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Woman in a field in Second Life, playing a flute.

First Sunday — June: The Flute

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This pro­gramme went out live at 2pm SLT/Pacific on Sun­day, June 7th. It is now avail­able on Mix­cloud.

At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial. That’s why we invite you to join us on the First Sun­day (usu­al­ly) after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: around an hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing — new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

This month: Every civ­i­liza­tion has its flutes — rang­ing from small whis­tle-like flutes, to the com­plex con­cert flutes of the clas­si­cal sym­pho­ny orches­tra. Some flutes have wan­dered into folk music and even rock and roll. In this mon­th’s First Sun­day, Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the music of flutes from around the globe and across time.

If you are in Sec­ond Life, why not enjoy the show in  scenic Ceil­i­u­radh Glen, cour­tesy of our spon­sor, Sean­chai Library —  Nowhere­ville (194, 131, 22)

TMoTM: S05E02 — We Dance!

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Orig­i­nal­ly broad­cast Sat­ur­day May 16th at 2pm SLT/Pacific -

Wel­come to The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal – on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio – where we explore the blend­ing of music and dra­ma fea­tur­ing the songs, his­to­ry and lore of the musi­cal the­ater with host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er.

Last sea­son we explored fairy tales on the musi­cal the­atre stage. In that episode we passed over one notable pro­duc­tion: “Once on this Island.”  Inspired in part by Hans Chris­t­ian Andersen’s “The Lit­tle Mer­maid” and based on Rosa Guy’s nov­el “My Love, My Love,” this unique one-act musi­cal by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Fla­her­ty is a Calyp­so-fla­vored fairy tale explor­ing themes of love, prej­u­dice, and hope. Be ready to dance!

TMoTM: S05E01 — Musical Questions

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SATURDAY April 18th at 2pm SLT/Pacific - Wel­come to Sea­son 5 of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal - where host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the songs, sto­ries, and lore of the musi­cal the­atre.

What kind of fool am I? Why would a fel­la want a girl like her? What do the sim­ple folk do?

These are all exam­ples of songs in the inter­rog­a­tive case al la musi­cal the­ater. Join Cale­do­nia as she kicks off the newest sea­son of our pop­u­lar orig­i­nal series, The Mag­ic of the Musi­cal with “Musi­cal Ques­tions.”

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TMoTM S04E06: Pirates!

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Gilbert & Sul­li­van’s The Pirates of Pen­zance; or, The Slave of Duty pre­miered on Decem­ber 31, 1879, where it was well received by both audi­ences and crit­ics. Yet even as far back as that open­ing, the show has been a har­bin­ger of change — blur­ring the lines between light com­ic operetta and musi­cal com­e­dy. The recent Broad­way re-imag­in­ing Pirates! The Pen­zance Musi­cal pushed those bound­aries even fur­ther.

In this episode of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores this Gilbert & Sul­li­van classic’s remark­able his­to­ry and its role in mak­ing the once vaunt­ed exclu­sive realm of the “savo­yard” acces­si­ble over 140 years after its pre­miere.

TMoTM S04E05: Five Lessons — Carey Wong

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Orig­i­nal­ly broad­cast on Octo­ber 25th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time

This month, Cale­do­nia con­tin­ues her “Five Lessons” sub-series of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, where she inter­views actors, direc­tors, design­ers, dancers and oth­ers who have spent time and life in musi­cal the­atre. They share the lessons that being a part of a per­form­ing com­mu­ni­ty have taught them about life, the stage, and human­i­ty.

If you are lucky, you get to inter­view your heroes. In this month’s episode of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er (aka Judy Cullen) shares her con­ver­sa­tion with one of her heroes as they dis­cuss art, music, and stage design: friend and men­tor Carey Wong. Dur­ing a career span­ning over 50 years, Carey has designed sets and cos­tumes for more than 300 pro­duc­tions, includ­ing operas, plays, musi­cals, and bal­lets, plus art exhi­bi­tions and oth­er cre­ative spaces. Tune in for a fas­ci­nat­ing dis­cus­sion! More about Carey Wong.

TMoTM S04E04: What Theater Taught Me

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Sep­tem­ber 20th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time: it’s the third Sat­ur­day in the month and time for a new edi­tion of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal with Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er!

