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Clexical

Laurentia Woo

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Frequency: 1 episode/29d. Total Eps: 30

Clexical is a student-led nonprofit organization 501(c)(3) that aims to democratize access to contemporary music. Laurentia founded the Clexical team based on her personal struggles as a young musician to find contemporary pieces to play and learn about. The collective frustration with the limited resources for exploring modern music inspired her to establish a platform dedicated to enhancing access to contemporary compositions. Through Clexical, they aim to spotlight underrepresented composers, organize workshops and concerts for children with limited exposure to contemporary classical music, and explore innovative trends. Their shared vision drives Clexical’s mission to make contemporary music more inclusive and accessible for all, creating a space where individuals can explore, learn, and grow through the power of music.

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Episode 36: Interview with Yuri Lee

Episode 36

Sunday, September 6, 2026 • Duration 32:10

This episode features Yuri Lee, a Korean-Japanese composer and violinist. Based in New York, she attended Juilliard Pre College and went on to study at Princeton. Spreading joy to others is a fundamental part of what she does with her music. In this name, she founded Music Around Us, which brings music performed by young musicians to residents of senior assisted living. Her music has won several awards, such as the National YoungArts Competition, the Juilliard Pre-College Composition Competition, and the New Voices Project for Composers Under 30 by the San Francisco Choral Artists. She was a fellow of NPR’s From the Top, and Luna Composition Lab. Her music has been performed by NYO-USA, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Little Orchestra Society, to name a few.

Her music reaches far and wide, to deaf and hearing communities alike, both of which she moves with her compositions.

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Ep. 32: Interview with Missy Mazzoli

Episode 32

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 • Duration 24:08

This episode features acclaimed composer Missy Mazzoli. She grew up in Pennsylvania before attending Boston University and Yale School of Music, as well as earning a Fulbright scholarship to the Royal Conservatory of the Hague. She has previously taught at New York University and Yale, and currently teaches at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. She is one of the two first woman composers to have been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. She has been commissioned by orchestras across the world such as the New York Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, and BBC Symphony Orchestra. Mazzoli has been nominated three times for the Grammys. She is a recipient of the Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music at the New York Philharmonic, and the Music Critics Association of America Award for Best Opera. Along with Ellen Reid, she is the co-founder of Luna Composition Lab, a non profit organization dedicated to female, non binary, and gender nonconforming composers aged 13 through 18.

One characteristic of Mazzoli’s music is the stylistic breadth of it. From opera and ballet to film to instrumental music to the all-female band she founded called Victoire, her compositions are manifold, spanning various genres.

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Ep. 28: Interview with William Cooper

Episode 28

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 • Duration 29:42

William Cooper has had a very diverse career as not just a composer, but as a pianist and conductor as well. His music has been acclaimed by Augustin Hadelich, the Julliard Orchestra, Trio 180, the JACK Quartet, and the Lysander Trio, and has been performed at the Radio France Festival and the Wellesley Composer Conference.

Along with holding positions on the faculty at Purdue University, Vincennes University and Interlochen Arts Camps since summer of 2010, he founded the choral department at Ben Davis University.

Cooper received ASCAP awards in 2004 and 2007, and the 2012 Leo Kaplan Award, the highest prize awarded in the ASCAP Morton Gould awards. As a passionate devotee of early music, he was the recipient of the 2012 David S. Saxon award from the UC Davis music department for excellence in performance of early music. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in music composition at UC Davis, studying composition with Pablo Ortiz, and conducting research on English Renaissance music with Jessie Ann Owens.

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Ep. 27: Interview with Amy Williams

Episode 27

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 • Duration 28:50

Welcome to Clexical, the podcast dedicated to contemporary classical music! I’m your host, [Kweku Adusei-Poku]. Here you will listen to conversations with living contemporary composers about their work, their journey as musicians and their thoughts on the current new music scene. Join us as we explore and influence the vibrant world of contemporary classical music. To learn more about our work, please visit www.clexical.org. You can find videos of all the interviews we’ve done so far, the outreach programs we’ve done with schools and libraries, and our weekly blog posts discussing the current new music scene. Today’s interview will be conducted by Laurentia Woo.

