Podcast appearances and mentions of peter dugan

Meet members of our team and hear some fantastic performances that they have hand selected for you, including a flashback to someone special in host Peter Dugan's life!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

This week we hear some of our team's favorite moments from the program!! You'll hear a thrilling teenage trio perform Beethoven, meet a young cellist with a moving story about the power of music, and enjoy a gorgeous performance of Bach by a social media-savvy teen oboist and violinist Tessa Lark and Peter Dugan.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

A teen cellist performs Beethoven with Peter Dugan and speaks about training for pole vaulting. We meet a double bassist from North Carolina who in addition to being an incredible musician has a nose for cologne scents!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

New York Philharmonic President and CEO Deborah Borda joins Peter Dugan as co-host and shares insights into her iconic career at the helm of the country's leading orchestras. She speaks with an inspiring 16-year-old violist who is an emerging leader in her own right. We also meet an articulate young composer who wants her music to bring people joy and healing, a teen clarinetist who has traveled the world with his musical parents, and a pianist with a passion for acting. They give incredible performances of Prokofiev, Enescu, Kovács, and more.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Philadelphia Orchestra's Principal Bassist Joseph Conyers is back as co-host as we meet a bright teen harpist whose commitment to her instrument is so strong she commutes weekly from Virginia to New York for lessons and a vibrant 12-year-old guitarist plays a fiery work by Roland Dyens and talks about his love for fishing, movies, and performing with his sisters. Peter Dugan and Joseph Conyers open the program with a moving interpretation of Florence Price's Adoration.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Grammy Award-winning bass player Victor Wooten joins us for our exciting musical journey out of Nashville. A talented teen flutist plays an elegant Bach Sonata and then improvises on that same work with Victor Wooten and Peter Dugan. We meet the drum major from Tennessee State University's Aristocrat of Bands and hear selections from their Grammy Award-winning album. And if that's not enough, we are treated to a special collaboration between our hosts!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Grammy Award-winning bass player Victor Wooten joins us this week as we celebrate great music out of Nashville! We hear an electric performance on violin, imitating sounds from Jimi Hendrix's guitar, by a teen musician who already holds a real job in an orchestra. We meet a talented pianist who performs Beethoven. And a teen bluegrass mandolin player with a career on the rise performs solo and collaborates on a toe-tapping tune with Victor Wooten and Peter Dugan.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

A 15-year-old violinist introduces us to his charming coastal community of Damariscotta, Maine and a talented young banjo player ensconced in the blue grass music scene brings us into her musical home in the foothills of Leicester, North Carolina. Co-host/violinist Tessa Lark draws on her own childhood in Kentucky as she reflects with Peter Dugan on the stories and performances of these talented young musicians from rural communities. Don't miss the videos of each hometown visit at fromthetop.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

We're on a musical journey in small town and rural America. We meet a teen violinist down by the bayou in Monroe, Louisiana, travel to the rolling farmland of Redlands, California to the home of a driven young guitarist, and hear from a young composer who enjoys the support of his community in Fargo, North Dakota. Co-host/violinist Tessa Lark speaks about her own upbringing in Eastern Kentucky as she reflects with Peter Dugan on the experiences of these talented young artists from small towns. Don't miss the videos of each hometown visit at fromthetop.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Grammy Award-winning bass player Victor Wooten joins us for our exciting musical journey out of Nashville. A talented teen flutist plays an elegant Bach Sonata and then improvises on that same work with Victor Wooten and Peter Dugan. We meet the drum major from Tennessee State University's Aristocrat of Bands and hear selections from their Grammy Award-winning album. And if that's not enough, we are treated to a special collaboration between our hosts!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Grammy Award-winning bass player Victor Wooten joins us this week as we celebrate great music out of Nashville! We hear an electric performance on violin, imitating sounds from Jimi Hendrix's guitar, by a teen musician who already holds a real job in an orchestra. We meet a talented pianist who performs Beethoven. And a teen bluegrass mandolin player with a career on the rise performs solo and collaborates on a toe-tapping tune with Victor Wooten and Peter Dugan.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

A 15-year-old violinist introduces us to his charming coastal community of Damariscotta, Maine and a talented young banjo player brings us into her musical home in the foothills of Leicester, North Carolina. Co-host/violinist Tessa Lark draws on her own childhood in Kentucky as she reflects with Peter Dugan on the stories and performances of these talented young musicians from rural communities. Don't miss the videos of each hometown visit at fromthetop.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

We meet a teen violinist down by the bayou in Monroe, Louisiana, travel to the rolling farmland of Redlands, California to the home of a driven young guitarist, and hear from a young composer who enjoys the support of his community in Fargo, North Dakota. Co-host/violinist Tessa Lark speaks about her own upbringing in Eastern Kentucky as she reflects with Peter Dugan on the experiences of these talented young artists from small towns. Don't miss the videos of each hometown visit at fromthetop.org.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Today's Segments:Prizing versatility as the key to the future of classical music, pianist Peter Dugan is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms. He is heard nationwide as the host of NPR's beloved program From the Top. ~~~ Humans aren't the only musicians. We share a BirdNote on signing under streetlamps. ~~~ News Director Dave Thompson reviews the news. ~~~ Matt reviews the new "romantic sports drama flick" featuring a love triangle between tennis greats and wannabes.

Pianist and From the Top host Peter Dugan visited IPR's Studio A to discuss being a musical omnivore and how he works with young musicians for the show. Music performed in Studio A Frederic Chopin, Nocturne op. 27, no. 2 John Lennon & Paul McCartney, "Yesterday" (arr. Peter Dugan) Alberto Ginastera, Danza del gaucho matrero

In recognition of Black History Month, this highlight program celebrates outstanding performances by Black musicians on From the Top through the years. Hosted by Peter Dugan and David Norville, an alumnus, oboist, and former Assistant Producer at From the Top.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

We meet a percussionist from the famous LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts who gives a tour of the marimba to Peter Dugan, a 13-year-old cellist who loves both ballet and music, and a pianist who relates with the emotions of Schubert.

Clarinetist Alex Laing joins Peter Dugan at the Atlanta Music Project for a program featuring musicians from Georgia! We hear the fantastic Atlanta Music Project Senior Youth Choir performing a Spiritual. A flutist shares her love for Eastern European Folk music, a percussionist performs Sibelius on marimba, and Peter collaborates on a gorgeous four handed Ravel with an alum.

Clarinetist Alex Laing joins Peter Dugan at the Atlanta Music Project for a program featuring musicians from Georgia! We hear the fantastic Atlanta Music Project Senior Youth Choir performing a Spiritual. A flutist shares her love for Eastern European Folk music, a percussionist performs Sibelius on marimba, and Peter collaborates on a gorgeous four handed Ravel with an alum.

