Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman

This week’s episode is a special double episode with the jazz piano duo of Peter Hum and Steve Boudreau, who have recently released their album Nonlinear Blues.  Peter and Steve performed three of their original tunes for this podcast and we’ve also included some of their other compositions from their respective discographies, and in terms of the conversation, it was a wide-ranging dialogue with interesting insights from their contrasting careers, Peter primarily as a music and food journalist, and Steve as an educator and performer across many different styles. We got into restaurant culture, how to memorize music, and the importance of encouraging creativity and individuality. At it's core, this is an episode very much about the importance of supporting and encouraging each other. Please check out the links to their websites linked below and on my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/peter-hum-and-steve-boudreauwhere you will find linked the video version of this episode, the transcript, and you can sign up for my weekly podcast newsletter and get access to Sneak Peeks for upcoming guests. If you’re a jazz lover, I have featured a lot of wonderful jazz musicians and have well over 100 episodes to explore.  Below you'll also find detailed Timestamps to navigate the episode! https://steveboudreaumusic.com/ https://peterhum.com/ Please support the podcast here: https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman photo: Curtis Perry Timestamps (00:00) Intro (02:23) jazz piano duo (10:25) intro to Irreversibly (11:35) Irreversibly (14:49) Steve Boudreau weekly online concerts, all of Monk’s tunes (20:42) Peter Hum’s journalism career, Herbie Hancock (24:52) please support the podcast (25:28) Peter’s father, debut recording A Boys’ Journey (29:26) Steve Boudreau learning and teaching different styles, Hindustani music (33:14) intro to Nonlinear Blues (35:44) Nonlinear Blues (41:27) tips on memorizing music, jazz ensemble skills (48:46) F8-Bit game console music (52:57) audio clip F8-Bit band (54:46) Peter Hum food critic, restaurant industry (59:44) intro to Bursting the Bubble, pandemic concerts (01:03:43) Bursting the Bubble (01:09:27) Ordinary Heroes album Peter Hum (01:13:54) Spare Hearts Peter Hum ensemble (01:23:27) Steve Boudreau George Gershwin (01:26:35) Gershwin Prelude 1 Steve Boudreau jazz trio (01:28:44) Steve Boudreau solo albums (01:30:50) positive habits (01:36:18) encouraging creativity in students, ease in writing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

There’s such  a fascinating variety to a life in music; and this series features wonderful musicians worldwide with in-depth conversations and great music, with over 100 episodes to explore. For this week’s episode I was  able to add some additional music to a special re-release  with fiddler Alexis Chartrand who has shared 3 tracks for you to listen to. His Bandcamp and socials are linked below; so please go buy the tracks or albums if you like what you hear!  Alexis  talks very thoughtfully and about his background as a son of dancers, both groove and ornamentation in different traditional styles of fiddling, his explorations of tone colour with baroque violin, and some of his musical influences and inspiration. Like all my episodes, this is available wherever you listen to podcasts, the  video of the original episode is on my YouTube, and the transcript is also linked to my website where you can sign up for my weekly podcast newsletter and get access to sneak peeks for upcoming guests. https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e5-s1-alexis-chartrand-fiddler Support the podcast with a tip? https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Thanks! Alexis Chartrand on Bandcamp: https://alexischartrandnicolasbabineau.bandcamp.com/ https://alexischartrandcolinsavoielevac.bandcamp.com/album/le-tranino Alexis Chartrand Social Media Linktree: https://linktr.ee/agchartrand?fbclid=IwAR28jaMhfGM2bO0-2rfbDxF81CYchtj9oGMYIKUyJ3VkZNdSKgE2cV3fMLU --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

