Music in the Making
Shawn Jaeger
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The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Public Radio, and Amercian Composers Forum are pleased to announce the inaugural season of the Composer Conversation Series, events of which will take place at MPR’s UBS Forum September 2012 through May 2013. A co-presentation of The SPCO, MPR and ACF, the Composer Conversation Series is hosted by Classical MPR program director Daniel Gilliam and features some of today’s most original, prominent, and prestigious voices in composition. The 2012/13 season is comprised of live interviews with distinctive creators John Luther Adams, Laurie Anderson, Nicola Campogrande, John Corigliano, Shawn Jaeger and Maria Schneider; time devoted for audience Q&A; and informal post-show receptions.
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Public Radio, and Amercian Composers Forum are pleased to announce the inaugural season of the Composer Conversation Series, events of which will take place at MPR’s UBS Forum September 2012 through May 2013. A co-presentation of The SPCO, MPR and ACF, the Composer Conversation Series is hosted by Classical MPR program director Daniel Gilliam and features some of today’s most original, prominent, and prestigious voices in composition. The 2012/13 season is comprised of live interviews with distinctive creators John Luther Adams, Laurie Anderson, Nicola Campogrande, John Corigliano, Shawn Jaeger and Maria Schneider; time devoted for audience Q&A; and informal post-show receptions.
Featured Composer
“[Jaeger creates] spare, enigmatic melodies that leap and ooze unpredictably... you sense the entire audience holding its breath in wonder.” – The New York Times
Shawn Jaeger was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1985. His music, described as “introspective, mournful [...] evocative” by The New York Times draws inspiration from Appalachian ballad singing and Old Regular Baptist hymnody. Honors include an ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composers Award, the Northwestern University M. William Karlins and William T. Faricy Awards, and two BMI Student Composer Awards... READ FULL BIO
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Composer Conversation Series events are FREE but reservations are required (tickets available Monday, April 29). Details at classicalmpr.org/composers.
The interviews will also be available online in their entirety following the live events.
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