May 1, 2020
SXSW EDU presents
RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT
online event
next Thursday, May 7, 2020
March 13, 2020
Louisville Magazine features RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT movie
February 27, 2020
Louisville’s Courier Journal Spotlights RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT movie
February 22, 2020
River City Drum Corp student drummer Emily and executive director Albert Shumake featured in Louisville's WDRB News!
February 6, 2020
RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT
selected to screen at SXSW EDU on March 11th!
February 4, 2020
RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT will have its Florida Premiere on March 7th at the Miami Film Festival!
January 21, 2020
Upcoming Screening!
Flyover Film Festival presents
RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT
March 15 at the Louisville Palace
Louisville, Kentucky
January 17, 2020
We are delighted to share the teaser for
RIVER CITY DRUMBEAT!
Thank you Marlon Johnson Anne Flatte, Lyntoria Newton, Albert H. Shumake IV, Louisville River City Drum Corp, Juan Carlos Castaneda, Jeffrey Boyette, Vincent Tremblay, Lauren Veen, Marc Capelle, Stephen Kertis, Amber Garvey, Dan Hamby, Michon Boston Group Ltd, Quincy Griffin, and so many more!
November 20, 2019
Thank You DOC NYC for a fantastic World Premiere!
October 11, 2019
River City Drumbeat set to have its World Premiere at DOCNYC this November!
We are very excited to share that River City Drumbeat, the new feature documentary directed by Marlon Johnson and Anne Flatté, produced by Owsley Brown Presents, will premiere at DOC NYC Film Festival in on November 12th! It has been a remarkable journey getting to know the creative community of parents, mentors, and youths that makes up the Louisville River City Drum Corp. We are thrilled to share this timely, multi-generational story of music, love, and legacies with the world.
You can find more info and tickets at http://bit.ly/rivercitydrumbeat
December 20, 2018
Symphony for Nature rings in 2019 with a PBS National Broadcast!
On Jan 1 & 4, Symphony for Nature will air at 10:30pm ET following Great Performances.
Check local listings and our upcoming broadcasts here: https://www.owsleybrownpresents.com/sfn-broadcasts
August 30, 2018
Come see Symphony for Nature on Saturday Sept. 8th, 4pm at San Francisco Green Film Festival!
Live performance by Steiger Butte Singers and Drummers. Student tickets are free!
August 13, 2018
Symphony for Nature California festival premiere at the San Francisco Green Film Festival
Mark your calendars for September 8th, 4pm at Fort Mason's Cowell Theater. With a special guest performance by the Steiger Butte Singers.
Find out more about the festival here and purchase tickets here.
July 23, 2018
Symphony for Nature to screen at Louisville's Flyover Film Festival!
Symphony for Nature will screen twice on Wednesday, July 25 at 6PM and 8PM at Speed Art Museum, followed by Q&A with director Anne Flatte.
“The film offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how history, science and culture come together in a musical piece that manages the seemingly impossible: giving voice to a body of water.”
—Washington Post
More information, click here.
June 25, 2018
Watch Symphony for Nature on KQED this Wednesday!
San Francisco Bay Area—Happy to share that you can tune in to Symphony for Nature this Wednesday, June 27 on KQED!
Find all the details here.
June 5, 2018
Catch Symphony for Nature this June on KQED in San Francisco, San Jose, and Watsonville!
Symphony for Nature will air in the coming days on KQED in San Francisco, San Jose, and Watsonville. Plus additional dates in Michigan, Oregon, South Carolina, and more! Find all the broadcast information here.
May 22, 2018
More Symphony for Nature air dates announced!
More air dates for Symphony for Nature have been announced including today, May 22, in Ohio, June 10 in South Carolina, and June 27-28 in the SF Bay Area. Click here for dates and times.
May 14, 2018
Natural History and Symphony for Nature Featured in the Washington Post!
"The film offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how history, science and culture come together in a musical piece that manages the seemingly impossible: giving voice to a body of water."
Read the complete article here.
April 17, 2018
Symphony for Nature: The Britt Orchestra at Crater Lake was featured “on the big screen” and in surround sound at the Ashland Independent Film Festival April 12 and 15.
Read about the film in the Ashland Daily Tidings here and here.