Please consider signing up for my weekly newsletter, which will give you access to Sneak Peeks for upcoming guests: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/ebed4a237788/podcast-newsletter Did you know that all episodes are also available as a video on my YouTube, and that I publish the transcripts to my blog? I'd like this to be accessible to everyone which is why I put this extra work into this. Complete catalogue of over 100 episodes: https://www.leahroseman.com/about Follow me a my socials: https://www.instagram.com/conversations_with_musicians https://twitter.com/RosemanLeah https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100072528617887 https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-roseman-b01845235/ https://www.youtube.com/c/ViolinLessonOnline I'm an independant podcaster, and although this is very much a labour of love, I have many costs that I have to cover. Buy me a coffee? ⁠https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman⁠ Thanks! There’s such a fascinating variety to a life in music; this series features wonderful musicians worldwide with in-depth conversations and great music. Many episodes feature guests playing music spontaneously as part of the episode or sharing performances and albums. I hope that the inspiration and connection  found in a meaningful creative life, the challenges  faced, and the stories from such a diversity of artists will draw you into this weekly series, with many topics that will resonate with all listeners.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

Conversations with Musicians with Leah Roseman is available wherever you listen to podcasts. The video and transcript are linked here on my website, where you can check out my episodes catalog and sign up for Sneak Peeks for upcoming guests: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/jeremy-mastrangelo This week’s guest is violinist Jeremy Mastrangelo, who’s a wonderful colleague of mine in Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra. He’s known in our greenroom as a great storyteller, onstage as an excellent musician, and having heard him give brilliant masterclasses I can attest to his excellence as an educator as well.  This episode is infused with Jeremy’s wit and wisdom as well as a couple of beautiful violin performances. We talk about violin shopping in Cremona,  teenage life at Interlochen Academy, the difficulties and joys of a career as an orchestral musician, family, and the benefits of deepening our understanding of the composers we play. You will find that one of the wonderful stories in this episode reveals an unexpected discovery! This independant podcast needs your support. Can you help with $3? https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Thanks so much! Timestamps:  (00:00) Intro (02:11) Jeremy’s brother Dave, his childhood starting violin (10:31) Bach Aria from Goldberg Variations (13:23) Dave Mastrangelo arrangements (15:05) orchestra audition process (19:11) working conditions, collective agreements, Syracuse orchestra experience, Sara Mastrangelo (27:21) please support the podcast! (28:00) different roles and chairs in the orchestra (30:31) Interlochen (34:13) intro to Piazzolla etude (35:45) Piazzolla Tango Etude no. 3 (39:34) dealing with uncertainty, pandemic Syracuse then Ottawa with Pinchas Zukerman (45:37) ideal orchestra experiences, role of conductor and players (50:15) Cremona with wife Sara, Italian heritage, Vittorio Villa (55:54) Jeremy’s violin teachers Rafail Sobolevsky, Bill Preucil, Hal Grossman, Paul Kantor (01:03:26) Rafail Sobolevsky story (01:10:13) Sally Thomas, James Ehnes (01:14:12) cooking (01:16:07) great books about composers and performers (01:20:37) solo experiences, stress dreams, benefits of knowing more about the composers (01:28:16) one final orchestra story --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