New York Philharmonic President and CEO Deborah Borda joins Peter Dugan as co-host and shares insights into her iconic career at the helm of the country's leading orchestras. She speaks with an inspiring 16-year-old violist who is an emerging leader in her own right. We also meet an articulate young composer who wants her music to bring people joy and healing, a teen clarinetist who has traveled the world with his musical parents, and a pianist with a passion for acting. They give incredible performances of Prokofiev, Enescu, Kovács, and more.

In recognition of Black History Month, this highlight program celebrates outstanding performances by Black musicians on From the Top through the years. Hosted by Peter Dugan and David Norville, an alumnus, oboist, and former Assistant Producer at From the Top.

We'll hear the adrenaline filled performances taking place at the 37th Annual Irving M. Klein International String Competition, meet the players, hear from the jury, and of course, learn who wins. Violinist Tessa Lark and pianist Peter Dugan co-host this portrait of one of our country's top competitions for young players.

We'll hear the adrenaline filled performances taking place at the 37th Annual Irving M. Klein International String Competition, meet the players, hear from the jury, and of course, learn who wins. Violinist Tessa Lark and pianist Peter Dugan co-host this portrait of one of our country's top competitions for young players.

This episode contains discussions of syphilis. If you are concerned you have syphilis or another sexually transmitted infection, you can find information about sexual health clinics in New York City here. What's the relationship between syphilis, mercury, and the composer of "Die Forelle?" Flute-player Emi Ferguson continues her exploration of how syphilis impacted classical composers. This episode looks at the case of Franz Schubert, who died in 1828 at the age of 31. She is joined by Schubert scholar and James H. Ottaway Professor of music history, Christopher H. Gibbs, as well as Dr. Sheila Lukehart. Together, Emi and her guests explore the impact of syphilis and its treatments on Schubert, as well as his late life and works. Featured Recordings of Schubert's Works: "Der Erlkönig," "Die Forelle," by Karim Sulayman and Yi-heng Yang, from the album Where Only Stars Can Hear Us "Die Taubenpost," from Schwanengesang, performed by Matthew Rose and Malcom Martineau, courtesy of Stone Records "Variations for Flute and Piano on Trockne Blümen," performed by Emi Ferguson and Peter Dugan,  Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat, D. 960 (1. Molto moderato, 2. Andante sostenuto), performed by Sviatoslav Richter, courtesy of Parnassus Records "Shepherd on the Rock," performed by musicians from Marlboro, live in the Greene Space ""Der Erlkönig," performed by Hope Lies Within, courtesy of Hope Lies Within

This episode contains discussions of syphilis. If you are concerned you have syphilis or another sexually transmitted infection, you can find information about sexual health clinics in New York City here.What's the relationship between syphilis, mercury, and the composer of "Die Forelle?" Flute-player Emi Ferguson continues her exploration of how syphilis impacted classical composers. This episode looks at the case of Franz Schubert, who died in 1828 at the age of 31. She is joined by Schubert scholar and James H. Ottaway Professor of music history, Christopher H. Gibbs, as well as Dr. Sheila Lukehart. Together, Emi and her guests explore the impact of syphilis and its treatments on Schubert, as well as his late life and works.Featured Recordings of Schubert's Works:"Der Erlkönig," "Die Forelle," by Karim Sulayman and Yi-heng Yang, from the album Where Only Stars Can Hear Us"Die Taubenpost," from Schwanengesang, performed by Matthew Rose and Malcom Martineau, courtesy of Stone Records"Variations for Flute and Piano on Trockne Blümen," performed by Emi Ferguson and Peter Dugan, Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat, D. 960 (1. Molto moderato, 2. Andante sostenuto), performed by Sviatoslav Richter, courtesy of Parnassus Records"Shepherd on the Rock," performed by musicians from Marlboro, live in the Greene Space""Der Erlkönig," performed by Hope Lies Within, courtesy of Hope Lies Within

This episode contains discussions of syphilis. If you are concerned you have syphilis or another sexually transmitted infection, you can find information about sexual health clinics in New York City here.What's the relationship between syphilis, mercury, and the composer of "Die Forelle?" Flute-player Emi Ferguson continues her exploration of how syphilis impacted classical composers. This episode looks at the case of Franz Schubert, who died in 1828 at the age of 31. She is joined by Schubert scholar and James H. Ottaway Professor of music history, Christopher H. Gibbs, as well as Dr. Sheila Lukehart. Together, Emi and her guests explore the impact of syphilis and its treatments on Schubert, as well as his late life and works.Featured Recordings of Schubert's Works:"Der Erlkönig," "Die Forelle," by Karim Sulayman and Yi-heng Yang, from the album Where Only Stars Can Hear Us"Die Taubenpost," from Schwanengesang, performed by Matthew Rose and Malcom Martineau, courtesy of Stone Records"Variations for Flute and Piano on Trockne Blümen," performed by Emi Ferguson and Peter Dugan, Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat, D. 960 (1. Molto moderato, 2. Andante sostenuto), performed by Sviatoslav Richter, courtesy of Parnassus Records"Shepherd on the Rock," performed by musicians from Marlboro, live in the Greene Space""Der Erlkönig," performed by Hope Lies Within, courtesy of Hope Lies Within

As music students, they were sequestered in Juilliard's fourth-floor rehearsal rooms. “The fourth floor is all dungeony and without sunlight,” says pianist Dugan. “It's one of the worst, most magical places ever,” says violinist Yang. Today they have flourishing careers among other human beings. That's the magic. A conversation at the Kaufman Music Center with two artists in residence.

In recognition of Black History Month, this highlight program celebrates outstanding performances by Black musicians on From the Top through the years. Co-hosted by pianist Peter Dugan and producer/oboist David Norville, an alumnus of From the Top.

I had the pleasure of speaking with violinist Sean Lee and pianist Peter Dugan about their new digital EP featuring nine of the Paganini Caprices, each with accompanying music videos. It's a really fantastic project and I hope you listen to it. For context, here's a bit of background on these two guests. Sean Lee is one of few violinists who dare to perform the complete 24 Caprices of Paganini in concert, but he's just done this in New York at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. It's the first time this happened in that organization's 52-year history. Our other guest on the show today is pianist Peter Dugan. You probably know his voice as the radio host on NPR's From the Top. Also, he's collaborating with Joshua Bell this month on a recital tour. On this episode of the podcast, we explore how finding energy from past rejection propels you forward, but equally anticipating the future can do the same. We also hear of their mutual interest for bird watching in Central Park, which I really found to be unique. Plus, we discuss their new Paganini X Schumann album and how they created it. There's also a special section of really great products they recommend such as aged gin from Bootlegger in Upstate New York and the benefits of a Screaming Meanie alarm clock. — Classical Post explores the intersection of classical music, style, and wellness, diving into meaningful conversations with leading artists in the world today. Based in New York City, Classical Post is a touchpoint for tastemakers. Visit our website for exclusive editorial and subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be notified of new content. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok.