"Symphony for Nature: The Britt Orchestra at Crater Lake -- This film is richly engaging and mysterious, with the musicians joining with drummers and chanters of the Klamath Tribe in its millennia-old homeland, now a national park, to make sounds you never dreamed you would hear. Through countless generations of Klamath Indians, Crater Lake has been a place for healing and prayer, they say, as they create a serenade to nature with 130 Britt musicians. Says Music Director Teddy Abrams, “So much is about our relationship to nature. ... For the tribe, it’s so deeply spiritual.“ The film, directed by Anne Flatte, mixes in photos and tales of geological and native history along with William Steel’s long, heroic efforts to preserve this national treasure from progress. Musicians, obviously touched by the experience, make comments that verge on poetry."
April 17, 2018
Symphony for Nature: The Britt Orchestra at Crater Lake has been nominated for two regional Emmys by the NATAS Northwest: Best Cultural Documentary and Musical Composition/Arrangement.
Read more about the awards and see a full list of nominees here.
April 9, 2018
Catch Symphony for Nature: The Britt Orchestra at Crater Lake on the big screen and in surround sound at Ashland Independent Film Festival!
Experience the moving origin story of the Britt Festival-commissioned, "Natural History," the extraordinary score inspired by and performed at the edge of the spectacular Crater Lake in 2016. Featuring the Steiger Butte Singers and more! Q&A with filmmaker Anne Flatté in person April 12. Followed by The Reluctant Radical.
The two screenings of the Symphony for Nature will take place at the Ashland Street Cinema on Thursday, April 12 at 6:40pm and Sunday, April 15 at 6:40pm. Tickets available here.
March 26, 2018
Symphony for Nature selected by the Ashland Independent Film Festival!
Two screenings of the film will take place at the Ashland Street Cinema on Thursday, April 12 at 6:40pm and Sunday, April 15 at 6:40pm. Tickets available starting March 26.
Read more about the festival here.
March 12, 2018
Symphony for Nature comes to New York!
Catch broadcasts on Thirteen WNET New York this week – airing March 14, 16, 17 and 21.
March 6, 2018
SERENADE FOR HAITI Selected for Nouveaux Regards Film Festival - 2ème Édition
The festival will take place March 7-11, 2018 on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Screenings TBA.
For more info, click here.
February 12, 2018
SERENADE FOR HAITI Selected for 2018 Oxford Film Festival
Serenade for Haiti screened twice during the festival, February 9th and 10th, in Oxford, Mississippi. Producer Christy McGill was present for a special Q. and A. following the screening on February 10th.
For more info, click here.
February 12, 2018
Michael Gordon's, "Natural History," the subject of the documentary film Symphony for Nature is now available to download on iTunes!
Released by Cantaloupe Music, "Natural History" is performed by the Britt Orchestra and Steiger Butte Singers led by Teddy Abrams, and was inspired by the Crater Lake National Park.
February 8, 2018
Serenade for Haiti was screened in Jacmel, Haiti at the first edition of the Les Lumières Du Sud-Rencontres Cinématographiques de Jacmel on January 12th and 14th.
The premiere on January 12th also marked the anniversary of the 2010 earthquake.
Read more about the festival here.
February 8, 2018
Serenade for Haiti wins Programmer's Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 30th-anniversary edition of The Virginia Film Festival.
Read more about all the award winners here.
January 18, 2018
Director Owsley Brown interviewed on Radio France International, discussing the Haitian premiere of SERENADE FOR HAITI on the anniversary of the 2010 earthquake at the first edition of the Les Lumières Du Sud-Rencontres Cinématographiques de Jacmel
November 27, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI and Owsley Brown featured on CBS News in San Francisco
Bay Area Documentary Spotlights Music Program to Help Haiti Heal
"Audiences around the country are getting a rare glimpse of Haiti, thanks to a San Francisco filmmaker." - Sharon Chin, KPIX TV
Watch the interview here.
November 7, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI Wins at Orlando Film Fest!
Serenade for Haiti was awarded "Most Inspirational" at the Orlando Film Fest on October 25.
October 30, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI is "A Wonderful Achievement" by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Serenade for Haiti receives four out of four stars on "Combustible Celluloid Review."
SERENADE FOR HAITI to screen at the Lark Theater in Larkspur, CA as part of the curated "Mind Reels" series
December 5 at 12pm
SERENADE FOR HAITI to screen at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY
November 15, 7pm - with Owsley and special guests in person.
