Profiles is a weekly radio program featuring a new guest each week, ranging from painters to journalists, delving into the person behind the persona. Profiles airs Sunday at 7 p.m. on WFIU HD1.
Alan Pierson is artistic director of the New York City music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, a twenty-member band known for its innovative performances of today’s music. Pierson spoke with WFIU’s Annie Corrigan.
One of the world’s most accomplished players of the Irish flute, Grey Larsen also composes, produces, teaches, and is the the author of two books. Larsen spoke with WFIU’s Yaël Ksander.
Dr. George List is one of the foremost ethnomusicologist in his field. At age 96, though the professor is now blind, he is still producing journal articles and reviews. He spoke with WFIU’s George Walker.
James MacMillan is currently a composer/conductor with the BBC Philharmonic. A native of Scotland, MacMillan uses his cultural heritage to give his music a folksy, yet stirring rythmic tune. He spoke with WFIU’s Cary Boyce.
Mary Goetze, an active composer, clinician, and conductor, is now chair of the IU Music in General Studies department and conductor of the International Vocal Ensemble. Her knowledge and talent make her one of the most sought after clinicians in the country.
As a composer and teacher, Sarah Stevens has taught music to children all over the world. She has been teaching music for the the Monroe County Community School Corporation for almost thirty years and has also been an instructor at the Nadia Boulanger Summer Academy in France.
Claude Baker is currently the Chair of the Department of Composition at the IU School of Music. He has composed for a variety of orchestras all across the country and his music has been played by symphonies all over the world.