Podcasts about carnegie music hall

Kristy Graver from Pittsburgh Magazine joins Larry for her weekly segment. They discuss the Carnegie Music Hall, pizza & beer, and this week in Pittsburgh history. 

Dave and Ethan review the October 26, 2022 “Weird Al” Yankovic concert at Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from The Unfortunate Return Of The Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.

Resonance Works opens it's 10th Anniversary season with "I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams," Friday October 14th at 8pm and Sunday October 16th, 3pm at Carnegie Music Hall in Carnegie.  Artistic and General Director Maria Sensi Sellner, along with cast members stopped by WQED-FM to talk to Anna Singer about the production.   

Actor Steve Schirripa from The Sopranos joined Randy Baumann and the DVE Morning Show today. Catch Steve alongside his cast mate Michael Imperioli on October 8th at the Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead when they bring the Talking Sopranos podcast to Pittsburgh

The Artistic Director of Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Marianne Cornetti, has the details on the "Legends in the Limelight" Concert at Carnegie Music Hall on May 22nd at 4pm with Metropolitan Opera soprano Marjorie Owens and pianist Ellen Rissinger. Marianne describes the pleasures of an up close and personal song recital and the masterpieces that Marjorie will sing by Wagner and more. There's a reception after where you can meet the artist. More information about the show

Darvin Lau is musician, entrepreneur and small business owner based in Brooklyn, NY. After witnessing children living in poverty during a trip to Hong Kong and China when he was 12 years old, he has since committed his life to the calling that God has put on his heart to speak life and truth into the world through music. This led him to eventually teach music to children; starting off with two kids in the basement of a Brooklyn community center. Through his conviction to help children and his personal faith in God, he was able to overcome the challenges that came and eventually opened his own music school studio called the Bay Ridge School of Music. Every Friday night, his music school studio opens up their doors to kids in the community for youth group programs. Kids have a safe place to be away from the streets and learn about faith, hope, and love through music. In addition, they also build free music programs for children in homeless shelters in Brownsville. Their ultimate mission is to be able to bring their students from New York to serve and teach music to children in need to different parts of the world like China and Africa. Currently, the Bay Ridge School of Music teaches close to 300 students every week, with a staff of over 20 instructors. His music school studio recently performed at the world famous Carnegie Music Hall and was awarded the best music school in Brooklyn for 2022.

Comedian Roy Wood Jr will be in Pittsburgh on May 20th at the Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead as part of Steve Byrne's Goddamn Comedy Jam. Roy chimes in on the free agency mayhem in the NFL and why the Dolphins haven't done anything yet, why teams need to stay away from cosplay QB's, and why Davante Adams left Green Bay.

Comedian Louie Anderson spoke with Randy Baumann and Bill Crawford of the DVE Morning Show back in July 2018 to promote an upcoming show at the Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead. Louie talked about his reason for doing comedy and remembered his days at the Comedy Store in Hollywood with some of the the likes of Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Jim Carey and more. Louie passed away last week, he was 68.

Afa Dworkin is the President and Artistic Director of Sphinx Virtuosi arriving in Pittsburgh for Chamber Music Pittsburgh on October 11th at Carnegie Music Hall. The group has worked boldly for inclusion of African Americans and Lantinx musicians over the past 25 years. Their programs are innovative and mind expanding. Afa speaks with Jim Cunningham about the Tracing Visions program and the work that remains to be done.

WQED-FM's Anna Singer spoke with Pittsburgh Festival Opera Artistic Director Marianne Cornetti about their next "Legends in the Limelight" concert featuring baritone Michael Chioldi.  The concert is at Carnegie Music Hall on Tuesday September 14th at 7:30pm.      

This weekend, the Pittsburgh Concert Chorale presents Carl Orff's Carmina Burana - Friday February 28th at Ingomar United Methodist Church and Sunday March 1st at Carnegie Music Hall.  The Choir's Music Director, Dr. Susan Medley, stopped by the QED Morning Show to talk about the Choir, the concert's this weekend, and the importance of having a station like WQED-FM in Pittsburgh.

Gerard Schwarz in in Pittsburgh to conduct the Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic and Chorus on Sunday February 23rd, 7:30pm at Carnegie Music Hall.  The concert includes Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, the Walton Cello Concerto with Sameer Apte, and the Brahms Symphony No. 4.  The Maestro stopped by WQED-FM to help with our fundraiser, and to have an in-depth conversation with Jim Cunningham about this weekend's concert, his time spent at the Seattle Symphony, his book "Behind the Baton" and much more.  

Big Cat has a brilliant idea for a new children's book series, "Johnny's First Parlay," Cam Heyward remembers the first on-screen death he witnessed at the movies, and why he's protective of what the kids see on TV, Bobby Kelly has some brilliant ideas for merchandise ahead of the Kreeps with Kids comedy tour (Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead on Saturday, 10/19) and Missi Matthews weighs in on Mike Tomlin's dismissal of any QB controversy and where the Steelers will go without Stephon Tuitt.

