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In Episode 89, Kathryn and Theresa welcome Dr. Erin Zaffini, Director of Teacher Education at Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Erin specializes in access, equity, and inclusion in music education, and works extensively with teachers through workshops, consulting, and graduate education. In this insightful conversation, Erin shares her journey from unintentionally tokenizing culture in her teaching to developing sustainable, authentic practices that center student voices and community traditions. She offers powerful reflections and practical steps for educators who want to move from surface-level cultural inclusion to more meaningful engagement.This episode is a must-listen for music educators striving to create inclusive classrooms without feeling overwhelmed. Erin reminds us that change doesn't have to happen all at once—it's about consistent, thoughtful progress over time. Whether you're teaching general music or conducting an ensemble, you'll walk away with actionable strategies to deepen cultural relevance in your teaching. Tune in and be inspired to take that next small, meaningful step toward more inclusive music education.Connect with Erin and learn more: LinkedIn Instagram - @doctorz_longyPersonal website - http://www.erinzaffini.com/School website - http://www.longy.edu/Other resources from this episode: Episode 86: The Power of Student Voice: Building Equity in Music Education, with Felipe Morales-Torres Learn more about Pass the Baton:Pass the Baton website⁠⁠Join the Coffee ClubSupport Pass the BatonAmplify student voice with Exit Tickets for Self Reflection!

Ashley Hall-Tighe is a superb trumpeter, musician, educator, and certified life coach. Ashley has an impressive career, having served on the faculties of several universities, including the Longy School of Music of Bard College, and she currently teaches at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. But that's not all – Ashley also works as a coach, helping individuals and groups combine wellness and music. What's particularly remarkable is her ability to combine her professional life with her personal life. In this episode, we'll dive into many aspects of her career and her wellness coaching.We begin our conversation in Part 1 by discussing the many chamber music groups Ashley has performed with throughout her career. She shares what she's learned from these experiences, including the challenge of balancing touring with her family life. From there, we shift our focus to the challenges facing women in music. We also talk about her personal philosophy of living, touching on the importance of balance and setting priorities. One exciting highlight of Ashley's career is her debut album, Upcycle, and we spend some time discussing the inspiration behind the project. We then take a step back to explore Ashley's beginnings, specifically how she worked to refine her approach to playing, ultimately becoming more effective as a musician. As our conversation continues, we transition into her wellness training, starting with her work at the Longy School of Music.In Part 2 [Subscriber Content], we take a closer look at Ashley's expertise and coaching training. She walks us through the services she offers on her website, offering insight into her unique approach to combining wellness and music. We also talk about the courses she teaches, including a 16-hour course that's designed to help musicians and artists thrive. To wrap up, Ashley shares a glimpse into her daily routine, telling us how each morning begins with a cup of coffee and some time for journaling. And for those of you who are curious about where she calls home, she lives in a beautiful log cabin outside of Cincinnati!Would you like more inspirational stories, suggestions, insights, and a place to continue the conversations with other listeners? Visit anthonyplog-on-music.supercast.com to learn more! As a Contributing Listener of "Anthony Plog on Music," you'll have access to extra premium content and benefits including: Extra Audio Content: Only available to Contributing Listeners. Podcast Reflections: Tony's written recaps and thoughts on past interviews, including valuable tips and suggestions for students. Ask Me Anything: Both as written messages and occasional member-only Zoom sessions. The Show's Discord Server: Where conversations about interviews, show suggestions, and questions happen. It's a great place to meet other listeners and chat about all things music! Can I just donate instead of subscribing? Absolutely! Cancel at anytime and easily resubscribe when you want all that extra content again. Learn more about becoming a Contributing Listener @ anthonyplog-on-music.supercast.com!

In episode two of our 'Off the Podium' series, Jenn sits down with Erin Zaffini, Director of Teacher Education at Longy School of Music, to discuss the development of the next generation of music educators and the challenge of navigating equity in music education. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicast-podcast/support

“Music is powerful because it touches the deepest places of one's memory ... Music is what makes my life feel full, meaningful, and rich,” said Katherine Park. Ms. Park made history as the youngest student accepted into the vocal study program at Boston's prestigious New England Conservatory of Music. She also stood out as the sole child singer in the choir at Cambridge's Longy School of Music. After earning her degree, she continued to immerse herself in the world of music by joining a rock band. In this episode, Steve talks to Ms. Park about the role of music in her personal growth and professional fulfillment, her experiences with music, and how it has influenced her identity. “I'm not a rich person, but my life is really rich ... You could make every day a masterpiece,” says Ms. Park. In addition to her musical accomplishments, Ms. Park has starred in several independent films and is set to make her feature-length motion picture debut in Rocky Capella's “Don't Shoot, I'm the Guitar Man!” Let's find out more in today's episode. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Born in Medellín, Colombia, Juan Ruiz has emerged as one of the most sought-after jazz musicians in the New York City music scene, where he continues to delight audiences with his music and poetry as the leader of his band. He began his studies in Medellin, Colombia, with Elizabeth Isaza at the Universidad de Antioquia. During this time, he was part of several music projects in the city, including the Antioquia Youth Symphony and the Symphonic Band of the Universidad de Antioquia as a clarinetist. In 2006, he was awarded a scholarship to continue his musical studies in Boston, where he studied Composition and jazz performance on clarinet and saxophone at the Longy School of Music and Berklee College of Music. He studied under the tutelage of Ken Radnofsky, Greg Hopkins, Shannon Leclaire, John Morrison, and Ed Tomassi. Juan collaborates in commissioned work with Maestro Kenneth Radnofsky, professor at the New England Conservatory and the Wind Ensemble of New England Conservatory. His most recent compositions have been presented in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, China, Germany, and the United States. A promoter of collaboration, Juan performs with different groups in New York City. He is the personal assistant of the 15-time Grammy winner Paquito D'Rivera, composing, arranging, and performing a diverse repertoire during his concerts in New York and abroad. Juan has also worked as a producer for different projects including artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, The New York Voices, Paquito D'Rivera and Chucho Valdés among others.   @stagelync Thank you to our sponsor @clear-com The StageLync Podcast is a branch of our larger StageLync Community. Come visit us at www.stagelync.com

Born in Medellín, Colombia, Juan Ruiz has emerged as one of the most sought-after jazz musicians in the New York City music scene, where he continues to delight audiences with his music and poetry as the leader of his band. He began his studies in Medellin, Colombia, with Elizabeth Isaza at the Universidad de Antioquia. During this time, he was part of several music projects in the city, including the Antioquia Youth Symphony and the Symphonic Band of the Universidad de Antioquia as a clarinetist. In 2006, he was awarded a scholarship to continue his musical studies in Boston, where he studied Composition and jazz performance on clarinet and saxophone at the Longy School of Music and Berklee College of Music. He studied under the tutelage of Ken Radnofsky, Greg Hopkins, Shannon Leclaire, John Morrison, and Ed Tomassi. Juan collaborates in commissioned work with Maestro Kenneth Radnofsky, professor at the New England Conservatory and the Wind Ensemble of New England Conservatory. His most recent compositions have been presented in Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, China, Germany, and the United States. A promoter of collaboration, Juan performs with different groups in New York City. He is the personal assistant of the 15-time Grammy winner Paquito D'Rivera, composing, arranging, and performing a diverse repertoire during his concerts in New York and abroad. Juan has also worked as a producer for different projects including artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, The New York Voices, Paquito D'Rivera and Chucho Valdés among others.   “ATTENTION SPOTIFY LISTENERS: IF you want to WATCH this with VIDEO, you can also subscribe to our video version: https://open.spotify.com/show/5e9KnBRZdjUTXTvCe6Nrqm?si=6639537c61044396” @stagelync Thank you to our sponsor @clear-com The StageLync Podcast is a branch of our larger StageLync Community. Come visit us at www.stagelync.com    

