>> END OF MY SHIFT TO HAVE PATIENTS HOLDING HANDS AND SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.

I HAVE WORKED AT THIS HOSPITAL AND BEEN HERE 20 PLUS YEARS.

>> WE HAVE INCREASED PATIENT LOAD, WE HAVE NURSES SHORTAGE, IT HAS BEEN TOUGH.

WE WANT NURSES OUT THERE TO KNOW IT IS A NICE PLACE TO WORK AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT.

IF THEY WANT TO JOIN, WE ARE HERE TO HELP THEM.

>> TONIGHT ON RHODE ISLAND PBS WEEKLY, >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SHIPS THAT WILL BE IN SERVICE AND PROTECT OUR NATION THROUGH 2080.

IN MANY RESPECTS THEY WILL CARRY US THROUGH THE NEXT GENERATION AND MORE.

>> THEY UNITED STATES NAVY WANT TO SHOW SHIPPING SCREECH DELIVER A CLEAR MESSAGE.

>> WE WANT CHINA TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY AND SAY THEY DON'T WANT INVADE TAIWAN.

THAT WE DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP AND START SOMETHING WITH THE U.S. NAVY.

>> EVERYBODY LESS COSCO MUSIC BUT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET.

I GREW UP TO LISTEN TO FILM SCORES AND POPULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY, BARBRA STREISAND, FRANK SINATRA, ALL OF THESE FOLKS WAS A GATEWAY INTO BEETHOVEN AND BRAHMS AND MOZART.

THESE TO THE REAL MASTERS.

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO RHODE ISLAND PBS WEEKLY.

I AM PAMELA WATTS.

MICHELLE: THE WESTERN ALLIANCE INTERFERES MILITARILY.

ADDING TO ALL OF THAT, RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP, A CONCERN TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY.

LAWMAKERS SAY THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A WAKE-UP CALL THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BOLSTER THE UNITED STATES AT SEA.

BUILDING UP ITS PALA FORCE IS A PRESSING ISSUE AS IT FACES INCREASED COMPETITION AT SEA.

THE NAVY IS EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS ABOUT DISCUSSING ITS WORK, MUCH OF IT IS CLASSIFIED.

AFTER ALL, LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS.

>> WE DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE DO BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE FRIENDLY TO OUR NATION.

>> THE UNITED STATES NAVY'S SUBMARINE FORCE IS OFTEN CALLED THE SILENT SERVICE.

EVERY DAY, SUBMARINERS ARE DEPLOYED AROUND THE WORLD ON CLASSIFIED MISSIONS UNDER SEES.

READY IF NECESSARY TO LAUNCH LISTED MISSILES.

>> WE WANT TO BE THE FORCE THAT NO ONE MESSES WITH.

YOU WANT TO BE THE MIKE TYSON PERSON THAT IF THE PERSON IS THERE TO CAUSE TROUBLE TO IS LOOKING AROUND, YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK -- CAUSE TROUBLE WITH.

>> HE IS THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE WARFARE CENTER'S NEWPORT DIVISION.

>> YOU THINK THESE MISSILES ARE OUT HERE AND THEY ARE TERRIBLE WEAPONS THAT NO ONE WANTS TO USE.

AS A RESULT OF OUR PRESENCE BEING THAT OUT THERE, IT HAS MAINTAINED THAT PIECE OF A DECADE SINCE THE INITIAL USE IN WORLD WAR II.

>> HE ESTIMATES HE SPENDS SIX TO EIGHT YEARS UNDERWATER ON VARIOUS SEA TOURS.

HE IS WORKING WITH SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS OF THE NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER WHERE THE DEVELOPING THE TECHNOLOGY USED INSIDE OF THE NAVY'S UNDERWATER VESSELS.

RON BEAN IS THE CENTERS TECHNICAL DIRECTOR BEEN.

>> MOST OF US DON'T WEAR THE UNIFORM.

THERE ABOUT TWO DOZEN ACTIVE MILITARY UNIFORMS HERE.

WE DON'T WEAR THE UNIFORM, BUT WE HELP DEFEND THE NATION.

I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE JUST AS COMMITTED AS THOSE WHO WEAR UNIFORM.

>> DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES AT SEA IS NO SMALL ENDEAVOR.

ABOUT 71% OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE IS COVERED IN WATER.

