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Ethics, morals, critique and commentary on topics related to music and the arts. Languages: English, français topicalreflectionsonmusic [@] gmail [dot] com

Alexandra Fol


    • Jun 20, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Le sauvetage de l'orgue italien Wilhelm, op. 129

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 12:53


    This episode, mostly in French, will put you you up to date to the moving of the historical Italian organ Wilhelm op. 129 from Très Saint-Rédempteur to Sainte-Catherine de Sienne this year. You are going to hear from the following contributors: Aldéo Jean, former titular organist at the now closed parish of Très-Saint-Rédempteur; Karl Raudsepp and Mark Altosaar, Estonian born and Canada based organ builders who are coordinating the move, Julien Girard, president of the Montréal chapter of the Friends of the Organ association, and Rev. Jean-Pierre Couturier, pastor of Sainte-Catherine de Sienne parish, who imagined the entire operation and who inspired his community to save this instrument. Congratulations to the Sainte-Catherine de Sienne community and to Rev. Couturier for their willingness to save the instrument and their leadership. Video montage to come. Follow the parish on facebook! www.facebook.com/paroissesaintecatherinedesienne --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alexandrafol/message

    Écrire pour choeurs amateurs - trois voies compositionnelles à explorer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 25:44


    Cet épisode solo est adapté de ma conférence que je donnerai virtuellement en format video lors du congrès national Podium 2022, coproduit par Choral Canada et Choirs Ontario. Vous pouvez visionner la vidéo en cliquant ICI --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with Canadian organist Gabrielle Tessier

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 35:12


    Gabrielle Tessier --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Dr M. R. Massoud, music teacher at the Harbor Science and Arts Charter School

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 63:31


    Dr Michal Raymond Massoud on teaching music to kids, fostering their passion, improvisation and composition --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Dr E. Doolittle in composition, teaching and zoomusicology ENG

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 79:17


    Dr Emily Doolittle --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Dr C. Jacques: from academia to the business world ENG/FR

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2021 63:47


    Entrevue bilingue avec la Dre Claudine Jacques --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with Swiss jazz musician and artist Anicia Kohler

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 36:12


    Click HERE to visit Anicia Kohler's internet home! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with Dr Moe Touizrar: topics in orchestration, consilience and ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 64:16


    For Dr Touizrar's research, click HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with / Entrevue avec Jeffrey Stonehouse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 34:35


    Flutist Jeffrey Stonehouse, co-founder and director of Ensemble Paramirabo, Montréal, QC --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with Salvatore Corrente, one of the most experienced piano tuners and technicians in Québec

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 42:50


    For impeccable - and affordable! - piano maintenance, call him at 514-235-5835 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with Clio Montrey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 54:18


    Interdisciplinary artist and world creator Clio Montrey addresses various aspects of her art, writing, music making and outreach. Clio Montrey; Gravity Wing; Instagram; Patreon; TransCoding project; What if? Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

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    Interview with / Entrevue avec Sébastien Ouellet ENG/FR

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 40:23


    Bilingual interview with Sébastien Ouellet, opera singer and liturgical musician from Québec --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Résumé de la séance d'information du Conseil des arts du Canada: 25. III 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 24:57


    Séance d'information sur le programme Explorer et créer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Un message pour mes cher.e.s auditrices/teurs! :-) A message for my dear listeners! :-)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 4:41


    SVP répondez à ce court SONDAGE de 7 questions - Merci beaucoup de votre temps! Le lien expire à la fin du 4 avril 2021 Please, do answer this short SURVEY of 7 questions - Thank you very much! The link expires at the end of April 4th 2021 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with Mexican composer and teacher A. Paola Santillán Alcocer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 58:02


    A. Paola Santillán Alcocer talks about her international experiences both as student and as teacher. Our interview culminates with a detailed description of her pedagogical approach in teaching young composers. A conversation over Zoom, her insights and descriptions shed light on music education in Mexico! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Recognizing musical instruments: partial and complete excavation finds, and depictions on Thracian cultural objects

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 20:28


    In this solo episode, I present my research, published in "Recognizing musical instruments: partial and complete excavation finds, and depictions on Thracian cultural objects". The full article can be found HERE https://www.academia.edu/44756923/Recognizing_musical_instruments_partial_and_complete_excavation_finds_and_depictions_on_Thracian_cultural_objects --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with / Entrevue avec Dr Marc-Antoine d'Aragon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 28:00


