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Preview of the 67th Ojai Music Festival

KUSC's Gail Eichenthal talks with Thomas W. Morris, artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival. Renowned choreographer Mark Morris is this year's music director for the festival which will feature concerts, community events, films and talks. Performers will include the Mark Morris Dance Group, MMDG Music Ensemble, The Bad Plus, the American String Quartet, Pianist/Organist Colin Fowler, and the UC Berkeley Gamelan Sari Raras.

Posted 5/17/2013 10:40:00 AM

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2013 Best Score Oscar Nominee Dario Marianelli

Dario Marianelli has culled the Oscar spirits yet again in his latest film, an adaptation of the beloved Russian novel Anna Karenina. Quotes of Tchaikovsky abound, as well does Marianelli's piecemeal delivery system to director & emotional musical critic, Joe Wright.

Note: Due to copyright restrictions, music has been edited out of this program.

Posted 2/22/2013 8:10:00 AM

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2013 Best Score Oscar Nominee Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat has returned to Jim Svejda's studio to discuss his Oscar Nominated score to Argo. In this discussion, Desplat talks about finding the musical drama in the Iranian Revolution which lies beneath the violence. In addition, discussion of the most famous snub of this year's Oscars (Ben Affleck's direction) is indeed brought up.

Note: Due to copyright restrictions, music has been edited out of this program.

Posted 2/20/2013 4:14:00 PM

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2013 Best Score Oscar Nominee John Williams

For his 48th Oscar Nomination, John Williams has gone presidential in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. He discusses with Jim Svejda the challenges of translating mid-19th century American into the score & the uncanny 4th Dimensional Experience (John's words) of watching Daniel Day-Lewis.

Note: Due to copyright restrictions, music has been edited out of this program.

Posted 2/7/2013 4:41:00 PM

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2013 Best Score Oscar Nominee Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman made a return appearance in the KUSC studios to discuss three of his recent scores: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, re-teaming Newman with John Madden; The Adjustment Bureau, which threw Jim Svejda's ear a little bit; and lastly, Skyfall, the first James Bond film to earn over 1 Billion dollars. However, it also garnered a nomination from the Academy Awards, to be given out on February 24th.

Note: Due to copyright restrictions, music has been edited out of this program.

Posted 2/4/2013 12:15:00 PM

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