Lara Downes

26 Podcast Episodes

Pianist Lara Downes

Pianist Lara Downes

This week on Cultural Manifesto, an hour of words and music with the classical music pianist, and arts activist Lara Dow... Read more

14 May 2023

Get Lit: Musical Guest Lara Downes

Get Lit: Musical Guest Lara Downes

Pianist Lara Downes joins as the musical guest at our July Get Lit radio special! Named 2022 Classical Woman of the Year... Read more

28 Jul 2022

12mins

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Lara Downes reflects on the music of Scott Joplin

Lara Downes reflects on the music of Scott Joplin

Lara Downes — Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered (Rising Sun Music) controls src="https://play.publicradio.... Read more

25 May 2022

38mins

Music Reconstructed: Lara Downes’ Classical Perspective on Jim Crow – w/ Charles L. Hughes

Music Reconstructed: Lara Downes’ Classical Perspective on Jim Crow – w/ Charles L. Hughes

From concertos to operas, Black composers captured the changes and challenges facing African Americans during Jim Crow. ... Read more

26 Apr 2022

24mins

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Lara Downes / Rabbi Micah Lapidus & Melvin Kindall Myles

Lara Downes / Rabbi Micah Lapidus & Melvin Kindall Myles

Renowned pianist Lara Downes shares the story behind her new tribute album, “Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered.” Pl... Read more

7 Mar 2022

51mins

Lara Downes - March 1, 2022

Lara Downes - March 1, 2022

Pianist Lara Downes is the featured soloist in this Friday morning’s DSO Live broadcast at 10:40am on WRCJ and the Michi... Read more

28 Feb 2022

10mins

Lara Downes

Lara Downes

H. T. Burleigh, Scott Joplin, and Hazel Scott were brilliantly accomplished, enormously successful, and shamefully overl... Read more

19 Feb 2022

27mins

Celebrating Classical Roots with Pianist Lara Downes

Celebrating Classical Roots with Pianist Lara Downes

The guys chat with pianist, podcaster, composer and wonder woman, Lara Downes who will be a featured soloist in the DSO ... Read more

7 Feb 2022

55mins

BONUS: Lara Downes on Performative Activism

BONUS: Lara Downes on Performative Activism

5 Nov 2021

3mins

Amplifying Joy, Pursuing Justice- Lara Downes

Amplifying Joy, Pursuing Justice- Lara Downes

Do you think of "doing the right thing" as fun and joyful? Lara Downes does. In this episode of HearTOGETHER, pianist an... Read more

5 Nov 2021

34mins

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