Episode 36 - 1978: Michael Colgrass, Déjà Vu

26/09/2022 26 min Episodio 46
Episode 36 - 1978: Michael Colgrass, Déjà Vu

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, Dave and Andrew record their first live podcast event! In front of the Kansas City Conducting Symposium, they discuss an unusual work for the Pulitzers in that Michael Colgrass featured the percussion section of the orchestra. Will they enjoy this departure from standard orchestration?

 
 
If you'd like more information about Colgrass, we recommend:

Colgrass's autobiographies Adventures of an American Composer and My Lessons with Kumi 
James Donald Broadhurst's dissertation "The early drum-melodic music of Michael Colgrass and the evolution of the Colgrass drum" (The Ohio State University, 2005)

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