NOI+F: National Orchestral Institute and Festival

NOI+F podcast by Robert Lintott

Each year, young artists from around the country converge at The Clarice to form the National Festival Orchestra — one this region’s most anticipated and treasured summer musical events. Our podcast series will feature short Q&A interviews with composers, performers, and arts administrators who come through the festival. We'll sit down and ask them about the state of music today!

Episodes

  1. 06/21/2016

    Louisville Orchestra Music Director Teddy Abrams on community engagement, Muhammad Ali, and more

    Welcome to the National Orchestral Institute and Festival’s podcast series. Throughout this year’s edition of NOI we will be sitting down with visiting artists, administrators, composers, and participants in the festival for brief question and answer sessions to get their take on the state of music in 2016. Today I’m eager to share my conversation with conductor Teddy Abrams. At just 29 years old, Abrams has already had a sensational career. He has been a conducting fellow with the New World Symphony and the assistant conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He is currently the music director of the Louisville Orchestra and the Britt Festival Orchestra. Abrams is also an accomplished composer and performer. He was able to make time between rehearsals of this grueling program to talk to me about the pieces he had chosen, the role of musicians and orchestras in their communities, and a new work he had just recorded in tribute to Muhammad Ali. Find out more about Abrams at: http://www.teddyabrams.com/ The NOI+F website can be found here: theclarice.umd.edu/series/2016-nat…te-and-festival The schedule and more information about the Clarice can be found here: theclarice.umd.edu/

    Louisville Orchestra Music Director Teddy Abrams on community engagement, Muhammad Ali, and more

  2. 06/18/2016

    Talking about music today with Composer Samuel Carl Adams

    Welcome to the National Orchestral Institute and Festival’s podcast series. Throughout this year’s edition of NOI we will be sitting down with visiting artists, administrators, composers, and participants in the festival for brief question and answer sessions to get their take on the state of music in 2016. In the second part of my conversation with Sam Adams, we turned from his work "Drift and Providence" to more general discussion about music. For more about Adams, see his website: www.samuelcarladams.com/ The NOI+F website can be found here: theclarice.umd.edu/series/2016-nat…te-and-festival The schedule and more information about the Clarice can be found here: theclarice.umd.edu/

    Talking about music today with Composer Samuel Carl Adams

  3. 06/11/2016

    Composer Samuel Carl Adams talks about his 2012 orchestral work Drift and Providence

    Welcome to the National Orchestral Institute and Festival’s podcast series. Throughout this year’s edition of NOI we will be sitting down with visiting artists, administrators, composers, and participants in the festival for brief question and answer sessions to get their take on the state of music in 2016. Today I got the chance to talk with composer Sam Adams about his "Drift and Providence," which the NOI orchestra is recording with Naxos Records. For more about Adams, see his website: http://www.samuelcarladams.com/ The NOI+F website can be found here: http://theclarice.umd.edu/series/2016-national-orchestral-institute-and-festival The schedule and more information about the Clarice can be found here: http://theclarice.umd.edu/

    Composer Samuel Carl Adams talks about his 2012 orchestral work Drift and Providence

  4. 06/03/2016

    Former Philadelphia Orchestra CEO and President discusses the state of music in 2016

    Welcome to the National Orchestral Institute and Festival’s podcast series. Throughout this year’s edition of NOI we will be sitting down with visiting artists, administrators, composers, and participants in the festival for brief question and answer sessions to get their take on the state of music in 2016. Today I got the chance to talk to Jim Undercofler about what it takes to succeed in music. Jim is the former Dean of the Eastman School of Music, former President and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and recent past director of NOI. He is currently the acting dean of the school of music at SUNY Purchase.

    Former Philadelphia Orchestra CEO and President discusses the state of music in 2016
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Each year, young artists from around the country converge at The Clarice to form the National Festival Orchestra — one this region’s most anticipated and treasured summer musical events. Our podcast series will feature short Q&A interviews with composers, performers, and arts administrators who come through the festival. We'll sit down and ask them about the state of music today!

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