THE NAVY IS EXPANDING ITS FLEET TO MAINTAIN WHAT IT IS DESCRIBING AS U.S. MARITIME SUPREME DESPERATE SUPERIORITY.

IT IS BIG BUSINESS FOR SEVEN NEW ENGLAND WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS WELL UNDERWAY AT ELECTRIC BOAT.

THE NAVY'S PRIMARY SUBMARINE BUILDER.

THE HEAD OF OPERATIONS AT THE COMPANIES FACILITY.

>> IS A TERMINUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY IN THIS BOAT.

WE HAVE BEEN IN A -- PROBABLY SEE A LOT OF WORK ON THE HORIZON.

>> FOR THEM WHO SEE THE HIRING, THE EXCITEMENT ON WORKING ON THE PROJECTS IS PALPABLE.

>> EVERYONE THINGS ABOUT SHIPBUILDING IS JUST BEING WELDERS OR ELECTRICIANS AND MANY OF THOSE, BUT WE HAVE IN THOUSANDS OF ENGINEERS AND DESIGNERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND DOCTORS AND NURSES AND WE ARE GROWING EVERYWHERE.

>> IN RECENT YEARS, THOUGH NAVY HAS AWARDED 11 MILLION BOAT CONTRACTS TO BUILD SOME RAIN.

-- SUBMARINES.

ELECTRIC BOAT BEGAN BUILDING THEM IN THE LATE 90'S.

>> THEY CAN MAP TRANSIT MINEFIELDS, INSERT SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES SO THAT THE ADVERSARY DOES NOT KNOW THAT SEALS ARE COMING ONTO THEIR BEACH.

>> TO REPLACE THE AGING SUBS, ELECTRIC BOAT BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THE NAVY'S NEWEST SUBMARINE CLASS.

THE COLUMBIA CLASS BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE.

ELECTRIC BOAT PLANS TO BUILD 12 OF THEM FOR THE NAVY.

>> THE ROLE OF THE ELASTIC -- THE SIMMERING IS A STRATEGIC RESPONSE FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD THREATEN WITH STRATEGIC OR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

>> BUILDING THESE WOULD ALL REQUIRE THEM TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES THAN THEY HAD IN DECADES.

IN THE MID-1970'S THEY HAD 26,000 EMPLOYEES.

MANY OF THOSE JOBS WERE LOST OVER THE YEARS.

THAT IS CHANGING THANKS TO CONTRACTS WITH THE NAVY.

>> WE ARE IN THAT GROWTH MODE TODAY AT 17,500 PEOPLE.

CONTINUING TO CLIMB UNTIL WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING AND FACILITIES SUPPORT FULL RATE PRODUCTION ON BOTH VIRGINIA AND COLUMBIA.

>> LAST YEAR THEY HIRED MORE THAN 550 PEOPLE TO HIRE HERE -- WORK HERE.

THEY PLAN TO HIRE ANOTHER 1500 PEOPLE TO WORK AT THE SITE.

IT'S SHIPYARD IN CONNECTICUT IS ALSO EXPANDING.

>> WITH MORE PEOPLE COMES THE NEED FOR MORE SPACE.

THIS TIME LAPSE VIDEO SHOWS SOME OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE AT THAT POINT.

>> THEY ARE INVESTING MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS TO UPGRADE AND EXPAND AND MODERNIZE ELECTRIC BOAT FACILITIES OVER THE NEXT DECADE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE SPACE AND THE FACILITIES THAT WE NEED TO -- COMPLETE THAT WORK.

>> WORK ALL BOILS DOWN TO SEA POWER.

THE NAVY WANTS TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO OTHER NAVAL POWERS INCLUDING RUSSIA AND THE COUNTRY WITH THE LARGEST NAVY IN THE WORLD, CHINA.

>> HAS TO BE A GREAT SENSE OF URGENCY AS WE BOTH SIT HERE TO SAY WE REALLY NEED TO RAMP UP OUR FLEET AND DO IT QUICKLY.

>> ABSOLUTELY BEAR THE CHINESE NAVY IS LOOKING TO BE UP AT NIGHT.

WHAT GIVES ME THE MOTIVATION THAT WE DO OUR JOBS AS BEST AS WE CAN.

AS YOU SAID, THEY ARE GETTING BIGGER AND OUR PLATFORM WAS BIGGER THAN OUR NAVY AND AIR GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

>> ACCORDING TO A 2020 DEPARTMENT OF -- DEFENSE REPORT, THEY HAVE 350 SHIPS COMPARED TO THE UNITED STATES WHICH HAD ABOUT 293 SHIPS IN EARLY 2020.

