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Live The Dream Media
Wake Up Live W/ Christopher DeSimone Ep. 51

Live The Dream Media

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 175:28


Good morning Wakies! Today's guests:7am- Danny Sawaya: Tucson Strength8am- Daniel Asia: Composer, President of the Center for American Culture and Ideas, and Professor of Music (Emeritus)

ArtScene with Erika Funke
Philip Simon; April 27 2023

ArtScene with Erika Funke

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 13:09


Dr. Philip Simon, Associate Professor of Music Emeritus at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, speaking about the upcoming spring concerts of Wilkes' musical ensembles: The Chamber Orchestra under John Vaida on Monday, May 1, 2023; The Civic Band under Dr. Simon's direction, on Tuesday, May 2; and the Jazz Ensemble directed by Dr. Simon on Wednesday, May 3, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts on the Wilkes Campus. www.wilkes.edu

Piedmont Arts Podcast
Bill Lawing on The Carolina Brass Quintet

Piedmont Arts Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022


The Carolina Brass Quintet will present a fun and challenging virtuosic recital as part of Music at St. Alban's in Davidson, NC. The recital will celebrate the contributions and talents of trumpeter and quintet founder Bill Lawing who will retire from the quintet in December 2022. Besides his long service in Carolina Brass Quintet, Lawing is the Estes Millner Professor of Music Emeritus at Davidson College having retired after teaching there for 46 years. He talks about his long career and his many contributions to Davidson College, and the cultural life of our region. Learn more about Music at St. Alban's

The Not Old - Better Show
#488 Hidden Habits of Genius - Craig Wright, PhD

The Not Old - Better Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 23:54


Hidden Habits of Genius - Craig Wright, PhD Art of Living, Author Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #488. Today's show is brought to you by Medterra. Our guest today, Craig Wright, whose most recent book, The Hidden Habits of Genius, is the outgrowth of Dr. Wright's popular Yale University course, "Exploring the Nature of Genius." Our conversation today is the culmination of a multi-decade study of geniuses throughout history (Einstein, Curie, Mozart, Bezos, Jobs, Picasso, Ben Franklin, and Lady Gaga among them) as well as Dr. Wright's personal observations gleaned from watching geniuses in action, at Harvard, Yale, and elsewhere. We'll hear Dr. Wright identify several enablers of genius and Dr. Wright concludes our conversation with suggestions as to how we can incorporate our own genius into everyday life. That, of course, is our guest today, Dr. Craig Wright, reading from his new book, The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit—Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness. Dr. Craig Wright is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard, and taught at Yale for forty-four years where, as the Moses Professor of Music Emeritus, he continues to teach "the genius course" online each summer. Please join me in welcoming to the Not Old Better Show via internet phone, Dr. Craig Wright. My thanks to Dr. Craig Wright, author of the new book, The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit—Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness. Check out our website for more information about Dr. Wright's new book, as well as other details about Dr. Wright's work. My thanks to you, our wonderful Not Old Better Show audience. Please be safe everyone, practice smart social distancing, and talk about better. The Not Old Better Show. Thanks, everyone. For more information about Dr. Craig Wright and his new book, The Hidden Habits of Genius, please go here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-hidden-habits-of-genius-craig-wright?variant=32127794151458 For more information about The Not Old Better Show, please go here: https://notold-better.com Please support our sponsors: Medterra. For more information about Medterra CBD, please check out: And now, by visiting medterraCBD.com, and entering NOB at checkout you'll receive 20% off. That's medterraCBD.com, and NOB at checkout for 20%. Medterra CBD and NOB, a perfect combination for best in class results!