In January 2022, violinist Sean Lee and pianist Peter Dugan celebrate Paganini in the first-ever performance of all 24 Caprices in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's 52-year history as well as the release of a new EP of nine Caprices with accompanying music videos. A top prizewinner at the “Premio Paganini” International Violin Competition, Lee embraces the legacy of his late mentor, violinist Ruggiero Ricci, as one of few violinists who dare to perform the complete 24 Caprices of Niccolò Paganini in recital. His ongoing educational YouTube series Paganini POV uses modern technology to share a unique perspective on violin playing.Paganini x Schumann TracklistPaganini – Complete Caprices for Violin and Piano, Op. 1 (c. 1805) (arr. Robert Schumann)   1. No. 4 [6:59]   2. No. 5 [3:23]   3. No. 6 [5:36]   4. No. 8 [3:04]   5. No. 9 [3:25]   6. No. 15 [2:55]   7. No. 20 [3:12]   8. No. 21 [3:23]   9. No. 22 [2:25]Total Time - 34:22Purchase the music (without talk) at:Paganini: 9 Caprices (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Katy Solomon from Morahana Arts and Media.

Violinist Sean Lee chats to online editor Davina Shum about performing all 24 Paganini Caprices... in one concert! Listen to how he has prepared for such a mammoth undertaking, including how the task is like training for a marathon; Sean's personal challenges with the Caprices, and performing them with pianist Peter Dugan. Check out thestrad.com for the latest news and articles on all things to do with string playing. Register and subscribe to access exclusive archival content from 2010 onwards. New year online subscription sale! Get 20% off with the code PODCAST2022 here: https://bit.ly/3nCuGc9 Student discount! Get 50% off an online subscription! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3eQ75AB  Find us on social media: Facebook.com/thestrad Twitter: @TheStradMag Instagram: @the_strad_   Paganini X Schumann Caprice no.21 Sean Lee, violin / Peter Dugan, piano    

On From the Top's annual "Where Are They Now Show" host Peter Dugan meets up with alumni of the program to discover the exciting creative projects they're doing now that they're in their 20s. We hear the music of Mozart, Bernard Hermann, John Adams and more.

We're back, and we're kicking off our 22nd season with two up-and-coming composers, a 13-year-old's performance of Shostakovich, a 15-year-old playing Kreisler, and more. Listen to Co-Host / Creative Alex Laing join our host, Peter Dugan, for this episode.

We're back, and we're kicking off our 22nd season with two up-and-coming composers, a 13-year-old's performance of Shostakovich, a 15-year-old playing Kreisler, and more. Listen to Co-Host / Creative Alex Laing join our host, Peter Dugan, for this episode.

GRAMMY-nominated violinist and From the Top Co-Host / Creative Tessa Lark joins Peter Dugan and a cohort of extraordinary teenage musicians in this episode. A 15-year-old violinist gets a coaching from Tessa and we hear performances of Bach, Chopin, Dvorák and more.

GRAMMY-nominated violinist and From the Top Co-Host / Creative Tessa Lark joins Peter Dugan and a cohort of extraordinary teenage musicians in this episode. A 15-year-old violinist gets a coaching from Tessa and we hear performances of Bach, Chopin, Dvorák and more.

Leila interviews celebrated artist and host of NPR's From the Top podcast, Peter Dugan about how and why versatility at the piano is the key to his craft, creativity, and collaborations. For episode notes and extras, visit leilaviss.com.

When pianist Peter Dugan performed on NPR's From the Top at the age of 18, he had no idea that he would one day host the show. In this episode, Peter talks about how he came to be at the helm of a show that's been going for 25 years juuust before a pandemic began. He also teaches us about love, the magic the binds the molecules of music together. And he illustrates how collaborations between musicians have created that magic throughout history, and on From the Top, even in a global pandemic.

I discuss my quest to spend less time on my phone. I also talk to pianist and host of NPR’s “From The Top,” Peter Dugan. We discuss that time there was a pig backstage at a comedy show, crossing genres on piano, learning the blues scale as a kid, using our instruments as outlets for emotion as teens, being the youngest in a big family, becoming a radio show host, Juilliard hangs, school plays, feeling useful as a kid, taping The Tonight Show, being a germaphobe pre-covid, how I don’t miss hugging, having too many cats, and more! New episodes every Tuesday! Be sure to subscribe. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter @isabelhagen_ and check out isabelhagen.com More from Peter at peterduganpiano.com 

Violinist Vijay Gupta and pianist Peter Dugan perform "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from Orfeo and Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck. This performance was recorded as part of From the Top episode 386 produced at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California.

Violinist Vijay Gupta and pianist Peter Dugan perform "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from Orfeo and Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck. This performance was recorded as part of From the Top episode 386 produced at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California.

Violinist and social activist, Vijay Gupta co-hosts this program with pianist Peter Dugan. We hear A teenage saxophone quartet from Texas perform a thrilling piece of contemporary classical music from Brazil ... also the superb Los Angeles Children's Chorus performs the music of J.S. Bach ... and a 10-year-old pianist tackles the "Winter Wind" etude by Chopin.

Violinist and social activist, Vijay Gupta co-hosts this program with pianist Peter Dugan. We hear A teenage saxophone quartet from Texas perform a thrilling piece of contemporary classical music from Brazil ... also the superb Los Angeles Children's Chorus performs the music of J.S. Bach ... and a 10-year-old pianist tackles the "Winter Wind" etude by Chopin.

This is Episode #200 with Interview guest, international Opera Singer and long time friend John Brancy! In this episode we talk about the last 100 episodes, the life happenings in between and times of global pandemic. We unpack Johns celebrations for winning a GRAMMY in 2020 for the Fantastic Mr.Fox Opera. And we dive quite a bit deeper into Johns fascination with what he calls the SING SENSE. Our ability to connect with sound, sensing our own voice and the impact of our sound in the vibratory field around us. Grammy Winning Baritone John Brancy‘s intense musicality and communicative power place him among the finest of baritones of his generation. Hailed by the New York Times as “a vibrant, resonant presence,” Brancy won First Prize in the Art Song Division of the 2018 Concours Musical International de Montreal. A win that recognized him as a premiere interpreter of Art Song repertoire in our time. The New Jersey native also won First Prize in the 2018 Lotte Lenya Competition in New York, Second Prize at the 2017 Wigmore Hall Competition in London and prior to that won the media prize in the 2017 Belvedere International Singing Competition in Moscow and first prize in the Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition in 2015. He is also a past winner of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition and the Sullivan Foundation Grand Prize. Brancy recently debuted with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Meredith Monk’s Atlas) and San Francisco Opera (Billy Budd) and looks forward to premiering a new work by Michael Gandolfi with the Boston Symphony which will also mark Brancy’s debut at Tanglewood. Also on his 19/20 schedule are performances of Messiah for the US Naval Academy and the Florida Orchestra, Jonathan Dove’s Flight for Pacific Opera Victoria, Rameau’s Platee for his Des Moines Metro Opera debut, Brahms’ Deutsches Requiem for Opera National de Bordeaux and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria with the Rundfunkchor of Berlin. He has also been engaged by Semperoper Dresden, Paris’s Théâtre du Chatelet, Florida Grand Opera, The Carmel Bach Festival, San Francisco Symphony, Oper Frankfurt, Opera de Lorraine, Carnegie Hall, the Oratorio Society and Musica Sacra in New York. An alumnus of The Juilliard School in New York, Brancy has toured extensively with his collaborator, pianist Peter Dugan, they will receive their Wigmore Hall recital debut in fall of 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-guderley/support

