Sound Beat: Access Audiobook 'King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic'
Libraries’ Sound Beat: Access Audio recently released the audiobook “King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic” written by Christopher Catroppa ’22 on its website . This retelling of the king’s tale portrays Arthur as a young man gazing into his own future toward a quest that will change everything he knows about life and love. The audiobook production was the result of the author’s year-long internship. Catroppa graduated from the .
The audiobook was read by Price Waldman and produced by Brett Barry, Christopher Catroppa and Jim O’Connor. The music score was written by John Vallely with creative consultation by . Doyle, nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, has composed numerous film scores including Henry V, Hamlet and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, to name a few. He was commissioned by Buckingham Palace to compose the Coronation March for Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Consort, to take place on May 6, 2023.
Funding was provided, in part, by the InclusiveU program. The audiobook is . Catroppa is planning to write a follow-up book.
About Sound Beat: Access Audio:
is part of the Special Collections Research Center at Libraries. Sound Beat, both the 90-second interstitials and the longer format Sound Beat: Access Audio, provide opportunities to incorporate applied learning for students. Sound Beat: Access Audio projects include narrated journals and documentary-style pieces. Student interns help to research and write Sound Beat episode scripts and serve as production assistants for Access Audio. These interns come from a wide range of programs on campus, including through our project partner , which provides support and opportunities for students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities.