Everything Band Podcast
Episode 167 - Cheryl Floyd

Everything Band Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 80:10


Cheryl Floyd has taught middle school band in Austin, TX for over 30 years and is one of the most highly regarded middle school band directors in the country. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors and has commissioned or been part of the consortium for 14 works for band. Topics: Cheryl's background growing up in Texas, going to Baylor University and starting her career as a teacher. The importance of encouraging students and giving them the type of positive feedback that keeps them playing. The background stories of a few of the 14 works that she has been a part of commissioning. Peer leadership in the middle school band. Teaching in Texas and the power of sound to sight teaching. A general discussion about teaching beginners and middle school band. An anecdote about George Steinbrenner. Links: Cheryl Floyd at Music for All 204 Progressive Sight Reading Tunes Bernstein: Suite from "Candide" Mozart: Serenade for 13 Winds in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" Biography: Cheryl Floyd completed her twenty-fifth year as Director of Bands at Hill Country Middle School in Austin, Texas in May 2017.  The Hill Country Middle School Band is recognized as one if the exemplary middle school programs in the nation. Prior to her tenure at Hill Country, she served as Director of Bands at Murchison Middle School, also in Austin, for eight years.  Musical organizations under her leadership have consistently been sited for musical excellence at both local contests and national invitational festivals.  Mrs. Floyd is recognized nationally for her educational and musical vision and commitment at the middle school level.  In 1990 her Murchison program was the recipient of the coveted Sudler Cup Award presented to exceptional middle school band programs by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. The Hill Country Middle School Band has performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in 1998 and again in 2006, Music For All’s National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis (March 2012),and most recently at the Western International Band Clinic (November 2014) under Mrs. Floyd’s direction. Mrs. Floyd routinely serves as a conductor on the University of Texas at Austin band camp faculty and has been a member of summer music faculties at Music For All's Summer Symposium, Arkansas Tech University, Baylor University, Texas Lutheran University Stephen F. Austin University, University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.  She enjoys an active schedule as an adjudicator, clinician, author and guest conductor throughout the United States, having served as one of the first women guest conductors of the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C. in September, 1998. Cheryl Floyd was the recipient of the Texas Bandmasters Association Exemplary Middle School Band Program Citation and she appeared on the cover of the May 2005 Instrumentalist magazine which contained a featured article on the Hill Country Middle School band program. In 2003, Mrs. Floyd was elected to the American Bandmasters’ Association. She is the fifth female member of this 225 member organization and was the first middle school band director to be chosen for ABA membership. She serves on that organization’s selection committee for the prestigious Sousa/ABA/Ostwald Composition Competition. For nearly three decades, she has maintained a keen interest in commissioning new works for concert band and has collaborated with such internationally recognized composers as Frank Ticheli, Cajun Folk Songs, Shenandoah, Bob Margolis, Renaissance Fair, Dana Wilson, Sang!, Ron Nelson, Courtly Airs and Dances, Steven Barton, Hill Country Flourishes, Chris Tucker, Twilight in the Wilderness. Catherine McMichael, Cape Breton Postcard, Undertow, by John Mackey Spangled Heavens by Donald Grantham, a consortium commission for TMEA's MS Region 18 by Viet Cuong entitled Diamond Tide, and most recently, Sparkle by Scott McAllister.. The works generated by these ongoing projects have been widely acclaimed as being among the most significant works for young band. A 1980 graduate of Baylor University, Mrs. Floyd has also done graduate work at the University of Texas with Paula Crider, Robert Duke and Karl Kraber.  Since 1985 she has served as co-principal flute with the Austin Symphonic Band and in this capacity has performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in 1989, 1997 and 2007, the American Bandmasters Association in 1993 and 2006 and before the Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Bandmasters Association on numerous occasions. She is a member of ABA, TMEA, TBA, and Phi Beta Mu. In 2016 she was named a Yamaha Master Educator, one of only 18 in the nation. As such she is positioned to appear throughout the United States as a conductor, clinician and educator representing Yamaha. She annually serves as an evaluator for the Music For All National Concert Band Festival and was recently appointed to the Middle School Educational team for the Music For All Summer Symposium. Looming on the horizon is a book to be published by GIA Publications entitled “Middle School My Way.” ​ Paramount in her life is her musical family including her husband, Richard Floyd, State Director of Music Emeritus at the University of Texas and their son, Richard Weston, who holds a trombone performance degree from the University of Texas and is pursuing his musical career in Los Angeles.

