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Compose Like a Girl
Jocelyn Hagen
Frequency: 1 episode/45d. Total Eps: 10

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01/10/2024#81
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Choral Series Bonus: Conversation with Grace Becker
Season 1 · Episode 9
jeudi 12 septembre 2024 • Duration 15:36
Grace Becker joins Jocelyn for a conversation on today’s bonus episode!
Grace is an amateur composer who is excited to share her passion for spreading joy and writing music with the world. Grace grew up singing in choirs in her hometown Bloomington, MN and began composing in her second year of college. She quickly found purpose in the vulnerable, honest nature of this process. She has since composed a handful of songs, with her debut appearing in the Compose Like A Girl series. She has always had a love for poetry and storytelling, often choosing to make settings of her own poems. Choral music has left a profound mark on her life, and she is honored to be able to share her words with the public, hoping they will find those who need to hear them the most. Grace graduated with a bachelor’s in music education from Wartburg College and is currently teaching K-4th general music in Iowa.
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Grace Becker: Instagram - @grace.becker73 Facebook - @GraceBecker
Known, available through Graphite Publishing
Performance of Known by Voces Solis, conducted by Ryan Keeling
Rosephanye Powell: Black music, Storytelling, and Music-Making as Service
Episode 8
samedi 27 avril 2024 • Duration 01:04:13
Rosephanye Powell joins Jocelyn to talk about Black music, storytelling, music-making as service, and much more. Hear the full conversation by becoming a Patreon subscriber.
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Music by Cicely Parnas. Additional Music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Relevant Links:
African Diaspora Sacred Music Festival
Florida State University - Choirs
North Dakota State University - Choral Symposium
He Is Marvelous - ACDA Western Conference 2022 Gospel Honor Choir
My Voice Soars - a Compose Like a Girl partnership with Tucson Girls Chorus
B.E. Boykin: Finding Mentorship Among Friends
Episode 7
vendredi 15 mars 2024 • Duration 38:34
B.E. Boykin joins Jocelyn to talk about curriculum, the collaborative energy between singers and pianists, and finding mentorship among friends. Hear the full conversation by becoming a Patreon subscriber.
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Relevant Links:
Minnesota Opera New Works Initiative
We Wear the Mask commissioned by the Mirror Visions Ensemble featuring Abi Levis and Grant Wenaus
Holding the Light commissioned by Jordan Shomper
Stuart Kestenbaum, poet
William Menefield, Fierce with the Cincinnati Opera
Darin Atwater, Soulful Symphony
Rosephanye Powell (featured in our upcoming episode!)
Compose Like a Girl theme composed by Cicely Parnas. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Cecilia McDowall: Leading with Curiosity and Drawing Inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci
Episode 6
vendredi 16 février 2024 • Duration 45:23
Cecilia McDowall joins Jocelyn to talk about drawing inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci, leading with curiosity, and the truth that it’s never too late to find your compositional path. Hear the full conversation by becoming a Patreon subscriber.
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Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions.
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Da Vinci Requiem (McDowall)
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Hagen)
The Ivors Classical Awards 2014
Kantorei, Joel Rinsema director
Yehudi Menuhin School Trinity Laban Conservatoire Of Music and Dance London
Fibonacci Sequence chamber ensemble
Reena Esmail - Finding Our Truth
Episode 5
vendredi 19 janvier 2024 • Duration 49:08
Reena Esmail joins Jocelyn to talk about finding our truth. Hear the full conversation by becoming a Patreon subscriber.
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Black Iris (formerly #metoo) performed by Chicago Sinfonietta
Tuttarrana (Brass Quintet) - Serif Brass
Angélica Negrón - The Seriousness of Play
Episode 4
mardi 21 novembre 2023 • Duration 39:16
Angélica Negrón joins Jocelyn to talk about the value of play, collaboration, and how classicism shows up in education. Hear the full conversation by becoming a Patreon subscriber.
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2022 Hermitage Greenfield Prize
New York Philharmonic Education
Chorus of the Forest Performance
The Blue Hour - (Rachel Grimes, Angélica Negrón, Caroline Shaw, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Shara Nova)
The Blue Hour: No. 3, A Black Map
The Blue Hour is available for hire at WiseMusicClassical.com.