Hosted by pianist Peter Dugan this is From the Top's second "Blanket Fort" show. Created during the quarantine of the Covid19 crisis, this episode features young musicians recording themselves in their own homes (in makeshift studios or "Blanket Forts") under From the Top's supervision and it features long distance musical collaborations. Performers include one of the youngest classical guitarists From the Top has ever featured and a teenage composer who discovered his love for music during a difficult time when his immigrant family had no permanent home.

Hosted by pianist Peter Dugan this is From the Top's second "Blanket Fort" show. Created during the quarantine of the Covid19 crisis, this episode features young musicians recording themselves in their own homes (in makeshift studios or "Blanket Forts") under From the Top's supervision and it features long distance musical collaborations. Performers include one of the youngest classical guitarists From the Top has ever featured and a teenage composer who discovered his love for music during a difficult time when his immigrant family had no permanent home.

Pianist and From the Top host, Peter Dugan, performs his own piano arrangement of the "Jupiter" movement from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst.

Pianist and From the Top host, Peter Dugan, performs his own piano arrangement of the "Jupiter" movement from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst.

In response to the Covid 19 pandemic and the required social distancing, this episode hosted by pianist Peter Dugan features our young performers recording in their own homes under From the Top's guidance and even doing some long-distance musical collaborations with Peter Dugan

In response to the Covid 19 pandemic and the required social distancing, this episode hosted by pianist Peter Dugan features our young performers recording in their own homes under From the Top's guidance and even doing some long-distance musical collaborations with Peter Dugan

Show 383, From New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston and co-hosted by 14-Time Grammy Award winning clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera along with pianist Peter Dugan features collaborations between Maestro D'Rivera and From the Top's Young Musicians.

Show 383, From New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston and co-hosted by 14-Time Grammy Award winning clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera along with pianist Peter Dugan features collaborations between Maestro D'Rivera and From the Top's Young Musicians.

This episode features beautiful music and interviews selected out of From the Top's 20 year deep archive including a rambunctious performance by a 14-year-old pianist, a young bassoonist who shares the moving story of falling in love with the bassoon during difficult times ... and the National Youth Orchestra of America performs the music of Leonard Bernstein.

This episode features beautiful music and interviews selected out of From the Top's 20 year deep archive including a rambunctious performance by a 14-year-old pianist, a young bassoonist who shares the moving story of falling in love with the bassoon during difficult times ... and the National Youth Orchestra of America performs the music of Leonard Bernstein.

From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, this week's program, hosted by pianist Peter Dugan includes a 12-year-old cellist performing David Popper and fiery Spanish music performed by a 15-year-old guitarist.

From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, this week's program, hosted by pianist Peter Dugan includes a 12-year-old cellist performing David Popper and fiery Spanish music performed by a 15-year-old guitarist.

From Key West, Florida and co-hosted by pianist Peter Dugan and violinist Elena Urioste this program features a clarinet quartet from Miami and a jaw dropping performance by a 12-year-old from Ohio.

From Key West, Florida and co-hosted by pianist Peter Dugan and violinist Elena Urioste this program features a clarinet quartet from Miami and a jaw dropping performance by a 12-year-old from Ohio.

Hosted by Peter Dugan, this week's From the Top comes from Morristown, New Jersey and features a fiery teenage cellist and a high school choir with a deep unified sound.

Hosted by Peter Dugan, this week's From the Top comes from Morristown, New Jersey and features a fiery teenage cellist and a high school choir with a deep unified sound.

Show 377, the first of two shows in Morristown, New Jersey with host Peter Dugan

Show 377, the first of two shows in Morristown, New Jersey with host Peter Dugan

Pianist Alessio Bax is interviewed by From the Top host, Peter Dugan about being the Jury Chairman at the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition.

Pianist Alessio Bax is interviewed by From the Top host, Peter Dugan about being the Jury Chairman at the Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition.

With 19th-century Americana spirit, MTT and the SF Symphony, pianist Peter Dugan, and the SFS Chorus’s musical candor and clarity add an evocative recording of Ives’s songful Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 to the SFS Media label’s Grammy award-winning discography.

From the Top guest host, Peter Dugan, interviews the First Prize winner of the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival, Shuan Hern Lee. Shuan performs the first mvt of Rachmaninoffs 3rd Piano Concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

From the Top guest host, Peter Dugan, interviews the First Prize winner of the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival, Shuan Hern Lee. Shuan performs the first mvt of Rachmaninoffs 3rd Piano Concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Charles Yang along with pianist Peter Dugan and 16-year-old guitarist Gwenyth Aggeler perform "Loopy" by Charles Yang.

Charles Yang along with pianist Peter Dugan and 16-year-old guitarist Gwenyth Aggeler perform "Loopy" by Charles Yang.

Pianist Peter Dugan performs the Sarabande from the French Suite no. 5 in G major J.S. Bach

Pianist Peter Dugan performs the Sarabande from the French Suite no. 5 in G major J.S. Bach

Member of the Electronic Dance Music group, MAKO, Alex Seaver speaks with guest host Peter Dugan and French Horn player, Zach Potts.

Member of the Electronic Dance Music group, MAKO, Alex Seaver speaks with guest host Peter Dugan and French Horn player, Zach Potts.

This episode of From the Top was recorded in the famed Hollywood Scoring Studio in Los Angeles. We meet a brilliant young pianist who grew up in Hollywood enjoying film music so much that she founded her own multi-disciplinary arts collaborative at her high school. Also on the program is a heroic performance of a piece by Planel for horn and a teenage violinist rocks Ravel's virtuosic "Tzigane" with guest host Peter Dugan.

This episode of From the Top was recorded in the famed Hollywood Scoring Studio in Los Angeles. We meet a brilliant young pianist who grew up in Hollywood enjoying film music so much that she founded her own multi-disciplinary arts collaborative at her high school. Also on the program is a heroic performance of a piece by Planel for horn and a teenage violinist rocks Ravel's virtuosic "Tzigane" with guest host Peter Dugan.

