Brad Turner

Brad Turner was with CPR from 2013-2024 as executive producer of CPR's Audio Innovations Studio and as a digital editor for CPR's music services.

Centennial Sounds

In ‘Notes From Clyfford Still’ Composer Nathan Hall Sets A Painter’s Vision To Music

Composer Nathan Hall is fascinated with the huge, vibrant paintings of abstract painter Clyfford Still. Nathan recently set out to compose music about about Still, and combed through the painter’s writings to set some of the colorful passages to music. Hear “Notes From Clyfford Still,” performed by the Playground Ensemble in the CPR Performance Studio — and hear how Nathan created the piece — in this episode of Centennial Sounds from CPR Classical and Colorado Public Radio.
By Brad Turner
Centennial Sounds

Altius Quartet Unveils Michael Ippolito’s New String Quartet No. 4

Composer Michael Ippolito tried an unusual approach when he wrote a piece for the Altius Quartet. He sat down with a cello, instrument he’d barely played since middle school. His experiments with an instrument he’d largely forgotten how to play took his music to surprising places. Hear Michael Ippolito’s String Quartet No. 4 performed by the Altius Quartet in the CPR Performance Studio — and the backstory of this new piece — in this episode of Centennial Sounds from CPR Classical and Colorado Public Radio.
By Brad Turner