Balún - Angélica Negrón, José A. Olivares, Raúl Reymundi, Noraliz Ruiz, with guest performers
Prisma Tropical - La Nueva Ciudad
Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Penelope (shared as an anecdote) Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
Chen Yi: Blending Classical Compositional Styles and a Dedication to Students
Episode 3
vendredi 20 octobre 2023 • Duration 35:34
Chen Yi joins Jocelyn to share her approaches to blending classical compositional styles and teaching. Hear the full conversation by becoming a Patreon subscriber.
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Relevant Links:
https://www.presser.com/chen-yi-at-70 https://conservatory.umkc.edu/profiles/faculty-directory/chen-yi.html
To learn more about Chinese Cultural Revolution and Chinese Traditional Music, visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/world/asia/china-cultural-revolution-explainer.html
https://spice.fsi.stanford.edu/docs/introduction_to_the_cultural_revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_China
Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing
National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory
UMKC Composition Competition Opportunities
Beijing International Composition Workshop
Albums: Colors of Love and The Siren’s Call: Live Concert Highlights
Dale Trumbore: The Pressure of Proving Ourselves, Reclaiming Space, and Healing
Season 1 · Episode 2
vendredi 22 septembre 2023 • Duration 26:52
Dale Trumbore joins Jocelyn to talk about the pressure of proving ourselves, reclaiming space, and healing. Hear the full conversation by becoming a Patreon subscriber.
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Relevant Links:
Staying Composed, Overcoming Anxiety and Self-Doubt Within a Creative Life
Nasty Women Poets, “a fat girl’s guide to loving her body,” poem written by Grace Gorski
Encouraging Composers Within Your Ensemble
Infinitely and Without Apology
Maya Jackson - actress
Sarah Kirkland Snider: Craft, Sincerity, and Gender Perceptions in Classical Music
Season 1 · Episode 1
jeudi 10 août 2023 • Duration 41:00
Sarah Kirkland Snider joins Jocelyn on the inaugural episode of the Compose Like a Girl Podcast to talk about craft, sincerity, and gender perceptions in classical music. Hear the full, unedited conversation by becoming a Patreon subscriber.
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References/For More Information:
Sarah Kirkland Snider https://www.sarahkirklandsnider.com/
Penelope- https://www.sarahkirklandsnider.com/albums/penelope
Mass for the Endangered - https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/58208/Mass-for-the-Endangered--Sarah-Kirkland-Snider/
Unremembered - https://www.sarahkirklandsnider.com/albums/unremembered
New Amsterdam Records (Judd Greenstein and Bill Brittelle) - https://www.newamrecords.com/
Cantaloupe Music - https://cantaloupemusic.com/
Yale University - https://music.yale.edu/
St. Olaf College - Anton Armstrong - https://wp.stolaf.edu/choir/history/conductor/
Trinity Wall Street - https://trinitywallstreet.org/
Fargo-Moorhead Symphony - https://www.fmsymphony.org/
Kansas City Lyric Opera - https://kcopera.org/
Gallicantus, conducted by Gabriel Crouch- https://www.gallicantus.com/gabriel-crouch
Annie Rosen - http://www.annierosenmezzo.com/
Nathaniel Bellows - https://www.nathanielbellows.com/
David Lang - https://davidlangmusic.com/about/
Shara Nova - https://shara-nova.com/
My Brightest Diamond (Shara Nova) - https://www.mybrightestdiamond.com/
Ethel Smyth - https://www.ethelsmyth.org/
Deborah Johnson, also known as Candy Stations - https://www.candystations.com/
Candy Floss article - New Music Box: https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/candy-floss-and-merry-go-rounds-female-composers-gendered-language-and-emotion/
Article on Jeanine Tesori and Missy Mazzoli at The Metropolitan Opera: https://playbill.com/article/metropolitan-opera-to-present-new-works-by-jeanine-tesori-and-missy-mazzoli
NY times article on works by women being performed more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/arts/music/american-orchestras-women-minorities.html
Mass for the Endangered Q&A:
Trailer
Season 1
lundi 7 août 2023 • Duration 03:12
Trailer! On this new Compose Like a Girl podcast, Jocelyn Hagen shares conversations with composers as a part of her larger initiative that amplifies female-identifying composers, helps conductors diversify their concerts, and works toward more equality in music programming and commissioning.
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