>> AS HE NOTICED A STILL HAVE THE BEST NAVY IN THE WORLD?

>> I WOULD STILL SAY THAT THE U.S. HAS THE BEST ONE.

UNITED STATES HAS THE ADVANTAGE IN THE UNDERSEA DOMAIN.

WE ARE SEEING THE THREATS COME IN FROM OTHER NATIONS AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN UNDERSEA WARFARE.

IT IS NOT JUST CHINA.

RUSSIA ALSO HAS A VERY CAPABLE PLATFORM BUT THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE IN NUMBERS.

BOTH EAST COAST AND WEST COAST CHALLENGES GOOD.

>> THOSE CHALLENGES ARE IN PART UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER AND HE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1987.

>> I WAS HERE WHEN RUSSIA WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN THE EARLY 90'S.

AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A BIG REDUCTION IN FOCUSING OR SPENDING IN THE UNDERSEA DOMAIN.

WE DID SEE REDUCTIONS IN.

>> THE TIDE IS CHANGING.

MOLLY DONAHUE WANTS TO ENSURE THEY MAINTAIN THEIR UNDERSEA ADVANTAGE.

>> THE DEFENSE CLUSTER HERE HAS BEEN GROWING AND GROWING STRONG.

WE NEVER SHUT DOWN AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FOR THE NEEDS OF THE PARTNER OF THE PARTNER THE NAVY.

>> SHE IS THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY ALLIANCE KNOWN AS -- THE ORGANIZATION IS HELPING THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY BUILD ITS LABOR FORCE.

>> ARE CHARGES MAKE SURE WE HAVE TRAINED EMPLOYEES TODAY, BUT BUILD THE PIPELINE OF EMPLOYEES FOR TOMORROW.

THEY DEMAND IS GOING WELL THROUGH THE 20 30'S.

WE NEED THIS WORKFORCE AND IT IS COMING LOCALLY.

>> THE STAFF HAVE PREPARED HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WITH INTERNSHIPS INCLUDING FAITH LEONARD.

SHE IS STUDYING ENGINEERING AND ECONOMICS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND AND THAT -- PLANS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY.

>> I LOVE THE RESEARCH AND DESIGN SIDE OF THINGS AND I STARTED TAKING SONAR CLASSES THIS YEAR AND IT'S IN OUR% ACOUSTIC STUFF TO ME IS VERY INTERESTING.

IT IS ALWAYS DEVELOPING AND WITH THE EVENTS THERE IS ALWAYS JOBS.

I WILL ALWAYS BE EMPLOYABLE.

>> YOU ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT FINDING A JOB EXTERIOR GRADUATE?

>> NOT AT ALL.

SHE FEELS FORTUNATE WHEN SHE CONSIDERS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST IN THE DEFENSE SECTOR AND WANTS TO SEE MORE WOMEN JOIN HER.

>> MY THOUGHT PROCESSES OF AIKEN DO SOMETHING WITH THE BOYS ARE DOING THAT IS AWESOME AND WITH HER NOT BEING A LOT OF WOMEN I WANT TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN -- GIRLS THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN ME TO DO GET -- GET INTO STUFF LIKE THIS.

>> SHE WANTS TO SEE MORE WOMEN WORKING IN DEFENSE.

>> IT ALSO GOES BACK TO REACHING INTO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND SHOWING THEM THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS FUN.

IT IS ONE THING TO SAY LEARN MATH, TELL ME WHAT I CAN DO WITH IT THAT IS CREATIVE AND SPARK MY INTEREST AND SAY WHOA, THAT IS WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO GOING FORWARD.

>> ELECTRIC BOAT IS COUNTING ON THAT YOUNG ENTHUSIASM.

THEY SAY THE COMPANY EXPECTS TO REACH PEAK HIRING IN LESS THAN A DECADE.

>> IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHO IS THAT?

THAT IS MY DAUGHTER IN THIRD GRADE.

THAT IS HOW -- AND WHO WE HAVE TO HIRE IN 2029.

PART OF MY TEAM IS FOCUSING ON HOW HOW DO WE GIVE PEOPLE TO SHAWN THAT WE NEEDS TODAY, BUT HOW DO WE REACH BACK INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS?

