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New York City-based pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer Cestari creates a world that melds the sounds of jazz, pop, classical, latin, and free improvisation together. With rich vocals, vivid lyricism, and a powerful approach to the piano, Cestari's music takes on various inspirations that have merged into one distinct sound. Studying Music Business at NYU, Cestari aims to use his knowledge to share evocative, captivating, and impactful stories. In conjunction with the release of his debut album “In A Moment”, Cestari organized “MOMENTS”, a 90-minute concert on young adult life, mental health, and acceptance, which premiered all the music off the album with an 11-piece ensemble as well as never-before-seen music videos at the renowned DiMenna Center for Classical Music. As written in RAG Magazine, “[Cestari has] so many different undertones that range from a cinematic and almost haunting approach to a pop-coated singer-songwriter style [that] also incorporates just about everything in between.” However, this is only the start as Cestari continues to work and grow as one of the most dynamic voices in the New York music scene.

On this episode, Marina speaks with the members of sinonó, who will be joining us in concert this Saturday Oct. 7 at the Dimenna Center in New York City. sinonó is a brief submergence, a string of choices, a container for the communion of rigor and failure. This NYC-based trio, featuring Isabel Crespo Pardo (voice), Lester St. Louis (cello), and Henry Fraser (bass), performs graphic scores and poem-songs composed by Crespo. sinonó will release their debut album in early 2024. To learn more about sinonó, visit https://isabelcrespo.com/sinono to learn more about Interbeing, visit https://www.takensemble.com/being

Julia Perry (1924-1979) was an American composer, who studied at Tanglewood, Juilliard and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, where she won the Boulanger Grand Prix for her Viola Sonata. She was the recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships and also studied in Italy with Luigi Dallapiccola. Despite her prolific achievements, Perry's work has fallen into obscurity, including her Violin Concerto of 1963. Here to shine a light on her work is violinist Curtis Stewart, who will be giving the premiere performance of Perry's Violin Concerto with the Experiential Orchestra and James Blachly on 2 December in New York. Curtis speaks with online editor Davina Shum about the unexpected logistics of programming an unknown work, as well as the challenges that come with the piece, and why this work should be performed more often. Curtis will perform Julia Perry's Violin Concerto on Friday 2 December 2022 at 8pm with the Experiential Orchestra and James Blachly, at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY. More information can be found here. Check out thestrad.com for the latest news, articles and reviews on all things to do with string playing. Register and subscribe to access exclusive archival content from 2010 onwards. Student discount! Get 50% off an online subscription! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3eQ75AB  Find us on social media: Facebook.com/thestrad Twitter: @TheStradMag Instagram: @the_strad_

Charlotte and Laura speak with Eric Wubbels about the piece he's writing for TAK, titled 'Interbeing'. They talk about making music that responds on a deep level to what's going on in the world, about how debating with friends helps you to forge your own creative voice, how food relates to music, and many other things. We're giving the first public performance of 'Interbeing' this Saturday, May 21 at 8pm at the Dimenna Center! Tickets are PWYC and can be reserved here : https://www.takensemble.com/interbeing Eric's selected bibliography for Interbeing includes: Rirkrit Tiravanija- pad thai ; Untitled (1999) ; The Land Nicolas Bourriaud- Relational Aesthetics Melanie McLain- Uncoreographic Sculptures Thich Nhat Hanh- How to Love Anne Carson- Antigonick Rick Burkhardt- Great Hymn of Thanksgiving For more about Eric Wubbels: http://www.wubbelsmusic.com/ For more about TAK: tps://www.takensemble.com