Hello, friend, and welcome back to another episode of the Tales From The Lane Podcast. I'm your host, Kate Kayaian– a former cellist, and now a writer and coach for high-performing creatives–This is the show where we talk about how to create a life and career that you love– ones that bring both creative fulfillment and financial reward–ones that make you feel like you are Thriving, instead of merely Surviving.  Today, we have as our guest, oboist, coach, podcaster, and author of the upcoming book, Artists For Joy. Dr. Merideth Hite-Estevez. You'll hear about:  Some of the books that have most profoundly influenced Dr. Merideth's life and career, and why. Her creative process and how she approaches starting a new project or piece of work One piece of advice Dr. Merideth would give her younger self, just starting out in her career.  The 4 questions everyone must ask themselves when they complete a project.  About Dr. Merideth:  Dr. Merideth Hite Estevez is a creative catalyst, inviting all to the joy of creative expression through her writing, coaching, and performing. As an oboist, Merideth has performed with top orchestras in the US and abroad, including the Met Opera and PhillyPops, and is currently the English hornist/Second Oboe of the Chamber Orchestra of NY. She has served on faculties of numerous universities and schools of music, most recently as Associate Professor of Oboe at the University of Delaware. Her education has taken her all over the world—Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Yale School of Music, Fulbright Scholar to Germany, and The Juilliard School, where she received her doctorate in oboe. She has been a featured speaker at Google, Longy School of Music, ShePodcasts LIVE, Hope*writers, Music Institute of Chicago, and more. As a coach, she has helped thousands of artists overcome creative block through her popular online creative recovery clusters and has served as an executive coach for all types of arts leaders, from major museum directors to deans of conservatories and art schools. Dr. Estevez's award-winning podcast, Artists for Joy, was in the top 250 podcasts in the US in the Self-Help category in January 2023 and is currently top 1.5% of podcasts worldwide. Her first book, “The Artist's Joy: A Guide to Getting Unstuck, Embracing Imperfection, and Loving Your Creative Life,” debuts in Spring 2024 from Broadleaf Books. Originally from South Carolina, Merideth now resides in Metro Detroit, Michigan, with her husband, Rev. Edwin Estevez, daughter Eva, and son Eli. Here is the link to her Free Bonus Chapter with her Four Curtain Call Questions: https://artistsforjoy.myflodesk.com/s7mi3cvutm   Meredith's Website:  https://artistsforjoy.org/book   If you enjoyed today's episode, please don't forget to subscribe and share it with your friends!   Book a free 30-minute discovery call with Kate Want more Tales From The Lane content? Check out the TFTL Blog, with 6+ years of past articles and interviews!  Let's hang out on socials:  IG: https://www.instagram.com/kkayaian FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Talesfromthelane Twitter: https://twitter.com/kkayaianwright Website: KateKayaian.com

Karen Zorn, President of the Longy School of Music of Bard College, shares her journey as a classically trained pianist and her passion for creating a mindset shift in the classical music world. She discusses the importance of improvisation, embracing change, and encouraging individuality in music education. Karen also emphasizes the need for inclusivity and audience engagement in classical music performances. She reflects on her challenges in implementing her vision and the pushback she received. Despite the obstacles, Karen remains committed to preparing musicians to make a difference in the world.She emphasizes the importance of telling your story and reframing narratives to avoid getting caught up in debates. Karen also discusses the partnership between Longy and the LA Philharmonic and its impact on validating the changes Longy was making. She highlights the next chapter for Longy, focusing on music as a healing art and the potential for musicians to make a difference in healthcare settings. Karen defines leadership as striving for better or change and valuing relationships and diversity of opinion.TakeawaysEncourage individuality and artistic voice in music education.Embrace change and innovation in the classical music world.Create inclusive and welcoming concert experiences for all audiences.Apply human-centred design principles to music education. Tell your story and focus on your own narrative instead of getting caught up in debates and criticism.Reframe narratives to avoid being pulled into arguments and to maintain authenticity.Partnerships with organizations that share your values can provide validation and open doors to new opportunities.Music has the power to heal and can be utilized in healthcare settings to improve well-being and reduce stress.Leadership involves striving for better or change, valuing relationships, and embracing diversity of opinion.Connect with Karen Zorn Longy School of Music of Bard CollegeConnect with MeWebsiteYoutubeInstagramLinkedInEmail: hello@mindsetshift.co.uk

Ms. Billings-White is honored to be one of four the strings specialists in the Lexington Public Schools. She is currently the only itinerant teacher at the elementary schools, both middle schools and high School. Ms. Billings-White is an active director, strings teacher and performer in the Greater Boston area. She earned a Bachelors degree of Music in Cello Performance from McGill University and a Master's degree of Music in Cello Performance, Graduate Performance Diploma in String Performance, and a Master's degree of Music in Music Education from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Ms. Billings-White is a member of NAfME, the National Association for Music Education; ASTA (the American String Teachers Association; and MA-ASTA, the Massachusetts Chapter of the American String Teachers Association where she is now past President, Secretary and webmaster. She started her teaching career as a K-5 general music teacher in the New Bedford public school district. After that, she started her full time strings teaching career in the Ipswich Public Schools teaching students grades 5-12 and directing their orchestra ensembles. Additionally, Ms. Billings-White is on the Faculty in the Music Education Department at the Longy School of Music of Bard College where she teaches a Strings Method II class. Her musical background also included Trumpet and French Horn during her middle and high school years in Update New York. Other interests include sight-reading parties, musical theater gigs, going on adventures with her husband and three children, making sure her two French Bulldogs (Bear and Bianca) are not tearing up the house, enjoying chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream whenever possible and indoor rock climbing at Central Rock Gyms all over Massachusetts. jbillingswhite@lexingtonma.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/orchestrateacher/support

Palestinian journalist and storyteller Maram Humaid joins us from Gaza to talk about the end of the seven-day ceasefire. And, as Israel restarts its war against Hamas in Gaza, international political consultant Alon Pinkas talks about the political forces at play in Israel. Tahani Mustafa, senior Palestine analyst at the International Crisis Group, weighs in on what the war means for Palestinian political leadership in Gaza and the West Bank. Then, when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan two years ago, the militant regime deemed music morally corrupt and banned it. But, as Kabul fell, pianist and composer Arson Fahim found refuge at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. WBUR's Andrea Shea reports.

Since arriving at the Longy School of Music two years ago, he's made it his mission to pursue social justice through his music. "And actually 'fight' is a good word because that's how I feel about my instrument — I feel like I'm on the front line of a war against barbarity," he said.

Javier website: https://www.javierrosarioguitar.com/ Javier YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@javierrosarioguitar   Guitar virtuoso, composer, bandleader, educator and recording artist, Javier Rosario attended the world-renowned Berklee College of Music with a full scholarship. In 2010, Javier earned his Master's Degree at the Longy School of Music of Bard College where he was awarded a Presidential Scholarship. Javier has performed with: Joe Lovano, John Lockwood, Matt Savage, Zachary King, Scott Kiefner, Aaron Holthus, and Avery Logan just to name a few.  He is a guitar Adjunct Professor at Bunker Hill Community College and member at Community Music Center of Boston, Passim School of Music, Amigos School and Morse School in Massachusetts. Javier received the Community Music Center of Boston Marilla MacDill Award for Teaching Excellence and Community Service. He has been a Visiting Professor at the National Conservatory of Music since 2009 and a Visiting Artist and Music Thesis Judge for the international music program at Universidad Pedro Henriquez Ureña.  Javier's new album “Yes!” Is out now wherever you listen to music. Links are in the show notes if you are listening to the podcast and in the video description if you are on YouTube.

Let's talk choir culture! Consultant, author, and educator Allison Russo has dedicated her career to creating more ethical and effective arts learning spaces. She has a BM from Ithaca College and an MM from Boston University, both in Music Education. As an elementary band teacher and non-profit arts leader, Allison has designed and delivered music programming to thousands of students and teachers. She has presented at state and regional conferences, colleges, and public schools on topics including ethical classroom culture, trauma-informed care, and gender equity in jazz education.Allison founded The Critical Good, an arts education consultancy in 2021, where she facilitates the creation of ground-up and equity-focused strategic plans for the arts departments of schools and nonprofits. She is also a graduate course facilitator for the Longy School of Music at Bard College, a collaborator with consulting firm WolfBrown, and freelance grant writer. She envisions a world where arts education is boundless, universally accessible, and joyful for all.Learn more about Allison Russo www.thecriticalgood.com. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lIdqYSXxTh8 The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com  Order your copy of “The Business of Choir" - check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more!

