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Although the ragtime craze was all the rage in dance halls at the turn of the 20th century, a century later few performers tackle this crucial part of…
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While growing up, mezzo-soprano Sarah Mesko, 33, thought of the age as the "Jesus birthday." Although she may not be the next Messiah, this University of…
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The multifarious sounds of folk and world music dominate the Faulkner Performing Arts Center's (FPAC) third season on the University of Arkansas campus…
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Although Haydn wrote 68 string quartets and is the father of the form, the Saint Lawrence String Quartet, based at Stanford University where they run the…
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It's hard to believe the state-of-the-art Faulkner Performing Arts Center on the UA campus is already a year old. I take a look back as well as find out…
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A docudrama made with an all Kiowa and Comanche cast in 1920s Oklahoma, two years beforethe seminal Nanook of the North debuted, was lost until 2005 and…
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A silent docudrama with an all Kiowa and Comanche cast filmed outside Lawton, Okla., was rediscovered in 2005 and added to the Library of Congress…
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American composer Andrea Clearfield was inspired by the folk song traditions of the Himalayas when she ventured into field research. When the University…
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Composer Andrea Clearfield was inspired to write "Rabsong Shar" after a world-changing experience in field work documenting Tibetan melodies in the…
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The Viennese flair of Johann Strauss II, known affectionately as the "Waltz King," takes over the Faulkner Performing Arts Center (FPAC) when the UA opera…