From the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, Colorado, this week's From the Top features the ground-breaking violinist Charles Yang as the guest host. He'll share the stage with a joyful teenager whose winning personality propelled her to take home the gold medal at the prestigious 2018 Stulberg International String Competition. We'll also meet a young erhu player, an instrument known to some as the "Chinese violin", who plays "Taichi Warrior of Erhu" by Chen Jun.

From the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, Colorado, this week's From the Top features the ground-breaking violinist Charles Yang as the guest host. He'll share the stage with a joyful teenager whose winning personality propelled her to take home the gold medal at the prestigious 2018 Stulberg International String Competition. We'll also meet a young erhu player, an instrument known to some as the "Chinese violin", who plays "Taichi Warrior of Erhu" by Chen Jun.

CMS resident lecturer Bruce Adolphe discusses Beethovens's Sonata in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. 96 in this weeks episode. Featuring a performance by Sean Lee, violin; and Peter Dugan, piano.

This week's guest host is Molly Yeh a young chef with her own show on the Food Channel called "Girl Meets Farm." But before she developed an interest in food, she was an extraordinary classical percussionist who appeared on From the Top over a decade ago when she was just 15-years-old. This week, she returns to introduce us to an impressive lineup of young musicians including a talented teenage bassoonist from rural Oklahoma and a 17-year-old pianist who delivers a fiery performance of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite.

This week's guest host is Molly Yeh a young chef with her own show on the Food Channel called "Girl Meets Farm." But before she developed an interest in food, she was an extraordinary classical percussionist who appeared on From the Top over a decade ago when she was just 15-years-old. This week, she returns to introduce us to an impressive lineup of young musicians including a talented teenage bassoonist from rural Oklahoma and a 17-year-old pianist who delivers a fiery performance of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite.

2018 Holiday Music Special Host: Theo Mayer This is our 2018 Holiday music special. We have compiled a collection of WWI era holiday music. It includes popular Holiday music of the time including some German, French, British and Italian pieces and even a modern day rendition of I’ll be home for Christmas courtesy of the contemporary WWI musicians, Baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan.----more---- Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Pritzker Military Museum & Library The Starr Foundation Production: Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Katherine Akey

Married alums Peter Dugan and Kara Sainz sing Gershwin

Baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan go 'Inside the Huddle' with OBS creative consultant Oliver Camacho to discuss their tour of “A Silent Night”, an homage to this year’s centenary of the beginning of World War One... But first, George and Weston 'Crunch the Numbers' on Opernwelt magazine's list of the best in opera from the 2017-2018 season... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, find out about this week's opera problems that are plaguing New York, Barcelona and Zurich... www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1/

Overview This Special episode is a Holiday music compilation from the WWI era. It features a special homily from Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben - Chief of Navy Chaplains, with words of thanks and prayer from all of us here today - back to those who were serving in 1917, in recognition and appreciation for their service and their sacrifice in the War That Changed the World!----more---- Musical Selections Noël: Holy NightPerformers: Venetian TrioRelease Year: 1915 Cantique de NoëlPerformers: Enrico CarusoRelease year: 1916 The night before ChristmasPerformers:  Harry E. HumphreyRelease year: 1914 Hark! The herald angels sing. [Mendelssohn (Hymn tune)]Performers: Edison Mixed Quartet.Release year: 1914 The mistletoe boughPerformers: British Male Quar[tet, i.e. Carol Singers].Release year: ca. 1913 The song of agesPerformers: Metropolitan Quartet.Release year: 1918 Jest 'fore ChristmasAuthor: Eugene FieldPerformer: Cora Mel PattenRelease year: 1913 It came upon the midnight clearPerformers: The Carol Singers.Release year: 1915 Christmas Eve. a fantasie on old German Christmas carolsPerformers: Robert Gayler.Release year: 1916 Home For Christmas - from A silent Night: A WWI Memorial in SongPerformers: John Brancy and Peter DuganRelease Year: 2017 God rest you, merry gentlemenPerformers: The Carol SingersRelease year: 1917 Ring out, wild bellsPerformers: The Carol SingersRelease year: 1916 No candle was there and no firePerformer: Elizabeth WheelerRelease Year: 1912 O come, all ye faithful. [Adeste fideles]Performers: Edison Mixed Quartet.Release year: 1914 Old Jim's Christmas hymnPerformers: Arthur Middleton (as "Edward Allen") and Chorus.Release year: 1917 Christmas, Christmas, blessed, blessed dayPerformers: Metropolitan Quartet.Release year: 1917 Joy to the world, our Lord is born todayPerformers: Metropolitan Quartet.Release year: 1917 We three kings of Orient arePerformers: Carol Singers.Release year: 1917 Flora's holiday. song cyclePerformers: Frank Croxton Quartette [i.e. Croxton Quartet].Release year: 1911 March of the toys. Babes in Toyland [Babes in Toyland. March of the toys]Performers: American Symphony Orchestra.Release year: 1917 Introduction Welcome to World War 1 centennial News - This Holiday week, we have a special episode for you. We have compiled a one-hour collection of WWI era holiday music. It includes popular christmas music of the time, including a wonderful live recording of the fabulous Caruso singing an italian version of Oh Holy Night, even a modern day rendition of I’ll be home for Christmas from the contemporary WWI musicians, Baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan. We invite you to play the podcast during this special time for a WWI holiday ambiance,  in memory of those who spent Christmas 1917 apart from their loved ones! My wife Kathy and I wrapped presents with the compilation as background and it was really lovely. The U.S. World War I Centennial Commission our founding sponsor, the Pritzker Military Museum and Library and we here at World War 1 Centennial News wish you and your family a wonderful holiday. And to start us off for this Holiday episode Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben - Chief of Navy Chaplains, is joining us to send a few words of holiday hope, greeting and cheer back to 1917 to all of the men and women -- serving at this consequential and decisive moment in our nation’s history. Please join her with your thoughts and good wishes, as Chaplain Kibben sends our words of thanks and prayer from all of us here today - back to them in 1917, in recognition and appreciation for their service and their sacrifice in the War That Changed the World!   Chaplain Kibben: [ Recorded segment]   [MUSIC - SEE PLAYLIST ABOVE]   Closing Thank you for having joined us for our WW1 Centennial News holiday special. Thanks to Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben, Chief of Navy Chaplains, Musicians John Brancy and Pete Dugan, whose song “Home for Christmas” was included in this mix. You can learn more about them, their music and how to book them for the coming year by visiting their website at  a silent night dot com or by visiting the link in the podcast notes. Link: www.asilentnight.com   Happy Holidays to all of you in 2017 and 1917 from Katherine Akey our show’s line producer, Eric Marr - research and from me, Theo Mayer your host. [pause} The US World War One Centennial Commission was created by Congress to honor, commemorate and educate about WW1. Our programs are to-- inspire a national conversation and awareness about WW1 We are bringing the lessons of the 100 years ago into today's classrooms; We are helping to restore WW1 memorials in communities of all sizes across our country; and of course we are building America’s National WW1 Memorial in Washington DC. Thank you to the commission’s founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library for their support.   This podcast can be found on our website at ww1cc.org/cn   On  iTunes and google play ww1 Centennial News, and on Amazon Echo or other Alexa enabled devices. Just say: Alexa: Play W W One Centennial News Podcast. Our twitter and instagram handles are both @ww1cc and we are on facebook @ww1centennial.   [MUSIC]   Thank you.

