Podcasts about associate music director

rWotD Episode 2809: Thea Kano Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Saturday, 11 January 2025 is Thea Kano.Thea Kano (born August 1, 1965) is an American conductor. She is the Founder of the New York City Master Chorale, and was its Artistic Director until the end of the 2018–2019 season. She served as the Associate Music Director of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D. C. from 2004 to 2014, and has been appointed its Artistic Director, effective September 2, 2014. She served as the Associate Conductor of the Washington Chorus and Artistic Director of the Capitol Hill Youth Chorus from 2004–2009, both of which she joined in 2004 after earning her doctorate in choral conducting from UCLA, writing her dissertation on Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem under Professor Donald Neuen. She also studied privately with Paul Salamunovich.A native of northern California, Dr. Kano lives in Washington and New York. During the summer, Kano teaches at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in Washington.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:11 UTC on Saturday, 11 January 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Thea Kano on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Russell.

Riz Rollins, also known as DJ Riz, recently celebrated 35 years at KEXP. He hosts Drive Time every Monday from 4-7pm Pacific Time and is one of the rotating hosts on Expansions, the Sunday night mix show originally inspired by trip-hop and acid jazz. His sets incorporate jazz, rock, hip-hop, funk, and everything in between, always with soul. To celebrate Riz's 35-year milestone, we get two extra song recommendations in this episode! Isabel joins Riz at his house to discuss 4 new songs and 2 old favorites (remixed, because Riz loves a good remix). They also talk about his origins and inspirations as a DJ, imposter syndrome, and the influence faith and gospel have had on his life and trajectory. As expected, Riz shares much wisdom along the way. (Note: the first song recommendation starts around 10:23). To finish the episode, Associate Music Director (and fellow Expansions DJ) Alex Ruder shares a song that's perfect for a chill out room or after party, and also serves as a nod to his mentor Riz. Samora Pinderhughes - “Better”   Meshell Ndegeocello - “Trouble” The Folk Implosion - “Moonlit Kind” Tristan de Liège - “New Symmetry (feat. Bryony Jarman-Pinto)" Erykah Badu - “Soldier (Supa Ape Remix)” Pharoah Sanders - “You Got To Have Freedom (Opolopo Tweak)” HNNY - “I Let Go” Listen to the full songs on KEXP's "In Our Headphones 2024" playlist on Spotify or the “What's In Our Headphones” playlist on YouTube. Listen to DJ Riz on Drive Time every Monday from 4-7pm PT, monthly on Expansions, or anytime on the 2-week archive, at KEXP.org or the KEXP App. Hosted and produced by: Janice Headley and Isabel KhaliliMixed by: Emily FoxMastered by: William MyersEditorial Director: Larry Mizell Jr. Our theme music is “好吗 (Hao Ma)” by Chinese American Bear Support the podcast: kexp.org/headphonesContact us at headphones@kexp.org.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever wondered what a dinosaur might do in a day?  What they actually really looked like?  What colour were they?  Well, these and many more questions will be answered in The Colour of Dinosaurs, a rip-roaring, prehistoric science pop gig for curious humans of all ages at the Polka Theatre in London from 11 May to 9 June 2024 with an audio described performance on Friday 31 May 2024 at 2.30pm.  RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Lloyd Coleman, Composer, Musician and Associate Music Director of the Paraorchestra who composed the music for The Colour of Dinosaurs to find out more about how the idea for the show came about.  With a hint of some of those catchy songs that Lloyd has composed for the show along with more about the mind-blowing science that features in The Colour of Dinosaurs. To find out more about The Colour of Dinosaurs including details of dates and times of performances do visit the following pages of the Polka Theatre website - https://polkatheatre.com/event/the-colour-of-dinosaurs/  (Image shows a close-up of Lloyd smiling at the audience with neon lights in the shapes of dinosaurs in the background. Photograph by Paul Blakemore)

