Sound Perimeter

Today's Sound Perimeter listens to two different versions of “Motherless Child”, one by Jubilant Sykes, and the other by Cécile McLorin Salvant. Each rendition holds the same spiritual at its center, yet each opens a distinct emotional world. Sykes offers the song with warmth, grace, and a sense of outward offering, shaped by movement, conversation, and color. Salvant, in contrast, brings an intimate, prayer-like reading, transparent, inward, and quietly intense.Together, these performances reveal the many lives a single song can live.

Today's Sound Perimeter explores two very different meditations on stillness and motion. Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, performed by Anne Akiko Meyers and Akira Eguchi, takes us into a space of quiet tension and spacious introspection, where repetition becomes a form of listening. And Hiromi Uehara’s Green Tea Farm, from a 2006 solo performance, offers another kind of reflection, rooted perhaps in memory or maybe in a personal sense of landscape.

Sound Perimeter is a segment hosted by Lia Uribe (@Lia Uribe) and dedicated to unexpected voices in and around music. We hope it’ll expand your knowled...

Today's Sound Perimeter steps into winter through three very different musical moods. We began with Thea Musgrave’s "A Winter’s Morning", a quiet, atmospheric setting of a Robert Burns poem that captures the sting of cold air and the stillness of a snowy dawn. Then we moved into Tchaikovsky’s magical world with the "Adagio and Waltz of the Snowflakes" from "The Nutcracker", where snowfall becomes dance. And we ended with the Jerry Granelli Trio performing Vince Guaraldi’s "Skating", a piece that glides and sparkles with the lightness of ice underfoot. Together, these works remind us that winter h...

From meadow to rainforest to dreamscape, three composers in today's Sound Perimeter invite us to hear the world in new ways. Ottorino Respighi captured the bright call of the cuckoo in an Italian morning, turning nature’s voice into playful melody. Annea Lockwood led us deep into the Amazon night, where the forest itself seemed to breathe through sound and imagination. And finally, Kaija Saariaho, with a piece where birds belong to dreams and poetry. In Aile du songe, she imagined flight itself, the movement of air, the shimmer of wings, the transformation of sound into light.

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Today's Sound Perimeter presents two pieces that reflect one another across time: Frédéric Chopin’s Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4, and Caroline Shaw’s Gustave Le Gray , which reimagines and reframes Chopin’s melody through a contemporary lens. Both works explore the delicate space between reflection and reinvention where   memory becomes music, and the past lingers, reshaped, in the present.

Sound Perimeter is a segment hosted by Lia Uribe (@Lia Uribe) and dedicated to unexpected voices in and around music. We hope it’ll expand your knowledge and connection to sound and let music infiltrate...

Today's Sound Perimeter includes two remarkable works: Ariel Ramírez’s Misa Criolla , where the traditional Catholic Mass meets the rhythms and melodies of Argentina, and Aldemaro   Romero’s Fuga con Pájara Pinta Bimodal , where Baroque counterpoint dances with Venezuelan folk energy. Both composers remind us how Latin America has reimagined European traditions, transforming them into something vibrant, soulful, and entirely its own. 

Today's Sound Perimeter features two pieces inspired by oranges, both the fruit itself and the color it embodies.

Tonight, Sept. 22, 2025, at 6 p.m., we gather at the Fayetteville Public Library’s Walker Community Room for Borderless Sound: Latin American Composers and the World Stage, a live edition of Sound Perimeter in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Piazzolla bending tango toward the future, Gabriela Ortiz dissolving categories with conviction, and Angelica Negrón inviting us to move freely without borders. We’ll add Miguel del Águila’s velocity and heart, groove that thinks and dances at once. We’ll mix stories with brief excerpts and time for conversation. Today's Sound Perimeter is an entry point to tonight’s presentation...

Today's Sound Perimeter, Postcard from Mexico City, written as host Lia Uribe's present to you, after a short visit to Mexico this past week. Listen across three vibrant voices: Guadalupe Perales’ Intertwined: Color Changes for bassoon duo, Nubia Jaime Donjuan’s danzón Frida, and Andrea Sarahi’s “Piece for Bassoon Solo” from Calladita: Five Pieces About Violence. Lines crossed, colors shifted, and music moved from city  bustle to interior resolve. Host Lia Uribe hopes you enjoy these fresh and innovative voices, and her favorite instrument, her own instrument, the bassoon.  

