Show Notes: Conductor Susie Bechasil Seiter, who specializes in orchestra pops and film score conducting, discuss systematic gender bias, barriers, and her experiences touring with bands around the world! ย Susie Benchasil Seiter is a prolific conductor, orchestrator and composer for film, television, video games, and live concerts. Susie currently stays busy conducting Live to…
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Show Notes: Have you ever wondered, ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐? Dr. Noreen Green, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony founded this organization in 1994 as her niche, and has focused on presenting music with Jewish themes since. In today’s episode, she shares with us how she creates cultural bridges…
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Show Notes: In today’s episode, Conductor Alice Farnham will share her journey to the podium with us. Farnham started her career as a church musician playing organ and trumpet. She was an Organ Scholar at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University and trained for three years with the legendary pedagogue Ilya Musin in St. Petersburg. Alice…
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Show Notes: Happy March!ย I hope you are getting more settled into the year of 2022 as I know it hasnโt been easy for a lot of people. If you are feeling overwhelmed, I am totally on the same page with you and thatโs why I am super excited about todayโs episode as our guest…
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Show Notes: In todayโs episode of our podcast, we are going to discuss what 501(c)3 is — something that you might have heard of many times now, and why it matters. I know that todayโs content might be a bit dry, but if you are ever inspired to start an organization or an ensemble like…
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Show Notes: In todayโs episode, I am interviewing a dear friend, Lily Ling, who is music director and conductor of the Hamilton Broadway show. I was connected with Lily through the mentorship program offered by the Maestra Music, an organization supporting women and non-binary musicians working in musical theater. They offered a lot of great…
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Show Notes: Happy February! I am so grateful for you to be here with me, at the 20th episode of the show. Itโs hard to imagine that weโve been here together for almost 5 months, and I hope you are still loving this show as much as I do. Todayโs topic is something that I…
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Show Notes: In todayโs episode, we will be discussing โdecolonization.โ One of the trends that the world of classical music is slowly embracing in recent years. In politics, the process of decolonization can be very broad, from colonies becoming independent countries recognized by the international society to recognizing how the colonial powers have taken advantage…
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Show Notes: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐? ย After almost 2 years, the pandemic is not yet completely behind us. It has impacted musicians in different fields differently, as many string players and percussionists are still able to perform with their masks on, while many wind players and vocalists…
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Show Notes: Todayโs episode is one that Iโm personally excited about, as my guest today Elizabeth Askren was on my guest list way before I started this podcast. Elizabeth and I met when we were both fellows for the Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors, and she has since continued to mentor other conductors…
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