Podcast appearances and mentions of brooklyn youth chorus

Jad Abumrad, composer, musician and storyteller, creator of WNYC's Radiolab, Dolly Parton's America, and More Perfect, a professor of research at Vanderbilt University, and the co-composer and librettist for Port(al), and Dianne Berkun Menaker, Brooklyn Youth Chorus founder and artistic director and co-creator of Port(al), talk about the new site-specific work about the history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.  They're joined by chorus member Josie Devlin.

Composer and multi-instrumentalist John King (viola, guitar, electronics) in excerpts and commentary from six appearances at Roulette where his solo, small and large ensemble, and "politically tinged" works have appeared since the mid-1980s. This program features performances by collaborators including vocalist Gelsey Bell, bassist William Parker, violist Joanna Mattrey, Crucible String Quartet, TILT Brass, Cornelius Dufallo's Secret Quartet, The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and one of his scores for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.https://roulette.org/

Composer and multi-instrumentalist John King (viola, guitar, electronics) in excerpts and commentary from six appearances at Roulette where his solo, small and large ensemble, and "politically tinged" works have appeared since the mid-1980s. This program features performances with collaborators including vocalist Gelsey Bell, bassist William Parker, violist Joanna Mattrey, Crucible String Quartet, TILT Brass, Cornelius Dufallo's Secret Quartet, The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and one of his scores for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Johan Lenox has one of the more unusual resumes in the music world. He's probably best known as a producer, working with hip hop stars like Travis Scott and Big Sean. But he's also a singer, pianist, and a composer of contemporary classical music. He'll produce uncategorizable work with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, write music for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and cover a Nirvana song, all as part of his omnivorous musical diet. Lenox's 2023 release is called Johan's Childhood Chamber Nostalgia Album, which leans toward ambient music with an unfocused childlike spirit. Johan Lenox and a small chamber music trio play in-studio.  Set list: "Hopes and Dreams", "Boy With Blurry Eyes", "When I Was Your Age"

El festival internacional La Mar de Músicas, creado en 1995, centrado en la música de diferentes culturas y estilos de todo el mundo, incluyendo música tradicional, folclórica, jazz, flamenco, música electrónica, regresa a nuestra programación estival. something bout tomorrow + tens morada em mim + hortelã MARO saudade, saudade MARO, carbeau Yasugi Bushi - Bolero Minyo Crusaders Cumbia del Monte Fuji Minyo Crusaders, Frente Cumbiero Moussoya Fatoumata Diawara, Brooklyn Youth Chorus Maliba Fatoumata Diawara Désolé Gorillaz, Fatoumata Diawara Eu Sou Lia Minha Ciranda Preta Cirandeira + Dorme Pretinho Lia de Itamaracá Aurora + No Me Salves Queralt Lahoz Charco Hoonine Love Will Be Reborn Martha Wainwright Escuchar audio

Ponemos en común músicos contemporáneos con enfoques únicos en sus respectivos géneros que han experimentado fusionando estilos y colaborando con otros artistas, lo que refleja una apertura a la exploración musical y la creación de nuevos sonidos. De Pat Metheny, Bongeziwe Mabandla, Alfa Mist, Blick Bassy, Kimi Djabaté, Fatoumata Diawara y Roberto Fonseca o Paolo Fresu con Omar Sosa. Ole & Gard Pat Metheny noba bangathini Bongeziwe Mabandla Aged Eyes Alfa Mist, Kaya Thomas-Dyke Hola Mè + Nop Blick Bassy Yensoro Kimi Djabaté Neboufo Fatoumata Diawara, Roberto Fonseca Sete Fatoumata Diawara, Brooklyn Youth Chorus Didjo Paolo Fresu, Omar Sosa, Indwe Djinn Pulse Justin Adams, Mauro Durante Escuchar audio

