Turning Around Arts Organizations (Soundcheck: Monday, 05 January 2009)
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In a new book, management adviser and Kennedy Center president Michael Kaiser outlines ten basic rules that helped him revive American Ballet Theatre, London's Royal Opera, and other organizations.
Kaiser joins us to talk about his book, "The Art of the Turnaround," and his role in New York City Opera's search for a new leader. Soundcheck blog: John Schaefer on rescue plans for the arts
In a new book, management adviser and Kennedy Center president Michael Kaiser outlines ten basic rules that helped him revive American Ballet Theatre, London's Royal Opera, and other organizations.
Kaiser joins us to talk about his book, "The Art of the Turnaround," and his role in New York City Opera's search for a new leader. Soundcheck blog: John Schaefer on rescue plans for the arts
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Mon January 05 2009
In a new book, management adviser and Kennedy Center president Michael Kaiser outlines ten basic rules that helped him revive American Ballet Theatre,...
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In a new book, management adviser and Kennedy Center president Michael Kaiser outlines ten basic rules that helped him revive American Ballet Theatre, London's Royal Opera, and other organizations.
Kaiser joins us to talk about his book, "The Art of the Turnaround," and his role in New York City Opera's search for a new leader. Soundcheck blog: John Schaefer on rescue plans for the arts
In a new book, management adviser and Kennedy Center president Michael Kaiser outlines ten basic rules that helped him revive American Ballet Theatre, London's Royal Opera, and other organizations.
Kaiser joins us to talk about his book, "The Art of the Turnaround," and his role in New York City Opera's search for a new leader. Soundcheck blog: John Schaefer on rescue plans for the arts
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Mon January 05 2009
Betty Freeman died in Los Angeles on Friday at the age of 87. She was a driving force behind much new music of the last 50 years, including such moder...
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Betty Freeman died in Los Angeles on Friday at the age of 87. She was a driving force behind much new music of the last 50 years, including such modern classics as Steve Reich’s Different
Trains. In all, more than 80 composers were beneficiaries of her support, totaling over 400 works. Here to tell us more about Betty Freeman’s legacy is Norman Lebrecht, music critic at
London’s ...
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Betty Freeman died in Los Angeles on Friday at the age of 87. She was a driving force behind much new music of the last 50 years, including such modern classics as Steve Reich’s Different
Trains. In all, more than 80 composers were beneficiaries of her support, totaling over 400 works. Here to tell us more about Betty Freeman’s legacy is Norman Lebrecht, music critic at
London’s Evening Standard and author of several books including “The Life and Death of Classical Music.”
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Thu January 01 2009
Vibrato, a minute fluctuation of pitch intended to make a musical sound more intense, has shaped – some may say tainted – many genres, fro...
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Vibrato, a minute fluctuation of pitch intended to make a musical sound more intense, has shaped – some may say tainted – many genres, from vocal jazz to gospel, Broadway and opera. In
light of a current controversial "ban" on vibrato at the BBC Proms, we look at the technique and discuss when, if ever, it's appropriate. Joining us are Mark Katz, a professor of music at the
University ...
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Vibrato, a minute fluctuation of pitch intended to make a musical sound more intense, has shaped – some may say tainted – many genres, from vocal jazz to gospel, Broadway and opera. In
light of a current controversial "ban" on vibrato at the BBC Proms, we look at the technique and discuss when, if ever, it's appropriate. Joining us are Mark Katz, a professor of music at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Capturing Sound, and jazz singer and vocal coach Nancy Marano. This is an encore edition of Soundcheck.
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Wed December 31 2008
Grammy-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove is not exactly a jazz purist. He has played with people like pop star Diana Ross, neo-soul singer Erykah Badu an...
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Grammy-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove is not exactly a jazz purist. He has played with people like pop star Diana Ross, neo-soul singer Erykah Badu and rapper Q-Tip. Still, he doesn't like messing
with his jazz too much. On his new album, "Earfood," made with his Quintet, Hargrove stayed close to the standard sound to create what he calls sonic pleasure. Hargrove joins us to talk about it.
This is...
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Grammy-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove is not exactly a jazz purist. He has played with people like pop star Diana Ross, neo-soul singer Erykah Badu and rapper Q-Tip. Still, he doesn't like messing
with his jazz too much. On his new album, "Earfood," made with his Quintet, Hargrove stayed close to the standard sound to create what he calls sonic pleasure. Hargrove joins us to talk about it.
This is an encore edition of Soundcheck.
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Wed December 31 2008
Louisiana bluesman Lead Belly was discovered in a penitentiary in 1934 and went on to become an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and inf...
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Louisiana bluesman Lead Belly was discovered in a penitentiary in 1934 and went on to become an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and influence many rock stars, from Keith Richards and
Jimi Hendrix to Kurt Cobain. The new book Lead Belly: A Life in Pictures, unveils details of his life together with unpublished photographs and letters, much of which was in a basement truck in
Brooklyn...
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Louisiana bluesman Lead Belly was discovered in a penitentiary in 1934 and went on to become an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and influence many rock stars, from Keith Richards and
Jimi Hendrix to Kurt Cobain. The new book Lead Belly: A Life in Pictures, unveils details of his life together with unpublished photographs and letters, much of which was in a basement truck in
Brooklyn. Editor John Reynolds joins us to share some of its highlights. This is an encore edition of Soundcheck.
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