Fri. 11/29 10a: The University of New Mexico's Director of Choral Activities, nationally-known composer Bradley Ellingboe, premieres his latest work on December 3 at the Kiva Auditorium in downtown Albuquerque. "Star Song" is a 12-movement work for chorus, tenor and small orchestra, inspired by texts by, among others, astronomer Carl Sagan. Bradley Ellingboe joins Spencer Beckwith for a preview of the new work.
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.