Podcasts about musicworks

Greetings! I treated this episode of PTE as if I were filling in required words needed to complete a Mad Libs, a word game that might be categorized as a phrasal template game. In order to create today's playlist, the compositions required the inclusion of an acoustic instrument & a non-instrument such as electronics, tape, digital delay, computer, etc.  Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/envpusher1.bsky.social      2-8-25 PTE Playlist: - Mad Libs: acoustic instrument & non-instrument    Kagemusha: for pipa and electronics - Ningxin Zhang - Musicworks #148 - Musicworks (2024) https://www.musicworks.ca/winners-2023-musicworks-electronic-music-composition    Dialogue I for voice and live electronics (2021) - improvisation by Kate Soper & Sam Pluta - The Understanding of All Things - New Focus Recordings (2022) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-understanding-of-all-things   Toccata for percussion and tape - percussion: Beverley Johnston / composer: Gary Kulesha - Alternate Currents - Centredisques (1992) https://beverleyjohnston.com/    Talkback IV for piano and computer - piano: Kathleen Suppove / composer-electronics: Guy Barash - Eye To Ivory - Starkland (2019) https://starkland.org/catalog/st233/    Coeur d'Orr for clarinet and two-channel tape, sculptor  Eric Orr - clarinet: Daniel Goode / tape - composer: Harold Budd - Frog Peak Music (2002) https://frogpeak.org/fpartists/fpgoode.html    Lonesome Dove - a true story, micro-opera for tenor saxophonist, watcher & portable darkness - tenor saxophone: Geoff Landman / watcher: Umber Qureshi / composer: Richard Cameron-Wolfe - Passionate Geometries - New Focus Recordings (2024) https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/passionate-geometries    Another Shore for celesta and digital delay - celesta and digital delay: Philip Schroeder - Cold Blue Two (an original anthology) - Cold Blue Music (2012) https://coldbluemusic.bandcamp.com/album/cold-blue-two-an-original-anthology    Heroin arranged by David Lang for cello, voice & electronics - cello: Maya Beiser / composer: Lou Reed - tranceclassical - Innova (2016) https://www.innova.mu/albums/maya-beiser/tranceclassical    Violin Phase (1967) for violin and pre-recorded tape - violin: Shem Guibbory / composer: Steve Reich - From The Kitchen Archives No. 2: Steve Reich & Musicians, Live 1977 - Orange Mountain Music (2005) https://stevereich.com/composition/violin-phase/    Music for Player Piano (and computer) - James Tenney - Selected Works 1961-1969 - New World Records (2003) https://www.newworldrecords.org/collections/james-tenney/products/james-tenney-selected-works-1961-1969    Lowland Side (excerpt) - M.C. Schmidt - Batu Malablab Suite for Prepared Piano, Flute and Electronics - digital release (2014) https://matmos.bandcamp.com/album/batu-malablab-suite-for-prepared-piano-flute-and-electronics 

On a recent Saturday, a group of grade-school aged children wearing red t-shirts lined up on the sidewalk on Westminster Street in the West End of Providence. They were outside of two empty storefronts that used to hold Community MusicWorks. The youngest children were at the front carrying small drums and mallets. They were followed […]

Bram connects, again, with the President of MusicWorks, Intl. and ServeUkraine, Fred Heumann. Since we last talked, Fred has made his way to the center of the Ukraine Battle for Freedom more than once. Each time he returns he brings back a wealth of heart-rending stories and essential insight into the spiritual needs of a […] The post The Latest from Warsaw, Kyiv and Beyond appeared first on Compassionradio.com.

In Culture of Possibility #38, Arlene Goldbard talks with Sebastian Ruth, Founder & Artistic Director and Resident Musician at Community MusicWorks in Providence, Rhode Island. CMW describes itself as a “community-based organization that uses music education and performance as a vehicle to build lasting and meaningful relationships between children, families, and professional musicians.” Its resident musicians form a string ensemble that commissions and performs work in concert while students receive free string lessons and take part in an ongoing community of peers. In this conversation Arlene and Sebastian explore the complex question of how classical music can connect with community arts and cultural democracy.

