NOI+F: National Orchestral Institute and Festival

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 sat down with Richard Scerbo, the director of NOI+F. After four weeks of work, he took the chance to reflect on what this year's festival has been, what he hopes to see in the future, and how his work outside of NOI impacts his time at the festival. Find out more about Scerbo at: http://www.richardscerbo.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: theclarice.umd.edu/

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/

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/

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/

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.