Everything Band Podcast
Episode 166 - Richard Floyd

Everything Band Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 71:43


Richard Floyd has been involved in music education for 58 years. His accolades and achievements are too numerous to list and he is a legendary name not only in Texas, but throughout the entire band community. Topics: Richard’s background growing up in the Dallas area, his early band experiences, marching in Eisenhower’s inauguration, and how he got involved in music education. Thoughts about building connections and growing during your career. The Texas band tradition and the University Interscholastic League (UIL). Links: Richard Floyd at Music for All University Interscholastic League Sousa: Daughters of Texas Austin Symphonic Band Mozart: Serenade for 13 Winds in B-flat major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" Dahl: Sinfonietta Biography: Richard Floyd is presently in his 57th year of active involvement as a conductor, music educator and administrator. He has enjoyed a distinguished and highly successful career at virtually every level of wind band performance from beginning band programs through high school and university wind ensembles as well as adult community bands. In 2014 Floyd retired as State Director of Music at the University of Texas at Austin where he coordinated all facets of secondary school music competition for some 3500 performing organizations throughout the state for 30 years. He now holds the title Texas State Director of Music Emeritus. He also serves as Musical Director and Conductor of the Austin Symphonic Band that is viewed to be one of the premier adult concert bands in America. In addition, he maintains an active schedule as conductor, clinician, lecturer and mentor. Prior to his appointment at the University of Texas, Mr. Floyd served on the faculty at the University of South Florida as Professor of Conducting and at Baylor University in Texas where he held the position of Director of Bands for nine years. He began his career as band director at Richardson Junior High School and then become the first director of the award winning J.J. Pearce High School Band in the same city. He also served as Director of Fine Arts for that district for two years before moving to Baylor University in 1973. His musical achievements include performances at numerous state and national conventions and conferences including the 1977 College Band Directors National Association, the 1981 Music Educators National Conference and concerts at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in 1989, 1997 and 2007. Other distinguished performances include concerts for the American Bandmasters Association in 1993 and 2006 and the 2004 Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, Washington. Performances by his various ensembles have been heard throughout the United States, Australia and Europe. Mr. Floyd is a recognized authority on conducting, the art of wind band rehearsing, concert band repertoire, and music advocacy. As such, he has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe as a clinician, adjudicator and conductor including appearances in 43 American states and in 9 other countries. He is a frequent featured clinician for the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association, countless other state conferences and has presented five conducting and rehearsal technique clinics for the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic. In 2002 he was the single recipient of the prestigious A.A. Harding Award presented by the American School Band Directors Association in recognition of his significant and lasting contributions to the school band movement. The Texas Bandmasters Association named him Texas Bandmaster of the Year in 2006 and also recognized him with the TBA Lifetime Administrative Achievement Award in 2008. Most recently he received the Texas Music Educators Association Distinguished Service Award in 2009 and was inducted into the Bands of America Hall of Fame and Texas Phi Beta Mu Hall of Fame in 2011. Also, in 2011 he was awarded the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic Medal of Honor for distinguished service and contributions to bands, orchestras and music education. In 2014 he was inducted into the National Band Association Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts considered to be the “academy award” for wind band conductors. The same year he was also honored with the Kappa Kappa Phi Distinguished Service to Music medal. Most recently the Dallas Winds, Jerry Junkin conductor, recognized Floyd as the 2017 Texas Legendary Bandmaster. Publications include co-authorship of Best Music For Beginning Band and contributing author for The Musician’s Walk by James Jordon and published by GIA. In addition, his articles have appeared in numerous national and international publications. In 2006 he was featured on the GIA Produced DVD entitled Kindred Spirits from the series Conducting From The Inside Out. Other conductors included H. Robert Reynolds, Craig Kirchhoff and Allan McMurray. In 2015 his book entitled The Artistry of Teaching and Making Music was published to critical acclaim by GIA Publications. A second book, The Seven Deadly Sins of Music Making will be published in late 2020. During Mr. Floyd’s professional career, he has held positions of leadership on many state and national committees for music education and wind music performance. He served as National Secretary of the College Band Directors National Association from 1979 to 2007 and has played an active leadership role in the implementation of that organization’s many projects and services for over three decades. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Music For All, as a member of the John Philip Sousa Foundation Board of Directors, and in 2016 was named a Yamaha Master Educator. Paramount in his life is his wife Cheryl, who enjoys her own distinguished career as one of the premier middle school directors in the nation, their son Weston who is pursuing his own musical journey and Dick’s daughter Chris and her extended family. ------- Are you planning to travel with your group sometime soon? If so, please consider my sponsor, Kaleidoscope Adventures, a full service tour company specializing in student group travel. 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The Brass Junkies Podcast - Pedal Note Media
TBJ134: Rex Martin on online lessons, Arnold Jacobs and tuba mute hatred

The Brass Junkies Podcast - Pedal Note Media

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 77:17


TBJ134: Rex Martin on online lessons, Arnold Jacobs and tuba mute hatred. Master pedagogue (and Andrew's former teacher) and tuba soloist Rex Martin shares stories and insights with Andrew & Lance from his new home in Bern, Switzerland.   From his Wikipedia Page:   Rex Martin is one of the world's virtuoso tuba players, appearing on over 70 symphony orchestra recordings. He primarily studied under Edward Livingston and Arnold Jacobs, though he also took lessons with Edward Kleinhammer.   Martin is Professor of Tuba at the Bern University of the Arts in Bern, Switzerland, and Professor of Music Emeritus at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.   He was raised in Stronghurst, Illinois and graduated from high school in Chillicothe, Illinois. He married Margreth Trümpi of Ennenda, Switzerland in 1989.   In this fun and lively discussion, we cover: Andrew's fear of a future grade The bursar's office Phish tickets Retirement from Northwestern Wife/Life in Bern, Switzerland  Teaching at the Bern University of the Arts Joining faculty at the Royal Academy in London (Distinguished International Professor of Brass) Dean Martin Gold Diggers Andrew late for his lesson story Rex hates lateness Rex and Arnold Jacobs Studying with Ed Livingston at Illinois State "But let's work on your tone" The disconnect between Arnold Jacob's legend and Rex's experience High standards and psychology Developing the ability to hear low pitches The influence of Bud Herseth and Ed Kleinhammer "Tonight you can have as many beers as you want!" Andrew playing for Mallorie Thompson Ed Livingston's influence Andrew hearing Rex playing the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto Muted tuba Mean Rex Mike Roylance international online tuba hang Teaching online (what works and what doesn't) Gr8 In online lessons, the use of scales and deep listening assignments Knuckleheads practicing on Facebook Tokyo 7-11 and Tom Waits Jen Snow Keeping time as a tuba player Want to help the show? Here are some ways: Unlock bonus episodes galore by becoming a Patreon patron. Help others find the show by leaving a rating and review on  iTunes or Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Show some love to our sponsors: The brass program at The Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University and Parker Mouthpieces (including the Andrew Hitz and Lance LaDuke models.) Buy Pray for Jens and The Brass Junkies merch at The Brass Junkies online store! Tell your friends! Expertly produced by Will Houchin with love, care, and enthusiasm.    

