Musical storytelling with repurposed texts (with Randall Eng)

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Musical storytelling with repurposed texts (with Randall Eng)

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Dec 11, 2021

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Music can tell stories in a variety of ways: operas and musicals have characters andClick here for more about the episode...Musical storytelling with repurposed texts (with Randall Eng)

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Dec 11, 2021

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Musical storytelling with repurposed texts (with Randall Eng)

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