Two directors from this new musical Metropolis - wow - join Regina Botros to talk theatre. Julia Robertson is an actor, director, and musician. She is the current Artistic Director of the award winning devising group, the Little Eggs Collective. Acting credits include Jess and Joe Forever (25A Belvoir, 2019 dir. Shaun Rennie), The Astral Plane (25A Belvoir, 2019 dir. Charlie Garber), The Real Thing (STC, 2019 dir. Simon Phillips), The Oyster (Critical Stages, 2021 dir. Scarlet McGlynn) and Wherever She Wanders (Griffin, 2021 dir. Tessa Leong). Julia also stars in the film Hot Mess (Emerald Productions) that is currently airing on Netflix Aus/NZ and voiced the audiobook Don't Fall by Sophie Smith (Amazon). Julia has studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute (Method Acting Intensive, New York 2017) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Acting Shakespeare Intensive, London 2022).   Zara Stanton is an accomplished Music Director, Composer, Performer, Arranger, Vocal Coach and Music Educator. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she studied classical voice and music education, and has her A.Mus.A. qualification in both voice and piano. Zara's recent credits as Music Director include Bonnie & Clyde (Joshua Robson Productions) at the Hayes Theatre, Every Musical Ever (One Eyed Man Productions) at Adelaide Cabaret Festival & Wyong Art House, The Deb (Australian Theatre for Young People) and The Boomkak Panto (Belvoir St Theatre). Zara was also Associate Music Director for A Chorus Line (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), playing at the Sydney Opera House and Riverside Theatres.

As a child, Ron Drotos began improvising on the piano, creating the dinosaur sounds he heard in his imagination. He spent his teenage years playing in jazz and rock bands, and in 1985 received a Bachelor's degree in Music Composition from The University of Connecticut, where he studied with Hale Smith. During this time, Ron studied jazz piano with Dr. Billy Taylor, Walter Bishop, Jr., Harold Danko, and Ellen Rowe. From 1987-88, Ron worked as an assistant to the baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and then began to pursue his own music career. After moving to New York City in 1989, Ron served as Associate Music Director and created orchestrations for the Broadway musical Swinging On A Star, which received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Musical in 1995. Additional Broadway credits include Smokey Joe's Café, The Life, and Fosse. Ron has orchestrated for the New York Pops Orchestra, with whom he has appeared several times at Carnegie Hall. He has been featured as Music Director on the 92nd St. Y's famed “Lyrics and Lyricists” series. He has performed with vocalists Julius LaRosa, Judy Collins, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nell Carter, and Giacomo Gates. In addition, Ron has taught at the Fairbanks (Alaska) Summer Arts Festival since 1999, where he has been inducted into the festival's Hall of Fame. In 2012, Ron created the KeyboardImprov.com website, through which he helps beginning to advanced pianists all over the world learn how to improvise with a sense of joy and fluency. In addition, Ron is the author of The Inner Game of Piano Improvisation, which is available on Amazon.Support the show

In today's episode, I am interviewing a dear friend, Lily Ling, who is music director and conductor of the Hamilton Broadway show. I was connected with Lily through the mentorship program offered by the Maestra Music, an organization supporting women and non-binary musicians working in musical theater. They offered a lot of great webinars during the pandemic, and I was fortunate to be accepted into their program as a first cohort mentee. Full disclosure, I am not terribly familiar with the industry or practices of musical theater, but through Maestra Music I have made friends in the field. In my conversation with Lily, you will hear me asking lots of questions based on my assumptions of the profession, and her insider responses and her genuine sharing are just something that I love about her as a person and a great musician.Lily Ling is a Toronto based musician and the current Music Director and Conductor for the And Peggy tour of Hamilton. She is the first female to hold the title of Music Director and also the first person of East Asian descent to conduct the production. Most recently, Lily served as the Vocal Music Coordinator for the Netflix movie adaptation of 13: The Musical.  Other theatrical credit highlihts include Music Director and Conductor for 20th Anniversary Off-Broadway revival of john & jen and Associate Music Director and Vocal Coach for the Chinese language premiere of The Lion King. She holds a BMus in Piano Performance from the University of Toronto and an MFA in Music Direction from Penn State University. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education degree in Music and Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

The intro and interstitial tracks from today’s episode are a set of three tunes from the Portland Playalong Selection with Sue Songer and Clyde Curley (a companion CD to the renown tune book): Jeff City / John Sharp's Hornpipe / Ducks on the Pond, Sunday River Waltz from Betsy’s album with David Kaynor - Midnight in Montague, Picassiette from her album with pianist Mark Douglass -Iles de la Madeleine, Kitchen Jig/Over the Causewayfrom Midnight in Montague, and Offerat Ecclesia, a piece from a Portland Revels recording called Down Through the Winters featuring Betsy and Shulamit Kleinerman on vielle. See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.See and hear Betsy Branch in action:Betsy plays with longtime collaborator David Kaynor live at Fiddletunes Festival in 2010 and again at the Folklife Festival in SeattleHere she joins Leela Grace and Lisa Ornstein at the Portland Oldtime Music Gathering in Portland, Oregon in 2013 Through the magic of the internet and video editing Betsy plays along with her younger self and some friends in this compilation video ofMoney MuskSome other people and topics mentioned in this interview:Learn more about Betsy’s book project with Kevin Burke hereBetsy is a close collaborator and music editor for The Portland CollectionShe is also the Associate Music Director for Portland RevelsBetsy mentions fiddler and musicologist Lisa Ornstein, who also resides in the Pacific NorthwestHere’s a peek behind the scenes of the Tractor Tavern Square Dance, a significant venue in Betsy’s exploration of dance music.Finally, check out this mega-cool video of the Portland Megaband, recorded virtually and edited together during pandemic times. An impressive feat!

