Ranked #1
Episode 16: Raven Chacon: Fluidity of Sound
Episode 16: Raven Chacon: Fluidity of Sound
While the idiosyncratic graphic scores of 2022 Pulitzer Prize winning composer Raven Chacon are stunningly original in t... Read more
29 Jun 2022
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1hr
Ranked #2
Episode 15: Anthony Davis: Any Means Necessary
Episode 15: Anthony Davis: Any Means Necessary
For Anthony Davis, whose compositional aesthetics are an amalgamation of several different musical traditions (jazz, Wes... Read more
16 May 2022
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57mins
Ranked #3
Episode 14: Sarah Hennies: Getting at the Heart of a Sound
Episode 14: Sarah Hennies: Getting at the Heart of a Sound
How we perceive sound on a psychological level as it unfolds over time is key to the sonic experiences that Sarah Hennie... Read more
23 Mar 2022
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54mins
Ranked #4
Episode 13: Alice Parker: Feeling the Same Emotion at the Same Time
Episode 13: Alice Parker: Feeling the Same Emotion at the Same Time
Composer, arranger, conductor, and teacher Alice Parker has been a fixture of the choral music community since working w... Read more
28 Feb 2022
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59mins
Ranked #5
Episode 12: Huang Ruo: Creating Four Dimensional Experiences
Episode 12: Huang Ruo: Creating Four Dimensional Experiences
For Huang Ruo, music--like theater--exists in a four-dimensional space. As he explains to Frank J. Oteri in this latest ... Read more
18 Jan 2022
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59mins
Ranked #6
Episode 11: Matthew Aucoin: Risking Generosity
Episode 11: Matthew Aucoin: Risking Generosity
Among the recurring themes in talking with composer-pianist-conductor Matthew Aucoin is generosity and risk-taking, some... Read more
8 Dec 2021
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1hr
Ranked #7
Episode 10: Terri Lyne Carrington: A World of Sound Waiting for Us
Episode 10: Terri Lyne Carrington: A World of Sound Waiting for Us
NEA Jazz Master and three-time Grammy Award-winner Terri Lyne Carrington was practically born into jazz, but she is not ... Read more
3 Nov 2021
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53mins
Ranked #8
Episode 9: Renée Baker: Nothing's Gonna Stop You From Creating
Episode 9: Renée Baker: Nothing's Gonna Stop You From Creating
Spending an hour chatting with Renée Baker about her more than two thousand musical compositions and perhaps almost as m... Read more
9 Sep 2021
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56mins
Ranked #9
Episode 8: Adolphus Hailstork: Music is a Service
Episode 8: Adolphus Hailstork: Music is a Service
"Music is supposed to have meaning," says Dr. Adolphus Hailstork whose music captures the tribulations and the occasiona... Read more
4 Aug 2021
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51mins
Ranked #10
Episode 7: Susie Ibarra: Hybrid Culture
Episode 7: Susie Ibarra: Hybrid Culture
A week after her first live concert performance since the pandemic, composer & percussionist Susie Ibarra talked wit... Read more
7 Jul 2021
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56mins