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16:44

Music About The Earth

The Second Street Dreams Audio Network ·

2026/04/20

In honor of April, Earth Month, more than a few composers have released albums about their love of our home planet, and their anxiety about climate change. This week’s episode features three of those albums.

26:59

Keep Music In Your Life And Dementia Might Never Come

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2026/04/01

There have been several studies on the effect of music on mental health. This is especially true with the elderly. A long running study out of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is finding that dementia may be delayed in the over 70 set if music is in their lives.

27:14

Feeding Thespis presents the play NEW TIMES by...

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2026/03/22

Welcome to my latest podcast. It’s called Feeding Thespis. I’m picking it up again after more than a few years and some tears. This one is called NEW TIMES. It takes place in 1967 on the campus of a prestigious women’s college when a Black woman is hired to run one of the dormitories for the first time in the school’s history. Her various conflicts come from students, management and another Black woman who isn’t sure about this new lady.

22:22

Composer Chinary Ung stays close to his Cambodian Roots

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2026/03/16

Composer Chinary Ung has been composing music for 60 plus years. His compositions are heavily affected by his childhood in Cambodia and the deadly events that happened there back in the mid 1970’s. But he says he’s blessed that he was able to come to America in the 1960’s to study the western style of music. Many of his compositions will be performed at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts in its Composer Portraits series on March 26th.

25:35

The African Concert Series Celebrates Its 8th Season...

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2026/03/09

It took pianist Rebeca Omordia 8 years to create the African Concert Series in London. She was even told that African classical music wasn’t really classical at all, nor would anyone want to listen to it. The series is very popular now. So much so that Wigmore Hall in London has gifted Omordia a residency at the world class venue.

22:52

A Hero’s Life Meets The Old And The New With A World...

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2026/03/02

Conductor and Music Director JoAnn Falletta of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra has fulfilled a dream. She’s released A Hero’s Life. The album has two pieces, one from Richard Strauss and another that’s a world premiere recording of Behzad Ranjbaran’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Falletta is also releasing another edition of her book of poetry, Love Letters to Music. This is in addition to the upcoming full length documentary about her nearly 30-year career at the Buffalo

20:32

Castrato Nicolo Grimaldi Gets His Due Via Randall...

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2026/02/24

When you think of countertenors what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Randall Scotting, a countertenor sees himself as a preserver of this male voice classification. He’s releasing the album Divine Impresario to celebrate one of the most popular castrato opera singers of the 17th and 18th centuries. His name is Nicolini. Cancellations at the Kennedy Center continue even as the building is set to close for renovations. The San Antonio (Texas) Philharmonic shuts down with hopes of

20:37

Rachel Barton Pine and the Suzuki Strings

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2026/02/17

In these last few weeks of Black History Month, there are many more events celebrating Black excellence. One such event is with violinist Rachel Barton Pine, who founded the series Music by Black Composers” as part of her foundation, the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation. She did it to advance opportunities to study and perform works by Black composers. Pine performs with the Madison Symphony in Wisconsin this coming week with a group of young people performing the music of some Black classical

17:02

Sarah Kirkland Snider Goes Forward Into Light

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2026/02/10

As any musician, classical or otherwise, knows, it’s a difficult climb to success. It took Sarah Kirkland Snider almost 20 years to find it with her composing career. She’s out with a new album of ethereal, spiritual music called Forward Into Light. Black History Month soars with hundreds of events this month. Go to the Classical Music In Colors page on secondstreetdreams.com for links to some of the most interesting events.

13:25

It's Black History Month

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2026/02/02

Oh Happy Day! It’s Black History Month. There are so many events celebrating “black excellence” in all genres of music. I’ve only mentioned a few including the Colour of Music Festival. See links on secondstreetdreams.com There’s a new audio edition of the Harry Potter books. Believe it or not, the National Endowment for the Arts is offering Challenge Grants. The Cliburn ends its piano competition for Amateurs. There are plenty of other piano competitions for amateurs, like this one in

25:46

Song Offerings From Christopher Tin

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2026/01/26

So many events are happening this month and early in February. Some of them require the attention of the classical music community. There’s the Grammys, a new album of choral works from the composer of Baba Yetu, Christopher Tin, a fresh take on Bach, another cancellation at the Kennedy Center and the March broadcast of the Oscars with a nomination about Verdi. There’s also a sad story about a violinist whose violin case was too big for the overhead bin.

