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Meet the Composer

Peabody Award-winning podcast that takes listeners into the minds of the composers making some of the most innovative and breathtakingly beautiful music today.

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Paul Simon’s Curious Mind

Paul Simon’s Curious Mind

Paul Simon has always been attracted to new kinds of sounds. From his early band Simon & Garfunkel in the 1960s thro... Read more

10 Jul 2017

52mins

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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's 'Clouds Forming Over Mount Baker'

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's 'Clouds Forming Over Mount Baker'

We began last week’s episode digging into the music of one particular electronic musician - the synthesist, producer and... Read more

12 Jun 2017

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The Producer

The Producer

What happens when a composer writes music without pen and paper, using machines? How does that change the creative proce... Read more

5 Jun 2017

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Bryce Dessner's 'Wires,' Performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain

Bryce Dessner's 'Wires,' Performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain

For today’s Bonus Track, we’re thrilled to bring you the world-premiere recording of Bryce Dessner’s Wires, performed by... Read more

22 May 2017

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New Music Fight Club

New Music Fight Club

It was composer pitted against composer: uptown vs. downtown, tonal vs. atonal, left brain vs right brain, and these mus... Read more

15 May 2017

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Henry Threadgill’s Zooid, Live at the Village Vanguard

Henry Threadgill’s Zooid, Live at the Village Vanguard

Henry Threadgill’s music and community can’t be separated; there is no boundary: challenge and failure and growth in mus... Read more

8 May 2017

20mins

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Henry Threadgill: Dirt, and More Dirt

Henry Threadgill: Dirt, and More Dirt

1967, Fort Riley, Kansas. Henry Threadgill is 23 years old. Knowing he’s going to be drafted into the military, he joins... Read more

1 May 2017

41mins

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Bonus Track: John Adams' 'Coast,' Unplugged

Bonus Track: John Adams' 'Coast,' Unplugged

Today's bonus track is an exclusive arrangement of a nutso, sci-fi-y electronic piece John Adams wrote in 1993. Original... Read more

21 Mar 2017

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Splitting Adams: John Adams' Chamber Symphonies

Splitting Adams: John Adams' Chamber Symphonies

What happens when the composer shows up to the first rehearsal of his brand-new piece? Would a living Beethoven sue for ... Read more

20 Mar 2017

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Bonus Track: Pauline Oliveros' 'Tuning Meditation'

Bonus Track: Pauline Oliveros' 'Tuning Meditation'

Today's Bonus Track is an extended cut of Pauline Oliveros' "Tuning Meditation," recorded live at the Fuentidueña Chapel... Read more

16 Mar 2017

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