WE ARE BACK WITH AN MRKH POWER HOUSE! A big welcome to Frost! During her youth, she performed opera at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House, and others, as the youngest member in the concert ensemble of Grammy Award winning Choir, Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Now, she lives in Brooklyn, New York, as a second year student at PRATT Institute, obtaining her Film BFA and minor in entrepreneurship while actively pursuing several projects, such as her LLC freelance company. Born in San Francisco, raised in New York City. Global Traveler, Avid explorer, and multilingual. She aspires after the works of Barbara Kopple and Agnes Varda, with a strong interest in documentary filmmaking. Follow the documentary @mrkhdocumentary and Frosts main instagram @frosttmartin. Big thanks to MRKH Connect for sponsoring this Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mindovermrkh/message

Shara Nova has released five albums under the moniker My Brightest Diamond and has composed works for The Crossing, Conspirare, Cantus Domus, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Roomful of Teeth, many community choirs, as well as yMusic, Brooklyn Rider, violist Nadia Sirota, Aarhus Symfoni, North Carolina Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, American Composers Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra, among others.In 2019, she composed for over 600 community musicians and the Cincinnati Symphony in celebration of their 125th season, a piece entitled "Look Around," with director Mark DeChiazza. Her baroque chamber p'opera “You Us We All” premiered in the US in October 2015 at BAM Next Wave Festival. With co-composer and performer Helga Davis, Nova created a four-screen film entitled “Ocean Body,” along with director Mark DeChiazza, which premiered at The Momentary in August 2021, shortly followed by the premiere of “Infinite Movement,” her baroque masque for 100 musicians, set to text by artist Matthew Ritchie, which premiered at The University of North Texas in November 2021.Ms. Nova is the featured singer on “The Blue Hour” with the string orchestra A Far Cry and co-composers Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Sarah Kirkland Snider and Caroline Shaw on Nonesuch Records (Sept ‘22). A collection of songs by Nico Muhly with Detroit's acclaimed wind ensemble Akropolis Quintet also features Ms. Nova's voice entitled Hymns for Private Use (Oct ‘22). A number of music composers, including Sarah Kirkland Snider, Bryce and Aaron Dessner, Steve Mackey and David Lang have created works specifically for her voice. She has collaborated with Matthew Barney, The Decemberists, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, and many others.Shara has a couple different branches to her life:Singer and Composer Branch: https://shara-nova.com/Pop Music Branch: https://www.mybrightestdiamond.com/Instagram: @mybrightestdiamondTwitter: @MyBrightestDmndWriting on Substack: https://substack.com/profile/91251132-shara-nova

Why does representation and diversity in the classroom matter?How does it make an impact on how our students view themselves?Our students need trusted adults who are available to answer questions about identity and therefore can make a difference in their lives in the long term.Encouraging conversations about all sorts of intersections of identity in a safe and honest space promotes belonging. As educators, we have the ability to create the type of spaces that support young people to flourish and thrive.Welcome to episode 3 of Take Notes with Jen Rafferty! In this episode, I'm speaking with Eric Williamson! He is a former conductor with the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and music teacher at PS 32 in Brooklyn. Eric has also joined the national facilitation team of the Human Rights Campaign - Welcoming Schools Program, the nation's largest bullying prevention, and LGBTQ+ inclusive education initiativeWe explore the effects of insufficient education available to teachers on handling this topic, and how self-reflection and personal development can be a catalyst for change.Also, how a simple mindset shift can help us lean into conflict, and uncomfortable situations so these vital conversations can be had to better serve our students.Today is all about inclusion and cultivating communities for belonging for our youth, and the difference having these conversations makes in students' lives.As educators, we get to foster safety for our students, even when it's not easy.Because feeling safe to be our most authentic selves is how we all grow and shine!Stay empowered,Jen Let's keep the conversation going! Find me at:Click here to learn all the ways you can work with me: Jen Rafferty | Instagram, YouTube, Facebook | LinktreeInstagram: @jenrafferty_FaceBook: Empowered Educator Faculty Room About Eric WilliamsonEric Williamson is Black Boy Joy! He has captured the hearts of many on international stages with his magnetic energy and light.  A former conductor with the Grammy award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus and a music teacher at P.S. 32 in Brooklyn, he is no stranger to cultivating communities of belonging for LGBTQ youth. In 2021, he was featured in NY1 for teaching a lesson with NYC Chancellor Meisha Porter on personal pronouns to one of his 1st-grade classes. This led to several workshop opportunities to lead and facilitate conversations with parents and teachers on topics regarding race, anti-racism, sexuality, identity, and culturally responsive teaching. He recently joined the national facilitation team of the Human Rights Campaign Welcoming Schools program, the Nation's largest bullying prevention and LGBTQ+ inclusive education initiative. A native of Teaneck, NJ, Mr. Williamson received his B.A. in Music from the Pennsylvania State University and his M.A. in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Connect with Eric here:Website: www.ericwilliamson.orgIG: @EricWilliamsonTenorFB: Eric Williamson