November 17, 7pm
November 18, 3pm and 7pm
November 19, 3pm
“Serenade is a bittersweet reminder of Haiti’s pride and promise before the disaster.” —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald
October 23, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI screens at 3 venues in the SF Bay Area this week
October 26, 7:15pm: Smith Rafael Film Center —One Night Only! Click here for more info.
October 27-Nov. 2: San Francisco’s Roxie theater. Click here for more info.
October 29 3:30pm: United Nations Association Film Festival @ Stanford University, Cubberly Auditorium. Click here for more info.
October 9, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI selected for the Denver Film Festival
Three screenings of Serenade for Haiti are scheduled for the Denver Film Festival:
Sunday, November 5 at 2:15pm
Monday, November 6 at 7pm
Wednesday, November 8 at 2pm
For more information about the festival, click here. For tickets, click here.
October 3, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI selected for the United Nations Association Film Festival
A screening of Serenade for Haiti is scheduled for October 29, 2017 at 3:30pm, Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall in Stanford, CA.
For more information about the screening, click here.
For more information about the festival, click here.
SERENADE FOR HAITI at the Carmel Film Festival - Dates announced!
The screening of Serenade for Haiti is scheduled for October 19, 2017 at 12:30pm at the Sunset Center, Studio 105.
For more information about the screening, click here.
For more information about the festival, click here.
SERENADE FOR HAITI Selected for Virginia Film Festival
A screening of Serenade for Haiti is scheduled for Saturday, November 11 at 3:30pm.
For more information about the screening, click here.
For more information about the festival, click here.
September 19, 2017
UNIFIED Newest Episode from 'Music Makes A City Now' Available Today
New Music Makes a City Now episode launch! UNIFIED, showcases the groundbreaking, exuberant collaboration between the Louisville Orchestra and Louisville Ballet where music and dance share one stage. Full video available on YouTube here.
September 18, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI Selected for Carmel Film Festival
The Carmel Film festival is scheduled for October 18-22, 2017.
Screening dates and times to be announced shortly.
For more information about the festival, click here.
SERENADE FOR HAITI Selected for New Orleans Film Festival
The 28th annual New Orleans Film Festival, happening October 11-19, 2017, will include two screenings of Serenade for Haiti:
Saturday, October 14th at 1:45pm, Broad Theater
Monday, October 16th at 3:30pm, Ace Hotel New Orleans
For more information about the festival, click here. Ticket information can be found here.
SERENADE FOR HAITI Selected for Orlando Film Festival
The Orlando Film Festival, October 19-26, 2017, will include a of Serenade for Haiti on October 23, 2017 at 5pm.
For more information about the festival, click here. You can purchase tickets here.
September 6, 2017
'A retrospective of filmmaker Owsley Brown at BAMPFA' on the San Francisco Chronicle by Pam Brady
"[Owsley Brown] has gone on to have a notable career in documentary filmmaking, and Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is honoring him with a retrospective, “Owsley Brown: A Filmmaker’s Journey.” Screenings will feature his latest work, the feature “Serenade for Haiti” and the short “Offerings from Nangchen.” His 2000 Independent Spirit Award-winning debut, “Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles,” and others of his earlier films also are part of the program."
[He says,] “Life is imbued with profound meaning. I want so badly to be connected with that. That’s what I think I feel the responsibility to share.”
Read the full article here.
August 29, 2017
'Owsley Brown, A Filmmaker’s Journey' at BAMPFA on today's BayFlicks by Lincoln Spector
"Documentarian Owsley Brown does more than make movies. He’s a civic leader, a businessman, and a winemaker.
And he’s made three feature-length films about music, all of which will be screened at the PFA. I’ve seen one of them, Serenade for Haiti. I liked it. The others are Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles and Music Makes a City."
Read the full article here.
August 28, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI has been accepted to the 2017 New Orleans Film Festival!
Screening dates and times to be announced shortly.
For more information about the New Orleans Film Festival, click here.
August 25, 2017
Coming Soon: "Owsley Brown, a Filmmaker's Journey", Sept. 15 - Oct. 29th at BAMPFA
Starting with the premiere screening of Serenade for Haiti on September 15, Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive will present a series of documentaries directed by Owsley Brown.