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Today, Sound Perimeter was inspired by cats—curious, sly, playful, and full of personality. We met Prokofiev’s clarinet cat in "Peter and the Wolf," smiled at Rossini’s comic duet of meowing singers, and closed with the fiery pasodoble from Penella’s "El Gato Montés."

Today's Sound Perimeter includes two journeys of motion and momentum: Gity Razaz’s 'The Strange Highway', racing forward with eight cellos like headlights through shifting landscapes; then a cello quartet in Carlos Gardel’s “Por una cabeza” leaning into tango’s sway, where a heartbeat rhythm meets a bittersweet tune. Together, they reveal the cello’s range, choral and intimate, resonant and lyrical, and how music can carry us through desire, risk and release. Featuring performances by Gity Razaz, Erin Murphy Snedecor and the Galvin Cello Quartet. 

Rain is the guiding theme today, a symbol of reflection, renewal and emotional depth. Whether through the gentle resonance of Takemitsu’s Rain Tree Sketch or the steady, meditative pulse of Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude, rain becomes more than weather. It becomes metaphor that invites us to slow down, listen inward and find beauty in both stillness and storm.

Today’s Sound Perimeter episode spends time with the piano trio: violin, cello and piano, and sees how much music can come from just three instruments.

Today’s episode is a reflection, a sonic postcard if you will, from the recent Sound Perimeter LIVE concert at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, an event that was possible thanks to the support of the University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle and the Reflexions Music Series.

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Today’s Sound Perimeter is an invitation to listen closely to the fragile beauty of small things, to the spaces where sound lingers delicately, momentary, and full of meaning. In the music we chose, both Maurice Ravel (performed by pianist Kathrin Isabelle Klein) and Esperanza Spalding ask us to listen closely to little things carrying deep truths.

Today's Sound Perimeter joins in the celebration of all those graduating this year, marking transitions, closing chapters and stepping into new beginnings. We are proud of each graduate, and we celebrate their families, their teachers and all who have supported them along the way.

Today's episode of Sound Perimeter marks 150 episodes of the program since its creation in June 2020.

Today’s Sound Perimeter features artists Rubén Darío Reina and Pepe Rivero, performing as part of the University of Arkansas Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R) celebrations.

Today's Sound Perimeter listens to choral music, one of the most powerful forms of communal expression.

Today’s Sound Perimeter explores a musical dialogue across the centuries.

Today's Sound Perimeter celebrates Women’s History Month by featuring some amazing women composers who have written music that redefines tradition: Sofia Gubaidulina, Shelley Washington and Gabriela Ortiz.

Today’s Sound Perimeter celebrates a rich tapestry of French musical expression, blending classical humor, modern elegance and soulful improvisation.

Today’s Sound Perimeter honors the memory of dear friend and University of Arkansas colleague Robert Mueller.

Today’s Sound Perimeter celebrates the clarinet and connects our listener with its multiple personalities.

Today’s Sound Perimeter explores how music captures deep emotions across genres.

Today's Sound Perimeter celebrates the transformative power of human voices.

Today's Sound Perimeter was inspired by one of our listeners sharing her love for Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. Your stories and musical favorites bring host Lia Uribe immense joy, giving her the gift of music all over again.

Today’s Sound Perimeter features women composers who represent marginalized voices in classical music.

Today's Sound Perimeter reflects on the multifaceted nature of women through different musical lenses, featuring Claude Debussy and Elizabeth Maconchy.

Today in Sound Perimeter, we are exploring the powerful world of songs using pieces that highlight the unique ability of music to convey human emotions, stories and messages. Artists featured include Judith Weir, Lotte Betts-Dean and Gila Goldstein.

Today in Sound Perimeter, we listened to music that serves as a meditation on change, loss, resilience and solace during challenging times.

Music is a profound way to connect us with our essence and with one another. In today's Sound Perimeter, host Lia Uribe honors fellow immigrants and reminds us that borders are simply human constructs addressing our differences.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" explores music inspired by mountains, their vivid imagery and natural elements through the music of Edward Grieg, Arleen Sierra and Elephant Revival.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" celebrates music inspired by children, where innocence and playfulness meet the genius of skilled composition. We hope you feel the joy and wonder of a child’s world and the profound depth of the music we chose to represent it.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" features music by Brazilian composers. Brazilian music is a vibrant tapestry that weaves together a rich diversity of sounds and styles. From the nostalgic melodies of traditional samba and bossa nova to the bold rhythms of contemporary jazz and the innovative experiments in modern music, Brazil’s musical landscape is as varied as its culture.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" features pieces by 20th century American composers Ruth Crawford Seeger and Samuel Barber, with their innovative approach to rhythms and textures.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" explores music echoing other artists. Pieces in today's episode include Mario Lavista’s "Lament" for flute, which is inspired by a poem by Wang Wei, and Bora Yoon’s "The Houses we carry Within", which engages with artist Do Ho Suh's concept that "home is everywhere and nowhere".