Greetings! This week features a bunch of newer tracks, a couple of classic goodies and a return to Roger Reynolds' latest release on Neuma Records, featuring, "Here and There", his extended composition for "speaking percussionist", Steven Shick. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Twitter-like x-thing: https://twitter.com/envpusher1    1-13-24 PTE Playlist   I / II - Daniel Reyes Llinás - C​ó​dices - 7d Media (2023) https://llinas.bandcamp.com/album/c-dices   Awaaz? Awaaz! - Takleef Ensemble - Musicworks #146 - Musicworks (2023) https://www.musicworks.ca/   Rocket Man - Eva Novoa - Novoa / Drew Gress / Devin Gray Trio, Vol. 1 - 577 Records (February 2024 pre-release) https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/novoa-gress-gray-trio-vol-1   Avanti la Tre - Piero Milesi - Within Himself [music for films, installations, water and fireworks : 1987​-​1999]- Cuneiform Records (2000) https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/within-himself-music-for-films-installations-water-and-fireworks-1987-1999    Awaaz? Awaaz! - Takleef Ensemble - Musicworks #146 - Musicworks (2023) https://www.musicworks.ca/    Gone - Marco Mattei - Out Of Control - 7D Media/Third Star (2021) https://marcomattei3star.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-control    Here and There - speaking percussionist: Steven Shick / composer: Roger Reynolds - For A Reason - Neuma Records (2023) https://rogerreynolds.bandcamp.com/album/for-a-reason    Dance of the Cast-Off Snake Skin - John Oliver - Storm Gate - John Oliver Music (2023) https://johnolivermusic.bandcamp.com/album/storm-gate    The Pleistocene Epoch - The Owl - #118 - An Owl In The Noisy Sky 6 - Owlripper Records (2023) https://theowl.bandcamp.com/album/118-an-owl-in-the-noisy-sky-6     

Ever wondered about the soothing voice behind “The Chant of Metta” or “Heart Sutra” often heard at Buddhist events?

Greetings! Today's program starts with a backlog of newer psychedelic/prog kinds of things, followed by a dive into mostly newer acousmatic and experimental contemporary composition items. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com ex-Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/envpusher1    8-5-23 PTE Playlist   Foucault's Pendulum (1st Movement) - Robert Svilpa - Foucault's Pendulum - Melodic Revolution Records (2022) https://robertsvilpamusic.bandcamp.com/album/foucaults-pendulum    It's Beautiful / Wink of the Third Eye / It Has No Eyes But Sight / Twirl - The Fraternal Order of the All (Andrew Gold) - Greetings From Planet Love - Esoteric Records (1997/2023) https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/andrew-gold-the-fraternal-order-of-the-all-greetings-from-planet-love-cd-edition/    Painted By The Sun - Todd Cochran - From the Vault: Notes for the Future - Blue Buddha Productions (2023) https://bluebuddha.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-vault-notes-for-the-future    Echoes - feat. Frank Dimino (Angel) - Meddle Reimagined – A Tribute to Pink Floyd - Cleopatra Records (2023) https://cleorecs.com/store/shop/meddle-reimagined-a-tribute-to-pink-floyd-cd/    Stay for the Ending - District 97 - Stay for the Ending - Spirit of the Unicorn Records (October 2023 pre-release) https://district97.net/news/stay-ending-available-pre-order    Grow Dark - Held By Trees - Eventide - Sound Canyon (2023) https://mellotone.net/products/copy-of-held-by-trees-eventide    Reverie - Leah Reid - Musicworks #145 - Musicworks (2023) https://www.musicworks.ca/winners-2022-musicworks-electronic-music-composition-contest    Save Changes Before Quitting for electronic tape - Stephen Rush - Murders In The Rue Morgue: The Music of Stephen Rush - MMC Recordings (1997) https://stephenjrushmusic.com/?p=2539    Chreiai - David Dunn - At The Margin of The Sensate - Neuma Records (2023) https://daviddunn.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-margin-of-the-sensate    Describe Yourself - violin: Christopher Whitely / voice/composer: Leslie Ting - Describe Yourself - Redshift Records (2023) https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/describe-yourself    Not Being Mirrored - Parallel Worlds - Shade - DiN (2009) https://din7d.bandcamp.com/album/shade-din32 