"A philosophical, almost meta-musical theme that runs through Brown’s cinema is a consideration of the harmonious relationships in our shared world, and an appreciation of natural, spiritual, and creative powers larger than humankind." - Susan Oxtoby, BAMPFA Senior Film Curator
Serenade for Haiti - Friday, September 15 at 7:15pm (Owsley Brown in person), Sunday, September 24 at 3pm, Saturday, September 30 at 6:15pm, and Sunday, October 8 at 2pm.
Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles - Saturday, September 16 at 7:30pm (Owsley Brown and Nathaniel Dorsky in person)
Music Makes a City - Sunday, September 17 at 4pm (Owsley Brown and Jerome Hiler in person)
The Precious Treasury and Offerings for Nangchen (world premiere)- Sunday, October 29 at 4:15pm (Owsley Brown in person)
August 22, 2017
SYMPHONY FOR NATURE broadcast premiere today at 9PM
OBP's new half-hour documentary, Symphony for Nature: The Britt Orchestra at Crater Lake, about an extraordinary orchestral world premiere at Oregon's legendary natural wonder, will be broadcast on Southern Oregon Public Television at 9pm.
August 8, 2017
New documentary SYMPHONY FOR NATURE broadcast premiere on August 22
OBP's new half-hour documentary about an extraordinary orchestral world premiere at Oregon's spectacular Crater Lake, will have its broadcast debut on Southern Oregon Public Television on August 22 at 9PM
Click here to read full article
July 16, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI at Prince Edward Island's PEI FEST
Serenade for Haiti explores the students and teachers at Port-au-Prince's Sainte Trinité Music School, showing at Prince Edward Island's idea-forward PEI FEST.
July 7, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI "brings Movie Magic to Louisville"
Serenade for Haiti featured in "Movie Magic in the 502" by Mariah Kline in The Voice Tribune.
June 25, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI screens at the Nantucket Film Festival
Serenade for Haiti director Owsley Brown and producer Christy McGill will join a screening and Q & A at the Nantucket Film Festival.
June 10, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI screens at the historic AFI Silver Theatre in D.C.
Serenade for Haiti producer Anne Flatté, and consulting producer Guetty Felin will join a screening and Q & A at D.C.'s historic AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center.
June 2, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI on The Colin McEnroe Show
Serenade for Haiti producer Christy McGill joins WNPR's Colin McEnroe and New York Magazine's David Edelstein along with a group of fantastic filmmakers whose work is also featured at this year's Berkshire International Film Festival.
May 31, 2017
The Berkshire Review for the Arts on SERENADE FOR HAITI at the Berkshire International Film Festival
Serenade for Haiti, entirely free of the clichés which inevitably roll in like fog after a natural tragedy, is one of the most moving and inspiring films I have seen in any genre. "
Click here to read the full article.
May 9, 2017
See BOSTON: THE DOCUMENTARY during it's one night only nationwide Fathom Events release
Owsley Brown co-sponsored the spectacular premiere of BOSTON: THE DOCUMENTARY on April 15th, which included a live performance from the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra (the soundtrack for the movie was provided by the Boston Symphony).
Tickets available here for 75 theaters nationwide.
April 19, 2017
San Francisco Chronicle's Leah Garchik on SERENADE FOR HAITI
"It’s a story brimming with music."
Click here to read the full article.
April 10, 2017
SF EXAMINER: SERENADE Finds Musical Connections in Haiti
"I’m attempting to make as many discoveries as I can along the way," Brown says. "The hope is that that translates to what the audiences feels, a sense of discovery as you’re watching the movie. Patience can really be your friend."
Click here to read the full article.
April 6, 2017
KPFA Radio Talks with Owsley Brown, David César & Bernadette Williams
Listen to the full interview at here.
March 31, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI Singled Out by The Berkeley Daily Planet
Gar Smith of The Berkeley Daily Planet writes, "Serenade, a visually beautiful film,...focuses...on the bravery of young people and their teachers at the Sainte Trinite Music School in Port-au-Prince...One of ten films in the running for SFFilm's prestigious Golden Gate Award, Serenade illuminates the healing power of art and the stirring resilience of the Haitian people."
Click here to read the full article.
March 8, 2017
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: San Francisco Film Festival Unveils Competitive Lineup.
Serenade for Haiti is an Official Selection for the 60th Anniversary of the San Francisco Film Festival and among 10 outstanding documentary films in competition for the prestigious Golden Gate Award.