Liz Derstine is a musician, runner, writer, and as of 2020, a long-distance hiker. On July 7, 2020, she embarked on the life-altering adventure of through-hiking the 2,193-mile Appalachian Trail, as quickly as possible. Now, having had several years to reflect on this epic journey, Derstine tells her whole AT story: from what inspired her to want to hike the entirety of this daunting trail, to how it all went down, through to the many ways her life has changed as a result of transporting herself on foot, through the wilderness, from Georgia to Maine. At its core, this is a journey of self-discovery. Since her record-setting AT hike, Derstine has continued to embark on incredible multiday hiking adventures. She now holds many Fastest Known Time (FKT) records, including among others the Long Trail FKT for a self-supported woman. Most recently, on July 1, 2023, she set the FKT for a self-supported woman on the Via Alpina in Switzerland, finishing in just under seven days. Derstine currently lives and Boston, and when she's away from the trail, she is studying classical piano at the Longy School of Music at Bard College.   Join Hear Her Sports Patreon https://www.patreon.com/hearhersports Support the show and women's sports media https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hearher Find all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/ Find Hear Her Sports on all social @hearhersports Find Women's Running Stories on IG at https://www.instagram.com/womensrunningstories/ Find Women's Running Stories at https://womensrunningstories.com/ Find Liz Derstine at https://www.mercuryontherun.com/ Find Liz Derstine on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pinkfeathers/

Liz Derstine is a musician, runner, writer, and as of 2020, a long-distance hiker. On July 7, 2020, she embarked on the life-altering adventure of through-hiking the 2,193-mile Appalachian Trail, as quickly as possible. Now, having had several years to reflect on this epic journey, Derstine tells her whole AT story: from what inspired her to want to hike the entirety of this daunting trail, to how it all went down, through to the many ways her life has changed as a result of transporting herself on foot, through the wilderness, from Georgia to Maine. At its core, this is a journey of self-discovery. Since her record-setting AT hike, Derstine has continued to embark on incredible multiday hiking adventures. She now holds many Fastest Known Time (FKT) records, including among others the Long Trail FKT for a self-supported woman. Most recently, on July 1, 2023, she set the FKT for a self-supported woman on the Via Alpina in Switzerland, finishing in just under seven days. Derstine currently lives and Boston, and when she's away from the trail, she is studying classical piano at the Longy School of Music at Bard College. Keep Up with Liz Derstine Instagram: @pinkfeathers Twitter: @pinkfeathers Website: MercuryOnTheRun.com Derstine's AT hike: MercuryOnTheRun.com/Appalachian-Trail Website: LizDerstine.com Liz Derstine's FKT Page: FastestKnownTime.com/athlete/Liz-Derstine-0 Music Credits Thank you to Liz Derstine for allowing us to use her original piano suite music, inspired by her AT adventure Clip of Gustav Holst's Mercury, was produced by Beta Music All additional music and sound was created by Cormac O'Regan for Women's Running Stories Keep up with Hear Her Sports Instagram: @hearhersports Twitter: @hearhersports Website: hearhersports.com Ways to Connect and Engage with Women's Running Stories Instagram: @womensrunningstories Twitter: @WomenRunStories Website: womensrunningstories.com Email host Cherie: clouiseturner@gmail.com Women's Running Stories is a member of the Evergreen network: https://evergreenpodcasts.com/

Sam Welch, by design, does not do easy-listening music to create moods or feelings.The lyrics and music go need listening. He wants his audience to put some work into hissongs. Though the lyrics are about thoughts — metaphysics, if you will — and deal with thingslike relationships, life, death and the hereafter, his music gives a wry twist that makesthinking interesting, trending toward fun. And worth the work.As an example, “Kamikaze Co-Pilot,” the single he is featuring from his new album, LastNight on Earth. Right there, in the two titles, you can see the metaphysical and the twistat work. This is Sam talking about the message, or messages, of “Kamikaze”: “I've defined myown philosophical interpretation of this song, and I'm calling it ‘social existentialism.'Basically, it's the idea that every relationship will come to an end, this idea thateverybody's on the same journey to their destiny, but that the journey in and of itself willdivide us and separate us.” Sounds heavy, but the song begins with his voice, a high-register, floating, ethereal vocalization set to a ringing instrumental that rises for three notes, falls back, and drums enter with an upbeat tempo. Ten seconds later, a saxophone leads in the lyrics:Kamikaze co-pilot the future can't come soon enoughKamikaze co-pilot well this world is getting tough Gonna fly away with you it's the past that I rueGonna fly away it ain't the future that is true“I think if I had done a really, really sort of hard techno, unrelentingly loud or aggressive,it wouldn't support the themes that I'm exploring,” said Sam.“Kamikaze co-pilot,” he pointed out, is an oxymoron. Who in their right mind would co-pilot with someone on a suicide mission? And yet, he says, human relationships andlife, composed of individuals, are like that. But Last Night on Earth does not preach, it explores.His music, too, is an exploration. His previous output, which he called “transcendentaltechno vox,” is giving way to more melody and instrumentation and less harmonizationand vocal distortion. The transcendental remains, but the techno is much reduced.Sam has begun to play with his voice and his music. One song on the album, “Man inMy Mind,” could pass for a dance track.His vocals, almost entirely undoubled and undistorted, are much more prominent ineach of the 11 tracks. Fewer mixed harmonies and more of his own voice have beengoals“In each of these songs, I've provided a lead vocal melody line, a solo voice. I think I'mdoing a good job of controlling the urge to just create more harmonization.”“I think every album that I do is better than the album before,” he said. “I'm always tryingto improve the quality of my music, and I feel like I've definitely reached some newgoals in terms of this album. I have worked very hard on trying to create a very organicsound that supports the very, very rich themes that I'm exploring poetically. The twothings support each other.” Another goal, to produce an album each year, has been reached every year, beginning in 2017. He had several albums before that, including one called Unitarian Hymns, in 2005. He has studied piano since age 8 and received voice training at Columbia Universityand the Longy School of Music. He started a barbershop quartet in high school andparticipated in classical chorus performances and theater. At Columbia, he toured withthe male a cappella group The Kingsmen. He has written and recorded music since2001. This year, he has begun live performances.In his music, he explores “the convergence between themes of spiritual transcendenceand emotional disregulation.” He knows the first through his life as a practicing Unitarianand the second from his own bouts with depression and psychosis as a young man.“‘Kamikaze Co-Pilot,' the headliner for the album, is sort of about humanity andrelationships and destiny and the misfortune of having to die, which we all do,” he said.“It's more relationship oriented than I've been in the past, but still with the emphasis ontranscendence and moving along.”In Last Night on Earth, consideration of relationships, transcendence, “emotional disregulation,” life, eternity, all come together, poetically, musically, playfully. Connect with Sam Welch on all platforms for new music, videos, and social posts. Website: https://www.samwelchmusic.com Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0BB8RFD1V Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/final-orbit-wind-songs-of-transcendence/1598037122 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/67hWb0kt92swFcx61BdgXLYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_7eyo7OFK0dpoY0my0sArQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sam.welch.1428

Allison Russo is a consultant, writer and educator who has written a fantastic book called “Planning Purpose.”  I've enjoyed working through the process within the book to find ways to implement my values and the values of my students into the content I'm teaching.  I'm excited for you to learn from Allison and encourage you to follow her on Instagram @thecriticalgood. Allison's Bio:  Consultant, writer, and educator Allison Russo has dedicated her career to creating more ethical and effective arts learning spaces. She has a BM from Ithaca College and an MM from Boston University, both in Music Education. As an elementary band teacher and non-profit arts leader, Allison has designed and delivered music programming to thousands of students and teachers. Allison founded The Critical Good, an arts education consultancy in 2021, where she facilitates the creation of ground-up and equity-focused strategic plans for the arts departments of schools and nonprofits. She is also a graduate course facilitator for the Longy School of Music at Bard College, a collaborator with consulting firm WolfBrown, and freelance grant writer. She envisions a world where arts education is boundless, universally accessible, and joyful for all. Links:  Instagram - @thecriticalgood Website - www.thecriticalgood.com   Jessica Grant's Links: Instagram - @howtoteachmusicwithjessica Website - www.jessicagrant.org     