Greetings! Welcome to this week's program featuring primarily newer releases with a bit of jazz to fill out Phase Three.  BTW, I've released a single that's available for your listening/downloading pleasure.  Here's the Bandcamp link: https://joelkrutt.bandcamp.com/track/con-forza (Yes, I dabble in some found sound/musique concrete type audio manipulation myself.) Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1    3-25-23 PTE Playlist   The Body of Your Dreams - Prism Saxophone Quartet / composer: Jacob TV - XAS (2023) https://www.prismquartet.com/recording/body/    ...and the higher leaves of the trees seemed to shimmer in the last of the sunlight's lingering touch of them... - field studies: chamber music of Emilie Cecilia LeBel - Redshift Records (2023) https://www.emilielebel.ca/blue-of-the-distance/    Part 1: Beneath the Dust - Joseph Blane - The Spider Room - digital album (2023) https://josephblane.bandcamp.com/album/the-spider-room    Sub Wub - Death Tape Super Bass - Hellmouth - Spider Baby (2023) https://deathtapesuperbass.bandcamp.com/album/hellmouth    The Space Between Silence and Enough / Confessional / Tattoo - Guy Barash (electronics) & Nick Flynn (poetry) w/ Kathleen Supové (piano), Frank London (trumpet) & Eyal Maoz (guitar) - Killdeer - New Focus Recordings (2023) https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/guy-barash-killdeer/    Blow Upon My Death Whistle - Anatomy of the Heads - In the Realm of Allied Barbarians and Tributary Lords - digital release (2023) https://aoftheh.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-realm-of-allied-barbarians-and-tributary-lords    Lost In Reading - guitar/midi instruments: Gordon Grdina / composer: Tim Berne - Oddly Enough: The Music of Tim Berne - Attaboygirl Records (2022) - track included on the Musicworks #144 CD https://gordongrdina.bandcamp.com/album/oddly-enough https://www.musicworks.ca    Ascending Bird - Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh or "Persian spiked fiddle") and Brooklyn Rider - Silent City - World Village (2008)   Far From Your Fire - anth​é​ne & Clara Engel - Anxiety / Hope - Ambient Echoes (2023) https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/album/anxiety-hope    Nephophilia - Robert Scott Thompson - Ascension - Aucourant Records (2022) https://robert-scott-thompson.bandcamp.com/album/ascension-2    Flashback - Reiner Witzel/Ritchie Beirach Quintet - The World Within - Jazzsick Records (2023) https://www.jazzsick.com/blog/releases/the-world-within/    Rumi and the Whirling Dervish - Joel Goodman - An Exquisite Moment - (2023 pre-release, June)    Critical Conversation - Joel Harrison & Anthony Pirog - The Great Mirage - Alternative Guitar Summit Recordings (2023) https://agsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-mirage    Reeper - John Oliver - Cool Take - John Oliver Music (2017) https://johnolivermusic.bandcamp.com/album/cool-take 

Greetings! The selection of the works making up a majority of today's program were inspired by my recent trip to Turkey.  You'll get a bit of a history lesson in how traditional Turkish music was integrated with Western music in the early 20th century following the Turkish War of Independence which ended in 1923 and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey which followed.  In addition, I've got some new releases thrown in for good measure. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1   12-31-22 Pushing The Envelope Playlist   Electronic Music No. 1 - B​ü​lent Arel - Electronic Pioneers - CRI (1976) https://www.newworldrecords.org/products/electronic-pioneers   Reflections / Canine / Traffic / The Window / Double Mask & Deployment / Bal Des Leurres - Ilhan Mimaroglu - Music for Jean Dubuffet's COUCOU BAZAR - Finnadar (1973)   Dances of Nasreddin Hodja - piano: Nene Hatun / composer: Fazil Say - Pianistics - digital release (2014) https://nenehatun.bandcamp.com/album/pianistics   Sonare - JACK Quartet / composer: Cenk Erg​ü​n - Sonare & Celare - New Focus Recordings (2019)  https://cenkergun.bandcamp.com/album/cenk-erg-n-sonare-celare   Mouram / Tokiwarai - Carl Stone - Gall Tones - digital self-release (2022) https://carlstone.bandcamp.com/album/gall-tones   Schizoid Breakbeat Polka - Tomoroh Hidari - Alien Audio Absurdities - Ivory Bunker Recordings (2008/2018) https://ivorybunkerrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/alien-audio-absurdities   Uncanny Being (Violin Study #2) - violin/composer: Jessica Moss / drums: Jim White / upright bass: Thierry Amar - Galaxy Heart - Constellation Records (2022) also included on Musicworks #143 https://cstrecords.com/products/cst168-jessica-moss-galaxy-heart?variant=39842999074950 https://www.musicworks.ca/featured-article/jessica-moss-orchestra-within   Symphony No. 2, Part 5 - Douglas Schmidt & John Oliver - Symphony No. 2, "Iceberg" - John Oliver Music (2022) https://johnolivermusic.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-no-2-iceberg   Accento Ferreo - Cubico - Roba Mista - LOF Crew (2022) https://lofcrew.bandcamp.com/album/roba-mista   Uncomfortable Possibilities - Tolga T​ü​z​ü​n - An Anthology Of Turkish Experimental Music 1961​-​2014 - Sub Rosa (2017) https://subrosalabel.bandcamp.com/album/an-anthology-of-turkish-experimental-music-1961-2014   Democracy Lessons - Asaf Zeki Y​ü​ksel - An Anthology Of Turkish Experimental Music 1961​-​2014 - Sub Rosa (2017) https://subrosalabel.bandcamp.com/album/an-anthology-of-turkish-experimental-music-1961-2014

