The Second Street Dreams Audio Network cover art

The Second Street Dreams Audio Network

The Second Street Dreams Audio Network

Written by: Judlyne Lilly
Listen for free

For Your Ears OnlyCopyright Judlyne Lilly-Gibson Music
Episodes
  • Over 70 Birthday Songs to America From Pianist Min Kwon

    Over 70 Birthday Songs to America From Pianist Min Kwon
    Jun 2 2026
    There aren’t many musicians, classical or otherwise who aren’t presenting their own versions of a birthday song for America’s 250th. On this episode, we hear from Min Kwon, a pianist with a little activist nature on the side. Back in 2021 she started a project called America/Beautiful. Since then she’s commissioned over 70 composers to come up with their musical versions of what’s beautiful about America at this time using the song America the Beautiful as source material. Plus it was important to her because she has two daughters, with birthdays on Presidents’ Day and the Fourth of July.
    Show More Show Less
    18 mins
  • HERE BE MONSTERS 2026

    HERE BE MONSTERS 2026
    May 21 2026
    Hundreds of people are expected to voluntarily step outside of their musical genre mode this weekend and hear something new, and different and maybe even odd. It’s time for the annual HERE BE MONSTERS, Austin’s Indie-Classical music festival. Co-director Michael Zapruder of Tetractys says this is a growing movement within the classical or near classical genre of new music.
    Show More Show Less
    19 mins
  • Requiem For America, The Native American Story

    Requiem For America, The Native American Story
    May 13 2026
    Many orchestras and chamber groups are celebrating the 250th anniversary of America’s founding this year. While most of the music is a positive portrayal of the United States there is at least one musical work telling the tale of the horrific treatment of Native Americans and their lands. The piece is Requiem For America by Mohican/Munsee-Lenape composer Brent Michael Davids. He describes it as a searing work confronting hard truths about America’s founding. It’ll be performed by the BBC Orchestra in London this month, before its American premiere in November.
    Show More Show Less
    26 mins
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
No reviews yet