Conversations with Musicians with Leah Roseman is a weekly podcast with in-depth conversations featuring a fascinating variety of guests worldwide. Michael Bridge is an accordion virtuoso who performs in many styles on both concert accordion and digital accordion. In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael spoke to me about how best to engage with audiences, the subtleties intrinsic to programming digital accordion sounds, and how to forge lasting relationships. Michael was awarded his Doctorate of Musical Arts from University of Toronto, and is a prize-winning soloist and chamber musician who tours worldwide. This is also an episode which features a lot of great music, including many novel sounds you won’t have heard before from an accordion, and also with the groups Bridge and Wolak and the Ladom Ensemble. You can listen to this wherever you get your podcasts, watch the video on my YouTube, read the transcript, and use the timestamps to navigate the episode as needed: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/michael-bridge Can you help this channel and podcast with $3? ⁠https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman ⁠Thanks!  Michael Bridge website: ⁠https://www.michaelbridge.ca/about ⁠ Michael's complete performance of Sofia Gubaidulina's Et Expecto is here, and starts at 17:40: https://youtu.be/KnXxjW4ayXo?si=qLRzkHMTajVRxhEo Timestamps (00:00)Intro (02:18) digital accordion (05:32) Bridge and Wolak “Petite Fleur” (12:23)digital accordion user programs (16:37) a selection of Michael’s digital accordion sounds (19:35) accordion technique (21:00) please support the podcast (21:17) Michael’s accordion studies, Joseph Macerollo, history of the accordion (28:27) growing up as an accordion player, going to the World Cup (33:17) Bach piece (34:29) accordiontechniques with Gubaidulina, quintuplet bellows shake (37:46) excerpt from Gubaidulina’s Et Expecto (39:20)  teaching accordion (42:34) Ladom Ensemble Brahms’ Hungarian Dance no. 5 (47:26) accordion scene in Europe, premiering new works for accordion (55:48) history of the accordion (01:01:49) Ladom Ensemble Bach Keyboard concerto no. 7 (01:05:37) Bridge and Wolak, Charles Cozens (01:08:24) professional relationship parrallels (01:11:08) Bridge and Wolak “Digital Stardust” (01:18:14) Bridge and Wolak, Ladom Ensemble (01:22:00) performance presentation skills (01:26:09) musical acoustics, arranging (01:30:40) digital accordion sounds demo (01:35:29) benefits and necessity of being analytical   photo: Sam Gaetz --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

This week I’m highlighting an episode from the archive: the charming and engaging Jack Everly, who is well-known to audiences throughout the United States and Canada for his Symphonic Pops programs and storytelling. We recorded this in 2021 when concerts had been mostly shut down for a year. It was so much fun having this opportunity to sit down and speak in depth with Jack. We had a lively exchange discussing his varied and distinguished career on Broadway, for the American Ballet Theatre, the challenges of syncing a live orchestra with the music of great films, and so much more. The video and transcript are linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e16-s1-jack-everly-conductor I'm an independant podcaster, and I need my listners' help! Can you spare $3? https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Thanks! I hope you enjoyed this episode! There’s such a fascinating variety to a life in music; and this series features wonderful musicians worldwide with in-depth conversations and great music, with over 100 episodes to explore. Many episodes feature guests playing music spontaneously as part of the episode or sharing performances and albums. I hope that the inspiration and connection  found in a meaningful creative life, the challenges  faced, and the stories from such a diversity of artists will draw you into this weekly series, with many topics that will resonate with all listeners. Please share your favourite episodes with your friends,  and do consider supporting this independant podcast. Have a great week! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

Today’s guest is the Emmy-winning songwriter, singer, producer and composer Kat Raio Rende. Together with her husband JP Rende she has a successful songwriting and production company Earworm Music company. This episode is a fascinating window into the world of music for children’s tv shows, jingles, working with celebrities, and music production in general. We talked about writing for Sesame Street, including “Friends with a Penguin” featuring Billy Porter and “We Don’t Walk Alone”, Baby Shark, how to write for characters as opposed to singers, her big break that led to singing backup for big stars, the benefits and challenges of having ADHD, advice for setting up an inexpensive studio and learning production tricks, family/work balance, parenting, and most importantly, expressing emotions through music to help children.Kat’s infectious delight in music, composition, and singing as well as her personal story and perspectives as a parent will fascinate listeners everywhere. I'm an independant podcaster; could you help with a few dollars to keep this series going? https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Thanks! Like all my episodes, you can listen to this on your favourite podcast player, (search Conversations with Musicians with Leah Roseman) watch the video on YouTube, read the transcript, and navigate with the timestamps: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/kat-raio-rende Here are some videos we talk about during the episode, that Kat wrote the music for with JP Rende (her husband and colleague at Earworm Music https://www.earwormny.com/ )Billy Porter in Sesame Street's Friends with a Penguin, EMMY winning song: https://youtu.be/f-YxjLUnnP0?si=PPElVWAiKYR2Chie Sesame Street's We Don't Walk Alone: https://youtu.be/LNlAHNzd6WY?si=KHhBhHIA1pDKsWeX Cardi B in Baby Shark Does the Seaweed Sway: https://youtu.be/NHFLk7937dI?si=wyKbLWcN-uD6SQdN Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:23) writing for Billy Porter “Friends with a Penguin” for Sesame Street (06:56) clip from Friends with a Penguin (07:50) writing “We Don’t Walk Alone” for Sesame Street (10:43) clip from “We Don’t Walk Alone” (12:14) writing for Baby Shark, working with Cardi B (18:01) working with husband JP Rende, creative process (21:31) please support this independant podcast (21:47) writing songs for specific characters, creative process (25:39) Kat’s musical influences, singing backup and demos, SUNY Purchase (30:24) writing for Sesame Street, starting Earworm with JP, writing jingles (32:56) getting big breaks, singing backup in New York (39:05) benefits and challenges of ADHD, writing jingles, musicologist Sandy Wilber (47:26) parenting, kids shows (51:57) having to pitch, producing, advice for setting up an inexpensive studio (01:02:02) family/work balance working from home, helping kids learn music (01:11:00) Kat’s childhood music education (01:14:23) vocal producing and directing (01:21:31) expressing emotions through music to help children --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