Greetings!   On today's program, I'm happy to open with new music from a long-time friend of PTE, guitarist Kevin Kastning in tandem with pianist, Laszlo Gardony from their new release of improvisations, "Levitations I".  In addition, continuing PTE tradition of bringing attention to music from the state of Connecticut, my home state and home of WHUS, the show closes with music from CT-based musician Liquid Terrain (Tim Wolf) and the New London Drone Orchestra, of which Tim is a member. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1     6-25-22 PTE Playlist   Levitation, Opus III - 36-string Double Contraguitar: Kevin Kastning / piano: Laszlo Gardony - Levitation I - Greydisc (2022) http://www.kevinkastning.com/  http://www.lgjazz.com   A Day At The Beach - David Margolin Lawson & David Merrill - Signals - Neuma Records (2022) https://neumarecords.org/ols/products/lawson-merrill-signals   The Invocation Sky - Geoff Gersh - These Predicaments - Deep Listening (2009) https://geoffgersh.bandcamp.com/album/these-predicaments   Ancient Ocean Floor - Gayle Young w/ Sarah Albu - Musicworks #142 - Musicworks (2022) https://www.musicworks.ca/gayle-young-gentle-interventions   of architecture and accumulation (for organ & wine glasses) - organ: Wil Smith / composer: Paula Matthusen - Pieces for People - Innova (2015) https://www.innova.mu/albums/paula-matthusen/pieces-people   Eastern Platinum - Gong Expresso - Decadence - self-release (2017) https://hansfordrowe.bandcamp.com/album/decadence   Deep Sleep I - Akku Quintet - Live - 7dMedia (2022) https://akkuquintet7d.bandcamp.com/album/live   Red (for two marimbas) - New Music Detroit / composer: Marc Mellits - Smoke: Music of Marc Mellits - Innova (2018) https://www.innova.mu/albums/new-music-detroit/smoke-music-marc-mellits   Fraud - Liquid Terrain (Tim Wolf) - Ripples - self-release (2022) https://liquidterrain.bandcamp.com/album/ripples   Liquid Mix - New England Drone Orchestra - Isolation-Collaboration - self-release (2020) https://enterthecircle.bandcamp.com/album/isolation-collaboration

Greetings! Among this week's musical wanderings, Phase 2 presents a sizeable chunk of prog created by Steve Hackett, including Genesis (after Peter Gabriel's departure) and his early solo works, in addition to his influence on the next generation of musicians including Tiger Moth Tales & the Spectral Mornings 2015 project. Stay Safe & Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Twitter: @envpusher1   4/23 Pushing The Envelope Playlist   Chin Go Gae - Carl Stone - Music for Ukraine - We Jazz Records (2022) https://wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-ukraine   The Famous Box-Trick (2015) for bass flute and electronics - flute: Claire Chase / composer: Francesca Verunelli -  Density 2036: part iii (2015) - Corbett vs. Dempsey (2020) https://clairechase.bandcamp.com/album/density-2036-part-iii-2015   Swimming In The Dust - Audio Obscura vs Black Sonar - A Scream From Outer Space - Subexotic Records (2020) https://subexoticrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-scream-from-outer-space   Avara - Ozone Player - Avara - self-release (2022) https://ozoneplayer.bandcamp.com/   Mad Man Moon - Genesis - Atco (1976)   A Visit to Chigwick - Tiger Moth Tales - Still Alive / A Visit To Rockfield - White Knight Records (2020) https://tigermothtales.bandcamp.com/   Icarus Ascending - Steve Hacket feat. Richie Havens - Please Don't Touch - Chrarisma Records (1978) http://www.hackettsongs.com   Spectral Mornings 2015 (Classic Mix) - Christina Booth, David Longdon, Rob Reed, Nick Beggs, Nick D'Virgilio, Steve Hackett - Esoteric Antenna (2015)   Tiger Moth - Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings - Chrysalis (1979) http://www.hackettsongs.com/   In Her Words - Stefania Kenessey - In Her Words - Neuma Records (2022) https://neumarecords.org/ols/products/stefania-de-kenessey-in-her-words   Inni - Jessica McMann - Musicworks #141 - Musicworks (2022) https://www.musicworks.ca/sound-bite/jessica-mcmann-brings-music-home   Subterranean - Museleon - Eidoleon - digital self-release  (2022) https://museleon.bandcamp.com/releases    Mysterium - Held By Trees - Solace - Tweed Jacket Music (2022) https://heldbytrees.com/ 