Big Cat has a brilliant idea for a new children's book series, "Johnny's First Parlay," Cam Heyward remembers the first on-screen death he witnessed at the movies, and why he's protective of what the kids see on TV, Bobby Kelly has some brilliant ideas for merchandise ahead of the Kreeps with Kids comedy tour (Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead on Saturday, 10/19) and Missi Matthews weighs in on Mike Tomlin's dismissal of any QB controversy and where the Steelers will go without Stephon Tuitt.

Seth Meyers (Host of the Late Night Show on NBC, In town doing stand-up shows this Friday, June 14th, 2019 at the Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead! Limited tickets are still available for the late show at 9:30p., doors at 8:45p.) joins Mark on air to discuss his career as a late night talk show host, light politics, the Toxic Twins and more!

Opening Monologue - Kevin Durant's Injury Last Night - Seth Meyers (Host of the Late Night Show on NBC, In town doing standup shows this Friday, June 14th, 2019 at the Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead! Limited tickets are still available for the late show at 9:30p., doors at 8:45p.) joins Mark on air to discuss his career as a late night talk show host, light politics, the Toxic Twins and more! - Coast to Coast

Opening Monologue - Kevin Durant's Injury Last Night - Seth Meyers (Host of the Late Night Show on NBC, In town doing standup shows this Friday, June 14th, 2019 at the Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead! Limited tickets are still available for the late show at 9:30p., doors at 8:45p.) joins Mark on air to discuss his career as a late night talk show host, light politics, the Toxic Twins and more! - Coast to Coast

Seth Meyers (Host of the Late Night Show on NBC, In town doing stand-up shows this Friday, June 14th, 2019 at the Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead! Limited tickets are still available for the late show at 9:30p., doors at 8:45p.) joins Mark on air to discuss his career as a late night talk show host, light politics, the Toxic Twins and more!

The hospital is not Heaven: Discerning secular thought in medicine. Dr. Kathryn L. Butler is a trauma and critical care surgeon who recently left clinical practice to homeschool her children. She teaches at Harvard Medical School. Her blog is Oceans Rise - Musings on Faith, Medicine, and Motherhood. What do we do when our dreams die and the voice of giving up says lots of things about the future of our life? Where is God in this? SAY YES: A Liturgy of Not Giving Up On Yourself a new show at Jubilee premiering this Thursday night at the Carnegie Music Hall in Carnegie at 7:30 p.m.Scott Erickson What Being a ‘Disruptive Witness’ Looks Like in Your Work - Alan Noble God answers prayers in only two ways - Griffin Gulledge is a graduate of Auburn University and Beeson Divinity School at Samford University. He and his wife, Rachel, live in Dothan, Alabama, where he works as an advocate for foster children for The Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes and Family Ministries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hospital is not Heaven: Discerning secular thought in medicine. Dr. Kathryn L. Butler is a trauma and critical care surgeon who recently left clinical practice to homeschool her children. She teaches at Harvard Medical School. Her blog is Oceans Rise - Musings on Faith, Medicine, and Motherhood. What do we do when our dreams die and the voice of giving up says lots of things about the future of our life? Where is God in this? SAY YES: A Liturgy of Not Giving Up On Yourself a new show at Jubilee premiering this Thursday night at the Carnegie Music Hall in Carnegie at 7:30 p.m.Scott Erickson What Being a ‘Disruptive Witness’ Looks Like in Your Work - Alan Noble God answers prayers in only two ways - Griffin Gulledge is a graduate of Auburn University and Beeson Divinity School at Samford University. He and his wife, Rachel, live in Dothan, Alabama, where he works as an advocate for foster children for The Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes and Family Ministries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Chabon published his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, in 1988. Since then he has published an incredible array of fiction and non-fiction, including novels, young adult fiction, detective stories, screenplays, short stories, and essays. He is rightly viewed as one of our country's most versatile writers, and has also been recognized with some of our most prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay in 2001. His new novel is titled Moonglow.  This interview was conducted publicly, in front of more than a thousand fans of his work, at the Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh. 

