The tale of our guests today begins, perhaps, in a home in which the father, a painter, exchanged some of his paintings for musical instruments. His sons, soon to be a harpist, a fiddler, and a guitarist, grew up to be Kirkmount, a Celtic band that, when the boys were still very young, kept up a rigorous schedule performing at festivals and in concert halls, making recordings, and they even won A Prairie Home Companion's "Talent from Towns Under Two Thousand" contest. Two of those brothers, Harpist Alex Bigney and fiddler Sam Bigney join us in the studio for an hour of medleys featuring traditional tunes and original pieces.

Songs featured: Late Summer Aire, Home on the Columbia, Homecoming, Jerry's Jigs, Rosey's Waltz, Wandering.

Alex and Sam Bigney

Anton Nel enjoys a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. Following an auspicious debut at the age of twelve with Beethoven’s C Major Concerto after only two years of study, the Johannesburg native captured first prizes in all the major South African competitions while still in his teens, toured his native country extensively and became a well-known radio and television personality.

As recitalist he has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum and the Frick Collection in New York, at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, Davies Hall in San Francisco, and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. 

Eager to pursue dual careers in teaching and performing he was appointed to the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in his early twenties, followed by professorships at the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan, where he was chairman of the piano department. In September 2000, Anton Nel was appointed as the Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents  Professor of Piano and Chamber music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches an international class of students and now heads the Division of Keyboard Studies. For the past two years he has been presenting a series of masterclasses in piano and chamber music at the Manhattan School of Music in New York as Visiting Professor, and also teaches regularly at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto. He is a Steinway artist.

Repertoire: HANDEL Air and Variations from Suite No. 5 "Harmonious Blacksmith"; DEBUSSY Suite Bergamasque (Prelude, Menuet, Clair de lune, Passepied); SCHUMANN Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, Mvt. 1 "Allegro"; SIBELIUS Romance in D-Flat, Op. 24, No. 9; BEETHOVEN Sonata in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein", Mvt. 1 - Allegro con brio.

Anton Nel

The New Time Ensemble plays traditional Irish tunes on unconventional instruments with porch-jamming earthiness. Leslie Ann Harrison (flutes), Frederic Pouille (guitar, banjo, vocals) and Liz Davis Maxfield (cello) met while studying music at the University of Limerick in Ireland. They recorded an album “A Year in Ireland” at the end of their studies and have toured in Ireland, Scotland, England and the United States.

The New Time Ensemble: Celtic Trio

Singer/Songwriter Paul Jacobsen has performed with Sheryl Crow, the Jayhawks, John Hiatt, and many others. He’s been a finalist in both the Telluride Bluegrass Troubadour and Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriter contests, is a regular member of The Lower Lights, and has release 2 solo albums with one on the way.

Tonight he plays all original music, including multiple tracks from his yet-unreleased new album, and chats with host Steven Kapp Perry about twins, Neil Young benefit concerts, and spontaneous Wyoming meteor showers.

Songs featured: Two Headed Heart, Some Amazing Grace, Western Skies, You're the Song, The Same Night's Waiting for us All, Muslin Dress, and Time.

Paul Jacobsen

From the Sawtooth mountains of Stanley, Idaho to downtown Nashville, Tennessee to the city limits of Austin Texas, Micky and the Motorcars spend 200 days a year jamming in every nook of the nation. They've released 7 full-length records so far, their latest of which is "Hearts from Above."

Micky and the Motorcars is normally a five-man group, but today we got a special unplugged three-man performance. Tour bus malfunctions can't keep the music down! Brothers Micky and Gary Braun and guitarist Dustin "Sunshine" Shaefer perform acoustic versions of some of the band's top hits, including the title track from their newest album.

Host: Steven Kapp Perry 

Songs featured: "Hearts from Above," "Carolina Morning," "Long Road to Nowhere," "Led Me the Wrong Way," "Long and Lonely Highway," "Fall Apart," "Casino."

Micky and the Motorcars

We didn’t make Camille Nelson bring all of the instruments she plays into the studio today, which is a good thing – there may not have been room for them all. Camille Nelson is a classically trained artist whose new album, "Lead Me Home," can be found near the top of a number of different Billboard charts. 

For Camille, studying violin at age 6 was the doorway through which she stepped to develop a close relationship with the guitar, and then piano, banjo, mandolin, and more. All of that have given her the ability to experiment with classical, folk, pop, and new age sounds, and all of those influences have found a comfortable home in her recordings. She has distinguished herself as an athlete, a public speaker, an educator, an author, and more.