    In this bilingual episode, Canadian artist Dr Marc-Antoine d'Aragon talks about his multifaceted career and interconnected activities as singer, producer, recording engeneer and career facilitator. Fondateur de Studio Tourneson, Opéra Op et d'autres compagnies et OSBL, le Dr Marc-Antoine d'Aragon illumine les coulisses de sa carrière de chanteurs, producteur et ingénieur de son. La qualité de son de cet épisode est supérieure à celle de tout les épisodes précédents, car il a été enregistré dans un des locaux de Studio Tourneson, à McMasterville, QC. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with / Entrevue avec Lucie Mayer | bilingual episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 30:53


    Lucie Mayer, singer, teacher, translator and political activist (Québec solidaire), talks about the intersectionality aspects of culture, art, social justice, issues surrounding handicapped artists, and Universal Basic Income --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Entrevue avec / Interview with Jean-Pierre Couturier | bilingual épisode bilingue FR/ENG

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 80:04


    Jean-Pierre Couturier, fondateur et propriétaire de Disques Benedictus, ancien directeur général du Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, ancien président de LAUDEM, l'Association des musiciens liturgiques du Canada, président actuel de la conférence des prêtres italiens de Montréal. Baryton/compositeur/organiste/administrateur des arts Pour commander la première oeuvre originale composée dans la langue Mohawk / to order the first original work written in the Mohawk language: Canada and rest of the world: Disques Benedictus - order online and follow up with an e-mail to disques.benedictus@gmail.com CAN $ 25,75 (shipping included) To pay in Euros from the European Union: Libreria del Santo 14,25 Euros To order by phone in French or English: +1-514-596-1559, Bertrand Foucher Bélanger (one of the Canadian physical location distributors) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Interview with US composer Dr Dennis Báthory-Kitsz

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 54:54


    Interview with US composer Dr Dennis Báthory-Kitsz. To learn more about him and his music, please, click HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    The painted trumpets in the Kazanlak tomb: parallels with Tutankhamun's trumpets, instrumental and performance hypotheses 2/

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 12:36


    2020 article by Alexandra Fol. For the full text of the article in English, click HERE За текста на български език, кликнете ТУК --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    The painted trumpets in the Kazanlak tomb: parallels with Tutankhamun's trumpets, instrumental and performance hypotheses 1/

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 10:22


    2020 article by Alexandra Fol. For the full text of the article in English, click HERE За текста на български език, кликнете ТУК --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Dr Matthew Lane: L'enseignement à distance et l'emplacement historique de la musique électronique

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 35:58


    Entrevue avec le Dr Matthew Lane, inventeur d'un logiciel d'enseignement assisté, compositeur, enseignant, organiste et cheff de choeur. Épisode en français. Visionnez la vidéo sur sa base de données (en anglais) ICI. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Transcriptions, arrangements and new music: Alexander Straus-Fausto

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 24:18


    A member of the youngest generation of organists, Alexander Straus-Fausto has done a number of orchestral transcriptions in the search of new repertoire and new audiences. At almost 24 minutes, this episode is my podcast's longest to date and includes two organ performances by Mr. Straus-Fausto: Ravel, 4th mouvement of "Ma mère, l'Oye", and "Interludes pour orgue" by Alexandra Fol. Please, visit his website at https://www.alexanderstrausfausto.com/ to learn more about this young virtuoso. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Derrière les coulisses, avec I. Goldschneider, 2/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 6:48


    Éthique, programmation, finances - un retour avec Isak Goldschneider, directeur d'Innovations en concert --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Derrière les coulisses, avec I. Goldschneider, 1/2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 4:13


    Premier de deux épisodes d'entrevue avec Isak Goldschneider. Présentation. Restez des nôtres pour les questions approfondies lors du deuxieme épisode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Harmony and the art of living together: a music metaphor 2/

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 6:38


    For the published article bearing the same name, please, click HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Harmony and the art of living together: a music metaphor 1/

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 6:31


    For the published article bearing the same name, please, click HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Homo Universalis, a path still relevant today

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 7:06


    Original article found HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Music between ontology and aesthetics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 8:35


    Unpublished essay. For citation, please, use this link --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Beauty and Perfection – an Eternal Artistic Paradox

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 8:18


    This article was first published in "The Phonograph" newspaper in Montreal, Canada. Issue of April 2009. p. 20 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Spotlight on composer Anthony Green 3/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 12:34


