On April 8, student composers and members of the Constantinides New Music Ensemble from the LSU School of Music will perform a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. They will be performing works by student composers, as well as works by LSU Music faculty and alumni.
Mara Gibson, professor of composition at the LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts and director of the Constantinides New Music Ensemble, and Austin Franklin, PhD candidate in Experimental Music & Digital Media at LSU CMDA, tell us more about the upcoming performance.
Seventy-five years ago, the Tennessee Williams drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" debuted on Broadway. Set in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the Southern gothic received a 7-minute standing ovation on opening night, and would go on to be interpreted and performed all around the world.
To celebrate this milestone, the Historic New Orleans Collection is releasing a new exhibit "Backstage at ‘A Streetcar Named Desire.’" Oral historian and senior curator Mark Cave tells us what we can find at the exhibition.
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