Highlights: Bulletin: Hear headlines and stories from the “Official Bulletin” |@ 02:15 Guest: Mike Shuster on the mutinies in France |@ 06:15 America’s WW1 Memorial: what CFA approval means from Edwin Fountain |@ 10:35 Memorial Day: History, significance, observance and links to activities |@ 12:00 States: Indiana article on Opha May Johnson, Alabama on National League for Woman’s Service |@ 14:30 Education: National History Day |@ 16:15 Media Spotlight: Robert Laplander / Doughboy MIA in the news |@ 19:00 Guest: Richard Rubin on his new book: “Back Over There” |@ 20:45 Guests: John Brancy and Peter Dugan on their WW1 music album |@ 25:30 Much more... ----more---- WW1 Centennial News - Weekly Podcast World War One Centennial News: May 24, 2017 Welcome to World War One Centennial News. It’s about WW1 news 100 years ago this week  - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration.WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Today is May 17th, 2017 and I’m Theo Mayer - Chief Technologist for the World War One Centennial Commission and your host. World War One THEN 100 Year Ago This Week We have gone back in time 100 years to May 18, 1917. Today is quite a day. It’s all Pomp and Circumstance as Wilson signs the Selective Service Act into law - ending the debate about an all volunteer army - Instead - it will be the combination volunteer and conscripted army.All men between the ages of 21 and 30 will have to register for the draft by June 5th.  There is still a big question about who is going to head the huge new army… Wilson also answers that question today. It’s a big fat NO to Roosevelt’s plan to raise a division of volunteer troops - which, of course, HE would lead to Europe. This really ticks him off! Some think that he probably misses the glory days of the “Rough Riders” pounding it out in Cuba. It’s also a NO to General Leonard Wood the former US Army Chief of staff. Apparently, Wilson thinks he has too many ties to the opposition Republican Party.Instead, today’s second big announcement by president Woodrow Wilson is the appointment of General John J. Pershing to head the US Army’s Expeditionary Force. Pershing - is politically non-partisan. He is publicly popular - as the former commander of what is known as the “Punitive Expedition” sent out to spank Mexico’s Pancho Villa for sneaking up north and attacking the town of Columbus, in New Mexico.May 18th is a big day on the hill.What else is going on this week in 1917? For interesting details, let’s look at the Official Bulletin. Here are some of the stories running in America’s official war gazette.   The Bulletin Saturday May 19, 2017: Storyline: “Regulars will be First Troops Sent to France”:  President Announces in Statement Issued After Signing the Selective Conscription BillAlso Saturday May 19: Storyline: US ARMY UNIT ARRIVES IN BRITAINThe first unit of the United States Army is now on foreign soil.Yesterday marks the arrival In England of Ruse Hospital No. 4, of Cleveland, Ohio, under command of MaJ. Harry L. Gilchrist, of the Medical Corps of the United States Army, This Is the first of six army base hospitals which have been ordered abroad - for service In France.Monday May 21: Storyline, REGIMENT OF U. S. MARINES IN THE EXPEDITION TO FRANCESecretary of the Navy Daniels announces that a regiment of US Marines (2,600 men) will accompany the first expedition to France. The regiment will be commanded by Col. Charles A. Doyen :Quote "In being among the first on the firing line In France, the marines will be upholding their historic record," said Secretary Daniels. Monday May 21: Storyline: INSIGNIA ADOPTED FOR ALL GOVERNMENT AERIAL CRAFT The United States Government has adopted as the insignia for all its aircraft a white star with red center on a circular background of blue. All American aeroplanes, seaplanes, captive balloons, and dirigibles will bear this star of the Flying Corps, which combines the red, white, and blue of the national flag. Wed. May 23: Storyline: COTTON ONE OF ESSENTIALS FOR MODERN WAR,Secretary of the Navy Daniels,  introduces the Hon. Arthur James Balfour to the Cotton Manufacturers' Association in a session in Washington DC, Daniels declares:Cotton is still king.And in closing from the May 23 issue: Here is an article that talks about the Official Bulletin itself.The headline states:FUNCTIONS OF THEOFFICIAL BULLETINThe article goes on the read:Many misunderstandings have arisen with regard to the Official Bulletin,which is being issued by the Committee on Public Information under order of the President. This publication is not a newspaper in the accepted sense of the word.Its single purpose is to assure the full and legal printing of the official announcements of Government heads in connection with governmental business. Exclusive publication Is neither the thought nor ambition. It will not interfere with the legitimate functions of the press in any manner, nor will official news be delayed or withheld In order to give the Bulletin any special news significance.The article goes on the explain what types of information the Official Bulletin Publishes.These include:Proclamations and Executive orders of the President ; rules and regulations of the executive departments;administrative orders; official bulletins and official statements of policy; AND statutes enacted relating to war matters of whichthe public should be officially informed.It’s interesting to note that the cost of this publication is really expensive. An annual subscription is $5 - that is equivalent to over $100 Today.They do have a comp list though- this includes:The President, the cabinet, members of the Senate and House, the Diplomatic and consular corp, foreign diplomats and consuls, Officer of the military services, every post office got a free copy to post, governors, mayors of all cities, all newspapers, magazines, colleges and universities, and major trade organizations. Industry and the rest of the nation has to pony up.The articles concludes with an unusual paragraph: Quote:Should there someday be a WW1 Centennial News podcast - each issue of the Official bulletin shall be republished on the centennial anniversary date of its original publication date and provided free on something to be called the internet at an address designated as: ww1cc.org/bulletin - all lower caseThough the source of last paragraph cannot be officially confirmed.Check it out at ww1cc.org/bulletinLink: ww1cc.org/bulletin Great War Project Joining us now is former NPR correspondent Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blog.  Mike - in the first few paragraph of your post, Historian Martin Gilbert also notes the arrival of the first base hospital unit sent to Europe - in secret by the war department as the first US military to arrive - BUT as your post makes really clear - Apparently their arrival is in the midst of a pretty dire situation for the French army - Tell us the story Mike: [Mike Shuster] LINK:http://greatwarproject.org/2017/05/21/in-france-its-mutiny-thousands-refuse-to-fight/Thank you Mike. That was Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blog. The Great War Channel If you’d like to watch interesting and informative videos about WW1- 100 years ago this week - check out the new posts from our friends at the Great War Channel on Youtube. This week their new episodes include: The Ally From The Far East - Japan in World War 1Indie Nydell walks you through Japan’s role in WW1 - including a great perspective of “who was Japan” in 1917. Also new this week - The Hero Of Tannenberg - Paul von HindenburgThis video profiles a german war commander and hero of the time - Paul Von Hindenberg. Follow the link in the podcast notes to the Great War Channel on Youtube.Link:https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar World War One NOW We have moved forward into the present with WW1 Centennial News NOW  - News about the centennial and the commemoration. Memorial At the WW1 Centennial Commission, the team is still buzzing about last week’s nod from the CFA -  on concept approval of America’s National WW1 Memorial