Imagination Radio Podcast
1) Bonus: excerpt from Finnegan Shanahan's The Two Halves
This bonus episode features two songs from the heart of The Two Halves, Finnegan Shanahan's lush and driving record: The Giant Sleeps and the title song The Two Halves. The Two Halves was released by...Show More
2) 3: The permanence and impermanence of growing up — Finnegan Shanahan on "The Two Halves"
An 1852 railroad map of Contemporaneous member Finnegan Shanahan's native Hudson Valley sparks his imagination, and into his genre-defying debut album, he pours not only his own story but the story of...Show More
3) Bonus: Katherine Balch's New Geometry
This bonus episode features a complete live performance of New Geometry, Katherine Balch’s captivating work for instrumental ensemble. This is the world premiere of the revised version of the piece, p...Show More
4) 2: The joy of creation — Katherine Balch on "New Geometry"
Drawing influences from sources as diverse as Virginia Woolf, fractal geometry, and the theater, discovery is the catalyst for composer Katherine Balch's creativity, and her music is a deeply personal...Show More
5) 1: What does it mean to work without limits?
What possibilities emerge when we begin to question the tacitly accepted — and easily overlooked — limits that govern who we can be and what we can do? Composer Samuel Adams, rock climber/BASE jumper...Show More
6) Introducing Imagination Radio
Imagination Radio investigates the ways we search for meaning through music and life, and why people are compelled to create. Produced by Contemporaneous and hosted by co-artistic directors David Blo...Show More