Episodes: Masonry

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11: Building a Collaborative Creative Team – Tips for Working with Living Composers with Rachel Howley

Show Notes: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป’๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿ…ฝ๐Ÿ…ด๐Ÿ†† ๐Ÿ…ผ๐Ÿ†„๐Ÿ†‚๐Ÿ…ธ๐Ÿ…ฒ? ย  One of the great advantages of performing works by living composers is that we...

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10: Becoming La Maestra with Rebecca Tong

Show Notes: ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€? ย  Today we are going to discuss a sensitive and yet, somehow controversial topic – music competition. Composer Bela Bartokโ€˜s...

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9: Four Tips to Get Unstuck When You Are Depressed

Show Notes: ๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ? If youโ€™re like me, you...

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8: Finding the Right Conducting Teacher with Talia Ilan

Show Notes: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€? A good teacher, especially when you are just starting out, will help you build a strong and solid...

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7: Wave Your Arms in the Air Like You Just Don’t Care with Jennifer Jolley

Show Notes: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ? โ  You might have shushed it the first time,...

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6: From the Keyboard to the Podium with Kristin Ditlow

Show Notes: ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? The European tradition of a conductor’s training comes from opera houses. In a...

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5: Three Tips to Write a Killer Cover Letter

Show Notes: Ready to perfect your cover letter and personal statement? In todayโ€™s episode of our podcast, Iโ€™m going to share 3 tips for writing a killer cover letter....

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4: From Fear to Courage with Tiffany Chang

Show Notes: ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ? Once I assisted conductor Jun Mรคrkl when he guest conducted Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. We chatted about becoming a professional...

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3: Programming for a Social Cause with Michelle Rofrano

Show Notes: ย  ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™งโ€™๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š.ย  During our training and study, we rarely learn how to program, plan, and curate a concert, because...

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2: Conduct Your Life with Maria A. Ellis, the GirlConductor

Show Notes: In this episode, I sit down with the diversity-championing, women-supporting, globally-impacting Maria A. Ellis, the girl conductor to chat about entrepreneurship, parenthood, being a minority in the...

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1: Five Mistakes to Avoid in your Conducting Video

Show Notes: In todayโ€™s episode, I will share exactly how to prepare your next conducting video for applications in a professional manner.ย  By walking you through the five biggest...

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