Camille has lived in South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, and she speaks German and Italian fluently. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Utah and her Ph.D. from Gonzaga University. She currently teaches MBA courses in management, communication, and leadership. She is also the sister of Steven Sharp Nelson, the cellist in The Piano Guys.

Songs Featured: Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, Be Thou My Vision, Be Still My Soul, Israel Israel God Is Calling, Come Come Ye Saints, Lead Me Home, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, Count Your Many Blessings.

Camille Nelson

Ben Reneer is a singer-songwriter from Alpine, Utah. According to the man himself, Ben “is determined to tell stories in the best way he knows how: through the universal language of music.”  

Songs featured: Off My Mind, Emma, I Should Be Getting More Sleep, 25 Years (What's it Gonna Take?), Orange Avenue, Senseless, Swallow, Songbird

Ben Reneer

Susan Facer and Jerry Steichen became good friends when they performed on Broadway together in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Susan was singing the lead, Christine Daae, and Jerry was conducting. But when the show ended their paths diverged and they lost contact. A decade later they serendipitously bumped into each other in the Salt Lake airport. Susan was moving to Utah from New Jersey and Jerry had become Principal Pops Conductor of Utah Symphony. Today they perform Broadway tunes together including “Think of Me” from Phantom for the grand finale!

Eric Glissmeyer chats with Susan about stage mishaps, touring with her young family and landing the big role. He also chats with Jerry Steichen about his Oklahoma roots and current projects.

Susan Facer and Jerry Steichen

When Debra Fotheringham was a kid, the music from her father’s collection of jazz albums filled up the house, and filled up Debra’s heart. With a heart full of jazz, it’s no wonder that art began to make its way out of her heart and into the world.  Debra began to make her mark as a fiction writer, getting invited to writers’ conferences even as a first grader. In Junior High, she discovered the versatility of the acoustic guitar and the rhythms of hand percussion. Marrying her love of writing with her love of making music on those instruments, Debra has been a staple in not only the songwriting scene, but also as a key contributor to the albums of other songwriters in one of the most vibrant independent songwriting communities in the country. 

Debra's first homemade CD sold more than a thousand copies from the merch tables at local shows, and her 2007 self-titled album and her 2010 EP, “Time,” are respected and loved by fans and fellow musicians alike. Audiences have seen her most often on stage as a part of the hymn-singing supergroup The Lower Lights, as well as the frontwoman for the Americana cover act the Blue Heart Revue.  2017 marks the release of another Debra Fotheringham album, called “The Darkness and the Sun.”

Songs featured: White Bird, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Darkness and the Sun, Sometimes the Wolf, Drive Across the Desert, Dan's Song, Summer Rain, Odd-Shaped Pieces, Winter That Will Never Come

Debra Fotheringham

Together they're sometimes a duo, and sometimes the're a 5-piece band, but Morgan Snow and John Davis are always called "Triggers and Slips". Morgan recently summed up what they do when he tweeted: "I write original songs and sing my guts out when necessary"! Currently split between Nashville (Morgan) and Utah (John) they're back together to play the Utah Arts festival and other concerts.

Today Morgan is on acoustic guitar, harmonica and lead vocals while John takes acoustic guitar, dobro, lap steel and back-up vocals.

Songs featured: Modern Age, 4 Letters, Erastus, Stars, Phoebe Snow, Come Down, Future Variations.

Morgan Snow and John Davis: Triggers and Slips

Accomplished Italian concert pianist, Antonio d’Abramo is joined by the brother and sister opera duo of Clara Hurtado Lee and Isaac Hurtado. They perform a variety of classical pieces, including piano solos from Antonio, solo pieces from both Clara and Isaac, as well as some duets. 

Songs featured: Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableau op. 39 Nº 4, Pozzoli: Etude Nº 30, Puccini: Donna non vidi mai from Manon Lescaut, Mascagni: The Cherry Duet from L'amico Fritz, Gounod: Je Veux Vivre from Romeo et Juliette, Donizetti: Larala...Caro Elisir, sei mid from Elisir D'amore, Puccini: Quando m'en vo from La Boheme, Cilea: Lamento di Federico from Arlesiana, Chopin: Etude op. 25 Nº 25, Sibelius: Etude op. 76 Nº 2

Antonio d'Abramo, Clara Hurtado Lee, Isaac Hurtado

Joining us on this episode are Leslie Harlow, Pamela Palmer Jones, and Russel Harlow. They are a trio from The Beethoven Festival. This is a non-profit organization and is the longest running classical music festival in Utah.