WHEN YOU TAKE A REALLY LONG TERM VIEW, WE NEED TO WORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2040.

THIS PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN BORN YET.

>> MOST OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IS CLASSIFIED.

MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE A SECURITY CLEARANCE AND ALL ARE REQUIRED TO BE U.S. CITIZENS.

>> IF YOU WANT TO WORK ON U.S. NAVY SUBMARINES, WE HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU.

IF YOU ARE AN EXPERIENCED PERSON WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE, WE WILL TRAIN YOU.

WE HAVE FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIPS SET UP WHERE WE WILL HIRE YOU AS AN EMPLOYEE AND WE WILL SEND YOU TO SCHOOL TO EARN THOSE SKILLS BEFORE YOU EVEN COME AND SET FOOT ON THE FACTORY FLOOR.

>> THE SKILLS ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE AS THE INDUSTRY KEEPS EVOLVING.

>> 10 OR 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY LOOKING LIKE?

>> I THINK IT WILL BE STRONG IN THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SEE TODAY.

THERE'LL BE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT IS MORE EMBEDDED IN IT.

WE WILL STILL BE BUILDING SUBMARINES, STILL BE BILLING SYSTEMS ON IT.

>> THE USE OF UNMANNED VEHICLES IS GROWING AND WE HAVE SEEN EXTENSIVE GROWTH IN THE AIR DOMAIN WITH CREDITOR AND GLOBAL HOCK AND IT BEING USED, BUT WE HAVE DEFINITELY SEND ON -- INCREASED GROWTH IN UNDERSEA AS WELL.

>> THE WORK IT IS DOING NOW HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT.

>> WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN ADVANTAGE IN THE UNDERSEA DOMAIN.

THE ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE IS CERTAINLY SHRUNK, SO WHAT DO WE DO TO CONTINUE TO GET THAT ADVANTAGE?

>> WE WONT CHINA TO WAKE UP EVERYDAY AND SAY WE DO NOT WANT TO INVADE TAIWAN.

TODAY IS NOT THE DAY I WANT TO START ANYTHING WITH THE U.S. NAVY.

>> NEXT, IT MAY BE EARLY SPRING, BUT SUMMER MUSIC SERIES ARE ALREADY LINING UP.

THE NEWPORT FULL AND JAZZ FESTIVAL IN JULY AS DO OUTDOOR FESTIVALS BY THE PHILHARMONIC.

TAKING THE -- BATON ONCE AGAIN FOR THE SUMMER POPS IS MAESTRO TROY QUINN AS WE FIRST REPORTED LAST SEPTEMBER, HE IS A CONDUCTOR WITH A SURPRISING RESUME.

MEET THE MUSIC MAN WITH RHODE ISLAND ROOTS.

>> THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD THE RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC I WAS 18.

THAT WAS THE FIRST ORCHESTRA I EVER HEARD LIVE.

IF I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY VISCERAL FORCE IN IT, MY ATTENTION AND THEY REALLY HAD ASPIRATIONS TO ACTUALLY BE A CONDUCTOR FROM THAT MOMENT ON AND SAID IT WOULD BE GREAT TO COME BACK HERE ONE DAY AND CONDUCT.

>> THAT ANSWER ON -- INSPIRATIONAL OMINOUS SEGMENT FULL-CIRCLE.

CONNECTICUT NATIVE'S THIS YEAR'S CONDUCTOR OF THE RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC SUMMER POPS.

HE IS LEADING SOME OF THE VERY PROFESSORS WHO WERE ONCE HIS MUSIC TEACHERS.

IN THIS MAJOR ROLE REVERSAL, IT IS A DELICATE BALANCE OF THE BATON TO EARN THEIR RESPECT.

>> I AM NOT TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO OR ABOVE THEM, WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO HAVE ONE OPINION OR WE WOULD HAVE 80 DISSENTING OPINIONS ON HOW THINGS SHOULD GO OVER THE TEMPO.

MY PHILOSOPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO BE INTERGENIC -- ENERGETIC, THE MUSIC SPEAK THROUGH ME.

THE ONLY WAY I CAN DO THAT IS FOR OTHER FOLKS TO BE INSPIRED ENOUGH TO PLAY THEIR BEST.

I DON'T MAKE A SOUND.

THE CONDUCTORS MAKE A SOUND.