in Washington DC.Edwin Fountain, the vice chair of our Commission and the project leader for the Memorial explains more specifically what happened and what it means.Edwin notes:Thursday’s decision by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (the CFA) was a significant milestone for the WWI memorial project. Federal memorials in Washington, DC are subject to design approval by the CFA. They gave us “concept approval”, which means the CFA has endorsed our proposal to establish a memorial at Pershing Park - near the White House -  in the form of a large bronze bas-relief sculpture that evokes the story of WW1. This sculpture will be the centerpiece of a trio of memorial elements, including the existing statue of General Pershing - The America’s General of the Armies, as well as a ceremonial flag stand that will offer additional opportunities for commemoration of the war.To learn more - see the latest designs - and to help BUILD America’s WW1 Memorial in Washington DC - go to ww1cc.org/memorial. Honor our WW1 veterans with a donation for this project on memorial day. They can’t - but we CAN thank you for your support. Memorial Day So what IS memorial day - besides a day off work in early summer and a lot of car sales. What does it means? Where did it came from?Memorial day was originally called Decoration Day and traces back to the civil war as a time to decorate the Union soldiers’ graves with flowers. By the 20th century, there were competing Union and Confederate holiday traditions, celebrated on different days. These eventually got merged into Memorial Day to honor all Americans who died while in the military service.It also marks the start of the summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end.On June 28, 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which moved four holidays, including Memorial Day, from their traditional dates to a specified Monday in order to create convenient three-day holiday weekends.On Memorial day, many people visit cemeteries and memorials to honor those who have died in military service. Many volunteers place an American flag on each grave in national cemeteries.This year - activities include the annual Washington DC parade - but have gathered a bunch of links and information for you about Memorial day activities all over the country. You’ll find them in the podcast notes and on our WW1 Centennial News web page at ww1cc.org/cnLink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_DayLIVESTREAM:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvER0kTNPoohttps://www.dogonews.com/2017/5/22/honoring-our-fallen-heroes-on-memorial-dayhttp://www.southcoasttoday.com/special/20170504/memorial-day-2017-will-honor-veterans-of-world-war-ihttp://www.journal-news.com/news/local/air-force-veteran-serve-hamilton-memorial-day-parade-marshal/pIXbTShU18S4rDbol3HoLO/http://www.telegram.com/news/20170522/memorial-day-events-in-central-masshttp://www.lohud.com/story/news/2017/05/19/memorial-day-events/323099001/http://www.yakimaherald.com/lifestyle/travel/yakima-valley-preparing-for-memorial-day-events/article_d0e7b97e-3f32-11e7-b080-83458fe686e7.htmlhttp://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/history-book-deeper-sense-of-patriotism-in-world-war-i-for-memorial-dayhttp://villagenews.com/local/memorial-day-runs-will-honor-fallen-heroes-wars/ Activities and Events US Army Birthday BallIn other activities and events -  This week we picked one for you that is one coming up next month in Orlando, FL.In 2017 -  the US Army turns 242! Quick - it’s 2017 - the army turns 242 - so what year was the US army established? [tick tock sound and buzzer] 1775!To celebrate, the Sunshine Chapter of the Association of the US Army in Orlando, FL is hosting a Ball on June 17th. The ball will feature a World War I Centennial theme “Over There: A Celebration of the WWI Soldier” Dr. Monique Seefried, one of the World War One Centennial Commissioners, will be the featured guest speaker. Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Kennedy will present a short talk on the augmentation of WWI Army leadership - for an Army that grew 20-fold. For more information, see the link in the podcast noteslink:http://www.ausa-sunshine.org/home-posts/army-birthday-ball-2017/ Updates From The States Indiana: First Woman in Marine CorpsOn the Indiana State Commission website at ww1cc.org/indiana, there is an article about Opha May, the first woman in the Marine Corps. By the summer of 1918 the Marine Corps was in need of more soldiers, many of whom occupied vital administrative and clerical positions. The idea was circulated and eventually approved to allow women into the Marine Corps to fill these non-combat positions. From Kokomo, Indiana, Opha May Johnson was first in line - when the recruiting station in Washington D.C. opened its doors to women. AND -- she would become a legend as the first woman Marine. Opha demonstrated the willingness of women to step up and fill these roles just as earnestly and to perform them just as capably as their male counterparts. Read more about her life - and service at ww1cc.org/indiana or by following the link in the podcast notes.link: http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/2432http://ww1cc.org/indianaAlabamaNow another story about the service of women in the war, this time from the Alabama’s State Commission site at ww1cc.org/alabama. The Motor Corps was one of eight divisions of the National League for Woman’s Service established on January 27, 1917 - Their charter? “To organize and train the great woman power of the country for specific and economic service; to be prepared to meet existing needs; to be ready for emergency service; and to supplement the work of Governmental Departments and Committees—Federal, State, and City”And so at least 78 Motor Corps units were established across the country. The one in Montgomery was activated in April 1918 You can read more about the women that made up the corps and the supporting role they played throughout the war by visiting ww1cc.org/alabama - all lower case. . Link:www.ww1cc.org/alabamahttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/2178 Education Update National History Day In our education sectionToday we are going to talk about National History Day, that offers year-long academic programs for middle- and high-school students around the world. Each year, the National History Day - Contest - encourages more than half a million students to conduct historical research on a topic of their choice. They enter their projects at the local and affiliate levels, with top students advancing to the National Contest; WW1 Centennial Commissioner, Dr.  Libby O’Connell, will be giving a special award for best WW1 history project at the finals.The students are provided guiding articles and support materials - so the National WW1 Museum’s Curator of Education, Laura Vogt, provided a wonderful reference guide about African American soldiers in WW1 and how that experience shaped the stand for equal rights after the war. Laura did a great job providing a sample essay for participating students and teachers but frankly - I took a look at it and it’s a great read for all of us. We going to expand the discussion next week, when we will be joined by Dr. Cathy Gorn,  the executive director of National History Day and an adjunct professor of history at the University of Maryland at College Park.link:https://www.nhd.org/http://nhd.org/sites/default/files/2017_Themebook_0.pdf - Page 46 onwards International Report Jazz in BrestAnd following Laura Vogts theme, This week in our International Report we turn our eyes, and ears, to France. Last week we talked about the 369th experience and how they brought Jazz to Europe. In a follow up, we have a story from the french town of Brest -  a harbor town in Brittany on the western coast… famous for fine chow in a country of great cuisine!Here - a group of middle schoolers wrote a radio drama about the “sammies” who brought Jazz to their town in 1917. Students researched the life of these American soldiers, including Lt. James Reese Europe, then