Of the more than 20 million Americans with Italian roots, approximately 87 percent are of Southern Italian origin. This massive dispora from Italy's south has made southern Italian cuisine, culture and traditions into familiar aspects of Italian American life; yet the wealth of classical music originating in the Italian south has remained a mystery, even to the millions whose ancestors left her shores. This week's guest, Alexis Zingale, hopes to change that with The Southern Italian Piano Project. The Southern Italian Piano Project seeks to change the narrative and ensure that the lesser-known composers from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, from both before and after the Risorgimento, attract the attention and respect given other composers in the canon of classical music. Alexis shares how The Southern Italian Piano project got its start (spoiler alert: the Italian American Podcast might have been an early inspiration), how she worked to uncover and reintroduce composers from all over the south of Italy, which composers are part of her repertoire, including Francesco Durante and Alessandro Longo, and how her overall vision is to expand the canon of western art music to include as many underrepresented composers from the south of Italy as possible. Alexis also shares a few samples of works she's unearthed as she prepares to bring them to life in a series of live performances in the greater New York City area in the coming weeks, including: · Friday, May 6, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Branford Free Evangelical Church, 231 Leetes Island Road, Branford, CT. Tickets are $20 for general admission or $10 for seniors at the door, or $20 via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=312023991157 · Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., at the Littlefield Recital Hall at Paier College, 84 Iranistan Ave, Bridgeport, CT. Tickets are $20 for general admission or $10 for seniors at the door, or $20 via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=312040701137 · Friday, May 20, 2022, 8:00 at p.m., at Mary Flagler Cary Hall at The Dimenna Center for Classical Music, 450 W 37th St., New York, NY. Tickets are $25 via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=226211192767 If you're a devotee of classical music, a proud daughter or son of the Two Sicilies, or just someone who loves to explore new and unique topics, you won't want to miss this week's episode! This episode is sponsored by Mediaset Italia.

