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A new podcast from Dr. Masi Asare on listening for voices and vocal sound in our historical moment, across social distance. Bringing together voice scholars and practitioners. Guests include Abigail Bengson, Stan Brown, Anne Harper Charity-Hudley, Andy Evan Cohen, Ryan Dohoney, Nina Sun Eidsheim, Julie Foh, Derrick Fox, Donatella Galella, Linda Gates, Brian Herrera, Elena Elías Krell, Joan La Barbara, Jonathan Hart Makwaia, Katherine Meizel, Jeremy Ryan Mossman, Shana L. Redmond, Diane Robinson, Dylan Robinson, Robert Sussuma, Neil Verma, and Katelyn Hale Wood. https://masiasare.com/podcast

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    • Jun 3, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    Episode 12 - Thinking Voice, the Vocal Flourish & Latinx Musicals, Gender-Affirming Vocal Expression

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 78:20


    A brief reading from "The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Voice in Puerto Rican Music" by Licia Fiol-Matta; a conversation with Brian Herrera (Princeton) on the tensions of authenticity and form, West Side Story, and Latinx vocal performance in musicals; plus an invitation to embody voice in new and gender-affirming ways with Diane Robinson (Chicago Voice Center). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 2:38 [reflection] // 7:42 [reading] // 15:04 [scholarly conversation] // 51:48 [vocal exercise]

    Episode 11 - Voice and the Infectious Beat, Sonic Intimacy, Silent Laugh

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 57:04


    A brief reading from "Infectious Rhythm: Metaphors of Contagion and the Spread of African Culture" by Barbara Browning; a conversation with Katelyn Hale Wood (University of Virginia) on voice, race, and comedy, and sonic intimacy as queer time travel; plus a vocal exercise from host Masi Asare (Northwestern). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 3:52 [reading] // 15:30 [scholarly conversation] // 53:22 [vocal exercise]

    Episode 10 - Double-Conscious Song, Perceptions of the Black Voice, Poetic Text

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 60:48


    A brief reading from The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois; a conversation with Anne Harper Charity-Hudley (University of California, Santa Barbara) on linguistic gatekeeping and a sociolinguistic perspective for the study of theatre and performance; plus an exercise and thoughts on Covid-era vocal practice from Linda Gates (Northwestern). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:20 [reading] // 8:10 [scholarly conversation] // 44:21 [practical conversation]

    Episode 9 - Renditions, Vocal Yellowface, Delays

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 68:37


    A brief reading from "Tropical Renditions: Making Musical Scenes in Filipino America" by Christine Bacareza Balance; a conversation with Donatella Galella (University of California, Riverside) on musicals, racial representation, and vocal yellowface in contemporary productions; and thoughts from Andy Evan Cohen (CUNY, Roly Poly Productions) about voice practice on Zoom. CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:33 [reading] // 7:45 [scholarly conversation] // 44:57 [practical conversation]

    Episode 8 - Gathering of Voices, Hungry Listening, Following the Voice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 60:36


    A brief reflection on honoring voices of these lands; a conversation with Dylan Robinson (Queen's University) on Indigenous song-life and listening for what writing performs, plus a reading from his new book “Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies”; and vocal guidance for meeting one's voice from Jonathan Hart Makwaia (New York University, Roy Hart Centre). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:31 [reflection] // 5:05 [scholarly conversation] // 35:47 [reading] // 42:11 [voice practice]

    Episode 7 - Shrieking Refuge, Inner Voices, Joy Can Flow From Breaking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 66:33


    A brief reading from Joshua Chambers-Letson's "After the Party: A Manifesto for Queer of Color Life"; listening with Elena Elías Krell (Vassar College, Hen in the Foxhouse) for inner voices that sound the vulnerability of queer of color critique; and a vocal exercise through grief and giggles from Abigail Bengson (The Bengsons). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 2:00 [reading] // 7:28 [scholarly conversation] // 42.50 [exercise]

    Episode 6 - Dangerous Voices, Future Choral Practices, Multivocality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 60:03


    Context for the vocal moment; practical strategies for teaching choral music remotely with Derrick Fox (U Nebraska, Omaha); discussing dangerous voices of virus and protest with Katherine Meizel (Bowling Green); + a brief reading from her new book "Multivocality: Singing on the Borders of Identity." CUE TIMES (start of each section): 2:00 [context] // 7:30 [practical conversation] // 29:50 [scholarly conversation] // 55:45 [reading]

    Episode 5 - Allow Vibration, Dwell, Work With It

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 59:22


    A brief reading from "On Sonic Meditation" by Pauline Oliveros; sitting with the voice that retains its mystery with Ryan Dohoney (Northwestern); and a conversation and exercise from contemporary music vocal virtuoso Joan La Barbara. CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:44 [theory] // 6:05 [scholarly conversation] // 35:52 [exercise etc.] | masiasare.com/podcast

    Episode 4 - Antiphonal Life, The Voice in the Building, & Pharyngeal Ventriloquism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 66:28


    Thinking the capital-V Voice of song and activism with Shana Redmond (UCLA); with readings from her new book "Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson" and a meditative vocal experiment from Robert Sussuma (Vocal Learning Systems). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:05 [scholarly conversation] // 28:40 [readings] //35:22 [experiment] | https://masiasare.com/podcast

    Episode 3 - Invocation, Practice of Attention, and Semi-Occlusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 55:40


    A brief reading from "For More Than One Voice" by Adriana Cavarero; reflecting on voices, scholarship, and practices of attention with Nina Eidsheim (UCLA); and a vocal exercise from Jeremy Ryan Mossman (Carthage College). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:05 [theory] // 5:10 [scholarly reflection] //33:56 [exercise] | https://masiasare.com/podcast

    Episode 2 - The Break, the Kaleidosonic, and the Lip Flubber

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 51:11


    A brief reading from "In the Break" by Fred Moten; reflecting on today's nostalgic voices with Neil Verma (Northwestern) ; and a vocal exercise from voice coach Julie Foh (University of Connecticut). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:05 [theory] // 5:00 [scholarly reflection] // 37:37 [exercise] | https://masiasare.com/podcast

    Episode 1 - Glitch, Jiggle, and Resonance

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 24:19


    Reflecting on glitchy voices, and what it means to respond to vocal authority; a vocal exercise from Prof. Stan Brown (Northwestern); and brief reading from "Listening" by Jean-Luc Nancy. CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:14 [scholarly reflection] // 9:12 [exercise] // 18:32 [theory] | https://masiasare.com/podcast

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