Greetings! Welcome to the latest installment of Pushing The Envelope.  A sizeable chunk of this week's program focuses on the work of Mike Garson, both as composer and pianist/keyboard player whose is particularly noted for his years playing live and in studio with David Bowie.  For further insight into Mr. Garson's work, check out Clifford Slapper's book, "Bowie's Piano Man: The Life of Mike Garson" and for his own insight into his work with Bowie, the fascinating 2017 documentary, "David Bowie: The Last Five Years". Enjoy!!     Joel P.S. If you'd like to get in touch: here's the e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com     4/2 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center   Selected Nowtudes - piano: Danny Holt / composer: Mike Garson - Piano Music of Mike Garson - Innova (2022) https://www.innova.mu/albums/danny-holt/piano-music-mike-garson   Tribute to David - Mike Garson - The Bowie Variations - Reference Recordings (2011) https://referencerecordings.com/recording/the-bowie-variations-garson/   Heroes - Mike Garson - The Bowie Variations - Reference Recordings (2011) https://referencerecordings.com/recording/the-bowie-variations-garson/   Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) - David Bowie feat. Mike Garson - Aladdin Sane - Parlophone (2015/1973)   Life On Mars - David Bowie  feat.  Mike Garson - Net Aid: Wembley Stadium (1999) https://youtu.be/zEa4WZaWKAw   Life On Mars - Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross - Watchmen: Vol. 3 (Music from the HBO Series) - The Null Corporation (2019) https://variety.com/2020/music/news/trent-reznor-atticus-ross-watchmen-score-interview-1234696355/    Blackstar - Mya Beiser / Evan Ziporyn / Ambient Orchestra  - Bowie Cello Symphonic: Blackstar - Islandia Music (2020) https://www.islandiamusic.com/#content   ecole polytechnique - Hildegard Westerkamp - Breaking News - Earsay Music (2021) https://earsaymusic.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-news   Ni ici, ni là-bas - Juro Kim Feliz - Musicworks #141 - Musicworks (2022) https://www.musicworks.ca/whats-inside-musicworks-141   Dawn Chorus (In memory of Terry Boblet) - Dubious Candy - Women Take Back The Drone (compilation) - digital release (2022) https://womentakebackthenoise.bandcamp.com/album/various-women-take-back-the-drone   Witch Versus Men & Machines - Cyoakha Grace - Women Take Back The Drone (compilation) - digital release (2022) https://womentakebackthenoise.bandcamp.com/album/various-women-take-back-the-drone

Today's guest wasn't born in Ukraine, but he might as well have been. His heart is definitely planted there. For 40 years, Fred Heumann and his ministry “MusicWorks” has trained multiple generations of worship leaders around the world and helped them to discover their own ‘voice.' That mission eventually put him at the center of […] The post Light of the Church and the Shadow of War: Ukraine, Pt. 8 appeared first on Compassionradio.com.

Today's guest wasn't born in Ukraine, but he might as well have been. His heart is definitely planted there. For 40 years, Fred Heumann and his ministry “MusicWorks” has trained multiple generations of worship leaders around the world and helped them to discover their own ‘voice.' That mission eventually put him at the center of […] The post Light of the Church and the Shadow of War: Ukraine, Pt. 7 appeared first on Compassionradio.com.

Today's guest wasn't born in Ukraine, but he might as well have been. His heart is definitely planted there. For 40 years, Fred Heumann and his ministry “MusicWorks” has trained multiple generations of worship leaders around the world and helped them to discover their own ‘voice.' That mission eventually put him at the center of […] The post Light of the Church & Rumors of War: Ukraine, Pt. 6 appeared first on Compassionradio.com.

Happy Birthday, Macintosh! Andy Hertzfeld and company rush to complete the first release of the Macintosh system software, then cobble together a demo before launch day. Original text at folklore.org: Real Artists Ship, It Sure Is Great To Get Out of That Bag, and The Times They Are A-Changin’ Make your own four-voice 256-byte wavetable music, sine wavey or otherwise, with ConcertWare or MusicWorks. Andy Hertzfeld “six person hours of testing” quote from his 2005 NerdTV interview. (video, transcript) The entire January 24th, 1984 Apple Shareholders Meeting on YouTube. Try Software Automatic Mouth in your browser or Macintalk in Mini vMac. A Macintalk mini-documentary.

Nick is joined by journalist Michael Rancic (The Walrus, NOW Magainze, MusicWorks) for a discussion about Michael's role in the amazing new journalist co-op New Feeling, the importance of covering Canadian music in journalism, The Tom Green Show, calling The Hardcore Hotline, Parliment-Funkadelic, and more! Learn more about the co-op New Feeling: https://newfeeling.ca/ Follow Michael on Twitter: @therewasnosound Support NFW at www.ko-fi.com/nickflanagan Write NFW at weaklypodcast@gmail.com

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Beyond Music. We talk with Mark about his very popular music school which is often referred to as Hawaii‘s “School of Rock” and how music helps to improve people‘s lives. The host for this episode is Rusty Komori. The guest for this episode is Mark Santos.