This episode focuses on Mitzi Mathenia, our Associate Music Director, as we talk about her life behind the keys as Northside's resident pianist and beyond. We will also look at our 2021 Youth Musical Production and share information regarding changes made to this year's offering from the youth. We are excited to learn that the youth will be able to offer us the quality and innovative message that we have grown to love hearing from them. Covid might have taken last year from us but with God's help we will be able to share something with everyone this year. Our lovable hosts continue to share about The Chosen and dive into a conversation about online crypto-currencies and we need someone to help them figure this out. They know how to program and rewind a VCR tape, but this might stump them all! WE know there is more in this episode, but we don't want to spoil all the surprises so jump on in and join us in what is happening at Northside Now!! Connect with us on Instagram: instagram.com/northsidenowpodcast Or email us at podcast@northsidejackson.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/northsidenow/message

In this episode Simon speaks to Australian-Chinese conductor, Dane Lam. About Dane Lam: Dane Lam was appointed Associate Music Director and Resident Conductor at Opera Queensland in December 2020, a position created specifically for him and the first of its kind in the company's history. He is the Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of China's Xi'an Symphony Orchestra, and in recent months he has been leading the orchestral revival in Australia following the Covid-lockdown, conducting the first performances in front of live audiences for Opera Queensland, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Alongside Opera Queensland's new production of Le nozze di Figaro, his 2021 highlights include the inaugural production of the National Opera in Canberra, La clemenza di Tito, concerts with the Sydney and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, and a Martha Argerich and friends festival with the Xi'an Symphony Orchestra. Dane has appeared with Opera Australia, Scottish Opera, Opera Holland Park, the Canberra, Western Australia, Dunedin, Beijing, Suzhou, Kunming and Shandong Symphony Orchestras, Munich Radio Orchestra, Het Residentie Orkest, City of London Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata, Southbank Sinfonia, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Beethoven Orchester Bonn and the Verbier Festival Orchestra. Website: https://danelam.net/ Agent: http://www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/dane-lam/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/danealam/

In Part Twelve of The Visceral Voice's new limited series, Christine and Kimberly listen to "The Voice Of: The Music Director & Orchestrator."John Bell (Music Director) On Broadway, John has conducted My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, On the Town, and An American in Paris. He is also the music director of the First National Tour of Lincoln Center Theater's My Fair Lady.  John has been the music director/supervisor at Irish Rep for their innovative digital streaming production of Meet Me in St Louis, as well as On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Finian's Rainbow, Donnybrook, and their gala concerts since 2014. For City Center Encores: Brigadoon, Me and My Girl, The New Yorkers, Cabin in the Sky, Do I Hear A Waltz, Lady Be Good, and more (Associate Music Director). Other New York credits: Sondheim's Marry Me A Little(New Cast Recording) and Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days(Keen Company); Radio City Christmas Spectacular; Candideat Carnegie Hall.  He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, a Masters in Music from CUNY, and has studied at the Manhattan School of Music.Josh Clayton (Orchestrator) Josh's orchestrations have been heard across the country in the National Tour of Lincoln Center's Tony-winning revival of My Fair Lady. Other recent orchestration credits include; The King and I (National Tour), Titanic (Signature Theatre and South Korean productions) and A Funny Thing…Forum (Two River Theatre). He has provided arrangements for many shows at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC including productions of Meet Me In St. Louis, On A Clear Day, Finian's Rainbow, Donnybrook! Recently,  On Broadway, Josh provided additional orchestrations for Gypsy (with Patti LuPone), On The Town (Revival), and was the assistant conductor of the 2009 revival of Finian's Rainbow. He has provided orchestrations for such stars as Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Nathan Lane, Cheyenne Jackson, and Denyce Graves. He is currently the assistant musical director of the New York City Center Encores! series.Be sure to check out my Self-Care Membership, courses, and events at www.thevisceralvoice.com! And follow us on Instagram!Are you willing and able to becoming a Supporter of The Visceral Voice Podcast to help keep this podcast running? Please click here.