Guitar virtuoso, composer, bandleader, educator and recording artist, Javier Rosario  @javierrosariomusic4813  attended the world-renowned Berklee College of Music with full scholarship. In 2010, Javier earned his Master's Degree at the Longy School of Music of Bard College where he was awarded a Presidential Scholarship. Album: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5V32J6Ahes764F0YKYw8v1?si=IHibTG8VTLmMeC5MoCt3Kg Website/interviews/reviews/quotes: https://www.javierrosarioguitar.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2HzpJIQ4qqWbVLC7dBGKgw IG: https://www.instagram.com/javierrosariomusic/     Javier has performed with: Joe Lovano, John Lockwood, Matt Savage, Zachary King, Scott Kiefner, Aaron Holthus, and Avery Logan just to name a few.  He is a guitar Adjunct Professor at Bunker Hill Community College. He is a faculty member at Community Music Center of Boston, Passim School of Music, Amigos School and Morse School in Massachusetts. Javier received the Community Music Center of Boston Marilla MacDill Award for Teaching Excellence and Community Service. Javier has been a Visiting Professor at the National Conservatory of Music since 2009 and a Visiting Artist and Music Thesis Judge for the international music program at Universidad Pedro Henriquez Ureña. Javier is a Community Engagement Programs Teaching Artist at Community Music Center of Boston and the Hurley School in Bostons South End. Javier was granted the Community Music Center of Boston Professional Development Grant for Creative Youth Development in alignment with Cultural Inclusion and Social Emotional Development. ​ Javier released his debut album Javier Rosario Trio, Vol. I: A Celebration of Life which has been critically acclaimed and received international radio play. #javierrosario #Acelebtrationoflife #yes

Today I interview Catalina Vicens, Visiting Professor: harpsichord and research, curator of the San Colombano Museum and its famous collection of historical keyboard instruments. Catalina is a specialist in a wide range. Research, creativity and the wish to communicate have led Catalina Vicens to become one of the most sought-after historical keyboard performers and teachers today. Since 2021 Vicens is director and curator of the Tagliavini Collection - Museo San Colombano, Bologna after devoting a solo and research career to the study of antique keyboard instruments. She is also recognized for her work with medieval and renaissance keyboards, working alongside instrument builders in the development of new prototypes based on historical sources. Her work alongside composers has given a new life to historical instruments. Catalina is Guest Professor for harpsichord and research at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. She has been invited as Visiting Professor of Harpsichord at Oberlin Conservatory and to teach master-classes at the Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, the Juilliard School of Music New York, Longy School of Music Cambridge, UC Berkeley and the Flint Antique Harpsichords Collection, as well as in the Conservatories and Music Universities of Vienna, St Andrews, Berlin and Essen, and teaches annually courses in Canada, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland. She's been invited as jury member at the prestigious MA Festival Harpsichord Competition - Bruges, Jurow International Harpsichord Competition, Mechelen Harpsichord Competition, the Dulwich Historical Keyboard Competition and the Wanda Landowska Competition Poznań. Vicens has given lectures at museums in Hamburg, Munich, Vermillion, Edinburgh as well as Universities of Vienna, Indiana, Warwick, Leiden, St Andrews, Berkeley, Rochester, Santiago de Chile and the Collège de France besides presenting papers at several international conferences. About Catalina: https://www.catalinavicens.com Her Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdDJaLko3Z7V1vddOVDiAg/featured Video from the San Colombano collection with a presentation of the instruments by Catalina. The audio samples were taken from this video: https://youtu.be/MAefh5ssQxQ Excerpt from Catalina's project "The city of ladies": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3lSv8Q2x3U Discover more https://insightreadingenlightenment.carrd.co Write to us if you want to support us insightreading.enlightenment@gmail.com #insightreadingenlightenment #earlymusicpodcastinsightreadingenlightenment #catalinavicens #organetto #sancolombano #historicalkeyboards #cembalo #renaissance #baroque #baroquemusic #podcast #earlymusicpodcast #darinaablogina #earlymusic #remaawards --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insight-reading/message

My guest for this episode is Andy Kozar. Andy is a groundbreaker. Andy started his career with dreams of becoming an orchestral player, but while studying at the Eastman School of Music, Andy was bitten by the new music bug. Since then, Andy has become a prominent voice in both the performance and composition of contemporary music. As a faculty member at the Longy School of Music, Andy is opening the ears and minds of a new generation of musicians, and his new book Response is his contribution to making trumpet playing a little bit easier for us all. Check out what Andy has to say about growing up in Pittsburgh, his introduction to the world of new music, the dichotomy of new music, developing the skills to play new music, how to learn more about new music, being and educator, finding your path, the joys of playing standard repertoire, the importance of having varied tastes, the inspirations for his book Response, different approaches to learning and teaching, what makes a great pedagogue, and so much more! So pour yourself a big glass, pull up a chair, and let the hang begin! -------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Andy's book Response: A Guide to an Easier Way of Trumpet Playing: http://www.andykozar.com/response.html Get into some new music with A Few Kites: Music for Trumpet and Electronics: https://andykozar.bandcamp.com/album/a-few-kites Get the lowdown on Andy's ensemble loadbang: www.loadbang.com Learn about the Longy School of Music of Bard College: www.longy.edu Need help developing your practice routine? Check out all of the great resources at the Airflow Music website: https://airflowmusic.com Sound like a million bucks without breaking the bank with Barkley Microphones: http://barkleymic.com/ Let Vennture Mouthpieces help you on your search for the perfect mouthpiece. Use the code "TRUMPETGURUS21" to get 10% off your purchase: https://www.vennture.mp/ If you play hard, you need to make sure you show your chops some love with Robinson's Remedies products: bit.ly/ChopLove Let Jose help you master your mental game: bit.ly/MindfulnessSecrets -------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:38 Growing up in Pittsburgh 00:07:27 His introduction to the world of new music 00:16:36 The dichotomy of new music 00:21:05 Developing the skills to play new music 00:30:24 How to learn more about new music 00:33:11 Being and educator 00:39:42 Finding your path 00:42:49 The joys of playing standard repertoire 00:46:06 The importance of having varied tastes 00:48:13 The inspirations for his book Response 00:55:10 Different approaches to learning and teaching 00:57:58 What makes a great pedagogue 01:00:41 Go Practice 01:08:11 Sound Off 01:11:21 Geared Up 01:18:45 Rapid Fire Round --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetrumpetgurus/support

For more information on Patrick, and to listen to his favourite music, including memento mori and Canvas Study, head to his website here.During the episode Patrick referenced Peter Allen, Malcolm Goldstein, and Gillian Smith - (search out Gillian's new CD coming soon!)Longy School of Music is where Patrick is currently studying.And read more about the story behind Patrick's Lego Beach hereAnd here!                     

IN THIS EPISODE To learn more about Longy School of Music at Bard College visit www.longy.edu/cbp To learn more about Forte visit www.fortelessons.com Donate to ISBM! https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/international-society-of-black-musicians Check out our website: https://www.isblackmusicians.com https://www.thestrad.com/news/semi-finalists-announced-for-the-26th-annual-sphinx-competition/15732.article https://www.blackorchestralnetwork.org/news/world-cafe-harvest Black Excellence: Jaime Sharpe https://www.jaime-sharp.com/about Piece of the week: French Folk Song - Suzuki Book 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TiGDGKG11A

IN THIS EPISODE To learn more about Longy School of Music at Bard College visit www.longy.edu/cbp Donate to ISBM! https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/international-society-of-black-musicians Check out our website: https://www.isblackmusicians.com Royal Opera House Heckler https://www.classicfm.com/artists/royal-opera-house/audience-member-banned-booing-child-singer/ Verdi Heckler https://www.classicfm.com/composers/verdi/extinction-rebellion-requiem-concertgebouw/ Cards Against Classical Music Game https://van-magazine.com/contact-us/cards-against-classical-music/ Black Excellence: Justine Lee Hooper www.justineleehooper.com Piece of the week: Elegy in D major - Giovanni Bottesini https://youtu.be/sJLN43M-RGE

If you know you know, but if you don't, Ellen and Alyssa LOVE organizing! So, who better than to bring onto the podcast but Kay from The Organized Soprano?! We're talking all things about how to live your most organized life as a singer today in a busy world and some priorities and advice straight from Kay. Don't forget to submit your PFOs for our last episode of the year! Email your PFOs to info@modern-singer.com OR submit your stories HERE! Have questions you want answered? Shoot us a DM on Instagram or submit a topic request on our website. Resources from the Episode: The Organized Soprano Check out Kay's YouTube Let's get social: Support the podcast Follow us on social media Search our website Check out our Shop Modern Singer book club Join our newsletter Follow Ellen Follow Alyssa MORE ABOUT KAY: I am Kay also known as The Organized Soprano on YouTube! I make fun videos about home organizing, cleaning and my life as a professional classical singer in Boston, Massachusetts! I am also a professional home organization and clutter coach. My YouTube videos inspire others to live a more organized life by showing them practical and creative ways to organize every room in their home as well as change the way they think about their living space. My co-star Clover, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is the most organized dog in America. As a former long-time Container Store employee and contract employee, I am familiar with many fantastic home products and brands. I have worked with great brands and publications such as Marriott, HomeChef, Shark, Real Simple, Extra Space Storage, Better Homes & Gardens, Cricut & ZEP. As a family-friendly lifestyle brand, I make fun and informative content about the best home and organization products on the market. Holding two degrees in Classical Vocal Performance from Boston Conservatory and Longy School of Music, I still have an active singing career in the Boston area. I have performed with groups such as Connecticut Early Music Festival, BMOP, Opera Providence, Cantata Singers, Back Bay Chorale and Odyssey Opera. Let me inspire and entertain you and help you live a more organized life! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/modern-singer-llc/message

