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Episode Notes Ben Krueger talks to cellist, composer, and teacher Okorie Johnson, who performs as OkCello, about music, teaching, and community. And, appropriately, they talk about how all three of those are, themselves, a form of conversation. OkCello Website Learn more about the PBL Leadership Academy
Legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins stops by before her Saturday show at the Buckhead Theater. Plus, Faith Carmichael, Okorie Johnson, and Katherine Dirga discuss “The NEXT Movement,” streaming now on WABE TV, and Emily Holden takes the stage in our series, “Speaking of Comedy.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
We revisit part of 2021 conversation with chef-artist-synesthete Taria Camerino, speaking about synesthesia, collaborating with cellist Okorie Johnson, and what the 1812 Overture tastes like.
We revisit our 2017 conversation with Atlanta cellist/composer Okorie Johnson, speaking about the power of improvisation, how the cello has found its way into his life, and even been a source of healing. Plus he plays a couple of songs for us!
Director Angela Barnes discusses her NAACP Image Award-nominated "Atlanta" episode, "The Homeliest Little Horse." Plus, Georgia Symphony Orchestra music director Timothy Verville and cellist Okorie Johnson, better known as OK Cello, detail the world premiere of "Liminal: An Atlanta Concerto for Cello and Orchestra." The performance is part of the upcoming Georgia Symphony Orchestra concert, "You Shall Hear," at Marietta Performing Arts Center. And our series highlighting local artists, "Speaking of Art," features Dwayne 'Dubelyoo' Wright.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Lois Reitzes interviews Okorie Johnson, also known as OK Cello, about his new album, "Beacon"; and Nena Gilreath and Waverly Lucas, co-founders of Ballethnic Dance Company, as well as dancer Karla D. Tyson about the organization.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Part one of our conversation with chef/artist/synesthete Taria Camerino about synesthesia, collaborating with cellist Okorie Johnson, and what the 1812 Overture tastes like.
This Creativity Conversation podcast audio is pulled and edited down from the live Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation "Ultimately Human: Ross Rossin and Ambassador Andrew Young." It was an intimate conversation between Ross Rossin, a world-renowned portrait artist and Ambassador Young, a revered civil rights leader and statesman. Rossin displayed numerous extraordinary portraits onstage while he and Ambassador Young used them to reflect on questions of identity, how it informs our view about others, the creative process, artistic meaning, and the beauty in diversity. The program also featured poet and spoken word performer Tavares Stephens and cellist/filmmaker Okorie Johnson. This Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation is part of the Schwartz Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program and was made possible with the sponsorship of the Emory’s Center for Ethics, the Emory Integrity Project, and the Ethics and the Arts Program. Turner Classic Movies is the exclusive corporate sponsor of this event and is a corporate partner of the Ethics and the Arts Program at Emory’s Center for Ethics. Watch the original video recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P_e7yyWZZs&list=PLCAC61A4AB786C00E&index=12&t=65s
Okorie Johnson is an amazing cellist / composer in Atlanta. We talked about the power of music, his crazy interaction with the pope at 4 years old, Inner city living while in prep school, racism, and how we can do our apart to see it change. It was an honor to talk to such a wise human!
OK Cello (aka Okorie Johnson) sits down to discuss: Wining at a day job AND (not or) being a creative entrepreneur. Hit Them Folk. Arrested Development (the band). Freaknik. Tribe Called Quest and DeLaSoul. Being all right with being “20 feet from stardom”. Much, much more. Today’s show is sponsored by: Lakehouse Coffee and Blue […] The post OK Cello appeared first on The Atlanta Podcast.
Guest: Okorie Johnson Meet cellist Okorie Johnson of okcello.com and hear tracks from his debut album "Liminal." Host: Amanda Plumb
Okorie has been playing cello for more than 30 years. A graduate of Morehouse College, Okorie played with Spelman College’s string ensemble, and has studied with Oliver Edel at the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC. His specialty is melodic cello accompaniment to acoustic, guitar-based soul, folk and jazz.