"Shot over a seven-year period both before and after Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake, this vibrant tribute to the students and teachers of Sainte Trinité testifies to the role that art can play in creating community and sustaining hope under the most difficult of circumstances."
Click here to read the full article.
March 3, 2017
MoveableFest.com: "Owsley Brown on the Bittersweet Sound of 'Serenade for Haiti'"
Director Owsley Brown was interviewed by MoveableFest.com for the 2017 Miami Film Festival and talks about the inspiration and the drive behind Serenade for Haiti.
Click here to read the full article.
March 2, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI singled out in the Miami Herald
"'Serenade' is a bittersweet reminder of Haiti's pride and promise before the disaster." - Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, March 2, 2017
Click here to read the full article.
March 1, 2017
Director Owsley Brown is featured on Spirituality and Health Podcast
Rabbi Rami spoke with Owsley Brown about Serenade for Haiti, as well has his work with the upcoming Festival of Faiths. A review of Serenade also appears in the March/April issue of Spirituality & Health magazine.
Click here to listen to the full podcast.
Click here to read the full review in Spirituality & Health Magazine.
February 10, 2017
SERENADE FOR HAITI wins the "top pick" ranking from influential film programmer and tastemaker, Thom Powers, among documentaries showing at the 2017 Miami Film Festival
His full list of documentary picks are:
10) Death by a Thousand Cuts
9) Bending the Arc
8) Straight out of Miami
7) Nobody Speak
6) Hot Girls Wanted
5) Citizen Jane
4) Mr Chibbs
3) Google 1: Disrupting the Status Quo
2) Vegas Baby
1) SERENADE FOR HAITI
January 26, 2017
Owsley Brown Presents is thrilled to announce that SERENADE FOR HAITI has been selected to be in competition at the Miami Film Festival, March 3-17, 2017!
You can read more about the 2017 Miami Film Festival in the press release here.
November 28, 2016
SERENADE FOR HAITI featured in New York Magazine's prized 'Approval Matrix'
Serenade for Haiti is featured in New York Magazine's prized 'Approval Matrix' for celebrated pianist Ji's beautiful tribute performance to the Sainte Trinité music school following the film's world premiere at DOC NYC.
November 17, 2016
DOC NYC Review: 'Serenade for Haiti' has a timely message for the world
From her thoughtful review following the world premiere of Serenade for Haiti at DOC NYC, Aramide A. Tinubu writes:
"Owsley Brown's Serenade for Haiti...provides a timely and much-needed message. We only need to stretch out our hands to reach one another to begin, to rebuild and look toward the future. It is hope, after all, that springs eternal."
November 14, 2016
Wilson Morales of BlackFilm.com Highlights Owsley Brown's 3rd Feature Doc, Serenade for Haiti, and Its World Premiere at Doc NYC
Wilson Morales of BlackFilm.com highlight's the World Premiere of Serenade for Haiti, saying:
"Serenade for Haiti continues the acclaimed filmmaker’s varied explorations of music and art in documentary features."
"Serenade for Haiti demonstrates both musical mastery and the role of music and learning in community, themes Brown has explored in earlier films. These themes take on awe-inspiring dimensions given the tragedy, upheaval, and uncertainty that Haiti, and the Sainte Trinité School, have had to face"
November 10, 2016
Film Journal International: 'Serenade for Haiti', an inspiring profile of a school in Haiti teaching classical music
Daniel Eagan for Film Journal counts Serenade for Haiti as "cream of the crop at DOC NYC", screening November 10-17th!
October 14, 2016
IndieWire: 'Serenade for Haiti' Trailer: Owsley Brown's Lyrical , Music-Centric Documentary Set for DOC NYC Premiere
Check out this IndieWire article on Serenade for Haiti, including an exclusive look at our new trailer!
September 14, 2016
New Music Makes a City Now episode launch! New video The Corner Room documents indie composer Rachel Grimes' world premiere with Louisville Orchestra
Available on YouTube now!
August 25, 2016
New York's Public Radio WQXR features Britt Festival's world premiere of Michael Gordon's Natural History
Listen to the program here!
Congratulations to Serenade for Haiti Producer's Assistant, Olivia Cannell, for receiving a publicity and marketing internship at the Virginia Film Festival!
