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Carolina Performing Arts honors composer Philip Glass through six concerts that encompass all facets of his work. Glass has composed classical music scores for operas, symphonies, and movies. He has also collaborated with various musicians and artists, most notably, David Bowie.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 3, Feb 2017, p18-19, il Periodical Website
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29039
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Beginning half a century ago, Laurie Spiegel and Suzanne Ciani laid early foundations for electronic music. In the Triangle, a resurgence of interest in their work has run parallel with the renewed interest in old synthesizers. They will be featured at this year’s Moogfest in Durham.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 18, May 2017, p17-18, por Periodical Website
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24801
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The North Carolina HIP (Historically Informed Practice) Music Festival features music from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, all played in their original forms. Often, musicians involved in this festival use antiquated instruments or older versions of modern instruments and play the instruments with techniques more common in those centuries.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 5, February 2016, p25, por Periodical Website
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27077
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This weekend's Festival on the Hill, which occurs at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, explores the interactions between music and science. Launched in 2002 by the Department of Music, this biennial festival fosters discussion between scholars, composers, and performers. This year’s theme is Music, Science, & Nature, which stems from the work of UNC composition professor Lee Weisert.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 13, March 2016, p36, il Periodical Website
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27126
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Terence Blanchard, trumpeter and leader of the quintet E-Collective, isn’t afraid of injecting politics into his music. His latest album, Breathless, explores the meaning of groove, police violence, and community building through music. Blanchard is one of this year’s featured musicians at Art of Cool Festival in Durham.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 18, May 2016, p17, por Periodical Website
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27142
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Lori Napoleon, also known as Antenes, uses old telephone switchboards as instruments in her latest album The Exchange. The switchboards were converted into working modular synthesizers, and will be featured in conjunction with the art gallery The Carrack and Moogfest’s Hacking Sound Systems series in Durham.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 19, May 2016, p26, por Periodical Website
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27143
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Four prominent university-affiliated series are key ambassadors from North Carolina to the world, and how they use their platforms is especially important after the discriminatory House Bill 2. Presenters and artists drive change, whether they boycott the state or alter their shows to speak to it.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 19, May 2016, p27-28, il, por Periodical Website
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23182
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A Greenville, N.C. native, Caroline Shaw, took the Pulitzer Prize for music, surprising many people since she was relatively unknown compared to other composers.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 15, April 2015, p20-21, por Periodical Website
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