Gretchen Carr
Operations and Engagement Coordinator
Coordinator of Operations and Engagement, Gretchen Carr joined the IPR staff in 2019. With her background in the performing arts, education, history, arts administration, and communications, she works to keep the daily operations at IPR running smoothly. A native of Traverse City, Michigan, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Western Michigan University and a Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation from Eastern Michigan University. Gretchen is also a multimedia artist focusing on film, writing, soundscape, and radio story.
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Featured on today's playlist was Sea Fever by John Ireland featuring the poetry of John Masefield. "I must go down to the seas again: to the lonely sea…
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Today's featured composer was Ennio Morricone. He will be remembered for being one of the most influential creators of music for modern cinema. Morricone…
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Interlochen Public Radio will air editions of the new podcast "Creative Coast," Friday evenings at 6:00 p.m. this summer. This twelve-part series explores…
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Music written for voice constituted nearly half of today's program. We heard ensembles VOCES8, Anonymous 4, The London Opera Chorus, Cambridge Singers,…
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The late Vera Lynn was the most requested artist on today's program. 1. Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variation, Glenn Gould2. Charles Ives, Variations…
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Frederik Stig-Nielsen and his wife Betsy Mas had their first child in their apartment above the Cabbage Shed, a popular restaurant and tavern in Elberta.…
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Hundreds of runners will compete in the Crystal Lake Team Marathon this weekend. The race was started nearly 40 years ago by the late Benzie Central…
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1. J.S. Bach, Sonata No. 2 for Unaccompanied Violin, Midori2. John Williams, Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Los Angeles Philharmonic,…
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Thanks to listeners in Honor, Baltimore, Traverse City, Interlochen, and many more for your requests this week!1. Aaron Copland, Lincoln Portrait, Seattle…
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1. Dmitri Shostakovich, Gadfly Suite, Sheku Kanneh Mason/Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Le2. Johann Strauss II, Unter Donner Und BlitzLeonard Slatkin/St.…