Fri. 3/22 10a: Named after composer John Donald Robb, former Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico, the 42nd annual Composers' Symposium, four days of master classes, lectures and concerts of newly-commissioned works, takes place from March 24-27 on the UNM campus in Albuquerque. Spencer Beckwith speaks with the co-Artistic Director of the Symposium, from the UNM Music faculty, composer Peter Gilbert.
Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.