Series: Soundings
Program: Joseph Schwantner and His Music
Date: 1985-01-01
Subject: Interviews; Schwantner, Joseph
Copyright Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation

Clip Description
Documentary containing interview footage with the composer Joseph Schwantne, and narrated overview of his life and music. The piece focuses on the making of his composition New Morning for the World, which accompanies the words of Martin Luther King. Includes performances of his music recorded for this program.

Schwantner compositions are performed for the piece. They are:
"New Morning for the World," with Willie Stargell narrating the words of Martin Luther King,Jr., music performed by the Eastman Philharmonia (David Efron, conductor)
"Dreamcaller"
"Sparrows," performed by Collage

"Soundings" was a music documentary program affiliated with the Workshop and produced by Bernice "Bunny" Olenick.

Program Description
Documentary containing interview footage with the composer Joseph Schwantne, and narrated overview of his life and music. The piece focuses on the making of his composition New Morning for the World, which accompanies the words of Martin Luther King. Includes performances of his music recorded for this program.

Schwantner compositions are performed for the piece. They are:
"New Morning for the World," with Willie Stargell narrating the words of Martin Luther King,Jr., music performed by the Eastman Philharmonia (David Efron, conductor)
"Dreamcaller"
"Sparrows," performed by Collage

"Soundings" was a music documentary program affiliated with the Workshop and produced by Bernice "Bunny" Olenick.

Series Description
The New Television Workshop originated at WGBH, a public broadcasting station in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1974 to support the creation and development of experimental video art. This experimental programming included dance, drama, music, performance and visual arts on video and film. As early as 1968, WGBH was committed to the development of video art through residency programs, with artists such as Nam June Paik, and the "Rockefeller Artists-in-Television" project. Many of these early works (pre-1974) were broadcast both locally and nationally.

As an umbrella for arts related programming, the Workshop included "Artist's Showcase, " "Frames of Reference, " "Dance for Camera, " "Poetry Breaks," and "New Television," as well as acquired arts programming. Individual works were created for "Visions," a series produced by WNET (New York), and "Alive From Off Center," a series produced by KTCA (St. Paul - Minneapolis). The Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund was co-founded by the Workshop and Boston's Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) in the 1980's, to commission works by video artists. In 1993 the Workshop ceased production at WGBH.

See also: http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/NTW/FA/TITLES/Joseph359.HTML