Amy Williams' music has been defined as “simultaneously demanding, rewarding, and fascinating,” “fresh, daring, and incisive,” and “curious and playful”

Born in Buffalo New York in 1969, Williams went to Bennington College where she decided to devote her life to performing and composing contemporary works. After a fellowship in Denmark, she returned to Buffalo to complete her Master’s degree in piano performance at the University at Buffalo with pianist and composer Yvar Mikhashoff, and her Ph.D. in composition, working with David Felder, Charles Wuorinen, and Nils Vigeland. She began teaching at her alma mater, Bennington College, in 1998 as a member of the music faculty and then moved to another faculty position at Northwestern University in 2000. Since 2005, Williams has been teaching composition at the University of Pittsburgh, where she is a full professor.

Amy Williams’ compositions have been presented at renowned contemporary music venues throughout the U.S., Asia, Australia, and Europe. These include the Lucerne Festival, Lincoln Center, Whitney Museum of American Art, Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, Gaudeamus Festival, Dresden Contemporary Music Days, Ars Musica, Aspekte Festival, Festival Musica Nova, and the Thailand International Composition Festival. Her works have also been performed by acclaimed ensembles such as the Pittsburgh Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Orpheus, JACK Quartet,, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Ensemble Surplus, Dal Niente, and many others.

Ep. 26: Interview with Diana M. Rodriguez

Episode 26

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 • Duration 35:28

Diana M. Rodriguez is a composer, artist, and educator based in New York City. Her music is most known as a blend between Colombian folk traditions such as Joropo and Cumbia, Rock en Espanol, and Ambient soundscapes. She crafts immersive electroacoustic compositions that explore themes of identity, belonging, and the landscape of internet culture.

DM R was born and raised in Bogota Colombia and attended a community college in Miami at the age of 17 which led her to pursue a PhD at Columbia University in NYC.

Her work experiments in electronic music and noise, pushing the boundaries of sound art in both solo projects and collaborations. Her music has been acknowledged in multiple major ensembles and festivals, including the International Contemporary Ensemble and the MATA Festival. She has had works commissioned by Fromm Music Foundation and National Sawdusts’ Hildegard Commission Initiative.

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Ep. 25: Interview with Jeeyoung Kim

Episode 25

Monday, March 9, 2026 • Duration 22:42

Jeeyoung Kim is an acclaimed Korean-born composer. She defines her work as a harmonization of the unique cultural aspects of Eastern and Western traditions; Deconstructing and rebuilding cultural heritage through music. She is committed to the power music has to heal, connect, and be a medium for creative expression.

With an extensive educational background, Kim studied music composition at Yonsei University in Seoul South Korea for her bachelor’s, Indiana University for her Masters in music, and she earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts from Yale University. Kim received the Bunting Fellowship at Harvard University where she composed and researched Asian music and philosophy.

In addition to her astounding level of education, Kim has received a multitude of awards and fellowships including recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, International Alliance for Women in Music, National Association of Composers, Meet the Composer, the Dale Warland Singers New Music Competition, Jerome Foundation, Aspen Music Festival, and many others.

Her compositions have been performed by renowned orchestras and ensembles such as the Korean Broadcasting System Orchestra, Chanticleer, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, KBS Korean Traditional Music Orchestra, Contemporary Gugak Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic, Daejeon Philharmonic, and Empire State Youth Orchestra.

