Many don't know that the United States military offers training for composers, but Greg LeGette is a living example. He joins Garrett 1:01:00 to talk about life in the military, traversing the industry as a living, white male composer, and his ideas on American classical music. Garrett celebrates music from Rick and Morty and recounts his weekend at a Buddhist commune, Scott reports on classical music's diminishing audiences, and the guys discuss the idea of cancelling Russian in light of recent events.

Playlist:

Rick and Morty - "Glory to Glorzo"

David Gray - "Babylon"

Ahmed Alabaca - "Ascension" for Solo Clarinet & String Orchestra

Big Freedia with Tank & the Bangas - 4 Song Set Recorded Live for World Cafe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2gK9YfytZY)

perf. 7notemode - "Black Orpheus"

Eleanor Alberga - "Nightscape"

Greg LeGette - "Ascension"

Greg LeGette - "Flight From Chaos"

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1

More:

Greg LeGette: https://www.greglegette.com/music

Classical music audiences are vanishing… why aren’t we doing anything about it?: https://www.david-taylor.org/blog/classical-music-audiences-are-vanishing-why-arent-we-doing-anything-about-it

Louisiana Philharmonic announces new season featuring collabs with Big Freedia and the Lost Bayou Ramblers: https://www.nola.com/gambit/music/article_026416ba-11c8-11ed-af91-c3a778343276.html

Lost Bayou Ramblers: https://www.lostbayouramblers.com