Broadcast/Webcast of North Carolinian’s Cantata, and Other Music by Harold Schiffman

Long-time MAIN subscriber Harold Schiffman’s cantata Alma will be broadcast/webcast on Sunday, September 18, at 8:00 p.m. EDT.  Schiffman, a native of Greensboro, NC, and a part-time resident of Robbinsville, NC, is Professor Emeritus of Composition in the College of Music, The Florida State University.

The main composition on Sunday, Sept. 18 is a delayed broadcast/webcast of the world première of Schiffman's cantata Alma (for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra).  The text for Alma is taken almost entirely from North Carolina Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer's prize-winning Wildwood Flower, with additional excerpts from the Old Testament's Book of Job and Song of Solomon.  Alma premièred April 15, 2005, in Opperman Music Hall, The Florida State University, and performed by: Nadine Whitney, mezzo-soprano; The University Singers; The University Philharmonia; Alexander Jiménez, conductor.  This performance will be heard on Sunday Sept. 18.

Other compositions by Harold Schiffman will also be heard on the broadcast/webcast, as well as an interview with Dr. Schiffman conducted by the program’s host Deborah Olander.

The program emanates from WFSQ-FM, Florida State University's public radio music station.  To listen, go to http://www.fsu.edu/~wfsu_fm/listen/index.htm.   Click on the “Listen” button for WFSQ-FM 91.5.

For additional information about the webcast, see also http://www.fsu.edu/~wfsu_fm/specials/program_specials.html and http://www.cvnc.org/calendar/triangle.html .  For further information about North Carolina’s Poet Laureate, Kathryn Stripling Byer, see http://www.ncarts.org/arts_laureate_bio.cfm .

 

SUMMARY:

WHO: Harold Schiffman, whose cantata Alma (with text drawn mostly from Wildwood Flower, by North Carolina Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer) and other compositions will be featured.

WHAT: Delayed broadcast/webcast of the world première of Schiffman's cantata Alma, as well as a broadcast/webcast of others of his compositions, along with an interview with him.

WHEN: Sunday Sept. 18, 8 p.m. EDT

WHERE: Webcast from Florida State University’s public radio WFSU, at http://www.fsu.edu/~wfsu_fm/listen/index.htm.   Click on “Listen” button for WFSQ-FM 91.5.

WHY: To enjoy hearing the music that relates so strongly to the mountains of western North Carolina!

Photo credits: Harold Schiffman (by Imre Rohmann, Salzburg, Austria); Snowbird Mountains, Graham County (by Jane Perry-Camp, Robbinsville, NC)