Gunther Schuller's Many Musical Hats

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, author, and scholar Gunther Schuller talks about his remarkable six-decade-long career in music--including his new arrangement of a work by Charles Mingus.

Events: Gunther Schuller will be conducting the Mingus Orchestra
Thursday, November 30 at 8 pm
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center
For tickets, visit the Kaufman Center website or call 212-501-3330.

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