Joel A. Martin is a Norwalk CT-based pianist, producer, composer, and arranger who has collaborated with, and/or written music for, Grammy® Award-winners Alan Menken, Kathleen Battle, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, cellist Eugene Friesen of the Paul Winter Consort, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jaimoe of the Allman Brothers, among many luminaries. At age 17 Joel was the youngest and the first African-American pianist to compete in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (1985). He has appeared as a soloist with the NY Philharmonic, El Paso Symphony, Springfield Symphony Orchestra (MA), Philadelphia Orchestra, Cab Calloway Orchestra, New Hampshire Festival Orchestra, and the Hartford Symphony, among many others. Trained as a classical pianist at the Hartt School of Music and SUNY, Purchase, he created "Jazzical" in 1995 as a celebration of creative fusion: "the explosive union of classical composition and jazz innovation ignited with a fresh spirit all its own." This concept, form and vehicle "captures the dynamic force of multiple cultures and influences, unleashing a kinetic energy that breaks down boundaries and yields whole new worlds of musical expression." In this episode, Joel shares his background, education, and musical journey. If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, ect. Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

Sahba Aminikia is an Iranian American composer, musician and educator based in San Francisco whose own musical training spanned three continents. He first studied composition in the city of his birth, Tehran, and then relocated to Russia to attend the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. After emigrating as a refugee to San Francisco in 2006, Sahba then earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.His passion for blending genres and cultural influences in his work — he is as well-versed in traditional music from Iran and classical music from Europe as he is in the oeuvres of Pink Floyd and Queen — quickly garnered attention from musicians and ensembles all over the world. Among the performing groups to have commissioned him are Kronos Quartet, Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Symphony Parnassus, and his compositions have been performed all over the world.Sahba is also the founder and artistic director of the annual Flying Carpet Children Festival that since 2018 has been bringing music — and world-class musicians — as well as circus arts to the Turkish border city of Mardin to delight and engage refugee children from Iraq and Syria.In this interview with Pier Carlo Talenti, Sahba explains how his own experience as refugee has informed his belief that music is a form of spiritual liberation with the unique ability to unite peoples and cultures across all borders.https://www.sahbakia.com/https://www.flyingcarpetfestival.org/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxDN8k63jJM

Sahba Aminikia is an Iranian American composer, musician and educator based in San Francisco whose own musical training spanned three continents. He first studied composition in the city of his birth, Tehran, and then relocated to Russia to attend the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. After emigrating as a refugee to San Francisco in 2006, Sahba then earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.His passion for blending genres and cultural influences in his work — he is as well-versed in traditional music from Iran and classical music from Europe as he is in the oeuvres of Pink Floyd and Queen — quickly garnered attention from musicians and ensembles all over the world. Among the performing groups to have commissioned him are Kronos Quartet, Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Symphony Parnassus, and his compositions have been performed all over the world.Sahba is also the founder and artistic director of the annual Flying Carpet Children Festival that since 2018 has been bringing music — and world-class musicians — as well as circus arts to the Turkish border city of Mardin to delight and engage refugee children from Iraq and Syria.In this interview with Pier Carlo Talenti, Sahba explains how his own experience as refugee has informed his belief that music is a form of spiritual liberation with the unique ability to unite peoples and cultures across all borders.https://www.sahbakia.com/https://www.flyingcarpetfestival.org/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxDN8k63jJM

