Professor Carol

By Carol Reynolds

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 ... more

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The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.

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January 20, 2011 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.
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7min
November 08, 2010 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.
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8min
October 09, 2010 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.
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8min
July 18, 2007 Tulsa Symphony Season Preview Pt 2
The Tulsa Symphony Season Preview continues with Part Two.
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14min
July 05, 2007 Tulsa Symphony Season Preview Pt 1
A look at the Tulsa Symphony's 2007-2008 concert programs.
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16min
May 18, 2007 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
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13min
May 07, 2007 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
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17min
April 28, 2007 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.
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15min
April 18, 2007 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"

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19min
April 09, 2007 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
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23min

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How many episodes does Professor Carol have?

The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.