I AM LESS LIKE A TRAFFIC COP AND MORE LIKE HOPEFULLY A MUSICAL, SPIRITUAL GURU WHERE I AM LEADING EVERYBODY TO THE END RESULT THAT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE COME ON BOARD WITH THAT.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE WITH THESE GREAT MUSICIANS THAT I LOOKED UP TO MY WHOLE CAREER.

THAT IS SPECIAL FOR ME TO THEN BE MAKING MUSIC WITH THEM AS AN EQUAL.

>> EQUAL AND IRONIC.

HIS PATH TO THE PODIUM WAS ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL.

>> IS A VERY FUNNY STORY.

THE WELL-KEPT SECRET WAS THAT I DID NOT EVEN READ MUSIC AND SO I GOT TO COLLEGE.

PRETTY LATE BY MOST STANDARDS.

I DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE NOTES WHERE BID.

I WORD BY ROTE AND I PLAY BY EAR.

>> HE WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO OTHER TALENTS.

>> I WOULD HAVE A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP BUT I WAS DETERMINED ENOUGH.

I KNEW I HAD THAT YEAR AND THE MENTALITY AND THE MIND AND THE HUMBLE GIFTS.

I DID KNOW HOW TO USE THEM YET.

THAT IS WHERE THESE MENTORS AND TEACHERS DEVELOPED MY CAREER AND I HAD TO DO IT.

FOR ME, IT IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE AIR WE BREATHE.

>> HE FOUGHT -- MAJORED IN VOCALS AND MINORED IN.

THEY LEARN TO PLAY THE PIANO ALONG THE WAY AND EARNED A DOCTORATE IN CONDUCTING.

>> ANOTHER UNUSUAL PIECE OF THE QUEST TO BECOME A CONDUCTOR, HE HAS A MEMBER OF STAGE AND SCREEN CREDITS TO HIS NAME.

HOLLYWOOD MOVIE THEMES IS A WINK TO QUINN'S CAREER.

>> IS IT TRUE THAT YOU ARE THE STAND-IN FOR SHYLA BUT FOR AN INDIANA JONES MOVIE?

>> WAS AND IT IS TRUE, BUT IT WAS MY FIVE MINUTES OF HOLLYWOOD FAME.

IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE AND I HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY WORK FOR A MINUTE WITH HARRISON FORD ON A MOTORCYCLE AFTER THIS CRASH SCENE IN THE MOVIE WHERE FOR WHATEVER REASON, SHIA LABEOUF WAS NOT READY TO COME UP.

IT WAS SO INTENSE BECAUSE I'M REDOING THE SCENE FOR A MINUTE WHEN SPIELBERG IS YELLING ACTION AND HARRISON WENT INTO CHARACTER.

HE WAS SO INTENSE I ALMOST COULDN'T LOOK AT HIM BECAUSE HE WAS WHAT I WOULD SAY, WHAT I TRY TO EPITOMIZE WHEN I'M IN THE CONCERT HALL.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT ZONE.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATING BUT FUN NONETHELESS.

>> ANOTHER FUN YET SURREAL MOMENT WAS PERFORMING ON TO HER WITH THE ROLLING STONES.

>> IT WAS A RUSH.

YOU GOT AN IDEAL OF WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A ROCK STAR WITH PEOPLE THROWING THINGS ON STAGE AND GOING WHILE BEING A DIFFERENT WORLD FROM BRAHMS AND RACHMANINOFF AND BEETHOVEN.

IF THE GREAT THING ABOUT MUSIC.

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD A BAR OF MUSIC IN MY LIFE BUT I SURE DID FEEL IT.

>> IN THAT THEORY IS FEEDING A MOVEMENT TO HELP DRAW YOUNGER AUDIENCES TO THE SYMPHONY BY BLENDING CLASSICAL WITH A COMMERCIAL POP SOUND.

>> WE DO HAVE THE COURAGE TO PUT OUT THESE HYBRID PROGRAMS.

IN MY OTHER ORCHESTRAS AND ALONG WITH THE PHILHARMONIC, ONE OF THE INITIATIVES IS TO TRY AND REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

IF THAT IS THERE A JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE, GREAT.

IF THAT IS THROUGH A DANNY ELFMAN SCORE, IF THAT IS THROUGH LADY GAGA,.

MAYBE THEY WILL ALSO HEAR SOMETHING MORE CLASSICAL ON THE PROGRAM.

IT IS EXPOSURE TO MUSIC.

EVERYBODY LOVES CLASSICAL MUSIC, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET.