  Laura Harmon is Associate Music Director of the Philadelphia Girls Choir and an elementary music teacher in Southern New Jersey. She and Missy discuss what life as a choir director is like right now in the Covid era. She also describes some of the things that make the PGC so unique and forward-thinking in … Continue reading Laura Harmon: Choir in the Time of Covid | S01E09 →

Emily Wyrwa and Jessica Feit are joined by their close friend Geoffrey Ko, the Associate Music Director of Broadway's Be More Chill, as they discuss Geoff's career, experiences on Broadway, and virtual theatre work amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. New episodes every other Saturday!

Our seventeenth official episode of Meet Me At Mill Mountain: The Podcast features MMT's own resident music director Seth Davis. Host Ginger Poole, the Producing Artistic Director of Mill Mountain Theatre, talks to Seth about his artistic background and passion for musical collaboration. Seth Davis has been Mill Mountain Theatre's resident music director for 8 years after first serving as Associate Music Director for Mill Mountain’s 2013 production of The Sound of Music. Seth is a music director and musician in both the musical theater and classical music realms, in addition to being a teacher, clinician, and coach for performers and musicians of all ages. Regional credits include Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Spring Awakening, See What I Wanna See (Actor’s Express), Illyria: A Twelfth Night Musical (Georgia Shakespeare), Time Between Us, A Diva’s Christmas, Hair (Serenbe Playhouse) and The Andrews Brothers (Stage Door Players). Seth has also served as musical director for Georgia Tech and Oglethorpe University in addition to teaching at The Alliance Theatre, Aurora Theatre and judging many regional music and theater festival competitions.Mill Mountain Theatre strives to inspire, entertain, enrich, educate, and challenge audiences of Southwest Virginia through high-quality, professional theatrical productions and experiences. Meet Me At Mill Mountain: The Podcast explores all of the buzz words in Mill Mountain Theatre’s mission statement.

Have you ever been to a show on Broadway or watched live musicals in the theater? Curious to know about what the life is like of someone who lives that life!? Matthew Smedal grew up wanting to be an astronaut, but that quickly changed as he veered his life away from space and into the music scene! He graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College with her BA in Music, got her MA in and all but his PhD Dissertation in Piano Performance/Music from West Virginia University. He stepped away from school to work and what a decision that turned out to be. From WV to Los Angeles to Broadway... Matt has worked for some of the biggest theater productions in the last decade+. Currently (pre-pandemic, of course), Matt is the Associate Music Director for Mrs. Doubtfire which will open on Broadway in Manhattan as soon as the restrictions are lifted! Listen to Matt talk about life on the road, life behind the scenes of major productions, the business of Broadway, balancing home/work life, contract negotiation, and so much more! If you're a fan of musicals, Broadway, theater, or anything creative... you need to here this episode!

Ep. 94: Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Children's Chorus Let's Talk Off The Podium with Tigran Arakelyan Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, internationally regarded choral conductor, clinician and educator, began his tenure as Artistic Director of Los Angeles Children’s Chorus in the 2018-19 season. He has worked with children’s and youth choirs his entire career. From 2004 to July 2017, Malvar-Ruiz was the Music Director of The American Boychoir, leading some 150 performances and up to five national and international tours annually. He prepared the choir for appearances with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra, among others, working with such conductors as Marin Alsop, Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit, Michael Tilson Thomas and Valery Gergiev and artists ranging from cellist Yo-Yo Ma, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and pop legends Beyoncé Knowles, Sir Paul McCartney and Josh Groban to opera singers Kathleeen Battle and Jessye Norman. He also conducted the choir on six recordings, led its performances on the Academy Awards and a 9/11 Memorial Service, broadcast globally on CNN and was the music director on the film “Boychoir.” Malvar-Ruiz previously served as The American Boychoir’s Associate Music Director from 2000-2004 under James Litton. An expert in the adolescent male evolving voice, Malvar-Ruiz has guest conducted children’s and youth choirs around the globe. He has a master’s degree in Choral Conducting from Ohio State University and completed the coursework toward a doctoral degree in from the University of Illinois. In this podcast we talk about his passion for youth choirs, music education, inspirational mentors, programming, and collaborating with orchestras as a choral conductor. He also talks about his journey to working with choirs and specifically his passion for youth and music education. For more information about the Los Angeles Children's Chorus please visit: https://www.lachildrenschorus.org/ © Let's Talk Off The Podium, 2020

