March 17, 1999 - A profile of St. Paul composer Eric Stokes, who died in a car accident at the age of 68. Includes a portion of Composer’s Voice interview with Stokes. In a career spanning decades, Stokes wrote music built on classic American melodies which was performed by orchestras around the country. He began teaching at the University of Minnesota in 1961 where he founded the University's electronic music laboratory, and the contemporary ensemble First Minnesota Moving and Storage Warehouse Band. Stokes believed in an American rather than a European esthetic of music. Late in his career he experimented with found sounds including moving ice, seed pods, scissors and glass.
January 17, 1979 - Interview with Eric Stokes, composer and professor of music. Stokes was one of five Minnesotans that won $10,000 grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board for annual fellowships.
February 23, 1975 - MPR’s Bob Potter presents a program on a book collection of local poets titled “The Broken Glass Factory.”
August 8, 1973 - MPR’s Connie Goldman interviews Eric Stokes, Minnesota composer and assistant music professor at University of Minnesota, as he prepares the performance of his composition "Fireflies."