For the holiday weekend, Introductions looks back at some of the most notable performances of American music from the past year’s episodes.
American Composer Highlights
Playlist
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Louisiana Blues Strut
Henry Auxenfans, violin
First broadcast June 14, 2025
Marcel Grandjany: Variations on a Theme of Haydn:
Finale
Ayden Hunt, harp
First broadcast June 22, 2024
Robert Muczynski: Flute Sonata, Op. 14:
II. Scherzo, Vivace
Jacob Cornejo, flute; Mio Nakamura, piano
First broadcast June 21, 2025
Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor:
II. Andante
Kashyap Prasad, piano
First broadcast March 22, 2025
Aaron Copland: Twelve Emily Dickinson Poems:
“Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven?”
Marguerite DiMarco, soprano; Jeff Panko, piano
First broadcast August 10, 2024
Aaron Copland: The Tender Land:
Laurie’s Song
Caitlin Burns, soprano; Jimmy Morehead, piano
First broadcast August 10, 2024
Daniel Bernard Roumain: FILTER
Tristan Zhu, violin
First broadcast March 15, 2025
Mitch Markovich: Stamina
Wanye Williams, snare drum
First broadcast July 13, 2024
Allen Vizzutti: Trumpet Sonata No. 2:
I. Moderato
Natalia Noriega, trumpet; Liang-yu Wang, piano
First broadcast July 13, 2024
Andrea Casarrubios: In the Age of Noise
Luscinia Trio: Matthew Kim, violin; Lauren Kim, viola; Katarina Kenney, cello
First broadcast May 24, 2025
Belford Hernandez: Mockingbird
Kevin Hernandez, cello; Belford Hernandez, piano
First broadcast April 26, 2025
Mischa Zupko: Rising
Leo Zupko, violin; Mischa Zupko, piano
First broadcast May 3, 2025