Jess Gillam talks to composer and pianist Martin Kohlstedt about the music they love - with music from Bartók, Radiohead, Chopin and Dusty Springfield. Today we played... George Walker – Lyric for Strings (London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman) Natureboy Flako - Gelis Caroline Shaw – Its Motion Keeps (Caroline Shaw, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker) Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (Arthur Rubinstein) Dusty Springfield – The Look of Love John Tavener – Funeral Canticle (The Academy of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin) Radiohead – Codex Béla Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119, 2nd mvt - Andante Religioso (Géza Anda, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay)

Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist Angélica Negrón's music is deeply personal, reflecting a sensitive, playful nature that takes nothing for granted. Even the most mundane sounds--a stapler, a calculator, crumpling paper, pots and pans become beautiful in her sound sculptor's able hands.  Her music has been described as “wistfully idiosyncratic and contemplative,” while The New York Times noted her “capacity to surprise.” Negrón has been commissioned by the Bang on a Can All-Stars, loadbang, MATA Festival, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Sō Percussion, the American Composers Orchestra and the New York Botanical Garden, among others. We hope you enjoy her music as much as we did this week.

Ruth Margraff and Kamala Sankaram's opera, LOST MUSIC FROM THE HEART OF EVERYTHING (a suffrage aria for Amelia Himes Walker), will be available to view virtually through the end of September. For more information, visit https://burningcoal.org/ (Burning Coal Theatre’s website) or https://www.ncopera.org/ (North Carolina Opera). About the Guests Ruth Margraff wrote 6 critically acclaimed martial arts operas with the late composer Fred Ho for the Apollo, Guggenheim Museum, LaMama, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Her recent writing includes: Mirror Butterfly her jazz opera for climate refugees with Afro Yaqui Music Collective at New Hazlett Theater (Pittsburgh), Kennedy Center Millenium Stage (DC), National Ensemble Theater plenary (Tucson), 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum (Kurdistan, Iraq), and released on Innova Records at Red Rooster/Ginny’s and the National Jazz Museum (Harlem); Temptation of the Fresh Voluptuous for the Nisville Jazz Teatrski Festival (Serbia), Red Tape/Art Institute Ballroom (Chicago), Coe Marquis Series Sinclair Stage (Iowa); and haiku for Bella Gaia with NASA holographic imagery. With her Café Antarsia Ensemble she wrote Previously Blue, Three Graces, Wellspring, Judges 19: Black Lung Exhaling which have toured all over the US and internationally. Ruth has received awards from Rockefeller, McKnight, NEA, and Fulbright foundations, etc. She is a tenured Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. https://bakerartist.org/node/23709 (https://bakerartist.org/node/23709)  Kamala Sankaram, composer, has received commissions from Washington National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Beth Morrison Projects, the PROTOTYPE Festival, Opera on Tap, Opera Memphis, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, among others. She is the recipient of a Jonathan Larson Award from the American Theater Wing.  She is currently working with Opera on Tap and librettist Jerre Dye on The Parksville Murders, the first opera written for virtual reality. Episode 1 is now available on SamsungVR. Her other operas include Taking up Serpents, Thumbprint, Miranda, and The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace.  Connect with Us Facebook – @rduonstage Twitter – @rduonstage Instagram – @rduonstage Web http://www.rduonstage.com/ (www.rduonstage.com) Support this podcast

Adam Chester works as a professional composer, arranger, pianist and singer/songwriter. Since 2005, he’s earned the title of the “Surrogate Elton John”, working exclusively with Sir Elton and his band as Elton’s only “stand-in” on the piano and vocals for various rehearsals, sound checks and concert appearances. Adam also composes, arranges and conducts for Elton. In 2007, Adam conducted the Brooklyn Youth Chorus in concert at Madison Square Garden for Elton’s 60th Birthday Concert, and in 2013, composed and arranged the choral parts for Elton’s single, “Home Again.”  Ironically since the age of 8, Adam has been a loyal fan of Elton.Adam is also the author of, “S’Mother”, a book about inappropriate letters he received from his mother over the past 30 years. “S’Mother” is available worldwide from Abrams Publishing. 

