Van Dyke Parks, Oral History Highlights
Channel: Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
Date: 2023-03-16

Before working with The Beach Boys, Joanna Newsom, and The Mighty Sparrow, songwriter/composer/arranger Van Dyke Parks studied music at Carnegie Institute of Technology in the early 1960s. Parks discusses his experiences in Pittsburgh and the decisions that led him to move to California. 

[0:00] Matrimonial Gifts
[1:36] Conduit to the Arts
[2:17] Carnegie Tech
[3:34] Leaving Carnegie Tech
[7:18] Benjamin Parks
[8:15] Beyond Carnegie Tech