Pieces featured: Telemann Trio Sonata, Faure Trio Op 120 Mvt 1, Max Bruch Acht Stucke Op 83 Mvts 2 & 3, Beethoven Trio Op 1 #1 Mvt 1

Learn more about the Beethoven Festival here: http://www.pcmusicfestival.com/

Beethoven Festival Trio

Michael Barrow and the Tourists is a folk rock band from Provo, Utah that has been together since the Spring of 2016. Their music has been praised by reviewers as full of “melodic beauty” and “narrative complexity”. Listen to hear some of their signature songs and the story behind their first album, Juneau!

Songs Featured: “Sing Me Something New”, “Sweet Honey”, “Hey, Hey, Hey”, “What Is It For?”, “12 Bar”, “Something New”, “All I’ll See Is You”, “What Are We Gonna Do?”, and “Clover”

Learn more about them here: https://michaelbarrowandthetourists.com/

Michael Barrow and the Tourists

Live music performances from Studio 6 at BYU Radio.

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Vann Moon

Roseburg takes its name from a small, green city in Oregon where the founding three band members, Zach Knell, Samuel Sheppard, and Keith Lambson met. They formed the band in early 2018, later adding bassist Soren Buchert. Since then, the young rockers have been busy working with producers like Scott Wiley and Nate Pyfer to perfect their Pacific Northwest boy band sound. 

Songs featured: Identity Prices, Be Good, Evergreen, Stay Golden, Travel Safely, Premonition, Wave 

Learn more about them here: www.roseburgband.com

Watch selections from this episode on YouTube:

Roseburg

The Tribeca Ensemble - a string quartet composed of Jesse Massey, Julie Beistline, Devan Freebairn an Audrey Hudgens - returns to Studio 6 to perform pieces exclusively by modern, Utah-based composers. 

Songs featured:“No. 11 op. 89” by Nicolet Singleton; “Cloudseeding 10” by Devin Maxwell; “String Quartet No. 3 ‘Sacred Spaces’” by Esther Megargel; “Small World Fantasies, II. ‘Beatle D’” by M. Ryan Taylor; “String Quartet No. 1, 1st mvt.” by Ashkan F. Tabatabaie; “Two Views of Eternity for string quartet, mvt. 2 ‘And Ever, Amen’” by Stephen Voorhees 

Learn more about them here: https://www.tribecaensemble.com/

Tribeca Ensemble

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Mythic Valley is an indie-folk duo made up of Tommy Gunn and Tony Aman. Their sound “finds its core within the neo-Americana genre.” Their musical influences include James Taylor and Fleet Foxes.

Songs featured: Mythic Valley, Whole Again, Steeples, Closed Doors, Come Clean, Something Sweet, The Last One, Full Moon, Sadie, King at Last

Learn more about them here: https://mythicvalley.com/

Watch selections from this episode on YouTube:

Mythic Valley

Peter Breinholt, Nancy Hanson, David Tolk and Craig Miner are a talented group of musicians. They each have their own musical pursuits, but come together every now and again to work on special projects like the one recorded in Studio 6. 

Songs featured: “Dancing Queen” (ABBA); “Rocket Man” (Elton John); “Roll Away the Stone” (Mott the Hoople); “Only You” (Yaz); “So Lonely” (The Police); “Only in Your Heart” (America); “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” (George Harrison); “I Got You Babe” (Sonny and Cher); "Friday I'm In Love" (The Cure); “Heart of Glass” (Blondie)

Learn more about them here: https://peterbreinholt.com/ 

http://www.nancyhanson.com/ 

https://www.davidtolk.com/ 

http://www.craigminer.com/

Peter Breinholt, Nancy Hanson, David Tolk & Craig Miner

photo by Josh Siebert

Ben Reneer is a singer-songwriter from Alpine, Utah. According to the man himself, Ben “is determined to tell stories in the best way he knows how: through the universal language of music.” 

Songs featured: Off My Mind, Emma, I Should Be Getting More Sleep, 25 Years (What's it Gonna Take?), Orange Avenue, Senseless, Swallow, Songbird

Learn more about him here: https://www.benreneer.com/music/ 

Watch selections from this episode on YouTube:

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