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The Magic of The Musical: Five Lessons — Chris Serface

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Wel­come to August’s episode of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, where host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the songs, sto­ries, and lore of the musi­cal the­atre. Tune in at 2pm slt/pacific on Sat­ur­day, August 15th for the newest episode in her “Five Lessons” sub-series where she inter­views actors, direc­tors, design­ers, dancers and oth­ers who have spent time and tal­ent in musi­cal the­atre. They share the lessons that being a part of a per­form­ing com­mu­ni­ty have taught them about life, the stage, and human­i­ty.

This “Five Lessons” episode fea­tures Cale’s inter­view with north­west actor, direc­tor, and pro­duc­er Chris Ser­face — mak­ing his sec­ond vis­it to the VCRa­dio air­waves! Join us on-the-air or at Sean­chai Library’s Ceil­u­radh Glen for today’s broad­cast.Con­tin­ue read­ing→

First Sunday — August 2026: The Sea

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At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial. That’s why we invite you to join us on the First Sun­day (usu­al­ly) after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: around an hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing — new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

This month: tune in at 2pm SLT/Pacific on Sun­day August 2nd and join Elrik Mer­lin for an hour or so of music from sev­er­al gen­res with an over­all ocean­ic theme — from Jeff Lynne to Rick Stein.

If you are in Sec­ond Life, why not enjoy the show in  scenic Ceil­i­u­radh Glen, cour­tesy of our spon­sor, Sean­chai Library —  Nowhere­ville (194, 131, 22)

Concertos At The Movies

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Sun­day, June 28th at 2:00 pm SLT, Elrik Mer­lin pre­sent­ed a live broad­cast from the per­for­mance area at Sean­chai Library, at the SL23B cel­e­bra­tions.

In keep­ing with this year’s Gold­en Age of Hol­ly­wood theme, the pro­gramme explores a fas­ci­nat­ing cor­ner of film music: orig­i­nal movie scores writ­ten in the form of minia­ture con­cer­tos.

Focus­ing pri­mar­i­ly on British cin­e­ma of the 1940s, the pro­gramme fea­tures spe­cial­ly com­posed works that brought the grandeur and dra­ma of the con­cert hall to the sil­ver screen — many of which became hits in their own right. At its heart is Richard Addin­sel­l’s endur­ing War­saw Con­cer­to, accom­pa­nied by sev­er­al of the cel­e­brat­ed “Den­ham Con­cer­ti” by com­posers includ­ing Charles Williams and Hubert Bath.

Join the live audi­ence at Sean­chai Library at SL23B:
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Blissful/215/221/21

—or lis­ten live in the UK, US, Cana­da and Mex­i­co:
https://vcradio.org/

Where Have You Been? S06E01 – Mulafell

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Wel­come to Where Have You Been Sea­son Six! This episode will be broad­cast  at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days from June 10th.

We won’t spend a lot of pre­cious time mar­veling at the won­der of the sixth year of us doing this togeth­er, for our Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio lis­ten­ers. Even after all this time, there’s still so much to explore on the Sec­ond Life Grid. That’s the best part of it. So let’s dig in!

We’re begin­ning this new sea­son with a des­ti­na­tion that com­bines a lot of dif­fer­ent appeal­ing ele­ments: explo­ration, cosy nich­es to linger in, and sub­tle nods to var­i­ous ele­ments of fan­ta­sy and fic­tion. We are vis­it­ing Mulafell, the cap­i­tal of the four-region Mulashire. The McGre­gor-Mid­night Fam­i­ly gen­er­ous­ly make their lands avail­able to res­i­dents, includ­ing the regions Mulaness, Mula­hope, and Mula­rune.

There are many love­ly cel­e­bra­tions of Mid­dle Earth in Sec­ond Life. Lovers of the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien can cer­tain­ly find plen­ty of places to appeal to their inner Elf or Hob­bit. But Mulafell has a great deal more than just that, includ­ing a train and boat rides. The cre­ators have done a ter­rif­ic job of cre­at­ing visu­al car­rots to fol­low, always lead­ing you to more. It is a delight­ful des­ti­na­tion to explore either on your own or with a friend.

Region: Mulafell, Cap­i­tal of Mulashire (Mod­er­ate)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mulafell/185/199/22
Own­er: The McGre­gor-Mid­night Fam­i­ly

Woman in a field in Second Life, playing a flute.

First Sunday — June: The Flute

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This pro­gramme went out live at 2pm SLT/Pacific on Sun­day, June 7th. It is now avail­able on Mix­cloud.