Ben shares some incredible stories about about Julie Andrews, Idina Menzel, Caissie Levy, Bernadette Peters + more!Benjamin Rauhala is Jeremy Jordan’s musical director and has accompanied Jeremy for all his London concerts over the past few years, including a recent run of sold out shows at Cadogan Hall.He is the co-creator and ‘Fairy Godfairy’ of the Broadway Princess Party concert series, which has seen a host of Broadway's biggest stars perform across the U.S., with many of their performances going viral on YouTube. Earlier this year Ben was Associate Music Director for The Secret Life of Bees, which ran off-Broadway directed by Sam Gold. He has worked on the music team for the Broadway productions of Fiddler on the Roof, American Psycho and Pippin. Ben is also the musical director for many major Broadway stars! During his recent trip to London, Ben sat down with West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, to discuss Jeremy Jordan & Broadway Princess Party, his path to becoming a musical director, the shows he has worked on, plus lots more!Broadway Princess Party is coming to London next year! Keep an eye on www.club11.london for info. Hosted by Andrew TomlinsVisit westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts!

Zach Morita takes a very real world, very experiential and progressive approach to music education at Niu Valley Middle School on the east side of Oahu in Hawaiʻi. His students commission musical scores from local artists, compete in Olympic events, collaborate with local chamber music ensembles and much, much more. Listen as Zach and I explore the DNA of music appreciation and exploration, his approach to project-based learning and portfolio assessments, and why his philosophy of teaching and learning music, and life moved me emotionally. Zach is in his 12th year as a music teacher at Niu Valley Middle School. He is a recent winner of the 2018 Farmers Insurance $100,000 Dream Big Teacher Challenge. Zachary has taken student performance groups to New York, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Texas. In the summer of 2019, the Niu Valley Middle School Concert Band performed at the Australian International Music Festival in the Sydney Opera House. He has conducted and directed student groups at the 2017 New York Wind Band Festival in Carnegie Hall, the 2016 National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, the 2014 American School Band Directors Association Conference, and the 2012 Winter Guard International Percussion World Championships. Active in the Hawaii music community, Zach is past Treasurer and ongoing Solo/Ensemble Chairperson for the Oahu Band Directors Association, Associate Music Director of the Honolulu Wind Ensemble, and President/Founder of the Hawaii Youth Percussion Ensemble. Zachary is sponsored by Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets, Grover Pro Percussion, and Pearl/Adams Musical Instruments. This is quite a resume for someone just getting started in his teaching career. Send feedback to me, your host, Josh Reppun at MLTSinHawaii@gmail.com.  The post 7. Zack Morita, Jedi Music Man appeared first on @MLTSinHawaii .

In this episode, we sat down with Ian, a music director and conductor currently working on Broadway's Hamilton and Freestyle Love Supreme. We chat with Ian about his path to music directing, a few of his biggest supporters/mentors, and how he collaborates with composers and lyricists on new musicals. We learned so much about the music department from our chat with Ian and we know you will too. To get tickets to Freestyle Love Supreme, click here! Connect with Ian: Instagram Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

This time sitting with Bourby it's Lloyd Coleman, Associate Music Director of the British Paraorchestra who recently visited Perth, Australia to showcase the brilliance of 'The Nature of Why'. This immersive piece was part of Perth Festival 2019 and combined classical music techniques, contemporary dancers and musicians with disabilities. Lloyd discusses his personal journey as a hearing impaired Clarinetist and Composer as well as the start of the Paraorchestra, the show itself and the importance of giving audiences multiple avenues to access classical music!