Wye Oak - "AEIOU" from the 2020 No Horizon EP on Merge Records. The duo of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack — better known to us as Wye Oak — have teamed up with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus for the brand-new five-song EP No Horizon, out now via Merge Records. “There’s this sense of communion of making music with other people in real time and space, and that’s something that had eluded us on multiple levels,” Stack explained via a press release. “We’ve known for a while that we needed to learn how to let this project evolve so that it could continue to exist, because our partnership as friends and musicians and collaborators feels important. We need to find new ways to make it still feel vital and still feel new. And this is a part of that exploration.” She describes today's Song of the Day as a "about the inadequacy of language," adding: It was written around the time that those currently in power took it upon themselves to think that they could minimize the existence of certain people by removing the words that we currently use to define them — like transgender — from use. Language is bigger than the powers that try to control it, but we are so much bigger than language. We are so much more than anything that can be suggested with words. Read the full post on KEXP.org Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate

103ª edición radiofónica del programa "Supersonidos x Carlos Bonet" que se emite cada jueves entre las 12 y las 13 horas en la emisora BN Mallorca Radio, 106.5 FM o en bnmallorca.com - (FREE APP). Repasamos las novedades de música independiente y alternativa más interesantes del panorama mundial. TRACKLIST: YARD ACT - FIXER UPPER SINEAD O BRIEN – STRANGERS IN DANGER HOOPS – GLAD YOU STAYED Illuminati hotties – free ppls DEERHUNTER - NOTHING EVER HAPPENED HONNE – LOVING YOU IS SO EASY HAIM – I’VE BEEN DOWN NAT VAZER – HIGHER PLACES WYE OAK, BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS – NO PLACE PAPOOZ – THE GARDEN CHICANO BATMAN – COLOR MY LIFE JUAN WAUTERS – MUY MUY CHICO TAME IMPALA – INSTANT DESTINY RÖYKSOPP – HERE SHE COMES AGAIN

This week on Transmissions, we’re joined by songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Jenn Wasner. She had planned on spending a fair amount of 2020 on the road playing guitar, keys, and singing with Bon Iver, but instead she’s spending it in a manner probably familiar to readers: watching TV and drinking coffee, thinking about the potential end of the world. But that doesn’t mean she hasn’t kept busy: this week, her duo with Andy Stack, Wye Oak, releases its new EP No Horizon, a collaboration with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. And she’s got another EP out too, the recently released Like So Much Desirefrom her solo project, Flock of Dimes. Both projects are great showcases for her progressive songcraft, which pairs oblique and exploratory lyrics with swooning avant-pop. Wasner has never settled comfortable into just one mode—scanning through her discography reveals folk, synth-driven art rock, and guitar epics—but her inquisitive, intricate lyrics serve as a throughline.  She joined us to discuss the role of imagination in creating the future, staying sane, what’s keeping her company on the turntable, working with Justin Vernon’s Bon Iver collective and what she’s learned from producing singer/songwriter Madeline Kenney.