Today's "Sound Perimeter" features pieces by Hildur Guðnadóttir and Francis Poulenc's, based on sound layers and expressive dialogues.

Today in "Sound Perimeter", light was our common thread. Light that helps us reflect, light that helps us see ourselves, light that unveils love and makes us dance.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" celebrates the richness and variety of African American music, featuring pieces and composers who have profoundly influenced American music and captivated audiences around the globe.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" explores the violin, with its rich history and expressive range. Performances by Julia Fischer, Benjamin Beilman and Jaylon Black.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" explores the violin, with its rich history and expressive range. Performances by Julia Fischer, Benjamin Beilman and Jaylon Black.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" features music inspired by motherly love and celebrated mothers and maternal figures honoring their presence and holding space for them through music. Music by American composer and pianist Amy Beach (interpreted by Lili Tobias), as well as Mary Phillips and pianist J.J. Penna interpreting Charles Ives. Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss are also featured.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" features ballads by composers Teresa Carreno and David Del Tredici. Each with a unique voice found inspiration to use this genre and portray love, passion, innocence and even the color yellow.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" features music inspired by flowers, as we were reminded of the profound connection between nature and art.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" features two examples of music written for the trombone, a truly dynamic instrument that adds depth, richness, and character to any musical ensemble.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" includes music that reflects a recurring theme that echoes throughout, a rhythmic pattern resembling a heartbeat.

Today, Sound Perimeter offers a unique musical experience featuring compositions by John Cage, as if seen through a window: tranquil landscapes on the outside and dynamic, playful interactions on the inside. Performances by Takahiro Yoshikawa and So Percussion.

Today in "Sound Perimeter," experience the cyclical nature of life, and the perpetual journey of exploration and discovery through the music of Jessie Montgomery and Elia Bastida.

Today in Sound Perimeter we experienced pure happiness, heartfelt reminiscence, and boundless energy through the music of Tania Leon, the Danish String Quartet, and Lara John.

Today in Sound Perimeter, we allowed butterflies to captivate our imaginations with their exquisite beauty and grace, as captured by musical composers and performers Gabriel Faure, Mel Bonis, Herbie Hancock, James Baik, Evelyne Grandy, and Gretchen Parlato.

Today's Sound Perimeter offered musical landscapes evoking winter scenes and endless thoughts, as represented in music by composers Max Richter and Carolina Calvache.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" focuses on clouds, as depicted by composers Florence Price and Ludovico Einaudi.

Together we discovered the presence of water within musical compositions and the musicality inherent in water itself. I hope this journey allowed you to immerse yourself in imagery evoking water's tranquility, power, and vitality. Sound Perimeter is a segment hosted by Lia Uribe and dedicated to diverse voices in and around music. We hope it’ll expand your knowledge and connection to inclusive sounds and let music infiltrate your lives and transform your realities.

Sound Perimeter is a segment hosted by Lia Uribe and dedicated to diverse voices in and around music. We hope it’ll expand your knowledge and connection to inclusive sounds and let music infiltrate your lives and transform your realities.

In the embrace of nothingness, there exists a duality that is both sweet and reflective, inviting us to surrender to t he tranquil depths of stillness. Simultaneously, nothingness serves as a poignant release, a letting go of the burdens of pain and the complexities of life. Today in Sound Perimeter we listened to music representing nothingness as a liberating surrender, a glowing the weight of existence to dissipate, leaving room for a quiet rejuvenation of the spirit.For more about the artist, Lido Pimienta.