IN THIS EPISODE To learn more about Longy School of Music at Bard College visit www.longy.edu/cbp Donate to ISBM! https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/international-society-of-black-musicians Check out our website: https://www.isblackmusicians.com https://www.npr.org/2022/09/29/1125590775/black-musicians-orchestras-boston-symphony-baltimore-symphony-race https://www.thestrad.com/news/fury-as-double-bassists-barred-from-french-trains/15648.article Black Excellence: Kyle Rivera https://www.kyleriveramusic.com/bio Piece of the week: Symphony No. 1 - Gustav Mahler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICDXYu1JOnY

Hosted by Johan Serrano, a senior at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, this episode of Thinking Like a Region spotlights Leslie Wu Foley, Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Foley speaks on the journey she took as a musician, from picking up musical instruments at a young age to her current placement with the renowned orchestra, along with the challenges they face in becoming inclusive and reaching out to the greater Massachusetts community in the midst of a pandemic. This episode focuses on the creative capacities of problem-solving, focus, communication, discipline, persistence, leading by example, creating a shared voice, and finding your sense of purpose. Listen in to hear how Foley and the entire Orchestra work as a team to create music for a region. You can find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/TALR-LWF Thinking Like A Region is a production of the C4 Initiative, Berkshire County's Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact, based at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, and grant-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. This podcast is produced by Leslie Appleget and Lisa Donovan. Technical podcast support by Audrey Perdue. For more information about the show or the C4 Initiative, visit brainworks.mcla.edu/c4. THIS EPISODE'S VOICES: Leslie Wu Foley currently serves as the Helaine B. Allen Director of Education and Community Engagement at Boston Symphony Orchestra. Foley graduated from Princeton University with a degree in art history. She has previously worked with New York Philharmonic, and has served as Director of the Center for Art and Community Partnerships at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Associate Director of the Tanglewood Music Center, Executive Director of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Director of Admissions at the Longy School of Music, and Assistant Producer of BSO broadcasts at WCRB. Johan Serrano is a senior and arts management major at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Today on Boston Public Radio: Senator Elizabeth Warren takes questions from callers about the upcoming Senate vote on capping the price of insulin at $35 and on sanctions against Russian Oligarchs. Warren is Senator of Massachusetts. The Lorelei Ensemble sings parts from their upcoming show. Corrine Byrne, Dianna Grabowski, Stephanie Kacoyanis, Michele Kennedy, Sophie Michaux, Arwen Myers, Clara Osowski and Sonja Tengblad are singers in the Cambridge-based Lorelei Ensemble. Beth Willer is the group's artist director, and Kevin Payne is the group's lute player. The full ensemble's tour titled “This Tyrant, Love,” will perform Friday night at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge. Callie Crossley talks about the House passing the CROWN Act, which would ban race-based hair discrimination, and why people procrastinate by scrolling on Zillow. Crossley hosts GBH's Under the Radar and Basic Black. Lisa Fischer previews her upcoming shows in Boston this weekend, and discusses the legacy of her career. Fischer is a vocalist who has sung background for Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Luther Vandross and more. She is performing Friday and Saturday at Scullers Jazz Club in Allston.  Andy Ihnatko explains the effect of sanctions on Russia's digital infrastructure and why DuckDuckGo is becoming the search engine for weirdos and conspiracy theorists. Ihnatko is a tech writer and blogger, posting at Ihnatko.com. Sue O'Connell weighs in on Arnold Schwarzenegger's plea to Russian citizens to resist misinformation, Chris Cuomo's $125 million lawsuit against CNN and employee walkouts over Disney's lack of response to Florida's proposed “Don't Say Gay” bill. O'Connell is the co-publisher of Bay Windows and South End News, and contributor to Current, on NBC L-X and NECN. We end the show by asking listeners their thoughts on cold showers for health benefits.

Episode 6. I am so excited and thankful to have the opportunity to sit down with international soloist, recording artist, and clarinet professor at Longy School of Music at Bard College: Jonathan Cohler. Subscribe to VirtualCoffeeHouse YouTube Channel：https://youtube.com/channel/UCGdkbrfdBMhAFu4R3mwf5tQ Follow VirtualCoffeeHouse: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hpmspodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hpmspodcast? Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

Peter Seymour is the co-founder of PROJECT Trio and recently joined the double bass faculty of the Longy School of Music of Bard College.  We talk about Peter's approach to bass teaching, how he prepares students for a diverse set of career options, his journey through the music world, his Carnival of the Animals “pandemic project,” and much more.  You can also find Peter's past appearances on the podcast here.   Enjoy, and you can learn more about Peter and his teaching at Longy here.   Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!   Check out our Online Sheet Music Store with 100+ wide-ranging titles for bassists.   Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle. Check out my Beginner's Classical Bass course and Intermediate to Advanced Classical Bass course, available exclusively from Discover Double Bass.   Thank you to our sponsors!   Upton Bass String Instrument Company - Upton's Karr Model Upton Double Bass represents an evolution of our popular first Karr model, refined and enhanced with further input from Gary Karr. Since its introduction, the Karr Model with its combination of comfort and tone has gained a loyal following with jazz and roots players. The slim, long “Karr neck” has even become a favorite of crossover electric players.   Carnegie Mellon University Double Bass Studio - CMU is dedicated to helping each student achieve their goals as a musician. Every week each student receives private lessons and participates in a solo class with Micah Howard. Peter Guild, another member of the PSO, teaches Orchestral Literature and Repertoire weekly. They encourage students to reach out to the great bassists in their area for lessons and direction. Many of the bassists from all of the city's ensembles are more than willing to lend a hand. Every year members of the Symphony, the Opera and the Ballet give classes and offer our students individual attention. Click here to visit Micah's website and to sign up for a free online trial lesson.   Ear Trumpet Labs - They make hand-built mics out of Portland, OR and they have an excellent mic for upright bass called Nadine. The Nadine is a condenser mic with a clear natural sound and incredible feedback rejection. This mic is a completely new design -- the head mounts in between the strings above the tailpiece with a rubber grommet, and the body securely straps to the tailpiece with velcro elastic. A 14-inch Mogami cable connects the two parts making it easy to place on any bass. It's durable and holds up to the demanding needs of the instrument while offering excellent sound quality. Ear Trumpet Labs is offering a free t-shirt just for Contrabass listeners with the purchase of a mic, just visit EarTrumpetLabs.com/contrabass to claim yours and check out the Nadine!   Contrabass Conversations production team: Jason Heath, host Michael Cooper and Steve Hinchey, audio editing Mitch Moehring, audio engineer Trevor Jones, publication and promotion theme music by Eric Hochberg

In this episode, Naeemah chats with YouTuber Kay Patterson, creator of The Organized Soprano channel. They talk about how she's been able to help people love their homes with her inspiring channel content. Kay Patterson is a professional home organizer and host of the YouTube channel, The Organized Soprano where she creates content to inspire and help others love their surroundings. Kay has been helping clients get organized for years. As a longtime Container Store employee, she fell in love with the organizing process and enjoyed helping customers solve their organizing conundrums. In 2016, she began sharing her passion for organizing with the world on YouTube and has produced over 600 videos on the channel which have been viewed more than 8 million times. Kay has contributed to publications including Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple, and Consumer Reports and has worked with brands including Extra Space Storage, Cricut, Shark, and Marriot to celebrate the benefits of organized spaces. Kay is also a graduate of Boston Conservatory and Longy School of Music and maintains an active classical singing career in the greater Boston area. She just doesn't sing when she organizes! To learn more about Kay, check out her channel https://www.youtube.com/c/HubNeat For more information about Naeemah, visit her website https://naeemahfordgoldson.com/ Follow Naeemah on social Media! https://www.youtube.com/user/RestoreOrderNow https://www.facebook.com/RestoreOrderNow https://www.pinterest.com/restoreordernow/pins https://twitter.com/RestoreOrder https://www.instagram.com/restore_order_now --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/naeemah-ford-goldson/message

Music is an ancient art form, with roots in many cultures and traditions. Its power as a healing art has been recognized for centuries in many different cultures. In this episode, Rebecca Strauss will discuss music as a healing art. Rebecca is an accomplished violist, certified musical therapist, and faculty at the Longy School of Music. She is also the founder and director of Riverview Chamber Players and Harmony and Hope.