Margaret Maria is a wonderful cellist who’s a unique composer. Her compositions are all written by layering cello lines in some gorgeous and emotive aural tapestries. Her personal story is interesting and moving: she started the cello as a teenager, was admitted to the University of Toronto at age 16 without graduating from high school, and was then admitted to the prestigious Curtis Institute. She went on to have a successful career as a member of the Vancouver Symphony and then Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, which is how I came to know her. She gave up her job with the NAC after a few years, and embarked on a new life as a composer, meanwhile continuing to teach. Some of her work as an educator has been with the Orkidstra program, which she has been involved with since it’s inception in 2007. It’s a social development program that serves over 650 youth from over 62 linguistic and cultural backgrounds by building community through free music programs. This episode has a lot of powerful music; you can use the timestamps to navigate. Like all the episodes in this series, this is available wherever you get your podcasts, as well as this video, and the transcript and show notes are all linked to my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/margaret-mariahttps://margaretmariamusic.com/home I'm an independant podcaster, and this podcast needs your help! https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Thanks! Timestamps (00:00) Intro(02:44) Teaching improvisation in Breno, Maribyllia, creative process(06:57) Marbyllia duo with Bill Gilliam, clip from Gravitational March(07:47) Margaret’s music education and evolution as a cellist and composer(12:52) intro to Blessing of Awakening and Margaret’s creative process(17:00) clip from Blessing of Awakening(18:03) Margaret’s personal story and evolution as a composer(19:46) please support this podcast(20:01) perfectionism, starting late, playing injuries(23:39) Curtis(27:05) more about Margaret’s personal story and evolution as a composer(31:32) Orkidstra and music education(34:26) Alice Kanack, the benefits of teaching improvisation (38:35) producing music with Craig McConnell, intro to Raging Red(41:24) clip from Raging Red with Craig McConnell(42:04) duo project with singer Donna Brown, rock opera with Julian Gracia Reig, getting grants(50:22) From Scars to Infinite Stars(55:19) where to find Margaret’s music(56:20) Margaret’s approach to teaching (01:05:49) reflections on her life, intro to Her Heart on a Platter(01:08:29) Her Heart on a Platter(01:14:39) Margaret’s sheet music(01:15:34) empath feeling others’ emotions, intro to Shame on an Angel, artist Angel Muriel(01:20:39) Sham on an Angel(01:25:52) Margaret’s creative process photo of Margaret: Bret Archangel Menezes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

