Highway 89

The Ensign Piano Quartet recently performed at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and the music you'll hear today was recorded live at that concert by Concerts at Temple Square. In this episode we'll bring you that audio along with conversation with the members of the group: CJ Madsen, Kaden Larsen, Hyrum Arneson, and Zach Adamson. 

Songs featured: Espana, Finale from Symphony 3, Fugue in G Minor, Barcarolle, Fantasy on Themes from Carmen

Learn more about them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOqd-0QvDsO4URYr3PQgmZZ4no0zN_AKt

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The Ensign Piano Quartet recently performed at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and the music you'll hear today was recorded live at that concert by Concerts at Temple Square. In this episode we'll bring you that audio along with conversation with the members of the group: CJ Madsen, Kaden Larsen, Hyrum Arneson, and Zach Adamson. 

Songs featured: Espana, Finale from Symphony 3, Fugue in G Minor, Barcarolle, Fantasy on Themes from Carmen

Learn more about them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOqd-0QvDsO4URYr3PQgmZZ4no0zN_AKt

Follow Highway 89 on Instagram: @byuh89 and Twitter: @byuh89

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The Ensign Piano Quartet recently performed at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and the music you'll hear today was recorded live at that concert by Concerts at Temple Square. In this episode we'll bring you that audio along with conversation with the members of the group: CJ Madsen, Kaden Larsen, Hyrum Arneson, and Zach Adamson. 

Songs featured: Espana, Finale from Symphony 3, Fugue in G Minor, Barcarolle, Fantasy on Themes from Carmen

Learn more about them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOqd-0QvDsO4URYr3PQgmZZ4no0zN_AKt

Follow Highway 89 on Instagram: @byuh89 and Twitter: @byuh89

Emily Sternfeld-Dunn is certainly a modern artist, sharing the work of contemporary composers in concert halls all over the country, but there's a rich musical heritage to which Emily remains very firmly attached, no matter how far, literally or musically, she may travel. Emily joins us today on Highway 89 to share some old favorites, but also to perform music from her album, titled "She." The album features a lot of great stuff that is talked about in conversation between tunes. 

Learn more about Emily here: http://www.emilysternfelddunn.com/#she

Songs featured: Too Few the Mornings Be, If All The Griefs I Am to Have, Bee! I'm Expecting You!, How Happy is the Little Stone, Estranged From Beauty, Will There Ever Be A Morning, Good, Snake, The Wound, The Farm, O Mio Bambino Caro, Love is Here to Stay, Where or When, Happy Days/Forget Your Troubles 

Follow Highway 89 on Instagram: @byuh89 and Twitter: @byuh89

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Emily Sternfeld-Dunn is certainly a modern artist, sharing the work of contemporary composers in concert halls all over the country, but there's a rich musical heritage to which Emily remains very firmly attached, no matter how far, literally or musically, she may travel. Emily joins us today on Highway 89 to share some old favorites, but also to perform music from her album, titled "She." The album features a lot of great stuff that is talked about in conversation between tunes. 

Learn more about Emily here: http://www.emilysternfelddunn.com/#she

Songs featured: Too Few the Mornings Be, If All The Griefs I Am to Have, Bee! I'm Expecting You!, How Happy is the Little Stone, Estranged From Beauty, Will There Ever Be A Morning, Good, Snake, The Wound, The Farm, O Mio Bambino Caro, Love is Here to Stay, Where or When, Happy Days/Forget Your Troubles 

Follow Highway 89 on Instagram: @byuh89 and Twitter: @byuh89

Sometimes when you hear recordings by Billboard instrumental music chart-toppers like Paul Cardall or The Piano Guys, you're partly hearing the work of our guest today. Shane Mickelsen is a composer, arranger, and coach who works with some of the biggest names in the world of commerical instrumental music and distinguished himself early on by finishing an undergraduate degree in music when he was just 19 years old.

Songs featured: Annie Jane, There is a Green Hill Far Away, Music for Piano in D, A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief, Sweet Baby Sleep, I Stand All Amazed, The Swing, Musical Excerpts form the Jordan River Temple Youth Celebration, Requiem i, ii, iii, Abide With Me

Learn more about him here: https://www.mickelsenmusic.com/

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Sometimes when you hear recordings by Billboard instrumental music chart-toppers like Paul Cardall or The Piano Guys, you're partly hearing the work of our guest today. Shane Mickelsen is a composer, arranger, and coach who works with some of the biggest names in the world of commerical instrumental music and distinguished himself early on by finishing an undergraduate degree in music when he was just 19 years old.

Songs featured: Annie Jane, There is a Green Hill Far Away, Music for Piano in D, A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief, Sweet Baby Sleep, I Stand All Amazed, The Swing, Musical Excerpts form the Jordan River Temple Youth Celebration, Requiem i, ii, iii, Abide With Me

Learn more about him here: https://www.mickelsenmusic.com/

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In 2017, a group of undergrads from the University of Utah got together to make music, starting a band and naming it after the first letter of their last names spelling "PANTS." The members of PANTS are woodwind players performing with a clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, and French horn. PANTS is a young ensemble with many of the members still studying at the U as undergrads. However, they are doing great work that often would characterize a more established group: for example, they work with a composer, commissioned pieces, and given those pieces world premiers. They are joined for this episode by composer Darlene Castro. 

Songs featured: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet (Arnold), Wind Quintet in G Minor (Taffanel), Pastorale (Beach), Weaving (Castro), Roaring Fork (Ewazen)

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In 2017, a group of undergrads from the University of Utah got together to make music, starting a band and naming it after the first letter of their last names spelling "PANTS." The members of PANTS are woodwind players performing with a clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, and French horn. PANTS is a young ensemble with many of the members still studying at the U as undergrads. However, they are doing great work that often would characterize a more established group: for example, they work with a composer, commissioned pieces, and given those pieces world premiers. They are joined for this episode by composer Darlene Castro. 

Songs featured: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet (Arnold), Wind Quintet in G Minor (Taffanel), Pastorale (Beach), Weaving (Castro), Roaring Fork (Ewazen)

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Lyndsey Willis and Russell Wulfenstein have been happily married for years now and happily making music as well. They call themselves the W Duo when they're on stage and together with their band American Train they bring a show to the stage that features original songs, traditional bluegrass tunes, more than 20 instruments, and even some dancing shoes. Their band brings and all-American feel to their music, filling this episode with an upbeat and enjoyable set of tunes. 

Songs featured: Oh! Susanna, Half-Priced Wagon, Home, Alley Cat, Down to the Valley, Fighting Through, I've Got You, Foggy Mountain Top, Has Anybody Seen My Girl, Wild Pig, Magnetic North, These Days, Plukke, Young in the Mountains

Find out more about them here: https://www.facebook.com/thewduo/

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(Not pictured: Jesse Christopher)