Tagged: Composer

The State of Things
12:40 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

New Music Incorporates Stories of North Carolina Jews

Credit http://sites.duke.edu/downhome/ / Duke Center for Jewish Studies
Image from the “Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina” exhibit

  • A panel talk about new music that incorporates stories of North Carolina Jews

  The Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina has been collecting the stories of the state's Jews for years. Now, those recorded interviews are part of an original musical composition - "Down Home: The Cantata."

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The State of Things
9:52 am
Tue May 7, 2013

Why Professional Wrestling Has Such Great Music

Credit http://vimeo.com/60915697 / vimeo.com
A Still From Barbecue Man Unleashed

  • Classical music in wrestling

Paul Swartzel has always been a fan of professional wrestling. It all goes back to North Carolina’s own Nature Boy Ric Flair and his delightful entrance music: “Thus Spake Zarathustra.”

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State of Things
11:07 am
Tue March 27, 2012

Composer Stephen Jaffe Honored

http://www.duke.edu/~sjaffe/

When Stephen Jaffe was a child, his parents forbade him and his siblings from pursuing a career in music. Now all three are professional musicians, and Jaffe is being inducted in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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