This is a bonus Catch-Up Episode with Julie Lyonn Lieberman. My original conversation with her is linked below (Season 2, Episode 7 if you're looking in your podcast player). Julie is an innovative multi-style violinist/vocalist, author, composer, producer and educator. In our original episode, we discussed her unique path through world music, some of her projects including You Are Your Instrument, which was the first book written about how to overcome and prevent musicians’ overuse injuries. We had also talked about her memoir, The Roaring Brook Fiddler. In today’s short episode, she’ll talk about the process of recording the audio-book, which is enriched with her music, and there’s an excerpt featuring an important experience from her childhood.  You can listen to this wherever you get your podcasts, watch the video on YouTube, and read the transcript. Everything is linked with links to Julie’s many projects on my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/julie-lyonn-lieberman Support this podcast with a tip? https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Thanks! https://julielyonn.com/ Timestamps (00:00) Intro (01:19) creating the audio book of The Roaring Brook Fiddler (07:14) excerpt from The Roaring Brook Fiddler (09:58) please support the podcast (10:44) re-writing and updating  Blues Fiddle, Improvising Violin, You Are Your Instrument, The Roaring Brook Fiddler (11:14) Verna Gillis, soundscapes, music brings joy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

In this  episode, you get to hear the brilliant and engaging keyboard player and composer Kait Dunton in both conversation and a mini theory workshop on her hit tune This One’s For You!  In this wide-ranging conversation, we talked  about her early days with Snarky Puppy, recording the soundtrack to A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, her love of vintage keyboards and the challenges they present, and her unique approach to teaching which has been influenced by her mentor John D’earth. Kait has gained a huge following on social media like Instagram and TikTok, so I was curious to get her perspectives on connecting with her fans, and dealing with necessary boundaries.   Kait’s new album Keyboards features the sounds of the 1970s and we got into some of her influences and her personal journey to becoming a full-time performer. This episode features some of her recorded work and she generously agreed to demonstrate as well; you can use the timestamps to navigate and you can listen to this wherever you get your podcasts, watch the YouTube video or read the transcript, everything is linked to the show notes on my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/kait-dunton with a gallery of images of Kate’s vintage keyboards as well. https://www.kaitdunton.com/  I’m an independant podcaster, and through this series I hope to inspire you with these stories of the incredible breadth and depth of a  life in music with my inspiring guests. This podcast needs your support to continue, and every dollar helps: https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Timestamps (00:00) Intro (02:09)recording for the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood  (04:28) 2023 album Keyboards and working with vintage keyboards (10:09) Richard Tee’s influence (13:28)Lunch Break from Keyboards (16:15)recording process, husband drummer Jake Reed, parenting (20:15) childhood musical education (22:30)John D’earth (26:29) Planet D’earth (26:28) call to action: support the podcast! (30:24) Snarky Puppy, North Texas, finding her way to a career as a performer (33:09)music marketing, social media (38:33) teaching music and theory (43:28) Kait demonstrates at the piano with some theory within This One’s For You (50:32)teaching and the importance and deeper meaning of music (56:35)playing concerts, marketing and social media (01:01:50) albums versus playlists, streaming versus buying music (01:09:22) Kait’s reflections on her journey to becoming a full-time performer and composer --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

This week’s episode is with the Canadian musician Jack Hui Litster, who has developed a satisfying creative career after some interesting twists and turns. In this episode, you’ll learn about his experiences as a jazz drummer, his pivot into international development, and his path back to composing, producing and recording music in different styles. The music included in this episode features two tracks from his album "Shining Suns”, a guzheng improvisation and an excerpt from his second opera “What is Love”. We talked about different ways to make a living as a musician, achieving a flow state, some of the positive impacts of technology, and the importance of finding a work-life balance. Like all my episodes, this is available wherever you listen to podcasts, also as a video on YouTube, and the transcript with the show notes are all linked on my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/jack-hui-litster Please consider buying me a cofffee; I’m an independant podcaster and I need my listners’ help: https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (06:34) Shining Suns album, Jack’s return to music (11:50) Awakener from Shining Suns (15:40) Jack’s musical education, start as a drummer (19:14) St Francis Xavier (21:05) learning different instruments (22:47) jazz scene (24:27) Chinese music explorations, Master’s degree (28:18) intro to guzheng piece (29:28) guzheng improv (32:29) creative process, how Jack started composing (34:41) influence of choral music (36:46) Jack’s operas (49:13) call to action: I need my listeners’ help! (49:29) intro to What Is Love (51:12) excerpt from What Is Love, the finale (55:21) Berklee online (58:55) Shining Suns, Mark Ferguson (1:03:09) Shining Suns with Hidden track (1:09:10) Jack’s career change, dealing with burnout, work-life balance (1:18:14) flow state, creative process (1:20:57) helpful technology photo: Curtis Perry --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