THAT WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE WITH MYSELF.

I GREW UP LISTENING TO FILM SCORES AND POPULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY, AND BARBARA RICE THREAT STREISAND, FRANK SINATRA ALL OF THESE FOLKS.

THAT WAS A GATEWAY INTO BEETHOVEN AND BRAHMS AND MOZART AND I THOUGHT WOW, THESE ARE THE REAL MASTERS.

QUINN ADMITS HE DOES GET SOME PUSHBACK FROM CLASSICAL MUSIC PURISTS WHO PREFER A TRADITIONAL PROGRAM.

>> ALL THE TIME.

IT IS A MINORITY.

MY PROGRAMMING IS FAIRLY CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE WE WENDING -- WE ARE BLENDING MULTIPLE GENRES AND TRYING TO REACH THE MOST AMOUNT OF VOTES THAT WE CAN.

THIS IS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES.

BERNSTEIN DID THIS WITH HIS CONCERTS AND WOULD BREAK DOWN THE CORDS OF BEATLES TUNE AND RELATE THAT TO STRAVINSKY.

I THINK THE WAY WE APPROACH IT NOW HAS CHANGED.

NOT THE ACTUAL CONTENT.

WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING.

WHEN GENRES AND IT REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE.

NOW WE DOING IT THROUGH MUSIC OF THE DAY.

PAMELA: AT THE END OF THE DAY, QUINN WELCOMES OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM ON POPULAR TV SHOWS.

HE HAS APPEARED ON THE VOICE EMPLOYEE AND RECORDED WITH STARS LIKE JENNIFER HUDSON.

QUINN'S FAVORITE ROLE IS AS A CLASSICAL CONDUCTOR.

HE CURRENTLY LEADS THE OWEN BREAUX SYMPHONY IN KENTUCKY AND THE VENICE SYMPHONY IN FLORIDA.

QUINN: THAT IS MY DRUG.

I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY VICES, BUT FOR ME THAT IS WHAT I LOVE AND IS LOOKING TO MUSIC.

PAMELA: SO YOU CAN ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT SOMETIMES.

THE FIRST SUMMER POPS CONCERT IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 15 ON THE BEACH.

FINALLY, THE PROVIDENCE NAME HAS BEEN ON BENEFIT STREET FOR MORE THAN 100 AND 80 YEARS.

-- 180 YEARS.

STEPHANIE OVOID IN GIVES US A TOUR AND SHARES SOME OF THE MOST INTRIGUING FINES.

-- FINDS.

STEPHANIE: HIGH.

I AM THE HEAD OF RESEARCH AND LIBRARY SERVICES HERE AT THE PROVIDENCE.

WE ARE KIND OF A RELIC HERE IN PROVIDENCE WHERE 19TH-CENTURY LIBRARY OPERATING IN THE 20TH CENTURY -- POINT FOR SENTRY.

THERE'S SO MUCH CHARM AND FUN ASPECT OF IT THAT EVERY TIME YOU TURN A CAR AT THAT BOUND NOTICE SOMETHING NEW IN HERE WE ARE.

THIS WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1880'S AND THE LIBRARIAN GRACE LEONARD WAS HIRED.

AT THE TIME OF HER HIGHER WE HAD 56,000 ITEMS IN THE COLLECTION.

IT TOOK HER 13 YEARS TO FINISH WRITING OUT ALL OF THE CARDS.

WE OPEN UP THE DOORS YOU CAN STILL SEE HER HANDWRITTEN CARDS INSIDE.

HERE WE HAVE ONE OF THE GYMS OF THE ART COLLECTION.

THIS IS THE HOURS BY NEWPORT BASED ARTIST.

IT WAS STOLEN IN 1881 BY A PROVIDENCE GENTLEMAN AND THEN ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS THOUGHT TO BE PART OF JESSE JAMES'S GANG.

A DETECTIVE WAS ON THE CASE AND PRODUCED A REWARD RIPOSTE OR AND IT CAME BACK TO THE LIBRARY.

IT HAS LIVED HERE IN THIS CASE EVER SINCE.

WELCOME TO THE RARE BOOK ROOM.

ON THE DISPLAY ON THE CABINET TODAY WE HAVE THE DISCRETION OF EGYPT.

THE SET OF BOOKS WAS COMMISSIONED BY NAPOLEON WHEN HE WOULD BRING HIS TRIPS TO EGYPT.