Light in music can be presented in many ways. Whether it’s metaphorical or literal, its presence has the potential to shape listeners’ emotions and atmospheres. Today in Sound Perimeter, we explore light in music. Wishing you a bright day filled with music and guided by our collective dreams of a better and brighter world.Find out more about our composers and performers:Alex Temple, composerEgide DuoDreion

Chocolate’s history chocolate can be traced back to ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, particularly the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec cultures. These civilizations cultivated and consumed cacao beans, the primary ingredient in chocolate. Chocolate has been an inspiration to many artists, including the composerswe highlight today in Sound Perimeter: Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, Stacy Garrop, and Juan Carlos Guio. Find out more about our composers and performers:Stacy GarropJoseph LulloffIrene Gomnez

The emotional landscape of love is intricate and multifaceted, encompassing a spectrum of feelings that add to the richness of the human experience. Today in Sound Perimeter we explore tender and convoluted love, as embraced by composers Juan Pablo Contreras and Reza Vali. Find out more about our composers and performers:Juan Pablo ContrerasReza Vali

Today in Sound Perimeter we are inspired by cellos and flowerpots and by old, new, fresh and imaginative approaches to music creation.Find out more about our composers and performers:Lucia SwartsNew Morse CodeCaroline Shaw

In the ever-evolving world of music, older ideas often find new life and add a refreshing twist to tradition. Today in Sound Perimeter, we listen to excerpts of two pieces separated by more than one hundred years and many miles. Nostalgia and innovation, where the echoes of the past resonate with a modern audience, create a profound sense of continuity and reinvigorated conventions

Classical music has long drawn from the rich tapestry of traditions woven by the composers who create it. Today in Sound Perimeter, we feature Native American musicians Jacqui Wilson, Juantio Becenti and Jerod Tate, shaping American Classical music with their diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences. I hope you connect today with peoples and places, while exploring new worlds of emotions and stories, evolving and adapting.

Today in Sound Perimeter we feature music by New York City-based Iranian composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh , and the Four Corners String Quartet, a rich tapestry of diverse sounds, rhythms, and identities that reflect unique cultures, histories, and searches for the meaning of life. I hope you are inspired by this music that transcends boundaries and offers a language that unites people from all walks of life through our shared human experiences.

On this week's episode of Sound Perimeter, host Lia Uribe explores water's influence on music.

Today we are celebrating Sound Perimeter’s 100th episode with a birthday gift from Gabriel Faure, a moment frozen in time in a composition by Dai Wei, and, like true Colombian lovers we are, dancing, with J Balvin and Willy William reggaeton.

Sometimes the most beautiful lullabies are the sounds of our surroundings. Today in Sound Perimeter we listened to lullabies, an invitation to reminisce on those tranquil and loving sounds of sounds from our memories, our childhood and our environment, in the hands of guitarist and composer Miroslav Tadić, and flutist and composer Ricardo Benitez.

Today in Sound Perimeter, we listen to the sounds of rivers and water, an invitation to tranquility and a reminder of nature's force and rhythm. These sounds weave a narrative of life's continuity, a constant flow mirroring the passage of time and the enduring vitality of the natural world.

It’s no secret that incorporating breathing practices into daily routines can have numerous benefits for both physical and mental well-being.

Today in Sound Perimeter, host Lia Uribe reflects on uncertainty and contemplation and extends a musical invitation to ponder on alternative perspectives and endings.

Today in Sound Perimeter, we offer two bedtime experiences: one of struggle and one of comfort. Both are beautiful in there own ways, new and refreshing, with pieces written by composers Niloufar Iravani and Evelyn Chang.

Today in Sound Perimeter we listen to pieces written by Mexican composers Jimena Contreras and Nubia Jaime Donjuan.

Lia Uribe, a University of Arkansas music professor, this week explores the depth of innocence. We hear music by Zinia Chan, Ensemble Francaix and Javier Navarrete.

Today in Sound Perimeter, we listen to the soundtrack of life and death, sadness and happiness, loneliness and community, one and all.Find more about our featured artists: Missy Mazzoli and Jacana Jacana.

Today in "Sound Perimeter," we listen to music evocative of beauty, brilliance and transcendence by composers Heitor Villalobos and Dobrinka Tabakova. We hope you enjoy these meditative selections and find in them a pause for the busyness of our world.

Today in Sound Perimeter, we let the good times and the good music roll and feature music from New Orleans musicians Courtney Bryan and street band Tuba Skinny. We hope our listeners transport themselves through time and space to enjoy the rich and profound sounds of New Orleans while thinking of the rich histories that have inspired these musicians.