As a bonus, this track, which is a special version of "Roots Girl" has generously been provided by Jah'Mila. The interview with her also features two other tracks, within this fascinating episode. You can listen to it on your favourite podcast player, watch the video, or read the transcript. The shownotes are also linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/jahmila --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

 Bukhu Ganberged is an incredible Mongolian-Australian musician who is a master of both the Morin Khuur, the Horsehead fiddle,  and Khuumii, the Mongolian Overtone Throat Singing. This episode features a lot of special music, and  Bukhu’s personal story of growing up in Mongolia and emigrating to Australia. Like all my episodes, this is available as both a video with Closed Captions, a transcript, and a podcast wherever you listen to podcasts, the link to my website:  https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/bukhu-ganburged Please do consider supporting this series; every dollar helps: https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman At the beginning of this episode Bukhu explains how he learned overtone throat singing and demonstrates different styles. You’ll then hear some incredible music on Morin Khuur, the horsehead fiddle and learn about Mongolian culture and Bukhu’s experiences in Australia where he’s gone from busking on the street to performing at the Sydney Opera House and being featured on The Voice. I have included detailed timestamps below.  I encourage you to listen to Bukhu’s albums wherever you listen to your music! ⁠https://www.horsefiddle.com/⁠ Bukhu’s audio was captured by his phone directly in Australia (I generally avoid recording over the internet) but the mic placement wasn’t ideal to capture the beautiful complexities of both the horsehead fiddle performances and Bukhu’s singing. However, he has also allowed me to also share within the episode a couple of his recordings both solo and with his group Equus, so you’ll be able to hear him explain about different regional styles of singing and playing in the episode as well as hear the studio quality recordings. Timestamps:  (00:00) Intro (02:36) khoomei Mongolian throat singing, how Bukhu learned and different styles (14:23) some of Bukhu’s albums (16:00) Equus  (18:00) Huurhun Haliun with Equus (22:28) please support this independant podcast!  (22:46) Bukhu’s immigration to Australia (26:20) Morin khuur horsehead fiddle, different regional styles (37:55) legend of Khuhuu Namjil (41:11) morin khuur with khoomei Mongolian throat singing “Khuhuu Namjil”  (45:06) Mongolian nomadic culture with animals, weeping camel (49:09) khoomei  Mongolian throat singing weeping camel song (50:40) Bukhu’s childhood and training in music (58:16) Linsey Pollak and Lizzie O’Keefe (59:14) balancing life as a father --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