We love it when Classroom alums get recognized for their awesomeness. Such is the case for soprano Sonya Yoncheva. In addition to receiving the Opera Award by the Chilean Art Critics Circle, Sonya is on the cover of the Metropolitan Opera's wall calendar this year. We thought this was a great occasion to rerun her episode of Classical Classroom and to say, "You go, gworl." -------------------- In our first MusicWorks episode (that's our storytelling-centered subseries), soprano Sonya Yoncheva tells the story of how she happened upon her passion – singing opera – by being true to herself (and listening to her mother) and by practicing her buns off. This put her in a position to be ready when she got that call from the Met to fill in at the last moment. And the rest, as they say, is in the podcast. Audio production by Todd “Totally” Hulslander with awesomeness by Dacia Clay. Music in this episode: Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme – Donde lieta usci Charles Lecocq: Les Cent Vierges, Act III, No. 10 Je soupire et maudis le destin Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata – Sempre libera Claudio Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea – “Pur ti Miro” (Sonya Yoncheva & Max Emanuel Cencic) W. A. Mozart: Il Re Pastore – “L’Amero saro costante” (Sonya Yoncheva & Marc Minkowski) Charles Gounod – Faust Final Trio – Anges Purs – Sonya Yoncheva, Joseph Calleja & Bryn Terfel Learn about composer George Heathco’s piece, “ReGifting Lions”, part of our MusicWorks intro, and oh-so-much more about him at www.georgeheathcomusic.com.   

redShift is a local Jazz band from Orange County, CA that you may remember from our live episode: The Tao of Jazz. We invited them back to take a peak inside of their creative process, and learn more about how they make music with two of the band's geniuses: Dannie Hofmann and Stu Goodis. Learn […]

redShift is a local Jazz band from Orange County, CA that you may remember from our live episode: The Tao of Jazz. We invited them back to take a peak inside of their creative process, and learn more about how they make music with two of the band's geniuses: Dannie Hofmann and Stu Goodis. Learn […]

Fine Music Radio — Rodney Trudgeon's guest on People of Note this week is SUNELLE FOUCHE who is executive director and co-founder of an organisation called MusicWorks. This is a non-profit organisation that uses the power of music to unlock potential in the lives of children and their communities - especially children who have suffered abuse or serious, debilitating illness.

Violinist/fiddle player Gaelynn Lea came to Houston fresh off of performing at South by Southwest and spent some time with the Classical Classroom(and Skyline Sessions – check out her video performances!). She talks about how music has gradually become her life. From first finding an instrument that was right for her body as a kid (she has a rare condition called Brittle Bones Disease that means she’s got different physical challenges than others), to meeting and collaborating with Alan Sparhawk (of the band Low), to winning the Tiny Desk Contest and selling her home to go on tour. Music in this episode: Violin Partita, No 1 in B Minor “Gentle,” by Low from Ones and Sixes Plus, music performed by Gaelynn Lea Audio production by Todd “Turnt Up” Hulslander with dinosaur acts by Dacia Clay and help from Mark DiClaudio.

Craig Johnson wrote a beautiful piece of music that commemorates a tragic event: the brutal beating of a young gay man. The piece asks listeners to consider Matt Shepard, the person who lived through the event, and to consider the life Shepard lived prior to the beating. In this episode, part 2 of our 2-part series on activism in classical music, Johnson talks about his Grammy-nominated choral work, “Considering Matthew Shepard.” He also talks about the strong and effective tool that classical music can be in bringing people together and in shedding light upon dark places. Music in this episode: Music from “Considering Matthew Shepard,” by Craig Hella Johnson By Johann Sebastian Bach B Minor Mass Prelude in C major from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier St. Matthew Passion Audio production by Todd “Hella” Hulslander with assistance from Dacia Clay and Mark DiClaudio. To learn more about Conspirare, go here. To learn more about the Laramie Project, go here.

“When somebody shows you who they are, believe them.” That’s one of cellist Amanda Gookin’s favorite quotes. And through the Forward Music Project, she’s decided to show people who she is, and who women and girls are. Learn Amanda’s story (which includes many digressions from, and returns to, the classical music world), and learn why she decided to aim all of her disparate passions at one target. Hear the innovate pieces that she’s commissioned in what she calls a “giving project,” which seeks not only to bring awareness to causes that benefit women and girls, but to donate money to those causes. Music in this episode (all from the Forward Music Project): “For Edna,” by Leila Adu “Stray Sods,” by Amanda Feery “Swerve,” by Jessica Meyer “Memories lie dormant: they are reviled before they are revealed,” by Morgan Krauss Audio production by Todd “Take 5” Hulslander with pick up sticks by Dacia Clay and assistance from Mark DiClaudio. Thanks much to George Heathco for the use of his music in our intro!

It all started because Tom Steenlandreally dug the music of composer Tod Dockstader. He wanted the rest of the world to hear it, too. And so began the (thus far) 25-year DIY project born out of Steenland’s passion for innovative sound that is Starkland Records, a label that specializes in experimental music, alternative classical, and the avant-garde. Since the label started in 1991 (AKA, the Year Punk Broke), Steenland has almost single-handedly propelled Starkland’s motor, doing the bulk of the work for the label himself, including the minutiae like graphic design. And, to top all of that, Starkland is a non-profit label and has worked directly with nearly 100 composers. Learn about this unicorn among labels in our Classical Classroom MusicWorks story. Music in this episode from Starkland, including music by Tod Dockstader, Phillip Bimstein, and more. Audio production by Todd “Dockstader” Hulslander with robot sounds from Dacia Clay and assistance from Mark DiClaudio. Thanks muchly to composer George Heathco for the use of his music in our MusicWorks intro!