“Sparkling” mezzo-soprano Madison Marie McIntosh has been praised for her “wondrouslyflexible voice,” “prodigious vocal skills,” and “richly textured and strong lower register” (Vocedi Meche). OperaWire has praised her “vocal power,” “enchanting voice,” “velvety mezzosoprano,”and “abundant vocal and dramatic technique, with no shortage of soaring high notesand flexible roulades.” She won The American Prize in Vocal Performance in 2020 and thenperformed a benefit concert for The American Prize that featured world premieres of works by eight composers. Madison has performed Ernesta (Un avvertimento ai gelosi) at Caramoor, Delia (Il viaggio a Reims) with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and Alto Soloist (Messiah) with New Amsterdam Opera. In 2022, she performed in concerts with Gulfshore Opera and will sing the title role in La Cenerentola with Fargo Moorhead Opera, the title role in Giulio Cesare with Connecticut Lyric Opera, and Francesca Da Ponte in the premiere of Da Ponte, by composer Roger Neill and librettist Neil Cohen. In 2021, she sang Beppe in Teatro Grattacielo's production of L'amico Fritz at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, the Domme in Three Way with Fargo Moorhead Opera, Melissa in La liberazione di Ruggiero with Connecticut Lyric Opera, Ruggiero in Alter Ego Chamber Opera's production of Alcina REVAMPED at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and Lola Lowell in the virtual premiere of Theodore Christman's opera The Impresario and the Dueling Divas with Mo. Eve Queler. Madison has also performed Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), the title role in Carmen, Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Cesare (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Sara (Roberto Devereux), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and lead roles in the world premieres of six operas. She has premiered song cycles and other works by composers such as Peter Breiner, Paula Kimper, Roger Neill, Amy Scurria, Jeff Shankley, Myron Silberstein, Webster Young, and Paul Ayres. In 2019, she joined Eve Queler as a soloist in her 25th annual Bel Canto Opera Concert. She has been featured as a soloist in venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the DiMenna Center, and the Teatro Rossini. She covered the title role in Tancredi and sang the Eco in the inaugural season of Will Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo. In 2019, she performed the role of Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) at the Wiener Kammeroper as a result of winning First Prize in the Vienna Summer Music Festival Competition. She worked with the late Mo. Alberto Zedda as a young artist of the Accademia Rossiniana in 2014 and was an Apprentice Artist of Sarasota Opera in 2018. Last season, she was presented in a solo virtual concert in the Kravis Center's series Kravis @ Home. “Sparkling” mezzo-soprano Madison Marie McIntosh has been praised for her “wondrously flexible voice,” “prodigious vocal skills,” and “richly textured and strong lower register” (Voce di Meche). OperaWire has praised her “vocal power,” “enchanting voice,” “velvety mezzosoprano,”and “abundant vocal and dramatic technique, with no shortage of soaring high notesand flexible roulades.” She won The American Prize in Vocal Performance in 2020 and thenperformed a benefit concert for The American Prize that featured world premieres of works by eight composers. Madison has performed Ernesta (Un avvertimento ai gelosi) at Caramoor, Delia (Il viaggio a Reims) with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and Alto Soloist (Messiah) with New Amsterdam Opera. In 2022, she performed in concerts with Gulfshore Opera and will sing the title role in La Cenerentola with Fargo Moorhead Opera, the title role in Giulio Cesare with Connecticut Lyric Opera, and Francesca Da Ponte in the premiere of Da Ponte, by composer Roger Neill and librettist Neil Cohen. In 2021, she sang Beppe in Teatro Grattacielo's production of L'amico Fritz at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, the Domme in Three Way with Fargo Moorhead Opera, Melissa in La liberazione di Ruggiero with Connecticut Lyric Opera, Ruggiero in Alter Ego Chamber Opera's production of Alcina REVAMPED at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, anLola Lowell in the virtual premiere of Theodore Christman's opera The Impresario and theDueling Divas with Mo. Eve Queler. Madison has also performed Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), the title role in Carmen, Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Cesare (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Sara (Roberto Devereux), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and lead roles in the world premieres of six operas. S has premiered song cycles and other works by composers such as Peter Breiner, Paula Kimper, Roger Neill, Amy Scurria, Jeff Shankley, Myron Silberstein, Webster Young, and Paul Ayres. In 2019, she joined Eve Queler as a soloist in her 25th annual Bel Canto Opera Concert. She has been featured as a soloist in venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the DiMenna Center, and the Teatro Rossini. She covered the title role in Tancredi and sang the Eco in the inaugural season of Will Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo. In 2019, she performed the role of Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) at the Wiener Kammeroper as a result of winning First Prize in the Vienna Summer Music Festival Competition. She worked with the late Mo. Alberto Zedda as a young artist of the Accademia Rossiniana in 2014 and was an Apprentice Artist of Sarasota Opera in 2018. Last season, she was presented in a solo virtual concert in the Kravis Center's series Kravis @ Home. She also sang in virtual events presented by Fort Worth Opera, Maryland Opera, and the Art Song Preservation Society of New York. She performed one of the 22 ariette by Vaccai in Will Crutchfield's video “Bel Canto in Thirty Minutes,” which also includes singers such as Lawrence Brownlee, Jennifer Rowley, Lisette Oropesa, Angela Meade, and Tamara Mumford. She later collaborated with Mo. Crutchfield on a recording for Teatro Nuovo's Bel Canto Collection. She performed one of the 22 ariette by Vaccai in Will Crutchfield's video “Bel Canto in Thirty Minutes,” which also includes singers such as Lawrence Brownlee, Jennifer Rowley, Lisette Oropesa, Angela Meade, and Tamara Mumford. She later collaborated with Mo. Crutchfield on a recording for Teatro Nuovo's Bel Canto Collection.

Host: Kyle LeungPodcast LinktreeWhat Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpodGuest: Elizabeth Tsung https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth.tsung/Website https://www.elizabethtsung.com/Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6eHvJ1bnwPdCI6Kncs9LIASpotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6r0Og5FBzoIOJptR5A0f3JCheck out Elizabeth's new music video for her song POACH premiering May 28th 2021 2:15pm PSThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfUHvt-1ae0Support Elizabeth's organization of choice Little Wanderers NYC https://www.instagram.com/littlewanderersnyc/Little Wanderers NYC is an animal rescue service rescuing/TNR'ing the neediest cats in the toughest areas of NYC- focus on the Bronx. It is a grassroots community that Elizabeth spent some time volunteering with.Elizabeth Tsung is a super talented and successful violinist, pianist and composer. Elizabeth has played at Carnegie Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Kaufman Music Center, The Riverside Church, The Church of St. Francis Xavier, Kerrytown Concert House, Hill Auditorium, The University of Michigan Museum of Art and more. Elizabeth is a Taiwanese American with immigrants from Taiwan and she grew up not feeling Asian American and it was only recently when she saw that she was indeed Asian American, making her feel like a lost Asian these days. In our conversation, we talked about her upbringing (family pressure, learning music, and more), her music career journey, the car accident that changed her life, and her experience living with mental health illness (borderline personality disorder)Please go check out Elizabeth and her music! She's super cool and talented. Let's support Asian American musicians! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST supports the Department of Health and Human Services' COVID-19 education campaign We Can Do This efforts to increase education and awareness about COVID-19 vaccines. Whether due to language barriers or lack of access to healthcare, many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders face unique challenges to getting accurate vaccine information. We hope that amplifying these resources, especially in other languages, will help reach and protect our most vulnerable communities. Please visit VACCINES.gov for more information.#WeCanDoThisCredits:Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatkindofasianpod/message