This episode features the Venezuelan composer Sandro Morales-Santoro who composes for film, tv and new media and is based in L.A. In this episode you’ll hear lots of music and our in-depth conversation during which Sandro tells the inspiring story of how he learned to read and write music while attending law school in Venezuela, then was accepted into the Berklee college of music, and was awarded their achievement scholarship, then how  moved to L.A. and created community both professionally and personally. Sandro is on the Executive committee for the Composers’ Diversity Collective and we talked about biases in the industry and increasing exposure for composers from diverse backgrounds. Sandro is the fourth film and tv composer I’ve featured so far on this podcast, please take a look at my complete catalog of episodes to check out episodes you may have missed. Like all my episodes, this is available wherever you listen to podcasts, is also a video on my YouTube channel, and the transcript is also linked: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/sandro-morales-santoro I've included detailed timestamps below. Please help me with a tip: https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Sandro Morales-Santoro Website: https://www.sandromorales.com/ Composers Diversity Collective: https://www.composersdiversitycollective.org/ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:25) Sandro’s start in music and family’s resistance to his aspirations (07:27) studies with Angel Balan to learn composition, getting into Berklee after law school (18:33) The Shadow of the Sun (19:04) music clip Slices of Bread from The Shadow of the Sun (23:16) using Venezuelan traditional styles, different South American instruments, various influences (30:07) music clip A Decent Job from The Shadow of the Sun (32:12) process of writing music for The Shadow of the Sun (34:08) music clip Late for Work from The Shadow of the Sun (35:14) Vela, Dayana Gauthier, emigration experience (41:50) trailer to Vela (42:57) the making of Vela (45:39) prejudice, and the founding of the Composers Diversity Collective (52:04) please help support this series with a tip! Ko-fi link in the description (52:20) Composers Diversity Collective, Michael Abels, Amanda Jones (57:30) learning about the film industry, making Vela,  the role of the film composer (01:05:07) writing for orchestra, use of synthesizers (01:11:20) benefits of modular synthesizers (01:13:19) demo of Eurorack synth (01:16:56) feeling and expressing emotion in music and acting, The Shadow of the Sun (01:22:07) creating community  (01:28:26) Restaurants at the End of the World, including 3 music clips by David Benjamin Steinberg and  Sandro Morales-Santoro, National Geographic Disney+ (01:40:09) reflections on different careers in music, other film composers  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

I have in-depth conversations with a fascinating diversity of musicians worldwide, and I hope these personal stories highlight the incredible breadth and depth of a life in music for listeners everywhere. Like all my episodes, you can listen to all this on your favourite podcast player, watch the video, and read the transcript, all linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/kavisha-mazzella Kavisha Mazzella is a renowned Australian songwriter and singer who has won both an ARIA award and an Australia Day Honor. We talked about her work through the lenses of social justice, community building, and the search for deeper meaning and connection. This is a personal, in-depth conversation with lots of beautiful singing in both Italian and English. You can use the detailed timestamps to jump to a song or a topic, but I encourage you to listen through and listen to the stories behind “The Fearless Note”. I’m an independant podcaster who needs my listeners help to keep this huge project going; every dollar helps: https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Kavisha Mazzella website: https://www.kavisha.com/ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:09) Italian songs, “The Joys of the Women” (10:34) Italian song: “Mamma Mia Dammi Cento Lire” (15:13) emigration, Kavisha’s family’s migration stories (25:13) Kavisha’s childhood and music, I Papaveri, “The Joys of the Women” (28:23) Kavisha’s projects with refugees, children, Musica Viva (33:14) song: “My Brown Yarra” by Frank Jones, dealing with sadness and trauma through music (35:26) I really do need my listeners’ help: Ko-fi link in description (35:42) learning confidence as a performer (38:29) intro to “Philosophy Man” (40:42) “Philosophy Man” by Kavisha Mazzella (45:39) teaching singing to community groups (52:11)experiences of the benefits of meditation, Empty Sky album and performances (59:32) art school and why Kavisha turned to music full-time (01:04:08) ARIA award Fisherman’s Daughter, Mick Thomas (01:05:23) intro to Sing for No One, Sing for Everyone (01:07:24) Sing for No One, Sing for Everyone by Kavisha Mazzella (01:11:07) Kavisha’s song-writing process and influences from Italian songs (01:15:18) Linsey Pollak (01:17:42) Women’s Anthem “Love and Justice” commission The Victorian Women’s Trust (01:23:21) great advice from Liam Clancy, Luka Bloom, Ronan Ó Snodaigh (01:28:36) “The Fearless Note” by Kavisha Mazzella (01:34:41) the importance of community --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message