Poet Cecile Goding first heard her words set to music for a class at the Iowa Writers Workshop. This led her to the idea of creating a new opera inspired by the E.M. Forster short story, “The Machine Stops,” whose setting is a world where people never meet physically, but create relationships through the screen …
Percussionist Creighton Gaynor has been a part of the Corridor music scene for some years, in bands such as OSG and The Fez, as well as his own group, Jumbies. Jumbies plays in the “Soca” style, short for “Soul Calypso.” Soca originated in Trinidad-Tobago, and fuses traditional Caribbean Calypso with seventies Disco. Jumbies will join …
Culture Crawl 736 “Juggler’s Equivalent to ‘Play Misty’” Juggler Benjamin Domask-Ruh and Luke Lovegood, new Director of Choral Activities at Coe College, join the Cedar Rapids Municipal band this week. Luke Sings “Bring Him Home” and . Benjamin surprised Steve Shanley a bit, when the internationally award-winning juggler saw Leonard Bernstein’s “Slava” on the program …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm A Tribute to Grachan Moncur III Craig Kessler pays tribute to trombonist Grachan Moncur III, who recently passed away at age 85. Craig salutes his work as a leader, and as a sideman for Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jackie McLean, and many …
Culture Crawl 735 “They Tune To ‘A’” A team of recent Liberty High School grads are spending part of their summer staging the Jason Robert Brown musical Songs for “A New World.” Deuce Martin, Posey Stoeffler, and Killian Ritland say the process has been fun and challenging, and they’re excited for an audience to see …
KCCK is undergoing tower repairs today. We will be on reduced power or off air periodically. Webcast https://www.kcck.org/listennow/ and mobile app as normal.
Week 5 of the Cedar Rapids Municipal season will take you around the world and to a galaxy far, far away, with selections from the Star Wars film “Rise of Skywalker,” and Coe professor Rose Bishop featured on “Piccolo Español.” Plus Vaughn Williams, and a spotlight on the clarinet section for a spirited polka. July …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler is pre-empted. Enjoy KCCK’s Independence Day special with the United States Air Force Band, the Airmen of Note with special guests Karrin Allyson, Branford Marsalis, and many more! The Wednesday …
