Composer and UChicago alumnus Philip Glass discusses his music career, his time at the University of Chicago, and artistic collaboration. The February 18, 2016, public conversation with Augusta Read Thomas, University Professor of Composition, Department of Music and the College, at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts was part of Glass’s three-day residency at the University as a Presidential Arts Fellow. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

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University of Chicago alumnus Philip Glass discusses how an early interest in music and his University education helped spark his illustrious career as a composer. A 1956 graduate of the College, Glass returned to UChicago in February 2016 for a three-day residency as a Presidential Arts Fellow, which included a master class with UChicago composition students, a public conversation with Professor Augusta Read Thomas at the Logan Center for the Arts, and a University of Chicago Presents concert at Mandel Hall of his piano etudes. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties wi

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In 2012, University Professor of Composition Augusta Read Thomas started a unique class that allows student composers to workshop their new pieces with professional musicians. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

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Augusta Read Thomas, University Professor of Composition at the University of Chicago, discusses the creative process that goes into her original compositions. Thomas, recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, here talks about what inspired her composition "Double Helix," commissioned for the grand opening of the Mansueto Library, and describes how she crafts musical pieces that form an organic whole. ➡ Subscribe: About #UChicago: Since its founding in 1890, the University of Chicago has been a destination for rigorous inquiry and field-defining research.This transformative academic experience empowers students and scholarsto challenge conventional thinking in pursuit of original ideas. #UChicago on the Web: Home: News: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: University of Chicago on YouTube: /uchicago *** ACCESSIBILITY: If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please email digicomm@uchicago.edu.

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