Eric Chasalow remembers Harold Shapero

Photo of Harold Shapero © Owsley Brown Presents Eric Chasalow is an American composer of acoustic and electronic music. He is Professor of Composition at Brandeis University, and Director of BEAMS, the Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio. The Brandeis University music department, founded mid century by a group of brilliant young musicians, quickly became known as … Continued

I Got the Call

Louisville drummer John Roy has played drums for over 70 years, and has performed with Liberace, Bob Hope, Eartha Kit, Glenn Miller, Roy Rogers, Dick Van Dyke, and other famous artists in his long and storied career. He continues to play drums with his wife June Kelley-Roy in their 14 pc. big band The Ovation … Continued

The Vision Continues

Jerome Hiler, co-director, Music Makes a City It seems that the Music Makes A City Project is entering two further stages of its life simultaneously.  What was originally a 100-minute film became a 2 disk DVD with 2 ½ hours of extra material.  Now there is a TV version of 56 minutes as well as … Continued

Guest Post

Today’s guest blogger is the Grammy-nominated tenor Nicholas Phan. Learn more about Nicholas here: http://www.nicholas-phan.com Several years ago, I was inspired and moved seeing ‘Music Makes a City’ when it was first released in theaters. With its upcoming broadcast on PBS January 24th, I’ve been thinking again about what an incredible undertaking the Louisville Orchestra commissioning … Continued