John Doan and Leigh Howard Stevens : classical renegades / produced by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas.

Program Title:
John Doan and Leigh Howard Stevens : classical renegades / produced by John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas.
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0496.12
Description: 

Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Two musicians are working in areas of classical music with unusual instruments. John Doan, from Oregon, is resurrecting the harp guitar, a descendant of the lute, which offers a wider range of pitch and dynamics. Marimbist Leigh Howard Stevens, from New Jersey, is well-known in percussion for developing the "Stevens Grip," which enables musicians to play more elaborate counterpoint.|JOHN DOAN & LEIGH HOWARD STEVENS : CLASSICAL RENEGADES / produced by Diliberto and Kimberly Haas. SERIES: Totally wired V| no. 12 Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Two musicians are working in areas of classical music with unusual instruments. John Doan, from Oregon, is resurrecting the harp guitar, a descendent of the lute, which offers a wider range of pitch and dynamics. Marimbist Leigh Howard Stevens, from New Jersey, is well-known in percussion for developing the "Stevens Grip," which enables musicians to play more elaborate counterpoint. Funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. BROADCAST: Summer, 1989.

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Date Broadcast on: 
Summer, 1989.
Item duration: 
1 reel (29 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., stereo.|29:00
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Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1989.
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