Dr. Michael Varner Oral History
Object number2019.001.0130
Date11/12/2019
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Dr. Michael Varner
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.mov file)
DimensionsDuration: 16 Minutes
Terms
- Oral histories
- Music
- Childhood
- Assassination
- Pop Culture
- Kennedy, John F.
- Martinez, Jesus
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
- University of Texas at Arlington
- Dallas
- Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
- History of 411 Elm Street and The Sixth Floor Museum (OHC)
- Childhood Recollections (OHC)
- Popular Culture (OHC)
- Artists (OHC)
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Michael Varner. A composer and musician, Varner is Director of Percussion at the University of Texas at Arlington. One of his works, "Stars in the Heart," inspired by the Kennedy assassination, premiered at The Sixth Floor Museum in 2019.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 12, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fourteen minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryThe premiere of Dr. Michael Varner's "Stars in the Heart" at The Sixth Floor Museum may be found here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/67539. It was part of an anniversary program at the Museum on November 21, 2019 that also included "Metallic Origami" by Dr. Robert Frank and the premiere of the film score, "3 Hours in Dallas," by Jesus Martinez.
Dr. Varner returned to the Museum to perform as a percussionist in an ensemble for the Jesus Martinez anniversary program, "Echoes from a Memory," on November 16, 2023. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