En Música de Contrabando , revista diaria de música en Onda Regional de Murcia (orm.es; 23,05h). KISS acaban de anunciar a través de su web oficial que regresarán a España el próximo 2021. Después de cancelar su última gira por Europa, la mítica formación estadounidense ha compartido hoy los detalles de su próxima gira por el viejo continente End of the Road Tour. La revista Q, una de las más destacadas del periodismo musical británico, ha anunciado su cierre después de 34 años de actividad. El número que sale el próximo 28 de julio será conmemorativo. Finalmente el ciclo Sala Barcelona (que se celebra en el Castell de Montjuïc) y los festivales veraniegos Cruïlla XXS, Grec y Jardins de Pedralbes siguen adelante con su programación. El Festival BSide, previsto para el próximo 5 de septiembre en Molina de Segura no se celebrará en 2020. Boria estrena nuevo single, "Esta vez". Gorillaz continúan publicando nuevas entregas del proyecto colaborativo “Song Machine”, con el que llevan sorprendiéndonos desde enero de este año. Ahora lanzan el quinto episodio junto al rapero ScHoolboy Q. ‘Media Parte’, primer EP de L E O en solitario. La artista británica Anne-Marie vuelve con nuevo single “To Be Young”, un medio tiempo en el que colabora la cantante y rapera norteamericana Doja Cat. La australiana Cxloe canta sobre la adicción en "12 steps", nuevo single de la reina del dark pop. Wye Oak comparten nueva canción distópica “No Place” extraída de su No Horizon EP featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Pachi García ALIS vuelve con un recopilatorio en el que recupera versiones grabadas en su estudio a lo largo de los tres meses de confinamiento y que ha ido colgando a título personal en sus redes. La salida a la venta del álbum viene acompañada de un videoclip de uno de sus temas más especiales, "Sigo aquí", grabado en colaboración con los vallisoletanos Siloé. Psychic Temple regresan con su propio Houses of the holy, doble album con un montón de colaboraciones, como la de Dream Syndicate . Entrevista DESconfinada a David Moya, que estrena "El tiempo lento de las cosas", producido por Road Ramos, en el que colabora Funambulista.

Composers and performers are finding incredibly creative ways to continue connecting and making great music in the midst of a global pandemic. Seth talks with composers Suzanne Farrin, Gene Pritsker, Carlos Simon, Liza Sobel and Greg Bartholomew as well as countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and American Composers Orchestra's Artistic Director Derek Bermel. MUSIC Nacht (excerpt) by Suzanne Farrin Performed by: Suzanne Farrin, ondes Martenot Alice Teyssier, voice Ross Karre, percussion Randall Zigler, bass Nuiko Wadden, harp Ryan Streber, audio engineer Pandemic Dance #32 and #30 by Gene Pritsker Performed by: Carson Cooman, organ Kristof Knoch - bass clarinet Gene Pritsker - electric guitar Another Rising by Carlos Simon Presented as part of American Composers Orchestra's Connecting ACO Community Performed by: Anthony Roth Constanzo, counter tenor Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker - Founder and Artistic Director Brian Losch, sound editing and mixing Reverse Forward by Liza Sobel Performed by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Ken-David Masur - conductor Fire and Ice and Prairie Spring by Greg Bartholomew Performed by: Matt Curtis Useless Machines for Thinking, Dreaming, Feeling mvmt 3 Mind Fire by Seth Boustead Performed by Ford Fourqurean - bass clarinet David Keller - cello Henry Zheng - violin

Hey, Counties!How's that isolation going? We hope you're healthy and safe.As always, each episode of Counter Programming will focus on a "counter" of some sort. Today, we learn about countertenors.Thank you to Bethany Berger for lending your voice for the intro section of the episode! You can do the same. Record a voice note saying, "Hi, i'm (your name), and you're listening to Counter Programming with Shira & Arielle." Then send it to us!You can reach us by email: counterprogrammingshiraarielle@gmail.com. You can also reach us on Instagram @counterprogrammingpod.Last week, Shira and Arielle covered counterfeit money. Check back in our feed to listen to our previous episodes.Countertenor Info:A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5. Countertenors often are baritones or tenors at core, but on rare occasions use this vocal range in performance (via Wikipedia).As explained by Lestyn Davies, a Grammy award-winning countertenor, “It's a voice produced by not using one's ‘modal' or normal speaking voice, but the higher range that occurs when the combination of larynx muscles and vocal cord position are changed in such a way that the air passing through the cords vibrates a much thinner outer layer."Interview/Information about Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen:We talk about the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Hannah Senesh Hebrew Day School, Elton John's 60th birthday party (at MSG), castration, the Church, Princeton theses, La Boheme, and so much more.Here's Aryeh's website (gorgeous, right?!)Here's the clip that we played of Aryeh singing. AMAZING!Aryeh dispels some rumors about opera, so listen in to have your perspective shifted.We talk about the practice of castration (long gone) and how it has affected the opera world to this day.Thanks for tuning in! Leave us a review on Apple or a comment on Castbox.Tweet at us. Here's Shira. Here's Arielle.At the top of the show, we told you about The Jordan Harbinger Show. Find it and listen here.Buzzsprout, y'all, the best podcast host in the game. Thank you to Daniel Tureck, our engineer.Thank you to Caio Slikta, our logo designer.Our music is called Tennessee Hayride and it's by Jason Shaw.

