Students from the television department received hands-on experience last spring, as the college launched “MusiciansStudio,” a series of hour-long interviews with musicians and music-industry insiders. The program was taped before a live audience in the Music Center, and aired on local PBS station WYCC last spring.

Hosted by DownBeat magazine editor Frank Alkyer, “MusiciansStudio” featured interviews with punk rock pioneer Bob Mould, jazz trumpeter and conductor Jon Faddis, and blues singer Shemekia Copeland, among others. The program began production in March 2006.

The show’s one-on-one, conversational format offers an intimate look into the minds of these musicians, and insight into how they succeeded in the evolving and complex music business.