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'''Richard A. Dworsky''' is a [[pianist]], a [[composer]], and appears weekly on the ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'' public radio variety show from ''[[American Public Media]]'' as the resident pianist and band leader. He has released several CDs of his own instrumental music compositions, and his piano piece "A Morning With the Roses" appears on many [[Windham Hill Records]] collections, including ''Piano Sampler'', ''Windows — 25 Years of Windham Hill Piano'', and ''Windham Hill Chill — Ambient/Acoustic''. He also released a collection of solo piano arrangements of 1960s rock music titled ''[[Back to the Garden (Dworsky)|Back to the Garden]]''. |
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He composed a [[musical play|musical]] called [[The Marvelous Land of Oz (musical)|The Marvelous Land of Oz]] version of [[L. Frank Baum]]'s ''[[The Marvelous Land of Oz]]'', which was premiered by the [[Children's Theatre Company]] of [[Minneapolis]] in 1981, and was filmed for presentation on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] and [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment|MCA Video]]. He appeared on camera as the pianist and band leader in the [[Robert Altman]] film ''[[A Prairie Home Companion (film)|A Prairie Home Companion]]'' (2006), and behind the scenes served as that film's conductor, pianist, arranger, and composer. He also plays the synthesizer and the organ. He is also a melodica player. |
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Richard was born and raised in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. His sister, [[Sally Dworsky]], is a [[singer]] and [[voice actor]] and his other sister Shosh Dworsky is the assistant [[chaplain]] and [[rabbi]] at [[Carleton College]]. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/ ''A Prairie Home Companion''] |
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*[http://www.richarddworsky.com/ Official website] |
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[[Category:American Public Media]] |
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[[Category:Minnesota Public Radio]] |
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[[Category:Jewish American musicians]] |
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