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20271
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Shawn and Karen Galvin have received a 2013 Indies Arts Award for New Music Raleigh, which promotes living composers and uses modern music as a conduit back to classical.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 30 Issue 29, Jul 2013, p19 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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25531
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UNC musicologist Annegret Fauser completed a study on the power of classical music during World War Two. In her research, the federal government used music to combat Nazi propaganda and to serve as a form of therapy for soldiers. Her analysis of Library of Congress archives described efforts to recruit musicians, performers, and composers for army duty. Fauser found that for some people who were too old to enlist or get drafted, touring as a musician was a substitute for combat duty.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Winter 2011, p6-13, il, por Periodical Website
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25729
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Mayron Tsong is an assistant professor of piano in the Department of Music. This year she released her first solo album and played at Carnegie Hall. Her album features the works of Russian composers Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Scriabin.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Winter 2009, p16-17, por Periodical Website
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27438
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Ciompi is the Triangle area’s only professional string quartet. The Duke based group has received some positive national reviews and are releasing several recordings in the near future. The background of the group members and the challenges with maintaining a group are profiled. The group is actively looking for donors so that they can focus performing local and well-known compositions for the public.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 7, 15-21 1990, p8-10 Periodical Website
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28753
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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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34683
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Born in Germany to a North Carolina-native mother, Michael Gotting grew up with his adopted German, white family. He has ties to North Carolina, Berlin, and now Canada. Having roots in all of these places has helped him develop themes for his writing, specifically racism and music.
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North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 26 Issue , 2017, p34-47, il, por, f Periodical Website