Professor Carol

Professor Carol

By Carol ReynoldsArtsMusicPerforming Arts
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Professor Carol episodes

  • The Band Music of Norman Dello Joio
    The Wind Symphony of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra is once again joining forces with The Dallas Wind Symphony. The music of Norman Dello Joio will be part of this traditional event, and has its own story to tell.
    7 min
  • Head, Heart, Passion, and . . . Stray Cats?

    Frank Ticheli is a superstar composer in the world of Wind Music. Performers, audiences, and reviewers love the optimism, energy, and spontaneity of his music. Yet Professor of Composition at USC Tikeli must also teach the creative process. His observations offer insight into his works.

    8 min
  • The Stars Are the Limit

    Professor Carol traces the path of film music up to the famous scores of master composer John Williams. His ability to use "just a few notes" to intensify drama has captured our imaginations for four decades.

    8 min
  • Rosssini's Petit Messe Solonnelle
    Rossini, the master of bel canto opera, retired young, rich, and famous. Decades later, in old age and ill health, Rossini returned to composition and crafted a liturgical mass as his final work, a work both spiritual and theatrical, Petit Messe Solonnelle. Works Discussed: Rossini's Petit Messe Solonnelle
    13 min
  • The Essential Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky's music holds a sacred place in Russian culture. Dmitri Shostakovich said, "Without Tchaikovsky we could not endure our sorrows." Professor Carol examines his Fifth Symphony and considers his life, his personal struggles, and his professional successes.

    Works Discussed: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 4, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Queen of Spades

    17 min
  • Music of the American Spirit 2

    Professor Carol considers the question "What is Music of the American Spirit?" by considering themes across two centuries of American choral repertoire. She discusses the history, customs, and geography of America that inspire our diverse choral music, from Colonial times to the present, emphasizing texts of John Stirling Walker and Eric Johns, tunebooks and hymnals, liturgy, folk song, and spirituals.

    Works Discussed: Leonard Bernstein: Mass; Aaron Copland: The Tender Land; Randall Thompson: "Alleluia"; choral works by David Conte, Hubert Bird, Ned Rorem, William Billings, and Stephen Paulus.

    15 min
  • Music of the American Spirit

    John Gibson's choral work "Mockingbird Sings" utilizes Native American texts of the Yuma Zuni, Laguna, and Apache tribes. The title refers to the individual charged with remembering events and traditions and his recounting of this oral history in songs and stories. In this interview, Gibson explains his approach to setting these unusual texts to music and factors that distinguish American music from its European roots.

    The Arts District Chorale performs "Mockingbird Sings."

    Works Discussed: John Gibson's "Mockingbird Sings"

    19 min
  • Pulling Out All the Stops
    Professor Carol talks with Mary Preston, the resident organist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, about the Lay Family Concert Organ. The organ built by C.B. Fisk for the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center is one of the finest instruments ever built. Mary Preston joins the Dallas Wind Symphony in a concert to be featured on Michael Barone's syndicated radio show "Pipedreams."; Works Discussed: Hindemith Kammermusik No. 7; Walton "Crown Imperial"; Guilmant Finale from Sonata in D Minor
    23 min

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Professor Carol mixes humor with history to bring you this entertaining series about music. From concerts, opera, and composers, to folk song collectors and singing parrots, Professor Carol tells it…