Author: Thomas Radford

As a senior approaching my final semester at NC State, I’ve been taking time to reflect on my college experience. And even though I’ve never considered myself much of a sports person, I’ve realized something surprising: nothing captures the spirit of the Wolfpack quite like the sound of an NC State football game. My first… Continue reading The Feeling in the Sound of NC State Football

I can’t speak for everyone, but my favorite time of year has always been fall. The leaves begin to change color, the air turns crisp, and pumpkin spice coffee takes over every local coffee shop. Walking through campus, I hear cars passing in the distance, conversations blending together, and the steady rhythm of footsteps on… Continue reading The Sound of Autumn

For the second listening party blog, I chose the song, Sing we and chaunt it by Robert Lucas Pearsall. I’ll start by saying I love music, but choral music is my favorite genre of music. This is actually called a madrigal which is a secular music composition with usually one voice for each part. I… Continue reading “Sing we and chaunt it”-Robert Lucas Pearsall

The two stories I listened to on StoryCorps.com were A Time to Speak by Jeff Dupree and David Phillips, and Two Park Rangers Recall Being the First to Clean Mt. Rushmore by Blaine Kortemeyer and Donald Hart. The first story was engaging and emotionally powerful. I listened several times, both with and without the video,… Continue reading Story Corp Blog 1