For the sixth episode, Tsay chats with clarinetist Steve Ahearn of the Dallas Symphony. They talk about writing their bios, Ahearn's career, his organist grandfather, and the clarinet repertoire.

Between the Barlines, Episode 6: Stephen Ahearn

For the seventh episode, Tsay with Shields-Collins "Buddy" Bray, principal keyboard for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, who also works with the Cliburn and has worked with such area organizations such as Voices of Change, Fine Arts Chamber Players and more. In this interview, Tsay and Bray talk about his early career as a church pianist in Louisiana, studying and staying at Texas Christian University, playing with the FWSO in the 1980s, his signature piece (Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue), the importance of being stylistically diverse, work injuries, and more.

Between the Barlines, Episode 7: Shields-Collins "Buddy" Bray

Four theatermakers in Dallas/Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Opera general director discuss the work and politics and feminism in Ibsen's plays, as well as Lucas Hnath's "A Doll's House, Part 2. They are Joanie Schultz, whose adaptation of "A Doll's House" is at WaterTower Theatre in Addison; Clare Shaffer, who directs Hnath's play for Stage West in Fort Worth; Blake Hackler, who adapted "An Enemy of the People" for Second Thought Theatre and directs "The Lady from the Sea" for Undermain Theatre; and Fort Worth Opera's Tuomas Hiltunen, who is Finnish and has taught ibsen at Barnard College.

Up is Down, Left is Right Podcast: Why Ibsen Now?

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