Host: Kyle LeungPodcast LinktreeWhat Kind of Asian Are You? Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whatkindofasianpod/ @whatkindofasianpodGuest: Elizabeth Tsung https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth.tsung/Website https://www.elizabethtsung.com/Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6eHvJ1bnwPdCI6Kncs9LIASpotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6r0Og5FBzoIOJptR5A0f3JCheck out Elizabeth's new music video for her song POACH premiering May 28th 2021 2:15pm PSThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfUHvt-1ae0Support Elizabeth's organization of choice Little Wanderers NYC https://www.instagram.com/littlewanderersnyc/Little Wanderers NYC is an animal rescue service rescuing/TNR'ing the neediest cats in the toughest areas of NYC- focus on the Bronx. It is a grassroots community that Elizabeth spent some time volunteering with.Elizabeth Tsung is a super talented and successful violinist, pianist and composer. Elizabeth has played at Carnegie Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Kaufman Music Center, The Riverside Church, The Church of St. Francis Xavier, Kerrytown Concert House, Hill Auditorium, The University of Michigan Museum of Art and more. Elizabeth is a Taiwanese American with immigrants from Taiwan and she grew up not feeling Asian American and it was only recently when she saw that she was indeed Asian American, making her feel like a lost Asian these days. In our conversation, we talked about her upbringing (family pressure, learning music, and more), her music career journey, the car accident that changed her life, and her experience living with mental health illness (borderline personality disorder)Please go check out Elizabeth and her music! She's super cool and talented. Let's support Asian American musicians! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHAT KIND OF ASIAN ARE YOU? PODCAST supports the Department of Health and Human Services' COVID-19 education campaign We Can Do This efforts to increase education and awareness about COVID-19 vaccines. Whether due to language barriers or lack of access to healthcare, many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders face unique challenges to getting accurate vaccine information. We hope that amplifying these resources, especially in other languages, will help reach and protect our most vulnerable communities. Please visit VACCINES.gov for more information.#WeCanDoThisCredits:Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatkindofasianpod/message

Ben Yee-Paulson is an internationally recognized American composer, who's music has been premiered at Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, Harvard University, Curtis Institute, Warwick Castle in England, La Schola Cantorum in Paris, the DiMenna Center in New York City, and the world opening of Microsoft’s flagship store in New York City. Nationally, Ben’s music was awarded first-place in the Costello Competition, both a Merit Award and “Emerging Composer” status from the Tribeca New Music Festival, honorable mention from the Charles Ives Concert Series, and finalist position from ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers multiple times. Internationally, he received honorable mention in the Future Blend Composition Competition, and was a semi-finalist in the Tampa Bay Symphony’s Composition Competition. Ben was a composer-in-residence at the Zodiac Music Festival and DePaul University. He is represented by PARMA Recordings.Ben’s music has been played renowned ensembles like the American Modern Ensemble, Ensemble Del Niente, the American Modern Orchestra, the NEC Contemporary Ensemble, and the New York Youth Symphony. Other premieres occurred at the European American Musical Alliance, the Bard Conductor’s Institute, the Atlantic Music Festival, the Zodiac Music Festival, the Mostly Modern Festival, and the International Horn Symposium in Belgium. His music has been played by prominent artists like Grammy-nominated cellist Thomas Mesa, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra violinist Chelsea Kim, and internationally-acclaimed harpist Abigail Kent. Ben is a Doctor of Music student at Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music, studying with Aaron Travers and Claude Baker. He has a Master of Music from New England Conservatory and Bachelors of Music from New York University, where he studied with Michael Gandolfi, Kati Agócs, and Justin Dello Joio.The Question of the Week is, "What defines a successful partnership between performer and composer?" Ben and I discuss fruitful relationships he has had with performers, what the general mindsets and goals of modern day composers are, how performing and playing piano has informed his own composition style, and how he would hope his music would be performed in two hundred years.

