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Professor Jennifer Stasack on Davidson’s Digital Composers
Program: Piedmont Arts Podcast
Aired: Monday, March 25, 2024
Hosted by David Boraks
Traditionally, composers have written music with a group of musicians in mind, painstakingly transcribing or notating their ideas as sheet music. But these days, many work on a computer loaded with a digital library of instruments and sounds. That’s the case for the next generation of composers in training at Davidson College. We visit with music professor Jennifer Stasack and some of her students who talk about using digital tools to bring their ideas to life. We also hear some of their compositions.
Pictured: Davidson College professor and composer Jennifer Stasack teaches digital composition. She spoke at a recent New Music Davidson showcase of student work. Credit: Josh Matushak/Davidson College
Video: Watch New Music Davidson – A Student Composer Showcase
Playlist
9 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Gavotte & Rondeau, from Partita No. 3 in E for solo violin, BWV 1006 James Ehnes, violin Analekta 8772 "Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin" | |
| Nicola Porpora · Cello Concerto in G (ii. Allegro) I Solisti Veneti Susan Moses, cello Erato 88172 "Durante - Pergolesi - Porpora" | |
| Samuel Coleridge-Taylor · Nonet in f, Op. 2 (i. Allegro moderato) The Coleridge Ensemble AFKA 543 "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music" | |
| Giovanni Battista Viotti · Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Padua Chamber Orchestra Mark Kaplan, violin Arabesque Z6691 "Viotti: Violin Concertos" | |