Ep. 24: Interview with Richard Wilson

Episode 24

Saturday, February 21, 2026 • Duration 25:50

Richard Wilson is an incredibly prolific composer, having over a hundred works for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles. His compositions have been performed by a number of celebrated groups and artists including Dawn Upshaw, the Chicago Quartet, the San Francisco Symphony, and the London Philharmonic. Wilson has received many accolades for his works including an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Creative Arts Award in Music from the City of Cleveland, the Stoeger Award from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Also a renowned pedagogue, Wilson taught at Vassar College for fifty years, where he served as the Mary Conover Mellon Professor of Music.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, he started out learning piano and cello, with his teachers being Leonard Shure and Ernst Silberstein respectively. In his early musical studies, he studied at the Cleveland Music School Settlement. In 1963, Wilson graduated from Harvard University where he was a recipient of the Frank Huntington Beebe Award. He has been a composer-in-residence with the American Symphony Orchestra since 1992.

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Ep. 23: Interview with Chris Arrell

Episode 23

Saturday, February 14, 2026 • Duration 28:08

Chris Arrell is a celebrated composer and teacher. His incredible works have led to commissions from many prestigious organizations including Spivey Hall, Cornell University, and the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University. He has received worldwide recognition for his works including Bent Frequency Underscore Prize, the Ettelson Composer Award, the Ossia Music Prize, and awards from the League of Composers/ISCM, the Salvatore Martirano Competition, the MacDowell and ACA colonies, and the Fulbright Hays Foundation. Additionally, he has had many incredible ensembles perform his works including Bent Frequency, Brave New Works, and the Boston New Music Initiative.

Originally from Oregon, Arrell received his doctorate in musical arts from Cornell University before going on to work as Director of Theory and Composition at Clayton State University. Currently, he teaches at the College of the Holy Cross, where he leads courses in music theory and computer music. With a distinct sound that has been praised for its “unconventional beauty,” Arrell’s works continue to amaze audiences around the globe.

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Ep. 22: Interview with Jeff Scott

Episode 22

Saturday, February 7, 2026 • Duration 36:01

Jeff Scott is a Grammy Award winning composer and educator. He defines his work as an intersection between European classical tradition and African American cultural expression, what he calls Urban Classical Music. Rather than a hybrid or compromise, his music is a reclamation that draws from the harmonic rigor of Western art music and the rhythmic vitality, emotional depth, and communal spirit of Black American life. It’s shaped by his urban upbringing and the stories that surround him.

Born in Queens, NY, Scott began playing the french horn at age 14, when he received a scholarship to attend the Brooklyn College Preparatory Division. His further education includes a bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with David Jolley, and a master’s from SUNY at Stony Brook where he studied with Willian Purvis. He later continued his horn studies with Scott Brubaker and the late Jerome Ashby.

For more than 20 years following, Scott served as the French hornist of the Imani Winds. This position allowed him to perform at Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Kennedy Center, and countless other prominent stages. His most recent commissions and performances include collaborations with the Detroit Symphony, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Music Detroit, and other notable ensembles and soloists across the country.

Ep. 21: Interview with Daniel Asia

Episode 21

Saturday, February 7, 2026 • Duration 27:57

Daniel Asia is a prolific composer and educator. His works for orchestra have been commissioned and performed by numerous major orchestras across the U.S. and the world. His work has earned him numerous prestigious awards and fellowships including a Fulbright Arts Award Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Copland Fund for Music Grant, and numerous prizes in composition from ASCAP and BMI. His achievements also allowed him to be inducted into the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in 2024. He worked as an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Music and Wind Ensemble at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music from 1981-1986, and from 1998-2024, served as a professor of music at the University of Arizona. Mr. Asia is also a respected author, with his book, Observations on Music, Culture and Politics, being published in 2021. He is currently the president of Polyhymnia, a platform dedicated to discussions about fine arts, economics, politics, philosophy, and culture.

Originally from Seattle, Washington, Mr. Asia graduated with a Masters in Music from the Yale School of Music, with his major composition teachers including Jacob Druckman, Stephen Albert, Gunther Schuller, and Isang Yun. He has a large portfolio of published works for a wide range of instruments including 6 symphonies for orchestra.

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