Now Hear This "The Composer is Yoo" Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 17 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Follow host Scott Yoo’s journey to compose a piece of music for the first time.
Follow host Scott Yoo’s journey to compose a piece of music for the first time. Seeking counsel from other composers, Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces for inspiration and ultimately tests his work in progress.
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Now Hear This "The Composer is Yoo" Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 17 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Follow host Scott Yoo’s journey to compose a piece of music for the first time. Seeking counsel from other composers, Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces for inspiration and ultimately tests his work in progress.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipOn this episode of “Now Hear This, ” the composer we're following is Yoo.
And by that, I mean me.
I've never written anything ever.
This would be Opus 1.
I turned to the experts for guidance.
Make music the way you hear it and feel it and make it yours.
Just trust it, because I think music has to have its own inner life.
Right?
It has to go.
Join me on “Now Hear This ” on Great Performances.
Scott Yoo Meets With Augusta Read Thomas About Composing
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Scott Yoo meets with composer Augusta Read Thomas to get out of a creative rut. (4m 25s)
Yumi Kurosawa Performs "Lucky Stars" on the Koto
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Koto player Yumi Kurosawa performs her piece "Lucky Stars." (3m 14s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...