We’re wrapping up the interview with Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Bassist Jeff Turner that we began on episode 26 of the podcast, plus featuring music from U.K.-based bassist Leon Bosch’s new album titled The British Double Bass on this week’s episode of the podcast. About Jeff Turner: Principal Bass Jeffrey Turner joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1987. He served as Principal Bass of the New American Chamber Orchestra from 1984 to 1986 and became a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1986. Mr. Turner, a native of South Carolina, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. His teachers include James VanDemark, Lawrence Hurst and Robert Gladstone. Mr. Turner serves on the faculties of Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University. He is the Artistic Director of the City Music Center’s Young Bassist Program, and gives annual seminars and master classes at universities and conservatories throughout the world. He has also served as Visiting Professor at the Eastman School of Music and Lecturer at the University of Maryland. Mr. Turner has been a resident artist for many annual festivals including the Pacific Music Festival in Japan and the Korsholm Festival in Finland. He has been featured as a presenter at the conventions of The International Society of Bassists, and has served on the faculty of The Asian Youth Orchestra (Hong Kong) under the direction of Lord Yehudi Menuhin. Mr. Turner is a faculty member of the National Orchestral Institute. As winner of the Y Music Society’s Passamaneck Award, Jeffrey Turner appeared in a critically acclaimed recital at Carnegie Music Hall in 1989. He was also a winner of the 1990 Pittsburgh Concert Society’s Artist Award. About Leon Bosch: Leon had to overcome many difficult circumstances in the early years of his career. He was arrested by members of the Cape Town special branch when he was just 15 years old for demonstrating against the Apartheid government outside of parliament. He faced a month’s detention and torture, only to be found not guilty on all charges. This experience fired up his ambition to become a lawyer, but this field of study was forbidden to him by the regime at the time. He then chose to study a subject that would be the least likely to mark him out as subversive – music. Had Bosch been able to pursue his prime aspiration to become a lawyer, the cello/double bass debate might never have occurred. Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1961, Bosch was forbidden by the repressive regime of the time to study law, so applied to the University’s music faculty instead `as a light-hearted prank.’ The `prank’ soon turned more serious. Once enrolled at the University, Bosch studied with Zoltan Kovats, principal double bassist of the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra at that time. A single year into his studies, the young student was invited to play in the Symphony Orchestra’s bass section alongside his mentor. Only another 12 months passed before he was giving his first solo performance of Dittersdorf ’s concerto in E major. Completing his Batchelor of Music Performance degree at the University, he received the highest mark ever awarded there in a performance examination. Post-university, Bosch quickly realised that he would have to study abroad if he really wanted to further his performance career, but was thwarted once again by the apartheid laws which decreed that overseas scholarships could only be given to white performers. However, Bosch was undeterred. `I had a passionate commitment to the double bass and never enter- tained the idea that I would fail in my pursuit’, he asserts. Fortunately, a number of private individuals came forward to sponsor his travel to England where he was heard playing by Rodney Slatford, the former Head of School of Strings at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), who offered to teach him. Bosch enrolled at the RNCM following a successful interview with Eleanor Warren to study with Slatford and Duncan McTier. He describes his time at RNCM as `extremely fruitful’. Bosch’s prestigious record of achievements also continued there, as he received the College’s PPRNCM (Professional Performer of the RNCM) with distinction, the first such award to a double bassist in the College’s history. Studies completed, Bosch embarked on the varied professional orchestral and chamber career that continues to this day. His first assignment was with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, moving onto The Manchester Camerata as principal in 1985. His playing career has also taken in the BBC Philharmonic, Hall, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Opera North and Scottish Chamber orchestras, plus the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet and Goldberg Ensemble as a freelance performer, a career path that he chose to `give me greater variety in my playing.’ A decade after his first principal appointment, Bosch began his current association with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, touring with the orchestra’s founder, Sir Neville Marriner. `Chamber music represents the most enjoyable part of my musical life,’ he enthuses, explaining why he has focused on this area through most of his professional career – which has taken in almost all of the major chamber orchestras in the UK.

It is my pleasure to bring you this great interview with Pittsburgh Symphony principal bassist Jeff Turner for this week's episode of Contrabass Conversations. Jeff has excellent advice for musicians, and he reflects on his early years on the instrument in this very engaging interview. You will also be hearing a double bass feature from the Lascivious Biddies on this episode. Enjoy! About Jeff Jeffrey Turner is the Director of Orchestral Studies at Duquesne University, where he serves as conductor of the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra. A native of South Carolina, Mr. Turner holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and a Master's degree in conducting from Carnegie Mellon University, where he studied with Dr. Robert Page. He has served in recent years as Music Director of the Pittsburgh Live Chamber Orchestra, and Artistic Director of the City Music Center Chamber Orchestra from 2004 - 2009.  Locally, Mr. Turner has also conducted opera productions at CMU, as well as Honors Orchestra Festivals for the Pennsylvania Music Educator's Association.  Mr. Turner is also the Principal Bassist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. His teachers include James VanDemark, Lawrence Hurst and Robert Gladstone. Before joining the PSO in 1987, Mr. Turner was the Principal Bass of the New American Chamber Orchestra from 1984 to 1986, and played with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for the 1986-87 season. As winner of the Y Music Society's Passamaneck Award, Jeffrey Turner appeared in a critically acclaimed recital at Carnegie Music Hall in 1989.  He was also a winner of the 1990 Pittsburgh Concert Society's Artist Award. Jeffrey Turner has served as Visiting Professor at the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, and the University of Maryland, and as a faculty member of Carnegie Mellon University. At Duquesne, Mr. Turner has also served as Chair of Strings and as Artistic Director of City Music Center's Young Bassist Program. Mr. Turner gives annual recitals, seminars, and master classes at universities and conservatories throughout the world, and serves as resident artist for annual festivals including the Pacific Music Festival, The National Orchestral Institute, the Korsholm Festival (Finland), Indiana University's Summer Music Festival, and The Asian Youth Orchestra (Hong Kong).  Mr. Turner has been a faculty member for International Workshops in Graz, Austria; Lausanne, Switzerland; and Glasgow, Scotland. He is featured as recitalist, clinician, and competition judge at the conventions of The International Society of Bassists. From 1988-92 Mr. Turner was the Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Project, a yearly series of concerts and educational programs featuring Pittsburgh's finest musicians in collaboration.