How strange (and awesome) it is to be Jherek Bischoff at all. This composer, arranger, performer, and producer began his musical journey playing prog rock on bass guitar. After spending years of his youth on a boat, which his family sailed around the world playing music with locals as they went, he toured and recorded with indie rock and experimental bands. Then one day, he heard a piece of classical music that changed his life forever. Suddenly, he found himself composing for chamber groups and orchestras, learning a whole new musical and cultural language. Hear all about his journey into classical music, his interview with Terry Gross, and his new album (which was born inside of a cistern), in this episode. Music in this episode from Bischoff's upcoming album Cistern (release: July 15, 2016). For more about his new album, visit www.jherekbischoff.com Audio production by Todd "Tiramisu" Hulslander with doggy paddling by Dacia Clay and editing by Mark DiClaudio. Thanks to George Heathco for the MusicWorks theme music. For more about his music: www.soundcloud.com/george-heathco

  Masterpiece’s Downton Abbey came to an end last night after six seasons. In this tell-all exposé, Scottish composer John Lunn talks about his years with the Crawley family, what Lord Grantham really thought of Branson, and his thoughts on Thomas Barrow’s perpetual bad attitude. Okay, okay — not exactly. But Lunn does talk about how he got into writing for TV, how it’s different than writing operas and violin concertos, and about being part of the Downton team for six seasons. Past (and future!) secrets are revealed. All in a lovely Scottish accent.     All music in this episode (except for the Bach) from the CD, Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection: Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor BWV 893. JS Bach. Angela Hewitt.   The Suite Such Good Luck Escapades End of An Era Audio production for this episode by Todd “Lord of Toddington” Hulslander with pregnant pauses by Dacia Clay and assistance from Mark DiClaudio. Learn more about John Lunn here. For more about Downton Abbey, go here. 

  Classical music renaissance man, Hugh Sung Hugh Sung is a modern classical music renaissance man: He’s a podcaster, a techie, a pianist who’s collaborated with people like Jennifer Higdon and Hillary Hahn, an author, an inventor, a former Curtis Institute Professor who now teaches online. Sung has crafted a life — and a career — that keeps him close to his passion and that constantly engages his busy mind. In this MusicWorks episode, learn how and why Hugh does it, and be inspired to create your own Musical Life. Music in this episode: Myths Op.30: I. The Fountain Of Arethusa. Karol Szymanowski. Performed by Aaron Rosand with Hugh Sung.  Man of Steel. Hugh Sung Capriccio-Waltz In E Major Op.7. Henryk Wieniawski. Performed by Aaron Rosand with Hugh Sung. Four Souvenirs: Samba. Paul Schoenfield. Performed by Jasmine Choi and Hugh Sung.   Audio production by Todd “Mind Like a Steel Trap” Hulslander with x-ray vision by Dacia Clay and editing by Mark DiClaudio. To hear Dacia Clay’s interview on Hugh’s podcast, go here. For more about Hugh Sung: www.hughsung.com Thanks to our MusicWorks theme music composer, George Heathco. MusicWorks is a Classical Classroom subseries that takes a look at what people are doing in the classical music world today.

When oboist, journalist, and author Blair Tindall wrote her memoir, Mozart in the Jungle, she tells us, she didn’t necessarily not think it would become a TV show. But she did stop to marvel at the fact that playing the oboe could lead to buying a dress for the Golden Globes. Last night, the Amazon series based on her book won two Golden Globes: One for Best TV Comedy or Musical, and one Best Actor in a TV Comedy or Musical for Gael García Bernal’s performance as conductor Rodrigo de Souza. (The lesson here being that becoming a classical musician will surely lead to fame and fortune.)   In this Classical Classroom, MusicWorks episode, Tindall talks about life as a classical musician, what led her to write Mozart in the Jungle, and the importance of debunking classical music stereotypes and myths. We also discuss Jason Schwartzman’s impressive facial hair, hanging out with Coppolas, and how an oboe rolls when you drop it on the floor.  Music in this episode: Symphony No. 1 “Low” (aka, the “Low” Symphony). Philip Glass (based on David Bowie’s album, Low) The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War. Gustav Holst. Played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conducting. “Lisztomania,” from the album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Phoenix. Arranged for orchestra by Roger Neill and Suzie Katayama. Audio production by Todd “BB-Todd” Hulslander with fluency in over six million languages by Dacia Clay and editing by Mark DiClaudio.

