steven Spiel, a composer who paints with sound. Steven has written music for large and small ensem…
Humor, Wit, Intelligence, and a Deeply Down-To-Earth Rarity - Steven Bryant
In this premiere episode, Amy Scurria, Anna Linvill, and Tarik Ghiradella find humor, wit, deep intelligence, and a deeply down-to-earth rarity in Steven Bryant. With music chiseled in …