Chan Poling

Composer Chan Poling's classical and contemporary jazz training inspires his songwriting for The Suburbs, the rock band he started in the late 1970s, his award-winning work for musical theater and his work with arts organizations. Poling additionally finds success teaching songwriting at MacPhail, and performing with artists from all genres, including jazz trio The New Standards.

Composer Chan Poling’s classical and contemporary jazz training inspires his songwriting for The Suburbs, the rock band he started in the late 1970s. After a decade of releasing albums, touring and trying to break into the commercial pop market, Poling put his rock-and-roll career on hold to compose for musical theater. He has composed award-winning work with esteemed playwrights, choreographers and arts organizations since the late 1980s. In addition to musical theater, Poling finds success teaching songwriting at MacPhail, and collaborating and performing with artists from all genres, including with jazz trio The New Standards as well as with the recently revived Suburbs. Special Thanks: McNally Smith College of Music MacPhail Center for Music First Avenue Cecily Marcus Kate Hujda Additional Media: Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Travis Anderson Photography V. Paul Virtucio Photography Brooke Slezak Photography History Theatre Chris Osgood John Munson Bonni McConnell Aaron Smith Michael Markos Call Your Boyfriend provided by Content Provider Director: Wyatt McDill Producer: Megan Huber Cinematographer: Brian Lundy Editor: Brett Astor Post: Pixel Farm Fairytale of New York provided by HODDER Editor: Mark Carter Director of Photography: Chris Hadland Cameras: Joah Colby, Keith Moechnig, Eric Schleicher, Chris Worlow Audio Recording and Mixing: Michael DeMark and Maury Jensen, 89.3 The Current MORE INFO: Chan Poling

Air Date 5/17/14