For this episode, I'm really excited to bring you and extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful , and inspiring musician: horn player, pedagogue, and author Eli Epstein. I'm particularly excited about this episode because Eli's philosophy and approach to practicing and music making embody so much of what mind over finger is about. Eli elaborates on: His inspiring journey from picking up the horn to teaching at NEC and Berklee, via a 16- year tenure with the Cleveland Orchestra The importance of listening to music in order to ignite our interest, refine our ears, and improve our playing The process of myelination and how it affects our work Ways to deal with our negative inner voice Ways to express authentic emotions through sounds The “Magic If” … and so much more! I I know you're going to love this conversation!     Frustrated with your playing?  Unsatisfied with you career?  Ready for a change? Whatever your challenge, you don't have to go at it alone, and I can help.  Visit www. https://www.mindoverfinger.com/workwithme to learn more and book your call and let's discuss how to get you from where you are to where you want to be!   THE MUSIC MASTERY EXPERIENCE will be back in June 2021!  This is my LIFE CHANGING, highly personalized group coaching program where I show you how to implement mindful & effective practice techniques, how to make them habits, and how to get RESULTS. Save your spot at http://www.mindoverfinger.com/mme and get access to some really cool bonuses!     MORE ABOUT Eli Epstein Website: https://eliepstein.com/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabKpW2k2vQDAkpmI4H2D7w Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eliepsteinproductions/   Eli Epstein enjoys a multi-faceted career as performer, educator, conductor and author. Epstein was second horn of the Cleveland Orchestra (1987-2005), and horn professor at the Cleveland Institute of Music (1989-2005). He has appeared several times as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra. Epstein left Cleveland in 2005, and moved to Boston to devote more time and energy toward educational and creative endeavors. He is currently on faculty of New England Conservatory and Boston Conservatory at Berklee. At NEC, Epstein is on the college faculty, NEC at Walnut Hill, and Brass Chair of the Preparatory School. Epstein's students hold positions as chamber musicians and teachers, and have won posts in more than 30 major orchestras in North America. An active performer, Epstein has appeared on chamber programs at Jordan Hall, Severance Hall, Tanglewood, Philadelphia's Academy of Music, Kennedy Center, Music Academy of the West, where he was on faculty (2005-2013), and the Aspen Music Festival, where he served as principal horn of the Aspen Chamber Symphony (2000-2012). Epstein has collaborated with the Borromeo and Brentano String Quartets, and has been guest principal horn for the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Saint Louis Symphony. Epstein performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from time to time and has played on the BSO Community Chamber Concerts series. Director of the NEC Youth Brass Ensemble since 2009, Epstein has conducted college ensembles at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Cleveland Institute of Music, Longy School of Music, Music Academy of the West, NEC, and El Sistema in Venezuela. Advocating the idea that music can be a meaningful and uplifting force in society, in 2009 Epstein won Grand Prize in the Entrepreneur the Arts Contest for his Inside Out Concerts, and appeared on Heartbeat of America with William Shatner. Drawing on years of experience as a performer, educator and entrepreneur, in 2013 Epstein joined the NEC Entrepreneurial Musicianship faculty to teach their survey course The Entrepreneurial Musician. Epstein's book, Horn Playing from the Inside Out, A Method for All Brass Musicians (Third Edition) was celebrated in Horn Matters: "Without a doubt the most physiologically correct book ever published on horn playing. Epstein presents a pedagogy that is truly informed by science, with new insights that should not be ignored." Orchestral Excerpts for Low Horn, Epstein's album released in 2014, was acclaimed in HornWorld as "a perfect sequel to (Krebiehl's) original horn excerpts CD...you would be hard pressed to find more nuanced, musically substantial performances anywhere."   Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe for access to my weekly live videos and to exchange with a community of like-minded musicians   Visit www.mindoverfinger.com and sign up for my newsletter to get your free guide to an exceptionally productive practice using the metronome.  This guide is the perfect entry point to help you bring more mindfulness and efficiency into your practice and it's filled with tips and tricks on how to use that wonderful tool to take your practicing and your playing to new heights.   If you enjoy the show, leave a review on Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast provider!  I genuinely appreciate your support!     THANK YOU: A HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly, who works really hard to make this podcast as pleasant to listen to as possible for you! Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Thank you to Susan Blackwell for the introduction!  You can find out more about Susan, her fantastic podcast The Spark File, and her work helping creatives of all backgrounds expand their impact by visiting https://www.susanblackwell.com/home.   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/

There is a lot going on with Sadie Gustafson-Zook. Raised in a supportive Mennonite community near Goshen, Indiana, Sadie was playing in her parents' folk band from the age of 6. Homeschooled until grade 5, she learned to channel her feelings through writing. After graduating from Goshen College, she moved to Boston in order to experience life outside of her community and to further her education. She recently completed a master's in Jazz voice at Longy School of Music in Boston. The way she incorporates Jazz brings a refreshing burst of energy into her original music.The songs on her latest release, Vol 1., were finished recording before the pandemic started. Sadie worked with the delightful Alec Spiegelman, who WILL appear on a future episode of Basic Folk. She talks about their creative connection and what he brought to the project. There are plans for the full length, but who knows when that will be in this world of uncertainty. That very topic of uncertainty is something that she's quite familiar with and has reflected on in her songs even as a person in her early twenties. We talk about the ability to cultivate wisdom at a young age. There has also been a pretty significant arc in her presentation of gender. She talks about how this her first release as an out lesbian and the evolution of her relationship to gender. Still based in Boston, Sadie is one of the most exciting up and coming songwriters coming out of the next generation of Passim musicians and I'm excited to welcome her to the podcast! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

SHOW NOTES: Sofija Sibinovic is a Serbian harpist based in Belgrade. She started playing harp at the age of 9 and throughout her education she has won multiple national and international competitions, but also performed as a soloist, with orchestras and as a chamber member in all the major halls in Serbia and the neighbor countries. Sofija used to live in Boston for five years where she was studying at Boston Conservatory and Longy School of music. She is recording an album at the moment where she is trying to incorporate harp sound into more progressive and commercial genre. Support the show: If you find value in this Podcast, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcast. It would help me reach more people and I would be forever grateful! You can make a donation to the show here Would you like to get me a coffee? You can do it Here CONNECT WITH SOFIJA: Instagram : @Harp_lady Youtube : Sofija Harp CONNECT WITH ME : Instagram : @sat.svara YouTube Channel : Natalie Osorio Website: http://www.satsvara.squarespace.com OTHER: This Podcast was distributed by Anchor: anchor.fm/app Cover art: Natalie Osorio --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/satsvarapodcast/support

Ashleigh Gordon, the Artistic and Executive Director of Castle of our Skins, joins us to chat about her work leading a collective dedicated to celebrating black artistry through music. We discuss how she and co-founder Anthony Green developed COOS from individual grad school projects to a multifaceted concert presenter and educational organization. We speak about several of their initiatives, such as their Shirley Graham DuBois Creative-in-Residence Program, Beauty in Black Artistry blog, and edutainment recital and workshop series. We finish with advice on how to use one's platform to provoke conversations on becoming ever better. Described as a “charismatic and captivating performer,” Ashleigh Gordon has recorded with Switzerland's Ensemble Proton and Germany's Ensemble Modern; performed with Grammy-award winning BMOP and Grammy-nominated A Far Cry string ensemble; and appeared at the prestigious BBC Proms Festival with the Chineke! Orchestra. Ashleigh has performed in the Royal Albert and Royal Festival Halls (London), Konzerthaus Berlin and Oper Frankfurt (Germany), Gare du Nord and Dampfzentrale Bern (Switzerland), Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Lee Hysan Concert Hall (Hong Kong), and the 180 Degrees Festival (Bulgaria). Ashleigh is co-founder, Artistic/Executive Director, and violist of Castle of our Skins, a Boston-based concert and educational series devoted to celebrating Black Artistry through music. She is a 2015 St. Botolph Emerging Artist Award and 2016 Charles Walton Diversity Advocate Award recipient, a 2019 Brother Thomas Fellow, a nominee for the 2020 "Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities,” and one of WBUR's “ARTery 25”, twenty-five millennials of color impacting Boston's arts and culture scene. As an advocate of social change through education, Ashleigh served as viola instructor in the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra's Intensive Community Program, a rigorous string instrumental program that provides instruction to populations often underrepresented in classical music. She has presented lectures on citizen artistry and entrepreneurship, workshops for fellow educators on Caribbean folk songs, and served as a guest panelist at the Sphinx Connect Conference and Chamber Music America Conference discussing diversity in classical music. She is an Instructor of Teaching Artistry at the Longy School of Music at Bard College. Resources discussed in today's episode: Shirley DuBois Creative-in-Residence Program Castle of our Skins Beauty-in-Black-Artistry Blog The transcript for this episode can be found at here. For more information about Castle of our Skins, please visit them at their website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