At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial. That’s why we invite you to join us on the First Sun­day (usu­al­ly) after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: around an hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing — new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

This month: Every civ­i­liza­tion has its flutes — rang­ing from small whis­tle-like flutes, to the com­plex con­cert flutes of the clas­si­cal sym­pho­ny orches­tra. Some flutes have wan­dered into folk music and even rock and roll. In this mon­th’s First Sun­day, Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the music of flutes from around the globe and across time.

If you are in Sec­ond Life, why not enjoy the show in  scenic Ceil­i­u­radh Glen, cour­tesy of our spon­sor, Sean­chai Library —  Nowhere­ville (194, 131, 22)

TMoTM: S05E02 — We Dance!

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Orig­i­nal­ly broad­cast Sat­ur­day May 16th at 2pm SLT/Pacific -

Wel­come to The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal – on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio – where we explore the blend­ing of music and dra­ma fea­tur­ing the songs, his­to­ry and lore of the musi­cal the­ater with host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er.

Last sea­son we explored fairy tales on the musi­cal the­atre stage. In that episode we passed over one notable pro­duc­tion: “Once on this Island.”  Inspired in part by Hans Chris­t­ian Andersen’s “The Lit­tle Mer­maid” and based on Rosa Guy’s nov­el “My Love, My Love,” this unique one-act musi­cal by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Fla­her­ty is a Calyp­so-fla­vored fairy tale explor­ing themes of love, prej­u­dice, and hope. Be ready to dance!

First Sunday — May: Music for Beltane

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At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial. That’s why we invite you to join us on the First Sun­day (usu­al­ly) after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: around an hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing — new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

It’s May Day week­end and the Celtic Fire Fes­ti­val of Beltane has just passed. Elrik Mer­lin presents an hour or so of music for Beltane — includ­ing, but not lim­it­ed to, Celtic-inspired pieces.

This pro­gramme will go out live at 2pm SLT/Pacific on Sun­day, May 3rd.

If you are in Sec­ond Life, why not enjoy the show in  scenic Ceil­i­u­radh Glen, cour­tesy of our spon­sor, Sean­chai Library — www.seanchailibrary.com, Nowhere­ville (194, 131, 22)

TMoTM: S05E01 — Musical Questions

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SATURDAY April 18th at 2pm SLT/Pacific - Wel­come to Sea­son 5 of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal - where host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the songs, sto­ries, and lore of the musi­cal the­atre.

What kind of fool am I? Why would a fel­la want a girl like her? What do the sim­ple folk do?

These are all exam­ples of songs in the inter­rog­a­tive case al la musi­cal the­ater. Join Cale­do­nia as she kicks off the newest sea­son of our pop­u­lar orig­i­nal series, The Mag­ic of the Musi­cal with “Musi­cal Ques­tions.”

Tune in here!

First Sunday — April: Spring!

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At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial. That’s why we invite you to join us on the First Sun­day (usu­al­ly) after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: one hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing — new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

April’s first Sun­day has arrived, along with a new sea­son. Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er wel­comes spring with lyri­cal orches­tral music and just a bit of poet­ry on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio.

This pro­gramme is now avail­able on Mix­cloud.

Note that this pro­gramme will go out at 3pm SLT/Pacific on Sun­day, not the usu­al 2pm.

If you are in Sec­ond Life, why not enjoy the show in  scenic Ceil­i­u­radh Glen with our spon­sor, Sean­chai Library — www.seanchailibrary.com, Nowhere­ville (194, 131, 22)

First Sunday — March: Beatles By Arrangement

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At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial. That’s why we invite you to join us at 2pm SLT on the First Sun­day (usu­al­ly) after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: one hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing — new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

Bea­t­les by Arrange­ment is our theme for March, curat­ed this month by Elrik Mer­lin. This pro­gramme is now avail­able on Mix­cloud.

The songs of Lennon and McCart­ney have inspired count­less artists over the decades, and many of those rein­ter­pre­ta­tions have tak­en on a life of their own. In this pro­gramme, we explore an hour of some of the finest — and most intrigu­ing — cov­ers, with a par­tic­u­lar focus on instru­men­tal and orches­tral ren­di­tions.

Expect imag­i­na­tive con­tri­bu­tions rang­ing from George Mar­tin (of course!) and San­tana to Per­cy Faith — and even Sean Con­nery.

Join us on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio on Sun­day, March 1st at 2pm SLT (Pacif­ic) for a rich and var­ied jour­ney through Bea­t­les clas­sics — by arrange­ment.

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