July 29, 2016
Sound in Motion: Louisville Flyover Film Festival presents selected Music Makes a City Now episodes in mixed media finale
The Louisville Film Society launches its 8th Annual Flyover Film Festival on July 24 – 29. Two documentaries that honor native sons Wendell Berry (The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry) and Harry Caudill (Harry Caudill: A Man of Courage) open the five-day event, which closes with mixed media finale on the Belvedere, Sound in Motion: Louisville Music On Stage & Screen
July 28 - 30, 2016
OBP begins co-production with Britt Festival to create documentary video about the Britt Orchestra's world premiere of Michael Gordon's Natural History at Crater Lake
Read more about the world premiere here!
March, 2016
Serenade for Haiti editor, Gina Leibrecht, speaks about her work, filmmaking approach and collaboration with Les Blank in a featured extensive interview in the March edition of Film International.
You can read the article here.
January 22, 2016
The Christian Science Monitor names Music Makes a City Now as a Top Pick!
Read the article online here!
January 13, 2016
Music Makes a City Now special episode "Kentucky Royal Fanfare" featuring Prince Charles is now available on PBS.org!
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall visit Louisville, Ky. to meet with leading figures from around the globe to discuss pressing concerns facing life on Earth as part of the Louisville Health and Harmony Initiative. During their short trip, the city offers them the royal treatment with a concert in their honor. Watch as conductor Teddy Abrams creates and performs an original fanfare.
Watch it now on PBS.org
December 15, 2015
Louisville's 1200 aka Jecorey Arthur's life as musician and teacher is featured in this new short video from WAVE 3 News!
1200 was also featured in Episode 6 of Music Makes a City Now: All Together Now
Check out the video from WAVE 3 here and watch Episode 6 of Music Makes a City Now here
November 30, 2015
Teddy Abrams is featured on NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concerts!
Check out the video now at NPR.org.
November 18, 2015
Now streaming on PBS.org! Music Makes a City Now visits with Daniel Gilliam in The Radio Station
Daniel Gilliam, program director of Louisville’s classical music station Classical 90.5 WUOL Louisville, speaks about his perspective on the state of the arts, the city, and The Louisville Orchestra's new music man Teddy Abrams.
Available now on PBS.org
November 14, 2015
"Music Makes a City: Then and Now" panel at the American Musicological Society about the power of music in Louisville featuring LO Music Director Teddy Abrams and producer/director Anne Flatté
November 4, 2015
Music Makes A City Now: Conversation with Yuja is now Streaming on PBS!
Piano virtuosa Yuja Wang and conductor Teddy Abrams talk backstage about music and life.
Available now on PBS Arts
October 28, 2015
Music Makes A City Now: Conversation with a Mentor is now Streaming on PBS!
An insightful chat between conductor Teddy Abrams and his mentor, Michael Tilson Thomas.
Available now on PBS Arts
October 18, 2015
Teddy Abrams is on NPR! Listen to it now at NPR Music!
In Louisville, A Young Conductor Seeks To Challenge And Delight
Listen to Teddy "discuss engaging with broader audiences and the value of putting young contemporary composers on the same concert programs as Brahms"
Available now on NPR.org
August 27, 2015
Music Makes A City Now featured on KDFC’s “The State of the Arts” with Jeffrey Freymann
August 26, 2015
San Francisco Classical Voice—Interview with Teddy Abrams about the series and his work
The Pilot Season of Music Makes A City Now launches today! Join the party online!
We're happy to announce the launch of the pilot season of our web series Music Makes a City Now with four new webisodes on PBS Arts! Please join the launch party online at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter #MMACNOW #MusicMakesACity
Available on PBS Arts today!
May 27, 2015
Music Makes A City Now: Ep. 8 Music is Alive is now on YouTube!
Teddy Abrams and the Sixth Floor Trio gather classical, folk, and bluegrass virtuosos—including songstress Aoife O’Donovan—for an experimental festival at Fairchild Garden in Miami, Florida. At GardenMusic, the artists “embrace the chaos” as they collaborate, workshop and perform pieces that defy musical labels and engage audiences of all ages.
Available on YouTube now!
March 24, 2015
Music Makes A City Now: Ep. 7 Sixth Floor Trio premieres today!
