The Steve Grives Podcast, Season 4: Midweek Meditation

I spoke with Shepherd University music students about meditation and wellness, and led a short sitting meditation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steve-grives/support

A short talk encouraging us to recognize and celebrate the moments in our lives when we feel good. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steve-grives/support

A short, centering meditation for when you are experiencing overwhelming feelings. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steve-grives/support

A talk about walking while meditating and meditating while walking with my friend Iris Derke. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steve-grives/support

The podcast is back! In this talk, Steve gives his take on the year, when we should be working and when we should be resting. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-grives/support

The final episode of the podcast. Just a short goodbye. Thank you all for listening.

A talk. A Mid-term assessment of my meditation practice.

A meditation in tandem with a blogpost on Choralnet.

Before moving on to Winter, take a few moments to appreciate Fall.

Start or end your day with this short meditation on sounds and hearing.

A short meditation on impermanence. We are all building sandcastles.

A short, guided meditation. Take a few minutes and just BE. Here. Alive. Breathing.

Steve shares a short guided meditation, "Five Minutes to Focus" applicable to choral rehearsals.

Steve is joined by the multi-faceted musician-yoga instructor-author Jaclyn Normandie to talk about the intersection of wellness and the music profession. Jaclyn is the author of “The Mindful Musician.”

Steve talks a bit about his "Inner Critic" and offers a few ways to relate to this voice. The episode works in conjunction with a blogpost (choralnet.org/blog).

This week, I talk briefly about how I started and where I am in my meditation practice.

The first episode of the Midweek Meditation podcast series. Steve discusses the purpose of the podcast, and comments on his first blogpost on Choralnet.

A long goodbye and thank you as I wrap up this iteration of the podcast. Thank you all for listening, for engaging with the show, and for making this past year slightly more bearable.

We talk about Bagels with our panel of experts, Anthony Henderson and Natalie Friedman. Also available on YouTube.

I catch up with conductor/composer Tim Tharaldson about music, the people and places that connect us, and about our mutual love of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.

This episode, I am joined by the creative and production team of the documentary series, "Choral Singing in America." Jerry Blackstone, Brian Gaukel, and Matt Workman discuss the genesis of the project, their individual roles in the production of the series, and the relevance of their film at this particular moment in history. Information about the project can be found on the Choral Singing in America Facebook page, or at their website http://choralsinging.org  

Audio from the Visit from Santa Episode. Santa reads "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at the 8 minute mark. Video of the conversation on my YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/8lcr80mnlP4

In a special bonus episode, I talk with my friends Frank Albinder, Emily Cain, and Danny Williams about their unique Holiday Traditions and read a few blurbs from our past guests and podcast supporters. Happy Holidays!

In the finale to Season 2, I catch up with my Bowdoin College classmate, actor Paul Adelstein. We talk about his career, some insights on acting, and try our best to piece together what we remember about each other from college.

Father Steve returns to the podcast to talk us through the upcoming season Advent - Epiphany, some more Saints' days, and some unique seasonal traditions.

I sat down with two composer/conductor/musicians, David von Kampen and Kurt Knecht and asked their expert opinions on popular Christmas songs.  They have opinions.  

Re-publishing this episode from Season 1, where I discuss being an uber driver during a pandemic. Unfortunately, the situation has gotten worse since this episode premiered in August.

In this episode, I put together my personal and professional stories, and talk about how they interacted throughout my life, and some lessons I've learned along the way.

On the one-year anniversary of my marathon finish, I talk with Amanda Bumgarner, ACDA Publications Editor and member of my “squad” about life, running, and finding balance.

In this interview from Season 1, I talk with my running buddies Iris Derke, Alexa Doebele, and Melissa Hayes about their journeys as runners. Co-hosted by Bill Fenrich.

My kids, Madeline and Matthew, join the show to discuss their favorite, and not so favorite, Holiday Television Specials.

In this episode, I expand on a recent Facebook post about my family, and the broken relationship I have with my mother. I wrote her a letter, and hopefully took a step towards healing.

Fr. Stephen Lahey returns to the podcast to discuss the history and meaning of Halloween, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day - and so much more.

A transcript of my lecture to the Texas A&M - Commerce Honors Colloquium. I talk about my journey in the creative arts, and the lessons I learned along the way. Thanks to Dr. Raymond Green (Lynbrook HS 1987), Dean of the Honors College, for the invitation to speak to his students.

My best friend from Bowdoin, Amy Beck Turner, talks about living abroad in Viterbo, Italy. It's a slice of la dolce vita.

Aaron and Ashley Ragsdale are a typical couple from Brookings, SD. They have jobs, two kids, and are trying their best to navigate the uncharted waters of life during Coronavirus. The Ragsdales talk about what's been working for them and their family during this time.

Chicago musician LaRob Payton joins the show to talk about his initiative “Hearing in Color” and how his organization elevates and celebrates Black voices in music.

Priest and Historian, Father Lahey joins the show to talk about these “unprecedented times” and offers some tips for surviving the next month. Steve reads some Maine humor, and Fr. Steve reads the “worst poem in the history of the English language.”

Steve Wallace (DePaul 2013) talks about his career in the arts as a singer-composer-filmmaker-producer and how he connects and defies musical genres.

Singer/Conductor, Matt Oltman joins the podcast to talk of his recent quarantine experiences in Taiwan and Mexico, and how he's making his job at Shenandoah Conservatory work in the COVID-19 era.

Joan Conlon is a guest on the podcast to talk about Italian cooking, preserving the old recipes, and connecting to your heritage through food.

David Gier, Music Director of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, discusses the role of the orchestra as a tool of connection, and some of the ways the SDSO engages with their community.

Frank Albinder joins us to talk about his career with Chanticleer and his take on interpersonal male relationships. He helps us answer the question, “Why do men show affection by being mean to one another?”

Tim Sharp joins me to discuss his work as Executive Director of the American Choral Directors Association, and how he lives and works to make connections with intentionality.