{"id":90158,"date":"2023-03-28T17:02:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T00:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/?p=90158"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:02:41","slug":"2023-the-improv-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/2023-the-improv-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"All Classical Radio\u2019s\u00a0Poetry Project: The Improv Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In April 2023, host <strong>Suzanne Nance<\/strong> celebrated National Poetry Month on <em>Sunday Brunch<\/em> with music and poetry by&nbsp;Oregon Poet Laureate&nbsp;<strong>Kim Stafford<\/strong>&nbsp;and pianist&nbsp;<strong>Hunter Noack<\/strong>&nbsp;(All Classical\u2019s 2019 Artist in Residence).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join us every Sunday at 10:00 AM PT for <em>Sunday Brunch<\/em>.<\/strong> Listen at 89.9 FM in Portland or from anywhere in the world through our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/mobile-apps\/\">free mobile app<\/a><\/strong> or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/player.allclassical.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>via our live player<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LISTEN TO THE  <em>IMPROV SESSIONS<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/50067.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kim Stafford\u2019s poem \u201cIn a Landscape\u201d is exquisitely paired with Hunter Noack\u2019s choice of \u201cGood Night\u201d from&nbsp;<\/em>On an Overgrown Path<em>&nbsp;by Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/04\/improv-session-2-cut_50068.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kim Stafford\u2019s poem \u201cThis Place Has Awaited You\u201d is exquisitely paired with Hunter Noack\u2019s choice of \u201cEntritt\/Entrance\u201d from&nbsp;<\/em>Waldszenen (Forest Scenes)<em>&nbsp;by Robert Schumann.&nbsp;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/04\/national-poetry-monty-part3.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kim Stafford\u2019s poem \u201cAfter Fire, Rain\u201d Hunter Noack, piano, performing \u201cThe Raindrop\u201d Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/04\/national-poetry-month-4.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kim Stafford\u2019s \u201cWhy the Beach\u201d paired with Hunter Noack playing John Cage\u2019s In a Landscape<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Seg-5-mp3-Birding-for-the-Blind-with-Schumann-FINAL-FOR-AIR.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kim Stafford\u2019s poem \u201cBirding for the Blind\u201d with Hunter Noack\u2019s musical response: Bird as Prophet by Robert Schumann from <\/em>Waldszenen<em>&nbsp;(Forest Scenes)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/05\/seg6-Out-Oak-Island-Scarlatti.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kim Stafford\u2019s poem \u201cOut Oak Island Road\u201d with Hunter Noack playing Domenico Scarlatti\u2019s Sonata in b minor, K. 87<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABOUT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hunter-Noack-by-Arthur-Hitchcock.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90162\" style=\"width:365px;height:459px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hunter-Noack-by-Arthur-Hitchcock.png 500w, https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hunter-Noack-by-Arthur-Hitchcock-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hunter-Noack-by-Arthur-Hitchcock-280x350.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Hunter Noack by Arthur Hitchcock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hunter Noack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hunternoack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter Noack<\/a><\/strong> is a classical pianist, naturalist, and founder of the award-winning, groundbreaking wilderness concert series, IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild&#x2122;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunter grew up exploring, hunting, fishing, and kayaking the rivers of Oregon, forming a strong connection to nature. He started piano at age 4 and by the fifth grade he was up at 4am to light a fire and practice piano before taking the bus to school. After intensive training at Interlochen Arts Academy, San Francisco Conservatory, University of Southern California (B.M.), and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London (M.A.), Hunter returned to Oregon and founded IN A LANDSCAPE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Lauderdale of Pink Martini praised the series as, \u201cThe most exciting classical music project in America. Hunter is making classical piano music relevant again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in 2019, Hunter was was All Classical Radio&#8217;s inaugural Artist in Residence, and in June 2022, Heinz Records released Noack\u2019s debut CD, \u201cIn a Landscape,\u201d which in its first week went to the top of Billboard\u2019s classical music charts to make number one in Traditional Classical Music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kim Stafford<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimstaffordpoet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kim Stafford<\/a><\/strong>, founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis &amp; Clark College, teaches and travels to raise the human spirit. He is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose, including <em>The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer\u2019s Craft<\/em> and <em>100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared<\/em>. His most recent book is the poetry collection <em>Singer Come from Afar<\/em> (Red Hen, 2021). He has taught writing in dozens of schools and community centers, and in Scotland, Italy, Mexico, and Bhutan. In 2018 he was named Oregon\u2019s 9<sup>th<\/sup> Poet Laureate by Governor Kate Brown for a two-year term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kim-Stafford-by-Ken-Dixon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90163\" style=\"width:365px;height:459px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kim-Stafford-by-Ken-Dixon.png 500w, https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kim-Stafford-by-Ken-Dixon-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Kim-Stafford-by-Ken-Dixon-280x350.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kim Stafford by Ken Dixon<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunday Brunch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2021\/01\/spotlight-Suzanne-Nance-Sunday-Brunch.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday Brunch Suzanne Nance\" class=\"wp-image-76823\" style=\"width:450px;height:338px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2021\/01\/spotlight-Suzanne-Nance-Sunday-Brunch.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acp-website.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2021\/01\/spotlight-Suzanne-Nance-Sunday-Brunch-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>All Classical Radio President &amp; CEO, Suzanne Nance<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>We&#8217;ll save a seat for you at the brunch table! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join host <strong>Suzanne Nance<\/strong> every <strong>Sunday at 10:00 AM PT<\/strong> at 89.9 FM in Portland or worldwide&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/player.allclassical.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>via our live player<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;on our website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2023, host Suzanne Nance celebrated National Poetry Month on Sunday Brunch with music and poetry by&nbsp;Oregon Poet Laureate&nbsp;Kim Stafford&nbsp;and pianist&nbsp;Hunter Noack&nbsp;(All Classical\u2019s 2019 Artist in Residence). Join us every Sunday at 10:00 AM PT for Sunday Brunch. 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