the director of the Harlem Hellfighters’ 369th regimental band. By studying archives and other source, the students collaborated with a local musicians to create a jazz musical outlining these soldier’s lives in France as well as the struggles they faced - on returning to America. Follow the links in the podcast notes - to watch video clips of the live performances . The website is all in french but the music is all jazz! Enjoy.http://centenaire.org/fr/espace-pedagogique/college-harteloire-brest/la-fabrication-dune-fiction-radiophoniquehttp://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/brest-29200/brest-centenaire-des-troisiemes-de-l-harteloire-sur-scene-au-vauban-5003199http://www.harteloire.com/les-actualites/actualites-pedagogiques/1917-larrivee-du-jazz-en-france-enregistrement-dune-fictionDNA allows a soldier to be reburied under his own nameNow from the UK - A story about how one of the thousands of anonymous dead in France was given back his name. The Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre of the UK’s Ministry of Defence helped identify the bones of Private Henry Parker, whose remains were found in France in 2015. By using DNA, they were able to find a match to his great-nephew, who, along with 25 of his other family members, attended - the reinterment of Private Parker at a Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery where he was buried with full honors - and -  importantly, with his name. Learn more by following the link in the podcast notes.link:http://bbc.co.uk.via.snip.ly/gsoqu#http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39946381 Spotlight on the Media Here is the US, unfortunately our Department of Defense has ceases looking for our MIAs from World War 1. So in our “Spotlight on the Media” section this week, we would like to profile a very special fellow today - Rob Laplander. Rob - as a private citizen - is a tireless advocate for America’s WW1 MIAs - and there are over 4,400 of them - We proudly host Mr. Laplander’s Doughboy MIA project website at ww1cc.org/mia - all lower case. Here you’ll find their story and a searchable database that you can explore to find WW1 MIAs from you state, town or family.Last week, the Wall Street Journal broke a story about Rob. The headline reads: Missing WWI Servicemen Getting Full Recognition With ‘Doughboy MIA’ ProjectThe article is about the project’s recent success in the case of Seaman Herbert Renshaw fell overboard, off the coast of South Carolina during a naval patrol 100 years ago this week on May 22, 1917. But probably due to a clerical error by Navy officials, he was never listed on a monument to the missing at Brookwood American Cemetery in England. Now he will be.Thank you Rob Laplander and the Doughboy MIA project for your great service for our WW1 veterans. As your motto says: A man is only missing if he is forgotten.You can go to the web site at ww1cc.org/mia. You can support Rob Laplander and his great work by doing yourself a favor and buying his book - Finding the Lost Battalion. A link to the book site is also in the podcast notes.link:https://www.wsj.com/articles/doughboy-mia-makes-sure-missing-world-war-i-heroes-get-recognition-1495443601http://www.history.com/news/volunteer-sleuths-ensure-world-war-i-mia-receives-just-due-100-years-after-deathhttp://www.findingthelostbattalion.com/p/links-and-resources.htmlhttp://ww1cc.org/mia  Richard RubinAnd speaking of books and authors - We have a special guest with us today. Richard Rubin is a premiere author and storyteller about WW1. Someone said to me once - “you know, if you are only going to read a single book about WW1 - then you should read “The Last of the Doughboy” which was Richard Rubin’s first book. Now Richard has just released a second book on WW1 called “Back Over There” which just came out.Welcome Richard!Richard - tell us about the new book?Richard - you and I have been talking about a weekly feature here on WW1 Centennial News called The Storyteller and the Historian - You are the storyteller and Jonathan Bratten - a military historian from Maine is your cohort on the project. We are hoping to launch the feature in the coming month… What can you tell us about it?link:http://www.richardrubinonline.com/John Brancy and Peter DuganIt’s time to talk about MUSIC and WW1![music clip]With us today are Baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan - they  debuted their recital - A Silent Night - at the Kennedy Center in 2014 which was hailed by The Washington Post as " refreshingly, marvelously different," The program pays homage to the centennial of World War I through the music of composers who lived through, fought in, and died in the Great War. The songs have now come out as an album -Welcome gentlemen.[interview]Thank you - Tell us about the project and what inspired you to create the program!That was Baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan and their WW1 music album - a Silent night - thanks for talking with us today.  you both for being here. We put a link in the podcast notes for where to find their web site and how to find the album.[MUSIC]link:http://www.johnbrancy.com/abouthttps://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-silent-night-a-wwi-centenary-tribute-in-song-war#/ The Buzz - WW1 in Social Media Posts That brings us to the buzz - the centennial of WW1 this week in social media with Katherine Akey - Katherine - what do you have for us this week?Newly digitized Red Cross PhotosA newly digitized collection of images from the Red Cross offers a glimpse into the rehabilitation of amputees and wounded veterans after WW1.Link:https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2017/05/american-national-red-cross-collection-newly-digitized-photos/?loclr=fbloc-ww1Weather and WW1A Quaker Mathematician developed the field of mathematical weather modeling during his service in an ambulance service during WW1, fundamentally changing how we predict weather.link:http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-world-war-i-changed-weather-good-180963360Is your dog an ally of the Kaiser?Food was expected to be scarce in 1917 and 1918, but it seems that finger pointing may have started at the expense of sweet puppy dogs everywhere.link:http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89058013/1917-05-18/ed-1/seq-4.pdf Closing That’s WW1 Centennial News for this week. Thank you for listening!We want to thank our guests Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blogRichard Rubin, Writer and AuthorJohn Brancy and Peter Dugan, Independent Musicians Katherine Akey the Commission’s social media director and also the line producer for the show.And I am Theo Mayer - your host this week.The US World War One Centennial Commission was created by Congress to honor, commemorate and educate about WW1. Our programs are to--inspire a national conversation and awareness about WW1;we are bringing the lessons of the 100 years ago into today's classrooms;We are helping to restore WW1 memorials in communities of all sizes across our country;and of course we are building America’s National WW1 Memorial in Washington DC.We rely entirely on your donations. No government appropriations or taxes are being used, so please give what you can by going to ww1cc.org/donate - all lower caseOr if you are on your smart phone text  the word: WW1 to 41444. that's the letters ww the number 1 to 41444We want to thank commission’s founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library for their support. The podcast can be found on our website at ww1cc.org/cn  on  iTunes and google play ww1 Centennial News. Our twitter and instagram handles are both @ww1cc and we are on facebook @ww1centennial. Thanks for joining us. And don’t forget to talk to someone about the centennial of WW1 this week. So long.[music] SUBSCRIPTIONS WW1 Centennial News Video Podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ww1-centennial-news/id1209764611?mt=2 Weekly Dispatch Newsletterhttp://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.htm

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