Long Island native, Douglas Sabo, was named 2017 Privet Hedges Rookie of the Year in Hamptons real estate by Avenues Magazine in his first year in business. Doug has been passionate about sharing the beauty and serenity of the East End for as long as he can remember. In 2016, he was excited to join the Nest Seekers team, which allowed him to share what makes this area one of the premier locations in the world with buyers and renters alike. Doug regards his position as client advocate seriously and focuses his attention on discerning exactly what his clients want and need. He uses the best current market data available to educate sellers and buyers to ensure they make informed decisions. Having lived abroad, in Florence, Italy; Graz, Austria and Rio de Janiero, Brazil, Doug has the experience working with clients from all over the world. Outside of real estate, Doug has a passion for education and music. He holds a Master degree from Longy School of Music and a Bachelor degree from Aaron Copland School of Music in classical music. It is with that background that Doug has created outreach programs that bring classical music and opera into classrooms and after-school programs throughout Long Island, New York City, and Boston. Recorded June 2020

La doctora Diez-Canedo, una intérprete flautista destacada mexicana, egresada de la Longy School of Music de Cambridge, EUA. Con estudios de posgrado en flauta de pico en el Conservatorio Real de La Haya, nos platica sobre su trayectoria artística, música barroca y el grupo renombrado del cual forma parte "La Fontegara".

“I hope that what this time does for us is blows open these myopic views of success that we have sort of held on to, and help us all as artists to go deep into What is my unique contribution? What will I contribute? What will my voice look like?” Ashley Hall, Career Coaching Manager and Professor of Trumpet at the Longy School of Music speaks about preparing musicians for success in an evolving arts world.

Today I am talking to Dana Lynne Varga. Dana is on the faculty of the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition Dana is a career coach, founder and artistic director of the Boston-based opera company, MassOpera, as well as the founder and CEO of the Empowered Musician, a company which does just that—empowering musicians through guidance both  artistically as well as in business and career development. In our chat Dana speaks frankly about the problems in academia and the music industry as well as the possibilities of negotiating a correlating career with a career in music.Dr. Dana Lynne Varga is the Founder and CEO of The Empowered Musician, Founder and Co-Artistic Director of MassOpera, and an accomplished classical singer, voice teacher and career coach.In addition to maintaining a full private voice studio for over 15 years, highlights of Dana's teaching career have included seven years on the voice and opera faculty at the BU Tanglewood Institute, two years on the full-time voice faculty at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and two years on the voice faculty at the New England Conservatory Prep school. She is currently on the voice faculty at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Dana regularly performs a wide variety of repertoire on opera and concert stages. Recently she made her Carnegie Hall debut as the soprano soloist in Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with Mid-America Productions. Dana's 2019 appearance as Pallas Athene in Gluck's rarely heard Paride ed Elena with Odyssey Opera garnered critical acclaim. Other recent notable engagements include Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with The Cantata Singers, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Wellesley Symphony and Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor with Coro Allegro. Favorite operatic roles performed include Musetta in La bohème, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Anna Maurrant in Street Scene, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Micaëla in Carmen, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, and the title role in Alcina.Dana won the Second Place American Prize for Art Song and Oratorio in 2019 and was the  Winner of the professional division of the national Classical Singer Competition in 2016. She holds the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree in Vocal Performance from Boston University, the Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from University of Massachusetts, Amherst.Websites and Social Media:www.theempoweredmusician.comwww.danavarga.comwww.massopera.orgInstagram: @danalynnevarga and @theempoweredmusician

A nosy trombonist (Melissa Brown) chats to other brass professionals about their careers, how they got there and what music they'd happily put in the bin. In this episode trumpeter Ashley Hall tells us about her career from being a soloist through to becoming a life and career coach at Longy School of Music. All episodes recorded during COVID-19 lockdown via video call programmes. We had a microphone issue in this episode - apologies for the audio! Facebook: Bold as Brass Podcast Instagram: @boldasbrasspodcast Show artwork: Stuart Crane Music credit: Upbeat Forever by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5011-upbeat-forever License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Subscribe to the podcast here! Sean Wang 4:00 - Sean's arduous process and emigration from Taiwan to the U.S. How he won a major competition and left Taiwan to study music abroad.5:39 - How at age 13, Sean took time off from school in order to practice and win the competition.6:10 - How leaving Taiwan was necessary at that time, in order fro Sean to develop as a musician.7:45 - "I always knew that I would be a musician one day. It was always what I wanted to do." Sean's love of music and his true desire to be a musician. How classical music was a kind of "bubble" and an escape for Sean, a place where he could be comfortable. "Going abroad was a realization of a dream."8:52 - Sean remembers how performing expressively was a challenge, partly because of what Sean calls the "cultural pressure" of his upbringing - to be quiet, to listen to adults - and how some of this affected his playing and put him at a disadvantage as he confronted conflicting messages. "I wasn't supposed to express myself."11:10 - The challenges of "assimilation": "Why are you being snobbish? Why are you disrespecting your trio mates?" How a music coach shamed a 14-year-old Sean for being reserved and quiet. How this music coach failed to understand or feel the need to understand Sean's background as well as his limited English at that time. How the burden of assimilation is placed on immigrants to adjust their behaviors, customs, and personhood for the comfort of the dominant culture. "My quietness was misunderstood and taken almost as an act of defiance."15:04 - "In this society, one is assessed by how he/she talks and acts....the initial impression is everything, the first 10-20 seconds can form someone's impression, sometimes permanently." Without knowing this because, as Sean puts it: "in Asian societies, things work slightly differently," Sean recounts his struggles with inadvertently making a "not good first impression" and how for the longest time he wondered, "why don't people like me? Why am I so unpopular among my classmates and teachers?"16:07 - How it was only in his 20's and 30's that Sean began to examine and reflect upon his experiences and how the difference between his Taiwanese culture and American culture was bigger than he wanted to admit, even to himself.17:03 - The implicit bias that Asians experience in white culture. The myth of meritocracy and how that burdens non-whites with the belief that all things are fair and equal in American and therefore, the deficiencies lie not within the system but within the individual who fails to be "good enough."18:50 - Sean and I share our experiences with microaggressions and how we experience them on a nearly daily basis.19:28 - What led Sean to his multi-faceted career as a violinist, scholar, and conductor. How the perception of specialism versus generalist has affected his career.22:22 - How Sean's scholarship in musicology changed his approach to violin playing.25:20 - "The freedom one gains from knowing more." "Knowing more helps me make better decisions and helps me teach."30:04 - Sean's challenges in finding a career path after graduation while also balancing his family's needs, leading him to playing country music in Nashville, teaching at various institutions, joining Ars Lyrica Houston, executive directing Bach Society Houston, and now, conducting and teaching at the Longy School of Music of Bard College.33:50 - Sean talks about times in his career when he became aware of his race. How "Asian musicians are admired for showmanship and not so much musicianship." How people make assumptions about Asian musicians.39:19 - The "bamboo ceiling" that continues to prevent Asian musicians from rising to positions of executive power. "It seems that in order to get to the same place as white colleagues, an Asian has to work almost twice as hard."44:40 - How Sean feels the priorities have changed for current students and graduates of music schools today.47:36 - "At times, it's healthy to not feel all that comfortable."53:22 - East West Music, a non-profit that Sean founded that commissions new music for Western and Eastern instruments.54:40 - Sean's "practical advice" to his younger self, about the importance of having an "artistic identity" and the importance of breaking from tradition.