S1E1 - In our pilot episode, Will talks with Ivan Rodriguez about his experiences as a composer, the trio discusses the merits of performing opera in the audience’s native language, and shares a recording of Ivan’s new work “Epístola No.1” that will be premiered September 20, 2018 at the Dimenna Center in NYC.For more information about Ivan Rodriguez and his music, visit his website at: http://www.ivanrodriguezmusic.com.Also, all of the pieces discussed in today’s episode can be found on our Spotify playlist at: https://goo.gl/DxShGB.To find out more about loudBOX, visit us at: https://www.loudboxnyc.com.Copyright loudBOX LLC Support Adagio For Things by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/adagioforthings

Pamela Stein Lynde is a busy person. She is a singer, composer, producer, and music educator. She began her career as a classically trained singer but as the years went on she realized that her abilities were applicable in other areas. We go into detail about the journey of her career and how she was able to create two non-profits that help musicians, composers, and singers. MEET PAMELA STEIN LYNDE Praised for her “rich dramatics” (The Boston Globe), Pamela Stein Lynde is a versatile soprano, composer, contemporary music performer, music educator, and producer, known for inspiration, introspection, and passion in all aspects of her work. Recent performances have included premiering Lesley Flanigan’s haunting sound sculpture VOICES for four singers and loop pedals at Roulette; premiering New York-based composer Eric Lemmon’s The Impossible Will Take a Little While with the Highline Chamber Ensemble at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music; and performing a concert of chamber music by contemporary female composers, including a premier by Philadelphia-based composer Jenny Beck, at the National Opera Center. The 2015 launch of her company Stone Mason Projects has brought exciting performances of contemporary vocal chamber music to the National Opera Center, Arts on Site, Wilmer Jennings Gallery, and multiple other venues across the ti-state area, about which reviews have said, “The singing was stellar, on par with anything I’ve heard recently at higher profile venues such as Zankel Hall or National Sawdust. These concerts deserve a wider audience.” In the fall of 2016, Stone Mason Projects released its first music video, From the Mountain, a co-production with Contemporary Undercurrent of Song Project. Stone Mason’s upcoming endeavors include the commissioning and producing of a new chamber opera and the launch of the inaugural New Hope Sound(e)scape Festival in New Hope, PA in June of 2017. Stone Mason Projects has appeared on a panel discussing contemporary opera creation with will New York Opera Alliance during New York Opera Festival and will be presenting this May at the third annual New Music Gathering conference at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Pamela has appeared as a singer in prior seasons with Helix New Music Ensemble, The Nouveau Classical Project, American Opera Projects, Beth Morrison Projects, Rhymes With Opera, Saratoga Fine Arts Festival, Yamaha Concert Artist Series, Yale’s New Music, New Haven series, and many others. She has worked with award-winning composers including David Lang, Tristan Perich, Jacob Cooper, Trevor Weston, Daniel Felsenfeld, Lisa Bielawa, Jenny Beck, and many others. She appears as a vocalist on minimalist composer Alexander Turnquist’s album Flying Fantasy, released on the Western Vinyl label. She was a featured guest composer at Phoenix’s OME New Music Marathon concert in 2015 and has had her compositions premiered by Patchwork American Song Project in both New York and Chicago, Guided Imagery Opera, Princeton-based group CUSP, and many other ensembles across the country. Pamela has taught voice, composition, music theory, vocal pedagogy, music history, performance practice and chamber music at the College of Saint Elizabeth, Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, and City College of New York. Pamela teaches masterclasses and workshops and gives lectures on creating new music for voice at colleges, universities, and conservatories around the country. She was invited to speak about teaching new music in higher education at the inaugural New Music Gathering conference at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her organization Your Music Bus, co-founded with superstar composers Lisa Bielawa and Aaron Jay Kernis, has been serving the needs of the university and conservatory composition students and departments across the country since 2014. CONTACT: www.pamelasteinlynde.com (http://www.pamelasteinlynde.com)...