Episode Twenty-Three Angela Chan ​​Angela Chan holds a Bachelor of the Arts in Music from Texas Womans University.  She started studying piano at the age of 4 and made her first public debut at age 8 in Dallas, TX where she performed with a Suzuki touring group from Japan in front of an audience of 2,000 people.  She went on to win various competitions in the state of Texas including the Collin County Young Artist Competition in which she performed with the Plano Symphony at age 13.  During this time, she also studied the harp and French horn, and performed in the high school concert, marching, and jazz bands.  Angela went on to attend the University of North Texas on a piano performance scholarship studying with Joseph Banowetz.  She also taught piano lessons and creative music classes before discovering her love for musical theater.    After graduation, she worked at various theaters, including Barrington Stage in Massachusetts, Seaside Music Theater in Daytona Beach, and The MUNY in St Louis, the largest outdoor theater in the country.   Since then she has toured all over the US, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico as the Musical Director of “A Christmas Carol,” and as the Associate Conductor and keyboard player on the national tours of “South Pacific,” “Sound of Music,” “CATS,” Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Wizard of Oz," "Ghost," and “Phantom of the Opera.”   She has performed in Las Vegas in “The Producers,” “Spamalot,” “Mamma Mia,” Disney’s “The Lion King,” “Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular”, the Las Vegas Philharmonic, “Jersey Boys,” “KA” by Cirque du Soleil, and is currently the Associate Conductor/Keyboardist for "Le Reve: The Dream" at Wynn Las Vegas.  In 2012, she became an Associate Music Director for Choozi Entertainment, which produced the shows for the "Artists of Silver Sea" on Silver Sea Cruise lines all over the world!  Angela is also an award winning lyricist and composer, capturing “Best of the Fringe Festival” awards for her shows “Legacy of the Tiger Mother” in San Francisco in 2012, (a self produced show that played in Las Vegas, New York, Adelaide, Australia, and San Francisco) and “Sudoku the Musical” at the Las Vegas Fringe Festival in 2013!    In 2014 Angela also became a Notary Public in the state of Nevada and a licensed wedding officiant in Clark County.  Ms. Chan currently resides in Las Vegas with her husband, drummer and percussionist Alex Stopa.  Angela is a proud member of the American Federation of Musicians!   www.AngelaChanMusic.com www.TigerMotherTheMusical.com www.BrunchToBroadway.com www.Youtube.com/user/CalamityChan   Twitter: @CalamityChan Instagram: Ellahcj   Egg Nog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjqIhVwM3D8 Sad Penis Christmas https://youtu.be/bkTsRI6XjiA

Sean Holt (musician, producer, guru) drops some serious wisdom this week as he and Mackin talk about life philosophies, music, and being a good person. Sean is an American musician, producer, songwriter and artist. Originally from Louisiana, Holt’s early musical influences were a unique collection of blues, gospel, soul and jazz from that region. He began his professional career in 1991 in Los Angeles, where he currently resides. Shortly after locating in LA, Sean received his master’s degree in music from USC and began recording and performing with West Coast artists. He has worked with artists ranging from Carlos Santana, Flo Rida, Slash, John Legend, Big and Rich, Bette Midler, Bruno Mars, R. Kelly and Nelly, to Kenny Loggins, Mary J. Blige, Gloria Estefan, Arturo Sandoval, Michael Buble’, Will.i.am, Sergio Mendes, Sheila E. and numerous others. As Assistant Professor of the Popular Music and Music Production Programs at the USC Thornton School of Music, Sean offers instruction in popular ensemble performance, vocal pedagogy, songwriting, senior projects, music production techniques and private study. Holt has enjoyed an extremely diverse and multi-faceted role in the international music scene. He is an accomplished, creative business owner with years of experience in music production and supervision. He has composed/produced Emmy, Clio, and Golden Pencil Award-winning music for hundreds of clients including Apple, Nike, Nissan, Oracle, HP, BMW, Porsche, MTV, and Lexus. As executive producer of LightningHolt Music, Sean supervises the creation of an exclusive library for network television. Sean is the co-founder of the Believe Foundation, a California 501c3, providing intensive educational programs that cultivate the discipline, dedication, and commitment necessary to achieve excellence in the arts. It’s flagship program, The Los Angeles School of Arts and Entertainment improves student achievement through high quality arts education and provides a bridge between South Los Angeles youth and employment opportunities in the entertainment industry. Sean has worked extensively in Live Television as Music Director on “The Next”, Associate Music Director on the “Lopez Tonight” show with George Lopez, “Oh Sit”, and the Arsenio Hall Show. Currently, Sean can be heard as a vocalist on “Dancing With The Stars.”

In this week’s episode I sit down with Ryan DeSouza. Ryan DeSouza is Associate Music Director at the Shaw Festival and also works as a composer. In our conversation today we discuss his experiences in the industry, what he looks for in the people he works with and hires, and how important it is to create your own opportunities in the theatre industry and to not be afraid to ask people for favours and chances at opportunities that you are really passionate about.

In this week’s episode I sit down with Ryan DeSouza. Ryan DeSouza is Associate Music Director at the Shaw Festival and also works as a composer. In our conversation today we discuss his experiences in the industry, what he looks for in the people he works with and hires, and how important it is to create your own opportunities in the theatre industry and to not be afraid to ask people for favours and chances at opportunities that you are really passionate about.