An Evening with Robert Pinsky - Point Loma Writers Symposium by the Sea 2017
b'Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky describes himself as a "composer" who considers poetry to be first and foremost a vocal art, and his work seeks to blur the distinctions between language and music by emphasizing the rhythms and innate physicality of recited verse in a jazz context. In this performance for the 22nd Writer\'s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University, Pinsky\'s reading is accompanied by a talented trio of PLNU students. The music - a blend of rehearsed and improvised - employs a variety of jazz styles, sometimes sympathetic and sometimes in playful counterpoint, but always responsive to the poet\'s distinctive voice. Series: "Writer\'s Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30820]'