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Composing music for and about our National Parks.


Performance Today Features

He's become the go-to composer for U.S. National Parks

Stephen Lias: Cross-country composer

Listen to PT host Fred Child's interview with Julian Barnes

The path to becoming a Washington D.C. advisor on climate science and global warming is easy. First study piano and double bass. Then, get a degree in composition. Next thing you know, you're a climate scientist. At least, this is how it happened for Taylor Jordan.

Jordan records under the name The Greatest Hoax, a name he borrowed from Senator James Inhofe's (R-OK) 2012 book. The book is a shot across the bow of mainstream science and claims of global warming. So it's fair to say Jordan, a climate scientist who advises members of Congress on climate science, has a bit of a cheeky streak.

The name of his 2015 album, "Enso," has ties to Jordan's day job too. It's the acronym for El Nino Southern Oscillation, commonly shortened to El Nino.

Now that you've learned something, why not have a listen? Check out The Greatest Hoax on this episode of Music is Music. To find out more about what Taylor Jordan is up to, head over to his Bandcamp page.

https://vimeo.com/163992792 

Music is Music is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Music is Music: The Greatest Hoax

Acclaimed novelist Julian Barnes has published a new book about composer Dmitri Shostakovich, which explores the most turbulent years of Shostakovich's life under the regimes of Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.


Freds Favorites

Julian Barnes: The inner life of Dmitri Shostakovich

In studio with the Chiara String Quartet

The ensemble joins host Fred Child in the studio to play Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout by their friend, composer Gabriela Lena Frank. Members of the Chiara String Quartet also talk about what it means to play music "by heart."


In studio with the Ancia Saxophone Quartet

Listen to in-studio interview with host Fred Child and musical performances by the Ancia Saxophone Quartet.


A rock star knows about classical music? Of course he does. Read about the day Ben Folds stopped by to co-host an hour of PT.


Friend of Fred: Ben Folds

A popular feature of CMS Two performances is the Late Night Rose sessions - a series of shows above Lincoln Center in the intimate Rose Studio. PT was honored to host the most recent Late Night Rose event back in March. Come listen to an excerpt from that concert, plus interviews with the several performers including Ani Kavafian, Michael Brown and Gloria Chien.


CMS Two's Late Night Rose sessions

Extended interview with Michael Daugherty and Amy Porter

Between 1830 and 1840, thousands of Native Americans were removed from their homes in the Southeast and forcibly relocated rural Oklahoma by the U.S. government. The long, brutal walk became known as the Trail of Tears. More than 175 years after the march, composer Michael Daugherty wanted to share the survivors' and descendants' stories.


Trail of Tears Concerto for Flute - Michael Daugherty

Music for the Trail of Tears

On Performance Today, we're launching a conversation about the value of diversity in classical music. Does it matter? And if so, what can and should we do about it? Our list of thought-provoking interviews will grow over the course of the year, so keep coming back to see and hear more.


Diversity in Classical Music

Christmas Favorites with Tesfa Wondemagegnehu

PT host Fred Child is joined in the studio by his friend and special co-host, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu. Tesfa has chosen a special playlist of his favorite Christmas performances, and he'll reveal the secret to singing the perfect version of Silent Night.


In studio with Bruce Adolphe and Carlo Grante

Frederic Chopin died in 1849, but what if he had been born in 1949? That question was the inspiration for Bruce Adolphe's new suite, 'Chopin Dreams.'