“Why would you get a degree in the­ater?” It’s not always about dreams of bright lights and paparazzi. The­ater is a col­lab­o­ra­tive art form that teach­es much more than just the art of mak­ing it. Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er (Judy Cullen) shares her con­ver­sa­tion with three of her col­lege class­mates as they reflect on their dif­fer­ing paths and the lessons that cre­at­ing the­ater hath wrought, plus the musi­cal the­ater songs that have had the great­est per­son­al mean­ing to them.

TMoTM S04E03: Five Lessons #1 — Sharry O’Hare

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August 16th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time: it’s the third Sat­ur­day in the month and time for a new edi­tion of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal with Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er!

This month, Cale­do­nia rolls out a new sub-series of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal. In “Five Lessons” she inter­views actors, direc­tors, design­ers, dancers and oth­ers who have spent time and life in musi­cal the­atre. They share the lessons that being a part of a per­form­ing com­mu­ni­ty have taught them about life, the stage, and human­i­ty.

In this debut episode Cale shares a con­ver­sa­tion with actress Shar­ry O’Hare, explor­ing the expe­ri­ences of 65 years of musi­cal the­ater per­for­mance. Ms. O’Hare shares some of the lessons musi­cal the­atre has taught her, with select­ed musi­cal num­bers to accom­pa­ny them. Think tread­ing the boards is just about find­ing your light and how many songs you get? Guess again.

 

Anniversary Weekend Continues…

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Today, Jan­u­ary 1st 2022, marks the sec­ond day of our 1st Anniver­sary cel­e­bra­tions.

Our FEATURED MUSIC today is  Sat­ur­day At The Movies — On the air all day apart from times not­ed below.

Sec­ond Life res­i­dents, don’t miss our ICE-SKATING JAZZ PARTY with DJ Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er — at the Win­ter Hol­low Skat­ing Pond in Sec­ond Life, 2–4pm SLT. If you can’t be there in per­son, tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio and catch the music. On The Air and in Sec­ond Life.

And tune in for THE MOST EPISODE 3 - join your host Susan­nah for the third episode of  The MOST — Music from the Orig­i­nal Sound Track - this month with music by com­posers includ­ing Ennio Mor­ri­cone, Les Bax­ter and John Bar­ry; from movies and TV series includ­ing tracks from Hell’s Belles, Sex And The Sin­gle Girl, East Side/West Side and more. Catch the show at 12:30pm & 4:30pm Pacif­ic Time/SLT, 8:30pm and 12:30am in the UK. On The Air.

 

Our Anniversary Weekend Starts Here!

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Fri­day, Decem­ber 31st, marks the start of our First Anniver­sary Week­end — yes, Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio real­ly has been broad­cast­ing for an entire year! We kick off the week­end with two spe­cial pro­grammes.

SWINGIN’ ON NEW YEAR’S EVE
Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er spins the discs for a spe­cial swing par­ty, live from the plaza out­side the Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio The­atre in Chest­nut Hills in Sec­ond Life. Be there in per­son or tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio and lis­ten live: 3–5pm Pacific/SLT, 11pm-1am in the UK.

THE MOST INTERVIEW
At Noon and 5pm Pacific/SLT — 8pm and 1am in the UK — tune in for a spe­cial inter­view with Susan­nah, the host of The MOST — Music from the Orig­i­nal Sound Track, her month­ly pro­gramme of film and TV movie music that goes out on the first Sat­ur­day in the month — in this case, tomor­row, Jan­u­ary 1st.

*Fea­tured image: iStock.

Where’ve You Been? Beatrix Potter Tales and Le Cirque de La Nuit

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It’s Wednes­day March 17th and time for a new episode of Where’ve You Been, our fort­night­ly fea­ture on places to vis­it and things to do around the Sec­ond Life grid. You can catch the show at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days for the next two weeks.

In this, Episode 4, we check out the lat­est pro­duc­tions from Idle Rogue — Le Cirque de La Nuit — and Vir­tu­oso Dance’s Foun­tain The­atre pro­duc­tion of Beat­rix Pot­ter Tales.Con­tin­ue read­ing→