What’s in a piano? Jim Kozak has tuned a few, and he can tell you. He tunes pianos for the Houston Symphony, Da Camera of Houston, and for our own Houston Public Media. What does he do, and how does he do it? How does one become a piano tuner? Kozak tells all, including how a piano works, and why tuning for Alfred Brendel took two days. Music in this episode: “Montage” from the South Park episode, “Asspen“*. Written by Trey Parker. Ludwig van Beethoven, Bagatelle in A minor WoO 59 “Für Elise.” From Beethoven Piano Bagatelles. Alfred Brendel. JS Bach, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor. From Bach-Solo Piano Pieces by Alfred Brendel. Tools of the trade: Jim’s tuning lever and tuning fork. Photo by Dacia Clay. Audio production by Todd “Tuned In” Hulslander with dropouts by Dacia Clay and editing by Mark DiClaudio and/or Nick Dulworth. Thanks to George Heathco for the MusicWorks theme music. For more Classroom: www.houstonpublicmedia.org *Team CC contends that this is one of the most hilarious South Parkepisodes of all time. Right up there with “Mecha-Streisand.”

March is Music in Our Schools month! In this second edition of our MusicWorks series, we take a field trip to an public high school that’s a kind of music education utopia – Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) (or, Fame High School, as I like to imagine it). We chat with Brad Smith – HSPVA’s orchestra conductor – and with two student musicians about classical music’s role at their school and in their lives. Music in this episode all played by the HSPVA Orchestra and conducted by Brad Smith. HSPVA Orchestra conductor Brad Smith. Photo courtesy of his website. Audio production by Todd “Tryhard” Hulslander with emojis by Dacia Clay. Editing by Mark DiClaudio. For more about HSPVA: www.houstonisd.org/hspvarts For more about Brad Smith: www.bradsmithconductor.com For more about Music in Our Schools month: www.nafme.org/programs/miosm

We’re excited to share our new subseries, MusicWorks! It’s a show where you’ll learn about what classical music is doing in the world right now. You’ll hear inspiring artist stories, plus we’ll go into the sometimes unexpected places we’ve discovered classical music thriving while we’ve been learning about it on the Classical Classroom. We hope you dig it! In our first MusicWorks episode, soprano Sonya Yoncheva tells the story of how she happened upon her passion – singing opera – by being true to herself (and listening to her mother) and by practicing her buns off. This put her in a position to be ready when she got that call from the Met to fill in at the last moment. And the rest, as they say, is in the podcast. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva. Photo © Ruven Afanador. Courtesy of Ms. Yoncheva’s website. Audio production by Todd “Totally” Hulslander with awesomeness by Dacia Clay. Music in this episode: Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme – Donde lieta usci Charles Lecocq: Les Cent Vierges, Act III, No. 10 Je soupire et maudis le destin Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata – Sempre libera Claudio Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea – “Pur ti Miro” (Sonya Yoncheva & Max Emanuel Cencic) W. A. Mozart: Il Re Pastore – “L’Amero saro costante” (Sonya Yoncheva & Marc Minkowski) Charles Gounod – Faust Final Trio – Anges Purs – Sonya Yoncheva, Joseph Calleja & Bryn Terfel For more about Sonya Yoncheva and her new CD, Paris, mon amour www.sonyayoncheva.com Learn about composer George Heathco’s piece, “ReGifting Lions”, part of our MusicWorks intro, and oh-so-much more about him at www.georgeheathcomusic.com.

Greetings!  Remember me? While “Pushing The Envelope” has continued with its radio presence, airing on Saturday mornings from 10 – Noon EST on WHUS / Storrs, CT (tune in: http://www.whus.org/listen-live ).  The podcast, on the other hand, has had to take a back seat to grad school.  That being said, it’s not every day we have the opportunity celebrate John Cage’s 100th birthday. Enjoy! Joel Episode 16: John Cage 100th Birthday PTE Podcast (9-8-12) Dream / A Room         composer: John Cage / piano: Bruce Brubaker           Glass Cage Arabesque Recordings (2000) The Seasons    composer: John Cage / American Composers Orchestra, cond. Dennis Russell Davies            The Seasons    ECM New Series (2000) Five / Songbooks        Singer Pur       Electric Seraphim       KuK (1998) 4'33" - live radio performance            composer: John Cage Suite for Toy Piano     composer: John Cage / toy piano: Stephen Drury                 In A Landscape       Catalyst (1994) Williams Mix (1952)  John Cage        OHM: the early gurus of electronic music Ellipsis Arts (1999) Six (1991)       composer: John Cage / percussion: Glenn Freeman    Three2 / Twenty-Three / Six / Twenty-Six         Ogre Ogress (1999) http://ogreogress.com/ One6 A (1990)            composer: John Cage / violin: Christina Fong       ONEviolin            Ogre Ogress (1998) http://ogreogress.com/ In A Landscape           composer: John Cage / piano: Margaret Leng Tan Musicworks #52      Musicworks (1992)   http://www.musicworks.ca/ Sonatas I - IV for prepared piano        composer: John Cage / prepared piano: Boris Berman            Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano      Naxos (1999) http://www.naxos.com

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