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The World Premiere of S. Andrew Lloyd’s Amaranthine
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The World Premiere of S. Andrew Lloyd’s Amaranthine

This episode with composer S. Andrew Lloyd celebrates the world premiere of his song cycle, Amaranthine, which was written and performed by international opera star Rachel Willis-Sørensen at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, April 9, 2024. The composer discusses how he came to write the prize-winning work and his emotional response to hearing it for the first time. Amaranthine is the first composition to appear from The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, a prize Lloyd won in 2022.

Musical excerpt performed by S. Andrew Lloyd

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American Folk Music with Mia Black
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American Folk Music with Mia Black

The winner of the 2024 Prize of The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts is Mia Black. In this interview, Black introduces herself and her winning project, which will be a collection of American Folk Music aimed at elementary school-age classrooms. The breakthrough idea here is Black's plan to organize the collection using waves of immigrants and their songs to tell the story of what people brought with them, including their music, to their new homes in the United States.

Music for this episode is "Old Joe Clark," from the Library of Congress, American Jukebox, recorded at the Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Giles County, Virginia, August 27, 1966.

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The Chosen's Global Languages, with Brad Pelo
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The Chosen's Global Languages, with Brad Pelo

Brad Pelo, President and Executive Producer of The Chosen discusses the series' global ambition to provide all episodes in 600 languages. The vast challenges of dubbing and subtitling the series about Jesus while maintaining the writer's unique contemporary dialogue and tone are discussed in this interview alongside the powerful experiences Pelo has witnessed riding the wave of this one-of-a-kind tv series.

Music for this episode: Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) sung by Jamie Peterson

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Succession: The Center Announces a New Chairman
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Succession: The Center Announces a New Chairman

Many arts audiences go to performances and exhibitions without thinking much about the institutional leadership that makes these events possible. In this episode, Richard Bushman, chairman of the board of the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts and Mykal Urbina, the Center's executive director, announce a new chairman-elect, Stanley Hainsworth. The trio talk about their favorite art forms, programs of the Center they love, and invite people to become friends by participating in its activities.

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The 2024 Prize: On Music Education with Jamie Peterson and Patrick Perkins
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The 2024 Prize: On Music Education with Jamie Peterson and Patrick Perkins

In preparation for the 2024 Prize of The Ariel Bybee Endowment at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts that will sponsor a new music program, singer and music education Jamie Peterson and intellectual property attorney Patrick Perkins discuss with passion the urgency for more music education in public schools. With the deadline for submissions fast approaching for submissions of new music ideas for the classroom (January 15, 2024), the pair talk about their own experiences with music in school and highlight extraordinary programs of music education in the U.S. today.

Music for this episode, "Rejoice Greatly," sung by Jamie Peterson

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Inside the Center's Christmas Gift Guide
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Inside the Center's Christmas Gift Guide

This show-and-tell episode features Erin Eastmond and Glen Nelson discussing holiday gift ideas by LDS creatives that are featured in the Center's Christmas Gift Guide. They include children's books, music, art, religious books, scholarly works, food, poetry, family activities, and a few items offered as benefit art works for the Center. Erin and Glen read excepts from the books and talk about how these items might be the perfect packages under your Christmas tree.

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