Rock Music with Brody: Black Basalt — Tuesday

About this episode

This episode explores rock music related to rocks and minerals, featuring a piece by Frank Ticheli.

This week on Intermezzo, let's get into some rock music — that is, music related to rocks and minerals! Music in this episode: Frank Ticheli - "Vesuvius"

People in this episode

Host: Interlochen Public Radio

Guest: Brody

Topics covered

• rock music
• rocks and minerals
• music education

Keywords

• rock music
• rocks
• minerals
• Frank Ticheli
• Vesuvius

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Interlochen Public Radio, Frank Ticheli

Books & works: Vesuvius

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