HE BROUGHT SCHOLARS SCIENTISTS AND ARTISTS TO RECORD EVERY THING.

IT PUBLISHED THEIR FINDINGS IN A SET OF BOOKS.

IT WAS A REAL HOT TICKET ITEM AT THE TIME IN THE BOOKS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAVING THE WAY OF EGYPTOLOGY AND KICKING OFF THE WAVE OF EGYPT TO MANIA.

HERE WE HAVE THE VOLUMES OF TEXT IN THESE VOLUMES.

LASTLY, WE HAVE THREE OF THESE VOLUMES THAT CONTAIN THE LARGEST PLATES AND MAPS.

THESE ARE THE LARGEST BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION.

JUST FOR FUN, I HAVE PULLED OUT THE LIBRARY'S SMALLEST BOOK.

THIS MEASURES JUST ABOUT AN INCH BY THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND IT IS AN ADDITION OF ROBERT BURNS IS POEMS IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT.

THIS IS THE ART ROOM WHERE WE HONOR THE LEGACY OF EDGAR ALLEN POPE.

WE WILL SET THE SCENE IN THE YEAR OF 1848.

SHE WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST POETS IN AMERICA.

IN THE ALSO IN THE YEAR -- EDGAR ALLEN POPE WAS THE TALK OF LITERARY SOCIETY IN THE TWO WOULD COME TO THE -- ONE POINT, SHE ASKED IF HE KNEW -- HE TOOK THE COPY OF THE BOOK OFF THE SHELF, OPENED UP TO THE BOOK AND SIGNED HIS NAME IN PENCIL BECAUSE HE HAD WRITTEN IT AND HAD JUST ADMITTED IT ANONYMOUSLY.

WE HAVE A BOOK IN OUR COLLECTION HERE TODAY AND YOU CAN SEE HIS SIGNATURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THERE.

THAT MUST'VE BEEN A SMOOTH MOVE BETWEEN 12 POETS AND SHE AGREED TO MARRY HIM ON THE CONDITION THAT HE REMAINED SOBER BECAUSE HE HAD A KNOWN DRINKING PROBLEM.

DURING ONE OF THEIR VISITS, TWO DAYS BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS DAY WEDDING, SOMEONE CAME IN WITH A NOTE SEEMING TO HAVE SEEN HIM DRINKING THE NIGHT BEFORE.

SHE RAN BACK HOME WHERE SHE PAINTED ON THE COUCH.

HE BEGGED HER TO STILL MARRY HIM , BUT SHE SAID HE/SHE COULD NOT.

HE LEFT PROVIDENCE AND THE TWO CITE OTHER AGAIN AND HE WAS DEAD WITHIN A YEAR.

IT IS A BIT OF A TRAGIC LOVE STORY, BUT SHE LIVED FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH AND WAS AFFIRMED DEFENDER OF HIS REPUTATION.

HERE WE ARE IN AN ALCOVE.

THIS IS A FUN SECRET PART OF THE LIBRARY THAT WE LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT.

HERE IN THE DESK YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE YEARS LOTS OF VISITORS HAVE COME TO THE LIBRARY AND LEFT LITTLE NOTES FOR 180 -- ONE ANOTHER.

YOU CAN FIND AND THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY.

THIS DRAWER HAS A TON.

THIS ONE HAS ABOUT 50 NOTES INSIDE.

OTHER DESKS HAVE A SIMILAR AMOUNT AND SOME HAVE FEWER.

THEY ARE JUST TUCKED IN EVERYWHERE.

THIS ONE IS PRETTY LOVELY.

THIS ILLUSTRATION IN THERE.

WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF NOTES.

LITTLE POEMS.

LONGER LETTERS.

EVERYONE IS PART OF THE HISTORY.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FROM 1850 OR 1838 AND WE WERE ESTABLISHED, BUT EVEN JUST LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR.

EVERYONE MAKES LITTLE MARK ON THE LIBRARY.

>> THAT IS A BROADCAST OF THIS EVENING.

I AM PAMELA.

WE WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF RHODE ISLAND PBS WEEKLY.

UNTIL THEN, HE CAN VISIT US ONLINE TO VISIT ALL OF OUR STORIES AND PAST EPISODES AT RIPBS.ORG ORBISON -- LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST AVAILABLE ON ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE AUDIO STREAMING PLATFORMS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

GOOD NIGHT.

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