20:22

Who won the largest single gift ever dedicated to one...

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2026/01/19

While we look forlornly at the holiday bills as we head into tax season, there is some joy this January. The Grammy winning and nominated this year again Jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner is grateful and humble after winning the 300k Gilmore inaugural 2026 Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award. Donors have nearly flooded the Washington National Opera with funds after the opera company departed the Kennedy Center. There are still many ways to honor Dr. Martin Luther King and many other African American

24:38

Zara Hudson Kozdoj Remembers Who She Is

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2026/01/11

Sometimes things happen that let you know that you are on the right path. This is the experience of the Zara Hudson Kozdoj of the UK. This 29-year-old Polish-Jamaican cellist, composer and conductor isn’t all about classical music but has surrendered herself to it in bits and pieces. She released her first album in October called Remember Who You Are. She found out while making the album that there were items about business that she wasn’t taught during her years at the Royal College of Music

20:29

Opera Wars

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2025/12/15

Which opera team are you on?“Old” operas versus the “New” operas. According to the book, Opera Wars by Caitlin Vincent, artistic directors and others at the nation’s opera companies are in conflict with themselves over staging the standard operas from the 18th and 19th centuries or producing those composed in the late 20th and 21st centuries. There’s a new directory for musical instruments adapted for those would be musicians with disabilities. Other companies and engineers are developing

21:39

The Emerging Black Composers Project is back

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2025/12/07

While we still might be recovering from Thanksgiving, there’s the rest of the holidays to consider. Shopping for gifts, decorating the house while listening to music. Gifts have already come to Kyle Rivera, who won the Michael Morgan Prize for Black composers. The Pegasus Opera Company in the UK is looking for partners to produce an opera about the Windrush generation. The Detroit opera presents two little known and rarely staged operas.

18:48

The Opera Austin Festival and a Jane Austen Tribute

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2025/11/30

A new era of operas is emerging. Not that the popular ones are stuffy or just plain old. Composer Nathan Felix seeks new 21st century operas at his second annual Opera Austin Festival. Another member of the Kanneh-Mason family of England, has released a new album. Pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason shows her love of Jane Austen with an album of music in honor of the 250th anniversary of the novelist’s birth.

16:10

Two Things to be grateful for: Music and Money.

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2025/11/23

As the holiday season officially makes its debut this Thanksgiving week, there’s money and music to behold. First up, in these times, the Palm Beach Symphony has hired its first ever Development Director in its 41-year history. Then there’s Chloe Flower who’s released an album of holiday music composed by women. It’s called She Composed – The Holidays. Finally we ask the question: How does your concert outfit affect perceptions of your performance?

6:58

The SBI at the New York Philharmonic

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2025/11/20

There is always much concern about the future audiences for classical music. The New York Philharmonic may have found the solution. It’s their 100-year-old Young People’s Concerts. A new one is coming up this month called the Young People’s Concert: Symphonies! Stories! Sibelius! It’ll tell an elaborate tale about the investigation of Sibelius’ Second Symphony written by classical music expert and writer Lauren Rico.

20:26

Native American Artists On the Indigenous Directory...

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2025/11/16

In observance of National Native American Heritage Month, White Snake Projects, has introduced the Indigenous Directory for Musical Storytelling. It names Native American musicians, artists, and crew members who are available for work. Some of them are Grammy award winners. The co-founder and Artistic Director of White Snake Projects, Cerise Lim Jacobs says Native American artists were initially reluctant to sign up, fearing it was a scam. That’s despite the Pulitzer Prize White Snake Projects won

21:11

Music By, For, And About Veterans on Classical Music...

The Second Street Dreams Audio Network ·

2025/11/08

With the federal government shut down, (as of this writing) it’s difficult to say if there will be a federal observance of Veteran’s Day on November 11th. So, In gratitude for their service, the podcast this week is all about the music composed to honor them. The men and one woman featured in this show are just a few of the Veteran composers who wrote music for and about Veterans. One piece was composed and performed while the composer was in a POW camp. There is also a piece about Native

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