SynGuru
aka Dr. Thomas L. Rhea
Electronic Music Historian, Musician, Author & Teacher
Interviews
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"The Art of the Theremin" Episode - Camera Three 28'27" - May 28, 1978
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Produced and Directed by Roger Englander - Aired on WCBS in New York City​
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In Cooperation with the New York State Education Department
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A Production of Robert and Shirleigh Moog
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​University of Maryland - Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library - Digital Collections​
With thanks to: John R. Davis, Curator - Special Collections in Performing Arts
- Clara Rockmore, Theremin - Nadia Reisenberg, Piano
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Robert Sherman, Host - Bob Moog and Thomas Rhea, Invited Guests
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Ralf Bode, Videographer - Video restoration by Matt Traum​​
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- Clara Rockmore, Theremin - Nadia Reisenberg, Piano
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Electronic and Computer Music - SCISTAR Interactive Educational Television Network series:
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On The Shoulders of Giants 57'12" - Talcott Mountain Center for School Involvement - 03/13/1989​
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Video: Principals L-R - Dr. Donald P. La Salle, Host - Dr. Robert A. Moog - Dr. Thomas L. Rhea
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Painstaking video/audio reconstruction by Matt Traum​
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A History of Early Electronic Musical Instruments 86'46" - WPI - Worcester MA - 21 March 1995
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Public lecture sponsored by the Music Department of Worcester Polytechnic Institute​
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Illustrated with slides and audio examples (The only known video of this lecture I gave many times!)
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Guest Speaker Dr. Tom Rhea - Dr. Frederick W. Bianchi, Director of Music Technology Research
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Yeoman Video & Audio restoration by Matt Traum​
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Tom Rhea Interview by Irwin Chusid Regarding Raymond Scott - March 27 & 29, 1997
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Irwin Chusid administers the Raymond Scott and Sun Ra musical estates, and is a journalist, radio
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personality (WFMU), music historian, record producer, and self-described "landmark preservationist"
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Interview of Bebe Barron of Forbidden Planet Film Fame 69'32" - Los Angeles, CA - August 12, 1998
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by Tom Rhea - (Videography by David Kean)​
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Master of the Trautonium - Heard on All Things Considered - National Public Radio - March 1, 2002​
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Audio interview of Tom Rhea - Via telephone at Berklee College of Music - Boston MA 4'22"
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Leslie J. Nicholas, Electronic Design Assistant 39'54" Estey Development Team - September 28, 2002​
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Discussion includes Estey Organ Electronics Lab 1955-1960 during the tenure of Harald Bode
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By Tom Rhea with Georg Steinmeyer - Peer Bode, Videography
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Georg and Hanne Steinmeyer Video Interview 30'40" - September 29, 2002
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Georg Steinmeyer - A Principal Founder of the Estey Organ Museum in Brattleboro, Vermont​
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Topics for discussion include the electronic organ(s) developed by Harald Bode for the Estey Company
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By Dr. Tom Rhea - Peer Bode, Videography
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A Life for Sound: The Inventor Harald Bode and Electronic Music 53'40" - October 17, 2009
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Radio Documentary by Caspar Abocab - Documentary in German - German Script
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English voices: Harald Bode, Ralf Bode, Peer Bode, Dr. Thomas Rhea - Voiceovers of English Voices in German by: Johannes Steck, Thomas Loibl, Rahel Comtesse, Burchard Dabinnus, Andreas Neumann, Walter von Hauff - Voices in German: Irmgard Bode, Georg and Hanne Steinmeyer, Werner Meyer-Eppler, Robert Beyer, Günter Bialas, Harald Bode, Ralf Bode and others. - (Audio file below starts with moment of silence.)​​
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Rendezblue Time Cycle Art Festival 2009
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Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College - New York​
- Harald Bode's Vocoder and Its Musical Legacy 55'27" - February 7, 2009
- By Thomas L. Rhea, PhD - Peer Bode, Videography - Don Metz, Coordinator/Host
- Audio restoration & video enhancement by Matt Traum, Patchman Music​
- By Thomas L. Rhea, PhD - Peer Bode, Videography - Don Metz, Coordinator/Host
- Harald Bode's Vocoder and Its Musical Legacy 55'27" - February 7, 2009
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National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Oral History Interview of Tom Rhea 60'05"
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By Dan Del Fiorentino, NAMM Music Historian - ​North Grafton, MA - October 16, 2011​
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Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines, and Mystery of Raymond Scott
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Movie Theater Film Premiere - Quad Cinema, New York City - July 13, 2012
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Stan Warnow, Director - Jeff E. Winner, Co-Producer - Isil Bagdadi, CAVU Pictures​
- Thomas L. Rhea - Herbert A. Deutsch - Presenters and Panelists
- DVD Supplement - Tom Rhea on Raymond Scott Clavivox​ 1'15"
- Vimeo Video Trailer for Deconstructing Dad 6'16" - DVD available
- Thomas L. Rhea - Herbert A. Deutsch - Presenters and Panelists
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Imagination and Innovation: The World of Raymond Scott - WZBC Radio - November 16. 2012
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Brian Carpenter, Producer & Host - Part 6 - Manhattan Research, Inc. (1950-1969) 60'55"​
- Brian Carpenter, Producer and Host - with Tom Rhea, Jeff Winner, and Brian Dewan
- Brian Carpenter, Producer & Host - Parts 1-6 - WZBC Boston College Radio 90.3 FM, Chestnut Hill, MA​
- Brian Carpenter with: Irwin Chusid, Jeff Winner, David Harrington, Brian Dewan, ​
- J. G. Thirlwell, DJ Spooky, Daniel Goldmark, Will Friedwald, Paul Miller, and Tom Rhea
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The Everything ARP Symposium - David Friend Recital Hall, Berklee College of Music - Nov 7, 2015​​
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Fetes, Interviews and panel discussions honoring Alan R. Pearlman, founder of ARP synthesizers
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Creating the Market for ARP Synthesizers - Part One 14'36" - Part Two 17'09" - Part Three 8'45"
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L-R: Michael Brigida - Tom Piggott - David Frederick - Tom Rhea, Moderator​
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Continuous Pitch-Space Instruments 52'59" - Inaugural ContinuuCon - Asheville, NC - 9-11 June 2016
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A 3 Day Celebration of the Haken Continuum: Talks, Workshops, Jams, Demonstrations, Dinners​
- Talk With Video and Audio Examples by Dr. Tom Rhea - Berklee College of Music
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Rewiring Raymond Scott - Radio Documentary BBC 3 - Sunday Feature December 22, 2019
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Dan Shepherd, Producer: Far Shoreline Productions - Ken Hollings, Author/Host - (start @ 1'58")
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With thanks to Marr Sound Archives, University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)​
- Tom Rhea et al, Interviewees
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The Art of the Sound Physiker: A Conversation About Harald Bode 120'15" 2021
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ZKM Center for Art and Media - Karlsruhe, Germany - July 13, 2021 - Via Zoom Meeting​
- Tom Rhea - Peer Bode - Rebekkah Palov - Felix Mittelberger, Archivist ZKM - Panelists
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Video Interviews of Tom Rhea
Interviews by Immanuel Brockhaus - August 2016
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I Knew David Van Koevering 6'28"- Video Recollection by Tom Rhea 2018