Teddy and old friends light up Louisville with their genre-blending side project, the Sixth Floor Trio. The trio, which includes four—Teddy Abrams, Harrison Hollingsworth, Johnny Teyssier and Gabriel Globus-Hoenich—met in 2005 while studying at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Also available on YouTube!
Jan. 28, 2015
Read about Music Makes A City Now on Louisville.com!
Selena Frye writes about MMAC NOW and the #MMAC14 concert that took place on December 6, 2014 at the Tim Faulkner Gallery. Check out her article here and watch Music Makes A City NOW: Ep. 6 All Together Now, which features this landmark live event.
Music Makes A City Now: Ep. 6 All Together Now premieres on YouTube!
Teddy Abrams and a unique mix of Louisville musicians come together to create #MMAC14, a landmark community concert at Tim Faulkner Gallery. Feat. Bonnie Prince Billy, Tiny Elephant, Kyle James Hauser, 1200, A Lion Named Roar, and the University Chamber Orchestra.
Available on YouTube now!
Jan. 13, 2015
#TEDDYTalks about the Sounds of a City
Every place has a unique soundscape, including cities. Watch this new extra to find out Teddy Abrams' take on the sound of Louisville.
Available on YouTube now!
Jan. 5, 2015
#TEDDYTalks about Biking in Louisville
Check out this new extra to see conductor Teddy Abrams answering a question from a fan. Yes, he does like to ride his bicycle everywhere, everyday, even in winter.
Available on YouTube now!
Dec. 23, 2014
#TEDDYTalks about Conductor Hair
Conductor hair—it’s a thing. Watch this extra to see conductor Teddy Abrams' take on this cultural phenom.
Available on YouTube now!
Dec. 9, 2014
Music Makes A City Now: Ep. 5 Big Fiddle premieres on YouTube!
Teddy Abrams brings composer and violinist Jeremy Kittel and his original work “Big Fiddle" to the Louisville Orchestra along with crossover cellist Ben Sollee.
Available on YouTube now!
Nov. 22 - Nov. 29, 2014
How to Smell a Rose, a film by Gina Leibrecht and Les Blank, screens at the 2014 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy
Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht, 2014
USA/France | Format: HDCAM | 64 minutes
Les Blank Films
Nov. 12, 2014
Music Makes A City Now: Ep. 4 Carmina Burana in Louisville premieres on YouTube!
In this highly-anticipated fourth episode, Music Makes a City Now is excited to present a behind the scenes look at Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra's powerhouse performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
Available on YouTube now!
Oct. 22, 2014
Films of Jerome Hiler Screen at PFA
In the Stone House
Filmed from 1967-70, Edited in 2012, 35 mins @ 18fps, Silent, Color/B&W, 16mm
New Shores
Filmed from 1970-90, Edited in 2012, 35 mins @ 18fps, Silent , Color/B&W, 16mm
Oct. 1, 2014
How to Smell a Rose, a film by Gina Leibrecht and Les Blank, screens at the 2014 New York Film Festival
How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy
Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht, 2014
USA/France | Format: HDCAM | 64 minutes
Les Blank Films
Q&A with co-director Gina Leibrecht
Sept. 29, 2014
Music Makes A City Now: Ep. 3 Teddy Meets the Town premieres on YouTube!
Music Director Teddy Abrams plays music around Louisville to spread the word about the orchestra and why he loves to improvise in different musical styles. From the city's open streets event CycLOUvia to the home of the Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs), Teddy meets the citizens of Louisville.
Available on YouTube now!
Sept. 12, 2014
Music Makes A City Now: Ep. 2 Opening Night premieres on YouTube!
The intensity builds as Teddy Abrams and the Louisville Orchestra rehearse and perform their Opening Night concert.
Available on YouTube now!
Sept. 2, 2014
Music Makes A City Now: Ep. 1 Moving to Louisville premieres on YouTube!
In the premiere episode of Music Makes A City Now, 27-year-old conductor and composer Teddy Abrams moves to Louisville, Kentucky, to become the youngest Music Director of a major American orchestra.
Available on YouTube now!
Aug. 29 - Sept. 1, 2014
How to Smell a Rose, a film by Gina Leibrecht and Les Blank, has its North American premiere at the 2014 Telluride Film Festival
How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy
Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht, 2014
USA/France | Format: HDCAM | 64 minutes
Les Blank Films