In today's Sound Perimeter Lia Uribe, University of Arkansas music professor and chair of the music department, explores some unique takes on some classic Bach compositions. We hear performances by Sviatoslav Richter and Ksenija Sidorova.

This week, Lia Uribe, University of Arkansas Music Department professor and chair, explores colors, light and beauty, as portrayed in pieces by composers Julie Cooper and Adriana Verdie performed by Ensemble Oculus and the Lyrique Quintette.

Lia Uribe, associate professor and chair of the University of Arkansas Music Department, helps us explore the harp in untraditional roles for the angelic instrument. Featuring music and performances by harpists Elizabeth Steiner and Edmar Castañeda.

The concept of living between two worlds is a familiar one for University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe. This week, she explores that idea with music and performances by Reena Esmail and Zakir Hussain.

University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe this week expands our musical boundaries and joins in celebration of Black History Month with music and performances by Carlos Simon, Brice Smith, Valerie Coleman and the Imani Winds.

For our first new Sound Perimeter of 2023, U of A music professor Lia Uribe explores the motifs of absence and stereotypes, featuring music from Black Violin and Carolina Heredia.If you are having suicidal thoughts, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988, or seek support and assistance from a trained counselor. Their website is https://www.sprc.org/ for more resources

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe explores the work and performances of jazz singer and trombone soloist Aubrey Logan.

This week, Lia Uribe, associate professor and chair of the University of Arkansas Music Department, helps us kick off Women's History Month with an intentional reflection on women in music. Featuring music and performances by composers Celka Ojakangas and Anna Clyne, performed by Bantam Winds and Inbal Segev.

The latest "Sound Perimeter" highlights music of optimism while featuring composers whose works can be heard here soon.

For our first new Sound Perimeter of 2023, U of A music professor Lia Uribe explores the motifs of absence and stereotypes, featuring music from Black Violin and Carolina Heredia.If you are having suicidal thoughts, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988, or seek support and assistance from a trained counselor. Their website is https://www.sprc.org/ for more resources

Today's temperature dropped and Lia Uribe, bassoon professor at the University of Arkansas, brings a collection of music to match the winter weather. Excerpts of Einojuhani Rautavaara's "Melancholy," Astor Piazzolla's "Winter in Buenos Aires" and Billie Holiday performing Irving Berlin's "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm."

As we approach the holiday season, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe explores joyful music by American composers and celebrates sounds that bridge cultures and connect us as human beings. Featuring works and performances by Joseph Curiale, Alexis Alrich, and Orphic Percussion.

Today in Sound Perimeter, we explore the extremes paces of life through examples of solo low-string music by Zoë Keating and Adam Ben Ezra

University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe this week explores the boleros of Chopin, featuring music and performances by Pepe Rivero and Idil Biret.

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe pays tribute to composer Igor Stravinsky and poet Alfonsina Stomi with music and performances by Deborah Kavasch, Ariel Ramirez, Paradise Winds and Natalia Lafourcade.

The start of autumn is days away. University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe helps get us into the mood for fall this week with music by Imogen Holst and Astor Piazzolla.

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe shares with us a musical love letter, featuring the music of George Gershwin performed by Keith Jarrett and Amy Winehouse.

University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe is enamored with the bassoon. This week, she explores music of the bassoon and contrabassoon with music and performances by Leigh Munoz and Anthony Parnther, and composers Jenni Brandon and Dave Volpe.

During the summer, U of A Music Professor Lia Uribe traveled to various destinations, including Boise, Id., a region that is home to a large Basque population. This week, she explores Basque music with music and performances by 12-year-old South Korean violinist SoHyun Ko, joined by pianist Allison Freeman, and The Aglaia Trio: Gudrún Ólafsdóttir, mezzo-soprano, Elena Jáuregui, violin and Francisco Javier Jáuregui, guitar.

University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe is back from a summer vactaion, and she brings with her some musical postcards from her travels. Featuring music by French composer Germaine Taileferre and Thai composer Vanich Potavanich.

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe highlights the music of composers Orlando “Maraca” Valle and Errollyn Wallen, and performers Rafael Mendez Rubel and Artina McCain, all bringing new additions to the classical music repertoire.

University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe this week explores the depth of innocence. We hear music by Zinia Chan, Ensemble Francaix, and Javier Navarrete.

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe features music by Miguel del Aguila and Alyssa Morris.

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe brings us a selection of music by composers Nina Shekhar, Roberto Sierra and Rebecca Dale.