    Third and last part of the interview with Anthony Green --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Spotlight on composer Anthony Green. 2/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 14:14


    Anthony Green, American composer and producer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Spotlight on composer Anthony Green. 1/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 8:07


    Anthony R. Green, American composer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Ontological topics of music composition 8/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 7:42


    Article by Alexandra Fol Ontological topics of music composition and cited literature. In this episode: conclusion and further avenues of study --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Ontological topics of music composition 7/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 7:45


    Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics in music composition and cited literature In this episode: problems of understanding musical ontology --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Ontological topics of music composition 6/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 6:44


    Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics in music composition and cited literature In this episode: types of signs, a composition as an active semiotic network --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Ontological topics of music composition 5/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 6:35


    Article by Alexandra Fol Ontological topics in music composition and cited literature In this episode: semiotics vs. symbolism --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Ontological topics of music composition 4/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 7:31


    Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics in music composition and cited literature In this episode: types of processes; some semiotic considerations --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Ontological topics of music composition 3/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 6:09


    Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics in music composition with cited literature In this episode: The role of and the relationship between Art and Craft in a composition; types of sonic ideas and temporal conceptualizations --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Ontological topics of music composition 2/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 8:21


    Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics of music composition Full bibliography and citations available in the article In this episode: Art and Craft - the ontological imperatives. Description and comparison --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Ontological topics of music composition 1/

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 6:41


    Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics of music composition What I will address in this series of episodes; premises of my philosophical theory --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 6

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 7:57


    The culmination of my 6 part series: I propose an 11-point proposed code of ethics for freelance independent professional musicians. Literature used for this episode: Beets, S. Douglas. “Personal Morals and Professional Ethics.” Business and Professional Ethics Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, 1991, pp. 63–84., doi:10.5840/bpej199110211. The page 63 quote to which I referred to goes as follows: “In complying with a professional ethics code, some practitioners may be constrained by the ethics rules, which prevent certain acts that might be performed if the code did not exist. Other practitioners may comply with conduct rules by following their personal moral standards which may be more restrictive than the professional code or may coincide with the occupational norms. Such an association between personal morals and professional ethics may be attributable to many explanatory criteria, such as practitioners' beliefs that the rules benefit the profession and society, or the eventual absorption of the code into individuals' personal morals through long-term compliance and familiarity.” “Ethics Codes Collection.” The Music Code of Ethics (1947) | Ethics Codes Collection, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, ethics.iit.edu/ecodes/node/5036. Accessed on November 8th, 2019 Cropanzano, Russell, Barry Goldman and Robert Folger. “Deontic Justice: the Role of Moral Principles in Workplace Fairness.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, vol. 24, no. 8, Dec. 2003, p. 1022., doi:10.1002/job.228 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 6:12


    Differences between justice and faireness. Articles quoted in this episode: Goldman, Barry, and Russell Cropanzano. “‘Justice' and ‘Fairness' Are Not the Same Thing.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, vol. 36, no. 2, Feb. 2015, doi:10.1002/job.1956. Beets, S. Douglas. “Personal Morals and Professional Ethics.” Business and Professional Ethics Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, 1991, doi:10.5840/bpej199110211 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 7:20


    Unaware, semi-aware and aware consumers; ethical considerations; Depressing case studies. Articles quoted in this episode: Weijters, Bert, Frank Goedertier and Sofie Verstreken. “Online Music Consumption in Today's Technological Context: Putting the Influence of Ethics in Perspective.” Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 124, no. 4, 2013, pp. 537–550., doi:10.1007/s10551-013-1892-y. Cuadrado, Manuel, Maria José Miquel and Juan D. Montoro. “Consumer Attitudes Towards Music Piracy: A Spanish Case Study.” International Journal of Arts Management, vol. 11, no. 3, 2009 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 7:38


    The third part of this episode series talks about accessibility of recorded music. Missing the boat on ethical applications. Bibliographical reference of the quoted article: Sorum, Niklas. “Ethical Consumption Applications as Failed Market Innovations: Exploring Consumer (Non) Acceptance of ‘Quasi' Market Devices.” Journal of Cultural Economy, 2 Sept. 2019, doi:10.1080/17530350.2019.1629990. Accessed on November 8th, 2019 through https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17530350.2019.1629990 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020 6:30


    PayPal, paid calls for scores, the moral positive and the ethical negative of performing for free --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

    Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 5:53


    Ethics vs Morals; Three game changing recent technological developments --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexandrafol/message

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