All Souls NYC Adult Forum
12/09/2018 Bach and Christmas with Michael Marissen Part 2

All Souls NYC Adult Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 51:40


In these two presentations, Professor Marissen, an acclaimed Bach scholar, will explore Bach's various theological approaches in his magnificent choral music for the Advent-Christmas season. His presentation on December 9 will center on Bach's Magnificat, to be performed as part of the All Souls Christmas Eve services this year, and how its musical setting helps to interpret the great Canticle of Mary, the expecting mother as she prepares herself for the birth of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. Michael Marissen is the Daniel Underhill Professor of Music Emeritus at Swarthmore College, and has also served as a visiting professor on the graduate faculties at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. His many books include The Social and Religious Designs of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (Princeton, 1995), Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism and Bach's St. John Passion (Oxford, 1998), Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah (Yale, 2014), and Bach and God (Oxford, 2016). His essays have appeared in the Harvard Theological Review, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times. Commenting on Marissen's most recent book, New Yorker magazine observed, "Bach and God... brings to mind two approximately equal figures in a complicated dialogue, like Jefferson and Adams, or Siskel and Ebert."

All Souls NYC Adult Forum
12/02/2018 Bach and Christmas with Michael Marissen, Ph.D.

All Souls NYC Adult Forum

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 45:47


n these two presentations, Professor Marissen, an acclaimed Bach scholar, will explore Bach's various theological approaches in his magnificent choral music for the Advent-Christmas season. On December 2 he will focus on Bach's Christmas Oratorio, last performed by the All Souls Choir at the Christmas Eve services last year, and how its musical setting interprets the accounts of the birth of Jesus in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Michael Marissen is the Daniel Underhill Professor of Music Emeritus at Swarthmore College, and has also served as a visiting professor on the graduate faculties at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. His many books include 'The Social and Religious Designs of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos' (Princeton, 1995), 'Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism and Bach's St. John Passion' (Oxford, 1998), 'Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah' (Yale, 2014), and 'Bach and God' (Oxford, 2016). His essays have appeared in the Harvard Theological Review, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times. Commenting on Marissen's most recent book, New Yorker magazine observed, "Bach and God... brings to mind two approximately equal figures in a complicated dialogue, like Jefferson and Adams, or Siskel and Ebert."

Westminster-to-Go
Conductor Conversation: Jerry McCoy

Westminster-to-Go

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2015


Jerry McCoy, Music Director of Schola Cantorum of Texas, joins Westminster Choir College conductors Joe Miller and Amanda Quist to reflect on his career path, preparing the next generation of choral conductors and his commitment to life-long learning. Jerry McCoy is Regents Professor of Music Emeritus for the University of North Texas, home of one of America’s foremost choral studies and performance programs. He also has served as a member of the American Choral Directors Association’s National Executive Committee and was the ACDA president from 2009-2011.

Left of Black
Episode 14, 12-20-10

Left of Black

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2010 36:35


Left of Black Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined by composer T.J. Anderson and Queer media activist and writer Alexis Pauline Gumbs on location at the Beyu Caffe in Durham, NC →T.J. Anderson is one of the leading composers of his generation. Born in 1928 Anderson received a Ph.D in Composition from the University of Iowa. After serving as Chairman of the Department of Music at Tufts University for eight years, Thomas Jefferson Anderson became Austin Fletcher Professor of Music and in 1990 became Austin Fletcher Professor of Music Emeritus. He now lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where he devotes full time to writing music. →A Self-Described “Queer Black Trouble Maker” Alexis Pauline Gumbs holds a Ph.D. from Duke University and is the founder of Broken Beautiful Press. Gumbs is also editor of the blog Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind.

Stanford Historical Society
Bright Ideas that Make a Difference: Stanford Patents that have Changed the World

Stanford Historical Society

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2007 81:55


Panel Discussion with: John Chowning, Professor of Music Emeritus; Leonard Herzenberg, Professor of Genetics Emeritus; Cal Quate, Professor of Applied Physics Emeritus; Kathy Ku, Director, Office of Technology Licensing; and Niels Reimers.