Get to Know your S.O.!
Every week, get to know one of your Summerville Orchestra's very own musicians. Hear their stories, how they got here, how they got involved in the orchestra, and most importantly, hear them play the very pieces that inspire(d) them on their own instruments. What better way to connect with your favorite orchestra than to get to know the very players at the heart and center of the music.
Get to Know your S.O.!
S3E2 - Getting to Know Laura Pruett: Musicologist & Professor
Welcome back for another episode featuring some of our guest artists with the orchestra! This episode introduces us to Dr. Laura Moore Pruett, a musicologist and professor at Merrimack College who specializes in 19th-century American music, specifically focusing on the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
The orchestra was fortunate enough to perform Gottschalk's Symphony No. 2 last season on our "American Rhapsody" concert, and listeners will actually hear snippets of the orchestra performing this piece during this episode! (0:00 & 55:20)
Today, we will learn all about New Orleans musical life in the 19th century, the impact of Gottschalk as an important U.S. composer, and get to know just how Dr. Pruett got into researching this composer! Hint: She's from Louisiana!
Enjoy this episode of "Get To Know Your S.O."!