Desmin Borges of FXX's You're the Worst joins John, Chris and Bryan for their New York Super Week show at the DiMenna Center in NYC! Listen as they talk about The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety, wrestling moves, Chris' upcoming battle of the jug bands, Vito Two Fingers, Next Caller, Steve Harvey, CeeLo Green, Forrest Gump, Kether Donohue, the 2016 presidential election, going to Disney World on acid, getting engaged, Staten Island pizza, the best places to eat in Chicago, and more! Download the Podcast Source App or Amazon's Super Live Adventure App for Android to access bonus audio and other content. The Super Live Adventure Podcast is hosted by Bryan McGuckin, Chris Sorrentino and John Szeluga. Theme created by Ezra Donellan and recorded at Red Room Studio, Staten Island, NY. All episodes of the Super Live Adventure Podcast can be found on iTunes, Stitcher and SuperLiveAdventure.com.

The guys hang out at SLAP Studios while talking about beer, early Homer Simpson, Grumpy Old Men, Kevin Pollak, Alan Arkin, Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, Blunt Talk, The Foot Clan, April O'Neil, killing werewolves, the blood moon eclipse, Carson Daly, The Soup, Community, Scrubs, Kevin Smith, Joey Lauren Adams, Bryan's ideal woman, Full House, Jason Todd, Alfred Pennyworth, sports, Yogi Berra, Yogi Bear, Jabberjaw, Casey Kasem, Matthew Lillard, Ethan Embry, Kether Donohue, moms, cat butts, and more! $5 tickets are still available for our NY Super Week Show! Join us at the DiMenna Center in NYC on Tuesday, October 6th at 7:30 PM. We'll be joined by Desmin Borges from FXX's You're the Worst! Visit NewYorkSuperWeek.com for tickets. Download the Podcast Source App or Amazon's Super Live Adventure App for Android to access bonus audio and other content. The Super Live Adventure Podcast is hosted by Bryan McGuckin, Chris Sorrentino and John Szeluga. Theme created by Ezra Donellan and recorded at Red Room Studio, Staten Island, NY. All episodes of the Super Live Adventure Podcast can be found on iTunes, Stitcher and SuperLiveAdventure.com.

Bryan McGuckin, Chris Sorrentino and John Szeluga share a few drinks at SLAP Studios while discussing flavored vodka, beer, Any Time with Vin Forte, You're the Worst, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Desmin Borges, Impractical Jokers, Krysten Ritter, holding grudges, comedy, bad microphone habits, Encarta, animal sounds, a disturbing impression of Mickey Mouse, old sketch comedy ideas, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, the varying sex appeal of cartoon ducks, the Navy, taking dance lessons, gender-specific toys, '80s cartoons, monster trucks, goofing off at work, homemade kielbasa, and more! $5 tickets are still available for our NY Super Week Show! Join us at the DiMenna Center in NYC on October 6th at 7:30 PM. We'll be joined by Desmin Borges from FXX's You're the Worst! Visit NewYorkSuperWeek.com for tickets. Download the Podcast Source App or Amazon's Super Live Adventure App for Android to access bonus audio and other content. The Super Live Adventure Podcast is hosted by Bryan McGuckin, Chris Sorrentino and John Szeluga. Theme created by Ezra Donellan and recorded at Red Room Studio, Staten Island, NY. All episodes of the Super Live Adventure Podcast can be found on iTunes, Stitcher and SuperLiveAdventure.com.

Alex Mincek is a New York-based composer and performer. He is currently the saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and artistic director of the Wet Ink Ensemble, which he founded in 1998. You can check out more of his music at www.alexmincek.com or go to an upcoming concert featuring his music alongside composer Eric Wubbels on Feb 8th at the DiMenna Center in Manhattan.In our conversation we talk about why he founded Wet Ink, the continental lag for European Composers gaining attention in the U.S., and the influence they have had on his music.