State of the Arts
Min Kwon's America/Beautiful
Clip: Season 39 Episode 7 | 10m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Pianist Min Kwon performs variations on America the Beautiful by dirverse composers.
Korean-born American classical pianist Min Kwon asked 70 very different composers to create variations on the familiar song “America the Beautiful,” originally composed in 1882 by the music director of Grace Church in Newark, NJ. America/Beautiful is now a streaming series, with over 6 hours of new music recorded to date. Kwon describes the project as representing a "United Composers of America."
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State of the Arts is a local public television program presented by NJ PBS
State of the Arts
Min Kwon's America/Beautiful
Clip: Season 39 Episode 7 | 10m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Korean-born American classical pianist Min Kwon asked 70 very different composers to create variations on the familiar song “America the Beautiful,” originally composed in 1882 by the music director of Grace Church in Newark, NJ. America/Beautiful is now a streaming series, with over 6 hours of new music recorded to date. Kwon describes the project as representing a "United Composers of America."
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Jazz on the Back Deck: Dan Levinson and his Band
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Clip: S39 Ep7 | 6m 28s | Jazz clarinetist Dan Levinson and his band perform outdoors at the Morris Museum. (6m 28s)
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