This work is for everyone, young or old, and what makes it so effective is how the composer approaches writing music for children. John Banther and Evan Keely look at those cultural aspects, how this work came together after the composer was featured in a comic strip, what to listen for, and we even hear from the composer herself!
Show Notes
Ellen, Snoopy, Charles M. Schulz, and Charlotte Blake Alston (concert host) at the premiere of Peanuts Gallery (March 22, 1997)
Image
Photographer: Steve J. Sherman
The comic strips
Here is the first comic strip (1990) the surprised Ellen (scroll down to October 13)
A Library of Congress interview with Ellen Taafe Zwilich
Read about her upbringing and education here.
Listen to it!
You can hear the full Peanuts Gallery recording on Jeffrey Biegel's YouTube channel.