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Posted by: Cait Miller
Music Reference Specialist Heather Darnell has a conversation with Jordan Rudess, keyboardist for progressive rock band Dream Theater, about a letter he wrote to Leonard Bernstein as an eight year-old boy. The letter is now held in the Leonard Bernstein Collection at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Interviews, Musicians
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
In honor of National Tap Dance Day, here is the second part of Dance Curator Libby Smigel’s interview with Debbi Dee. Earlier this month, Debbi Dee shared her memories of learning tap dancing as a child and becoming an award-winning teacher. In the second half of the interview, Dee explains how her career grew into …
Posted in: Dance, Interviews, Women in Dance
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Dance Curator Libby Smigel talks to Debbi Dee exploring the tap dancer's early training and teaching.
Posted in: Dance, Interviews, New Acquisitions, Women in Dance
Posted by: Cait Miller
The Library of Congress celebrated the acquisition of the Neil Simon Papers by hosting a conversation with actors Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker who currently star in the Broadway revival of Simon's comedy Plaza Suite. Watch a recording of their conversation with Plaza Suite director John Benjamin Hickey, as well as a video overview of the Simon Papers featuring Senior Music Specialist Mark Horowitz.
Posted in: Interviews, New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Theater, Webcasts
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
On what would have been Stephen Sondheim's 92nd birthday, Mark Eden Horowitz remembers the three days he spent interviewing the composer in 1997. The interviews are now fully available online.
Posted in: Composers, Interviews, Musical Theater
Posted by: Claudia Morales
The following is a blog post from first author Kaleena Black and co-author Claudia Morales. It was published on NAFME “Music Educators Journal”– September 2021 issue Kaleena Black is an Educational Resources Specialist at the Library of Congress. She can be reached at [email protected]. Claudia Morales is a Concert Producer at the Library of Congress. She …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Interviews, Jazz, Musical Instruments, Women in Music
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Acclaimed for expanding the horizons of traditional musical sounds through his refined use of technologies, American composer Roger Reynolds reveals that the act of writing music is "my way of understanding the world."
Posted in: Composers, Digital Collections, Guest bloggers, Interviews, Staff
Posted by: Claudia Morales
On Saturday, October 16, 2019, Concerts from the Library of Congress hosted Afro-Cuban jazz master, Chucho Valdés. Founder and director of the legendary Cuban jazz band Irakere, winner of six GRAMMYs and four Latin GRAMMYs, Chucho Valdés is not just an authority in the jazz world, he is a living legend. As part of his engagement at …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Conservation, Interviews, Jazz, Musicians, Special Collections
Posted by: Larry Appelbaum
Jazz specialist Larry Appelbaum retired from the Library of Congress on March 31, 2020. Larry reflects on his career at the Library of Congress and provides links to interviews, panels, and blog posts he created and facilitated at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Curators, Exhibitions, Interviews, Jazz, Special Collections, Staff, Webcasts