Dianne Berkun Menaker was once a music teacher at a prestigious school in Brooklyn when she noticed something: children's choruses were almost entirely white. That didn't sit right with her. She set about creating a chorus that better represented the community -- and in the process, created a Grammy-winning choir that sings alongside musical greats like David Byrne and Barbra Streisand while also helping kids voice the issues that matter to them most. Listen to how Brooklyn Youth Chorus got its start.

'.....but we're governed by psychopaths'David Byrne with Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Faith Ringgold, Noah Yuval Harari, John Cooper Clarke, George Monbiot, Kaia Kater, Quentin Crisp, Michael Kiwanuka, Aretha Franklin, Lloyd Cole, Connie Converse, Clare Maguire, Jonathan Richman, Patty Griffin, Frank Ocean

'.....but we're governed by psychopaths' David Byrne with Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Faith Ringgold, Noah Yuval Harari, John Cooper Clarke, George Monbiot, Kaia Kater, Quentin Crisp, Michael Kiwanuka, Aretha Franklin, Lloyd Cole, Connie Converse, Clare Maguire, Jonathan Richman, Patty Griffin, Frank Ocean

Adam Chester works as a professional composer, arranger, pianist and singer/songwriter. Since 2005, he’s earned the title of the “Surrogate Elton John”, working exclusively with Sir Elton and his band as Elton’s only “stand-in” on the piano and vocals for various rehearsals, sound checks and concert appearances. Adam also composes, arranges and conducts for Elton. In 2007, Adam conducted the Brooklyn Youth Chorus in concert at Madison Square Garden for Elton’s 60th Birthday Concert, and in 2013, composed and arranged the choral parts for Elton’s single, “Home Again.” Learn more at adamchester.com or find him on Instagram @adamchester. You can also find his music on iTunes and his book “Smother” on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.

Adam Chester works as a professional composer, arranger, pianist and singer/songwriter. Since 2005, he’s earned the title of the “Surrogate Elton John”, working exclusively with Sir Elton and his band as Elton’s only “stand-in” on the piano and vocals for various rehearsals, sound checks and concert appearances. Adam also composes, arranges and conducts for Elton. In 2007, Adam conducted the Brooklyn Youth Chorus in concert at Madison Square Garden for Elton’s 60th Birthday Concert, and in 2013, composed and arranged the choral parts for Elton’s single, “Home Again.” Learn more at adamchester.com or find him on Instagram @adamchester. You can also find his music on iTunes and his book “Smother” on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.

Adam Chester works as a professional composer, arranger, pianist and singer/songwriter. Since 2005, he’s earned the title of the “Surrogate Elton John”, working exclusively with Sir Elton and his band as Elton’s only “stand-in” on the piano and vocals for various rehearsals, sound checks and concert appearances. Adam also composes, arranges and conducts for Elton. In 2007, Adam conducted the Brooklyn Youth Chorus in concert at Madison Square Garden for Elton’s 60th Birthday Concert, and in 2013, composed and arranged the choral parts for Elton’s single, “Home Again.” Learn more at adamchester.com or find him on Instagram @adamchester. You can also find his music on iTunes and his book “S'Mother” on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on Twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on Instagram @laurapowers44.

In 2012, the Grammy award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus commissioned the the future Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw to write a new work for their upcoming Benjamin Britten centenary celebration concert at Carnegie Hall. The result, "Its Motion Keeps," is a swirling piece for SSA choir and viola that employs at once the familiar (repetitive, calming ostinati) with the strange (extended techniques, clashing dissonance). On September 16th, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus (under the direction of conductor Dianne Berkun-Menaker), joined us in the Jerome L. Greene Space to perform for a live recording alongside Caroline Shaw herself on the viola. As part of an exclusive Meet the Composer Bonus Track, download "Its Motion Keeps" by Caroline Shaw.