Sound Perimeter

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 withou...

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,...

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 lyrica...

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.

Sound Perimeter: Maps and Memories

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.