In this podcast, Amy Panetta has a conversation with Allison Mondel about the life, music, and legacy of Hildegard von Bingen, a powerful female spiritual figure of the middle ages! Allison Mondel is a highly versatile performing artist and visionary voice coach. She has been lauded by The Washington Post for her "ethereal soprano" and "spare, otherworldly radiance... a performance from across the centuries, full of distant and irresistible beauties.”​ She received her M.M. in Early Music Vocal Performance from the Longy School of Music where she discovered a new love and inspiration: medieval music. Allison has directed Eya since its inception in 2010, crafting programs representative of her artistic vision: to marry art (old and new) with spirituality. She is a notation and performance specialist of the chants of Hildegard von Bingen, and had the honor of singing Hildegard's music at President Obama's second Inaugural Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral. She has offered workshops, classes, and lectures on Hildegard's unique body of work and other diverse early music repertories throughout the east coast, midwest, and Ireland. In addition to her medieval performance and scholarship, she has also performed at the Boston Early Music Festival, Washington National Cathedral, Dumbarton Oaks, Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick, American University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Manassas Ballet Theater, and others. Some of her most meaningful work has been in the teaching studio. She has taught singing for over 15 years, including Washington National Cathedral, Georgetown University, and her own private studio. A Transformational Voice Coach, Allison founded Sacred Voice Studios, a holistic teaching and coaching practice which reaches around the world, helping singers transform their relationship with their voice. Links: Sacred Voice Studios - Transformational vocal coaching by Allison Mondel. Intro Music from the album, "A Year In Ireland" by New Time Ensemble, Used with Permission. Outro Music performed by Eya Medieval Ensemble, of which Allison Mondel is the director. They perform O rubor sanguinis, which is an antiphon to St. Ursula. Please go here for more information about the Eya Medieval Ensemble. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amy-panetta/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amy-panetta/support

Flute player and Body Mapping instructor Vanessa Mulvey is a movement enthusiast with a thirst for continued learning and integration. In this conversation, we explore Vanessa's various movement adventures, including natural movement, Core Movement Integration, and trapeze(!) and how these have shaped and informed her life as a musician and educator. Vanessa is based in Boston, MA and serves on the faculties of both the Longy School of Music and the New England Conservatory. You can learn more about her and her work at https://www.breathemoveperform.com/ Show notes, including links mentioned in this episode, live over at musicmindandmovement.com/podcast-1/ For more about Karen, visit www.musicmindandmovement.com or connect on Facebook or Instagram @musicmindandmovement.

Episode 253 we talk to Singer/Songwriter Linda Marks of Women In Music Gathering and Artists for the Environment. 8/28/18 Hosts Kinte @KinteF https://twitter.com/KinteF J Corina Francis @FollowingBliss1 https://twitter.com/FollowingBliss1 Guest: Linda Marks Singer/Songwriter www.lindamarksmusic.com ABOUT LINDA MARKS: http://www.lindamarksmusic.com/page10/index.html As a small child, Linda Marks, was passionate about music and felt a magnetic pull to pianos and all things musical. Her first word was piano, and she was placed in a Longy School of Music experimental program for gifted and talented kids at age 3. She started writing music in grammar school, and wrote the 8th grade graduation song. Linda holds a degree in Music with honors and distinction from Yale University, where she co-founded Something Extra, Yale's 3rd women's a capella singing group, as a 17 year old freshman. She ran Café Calhoun at Yale, and both sang and produced musical shows. In the 1980's, Linda performed in the Boston acoustic music scene and sang and co-wrote songs with Lisa Wexler. She appeared on "Music America" with Ron Della Chiesa, and released a tape of original music, "Dreams and Themes" in 1983. She founded and ran the Boston Arts Roundtable, a group of musicians and other artists who gathered for camaraderie and produced multimedia concerts. The Women In Music Gathering The Women In Music Gathering is an intergenerational artist-alliance of women in music: singer/songwriters and performing musicians, with the primary goals of collaboration and support, extending to both personal and professional aspects of being a woman in music. Artists for the Environment. Diane Cameron Elam founded this project, and I hope you get to talk with her too! A song I wrote for my 2019 In Grace album, called Enough, which was written in response to the teardown epidemic happening in my neighborhoods (both where and I live and work) was selected to be part of this project. I was also interviewed for the Boston Globe for an article on teardown, and my song will be referenced on an article that will be published in October.

“I needed to know that it wasn’t going to somehow be a failure if I tried this thing where there was no guarantee of success… if simply the attempt to do something would be seen as enough of a good thing, whether it led to any future in that subject or not. I knew that I would regret it one day if I hadn’t tried going down that path.” This week I caught up with Clare McNamara, a Boston-based oratorio soloist, choral artist, and chamber musician.  Clare, who initially intended to pursue a more “practical” career in engineering before switching gears to follow her heart, has been praised for her “lushly evocative” and “otherworldly” performances. She will be performing with Lorelei Ensemble in the world premier of “The_Oper&” at Duke University on March 8-10th, 2018 (visit her website for details). Some highlights from this episode include: * Choosing to pursue an artistic career over all “practical” considerations (5:30) * Redefining failure (14:50) * Learning to own your abilities and managing Imposter Syndrome (35:54) * Being an artist as someone who performs work that was created by someone else. (42:00) Clare’s ensemble affiliations include Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Lorelei Ensemble, Cut Circle, Handel+Haydn Society, and the Boston Camerata. After making her New York debut as the alto soloist in St. Thomas Fifth Avenue’s 2017 performance of Handel’s Messiah, Clare makes her Boston Symphony Hall soloist debut in the Handel+Haydn Society’s 2018 performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor. International festival credits include Laus Polyphoniae (Antwerp, Belgium), Tage Alter Musik Regensburg (Germany), and the Tenebrae Holy Week Festival (London, England). Recordings of Clare’s voice also accompany the modern dance troupe Pilobolus in their acclaimed piece “On the Nature of Things.” Almost an engineer, Clare’s very first job was at NASA. She holds an A.B. in Music from Princeton University and an M.M. in Early Music Performance from the Longy School of Music of Bard College. To learn more about Clare and see the full schedule of her upcoming performances, you can visit her website at claremcnamara.com.

Nick Lloyd has become one of the top double bass makers in the country over the years, with award-winning basses being played worldwide, including talents as diverse as New York Philharmonic principal bassist Tim Cobb and YouTube sensation Adam Ben Ezra. We talk about Nick’s early years learning the bass, apprenticing with various makers and learning the craft of bass making, the intricacies of making a bass, his standard bass designs, travel necks, his financing options for basses, and playing with the Kentucky Winders in Pakistan! About Nick: I was born in central Iowa, and first met the doublebass at age 8. In 1993 I moved to Boston to freelance and attend the Longy School of Music. As my interests developed, a question remained unanswered: how is a doublebass made? Well, Boston luthier & bassist John Styklunas was the first to answer that question. It’s been over 20 years now, and my teachers also include Michael Shank, Paul Hart, and Daniel Hachez. All of these luthiers have helped me assemble the skills and high standards necessary to make and repair professional-quality double basses. Most importantly, my training has taught me to always respect the client, regardless of what kind of music they play. Since establishing my Cincinnati shop in 2000, my instruments have received awards for tone and workmanship. In addition, I received the 2007 “Friend Of The Bass” award from the International Society of Bassists for organizing the Katrina Basses project. In 2015, in conjunction with the State Department and musical group the Kentucky Winders, I became a U.S Cultural Ambassador. This position includes traveling internationally to promote traditional American music as well as performances with ethnic musicians of respective host countries.

Dec. 12, 2014. A discussion marking the acquisition by the Library of Congress of the Roman Totenberg Papers. Totenberg was a distinguished violinist and pedagogue that taught at the Longy School of Music and Boston University. Speaker Biography: Jan Vogler is a cellist. Speaker Biography: Mira Wang is a violinist. Speaker Biography: Richard Dyer is former classical music critic for the Boston Globe. Speaker Biography: Daniel Boomhower was head of reader services in the Music Division at the Library of Congress. Speaker Biography: Amy Totenberg is a judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and a daughter of Roman Totenberg. Speaker Biography: Amy Totenberg is a judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and a daughter of Roman Totenberg. Speaker Biography: Jill Totenberg is president of the The Totenberg Group and a daughter of Roman Totenberg. Speaker Biography: Nina Totenberg is legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio and a daughter of Roman Totenberg. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6765

Part of the Boston Street Piano project. A trumpet student was practing a part from the Ravel G-Major Piano Concerto, so I did this riff on it. You can view a video of this improvisation here on YouTube.

Part of the Boston Street Piano project.