Portraits of Poets
In celebration of National Poetry Month and the O, Miami Poetry Festival, ArtSpeak has curated a few portraits of prominent poets (U.S. Poet Laureates, Pulitzer Prize recipients, the 5th Inaugural Presidential Poet among them) by photographer ROBERT ZUCKERMAN and painter RAYMOND ELMAN.
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Composer Fredrick Kaufman: Life on the Cutting Edge
FREDRICK KAUFMAN (b.1936) is the composer of over one hundred and thirty compositions that have been performed by leading orchestras worldwide. In addition, Kaufman is a former Fulbright Scholar, and author of “The African Roots of Jazz,” a groundbreaking study that drew heavily on his early musical life as a jazz trumpet player with the Woody Herman Band.
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Celebrating Composer Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Introduction to Mario & Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco. 1:35 min. Design: Raymond Elman. I first met Diana...
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Brian Rothschild and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
Introduction to Brian Rothschild & The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Video: Jade Cheek. Photo & Design: Raymond...
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Musically Speaking:
The Amernet String Quartet
Praised for their “intelligence” and “immensely satisfying” playing by the New York Times, the AMERNET STRING QUARTET has garnered recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets. Their sound has been called “complex” but with an “old world flavor.” The Strad magazine described the Amernet as “…a group of exceptional technical ability.” The Amernet String Quarter is the Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida International University in Miami.
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