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Music in the Making

Music In The Making: October 19th, 2014

Presenting the first half of a concert version of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide!

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Leonard Bernstein composing at the piano in 1955.
Leonard Bernstein composing at the piano in 1955. Photo Credit: Al Ravenna, World Telegram staff photographer – Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Public domain.

Listen to an all-Leonard Bernstein program featuring performances at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, including the first part of a special concert version of Candide, in celebration of David Ashley White’s 15th and final year as director of the Moores School!

Leonard Bernstein – Slava! A political overture
Moores Opera House
Moores School Wind Ensemble; Richard Floyd, conductor
12/7/2012

Leonard Bernstein – “Somewhere” from West Side Story
Moores Opera House
AcaBellas
4/26/2012

Leonard Bernstein – Candide (part one)
Moores Opera House
Moores School Symphony Orchestra; Moores School Choruses; Joseph Gaines, Candide; Buck Ross, Dr. Pangloss (and narrator); Kyla Knox, Cunégonde; Nicole Woodward, Paquette; Heath Martin, Maximillian/The Captain; Melanie Sonnenberg, the Old Lady; Brian Yeakley, Vandendur/The Crook; Franz Krager, conductor
4/26/2012

Joshua Zinn

Joshua Zinn

Producer, Houston Matters

Joshua is a producer for Houston Matters on News 88.7 as well as the host of Encore Houston on Houston Public Media Classical. He joined Houston Public Media as a radio intern in 2014 and became a full-time announcer the following year. Now he prepares segments and occasionally records interviews...

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