Producer/Composer EDWARD BARNES takes a deep dive into the song SOMEWHERE from “West Side Story”, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Featuring vintage film clips, recordings and an animated explanation of the music and lyrics, Barnes shows how the song was first created and why it’s become one of the most iconic songs of the American musical theater.

Songbook Station Host EDWARD BARNES is a composer/lyricist/producer whose work has been seen around the world, including productions on and offBroadway, at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, L.A. Opera, Royal Welsh National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Children's Theater Company of Minneapolis, on the ShKBoom/Ghostlight and Parma/Naxos record labels, shows for SiriusXM and WYNC radio and many more. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, he is currently on the faculty of the Juilliard School.

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