Explore every episode of the podcast Early Music Monday
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMM 70: Have a CRMSS-Y Christmas | Greg Skidmore | 18 Dec 2023 | 01:32:35 | |
Today we get to chat a bit about Renaissance Christmas music and the 2024 Canadian Renaissance Music Summer School, with the director Greg Skidmore. Greg sings in a number of professional chamber choir ensembles throughout the UK and elsewhere. | |||
| EMM 69: EXCLUSIVE Pre-Album Interview | Markdavin Obenza | 30 Oct 2023 | 00:47:26 | |
We get an exclusive sneak peak at some tracks on the upcoming album Penitence & Lamentations by the Byrd Ensemble, conducted by Markdavin Obenza. We sit down with Markdavin and have a conversation about several of the tracks on the upcoming record, which comes out Friday, November 3, 2023, including a new commission by Nico Muhly. | |||
| EMM 60: The Andrew Special | Sing Actually: The Ultimate Choral RomCom | 31 Jul 2023 | 00:51:30 | |
Frequent guest and newly appointed Composer in Residence for Sound of Ages, Andrew Maxfield shares his insights and perspectives on Sound of Ages' newest narrative concert "Sing Actually: The Ultimate Choral RomCom." They also discuss entrepreneurial practices that can be applied to the choral art and classical music more broadly. | |||
| EMM 59: Resurrexit podcasti | David Simmons Wood | 17 Jul 2023 | 01:13:09 | |
Welcome back to Early Music Monday! We return to the podcast waves by interviewing Dr. David Wood, program director for Early Music America and Director of Early Music ensembles at K-State University in Manhattan, Kansas. | |||
| EMM 58: TENET Vocal Artists | Jolle Greenleaf | 11 Apr 2022 | 00:52:30 | |
Today we sit down with Jolle Greenleaf, Artistic Director of Tenet Vocal Artists based out of New York City. We discuss conductor roles, the power of early music, and get a glimpse in some of Jolle's composer preferences. | |||
| EMM 57: Well, Well, Well...How the Turntables... | Kameron Kavanaugh | 04 Apr 2022 | 01:11:14 | |
On today's episode of Early Music Monday, Stevie turns the tables and interviews Kameron. Great insights into what makes Kameron tick and more background into how he became the early music nerd that he is today. | |||
| EMM 56: Here Comes Treble | Dr. Erin Plisco | 28 Mar 2022 | 00:57:01 | |
Today we welcome back Dr. Erin Plisco to share a brief overview of the interest session she presented at the recent Southwestern ACDA conference, "Looking for Treble in Old and New Places: Historical Repertoire for Treble Voices." | |||
| EMM 55: The Andrew Special | Concert Reviews | ACDA Western | Voces8 | 21 Mar 2022 | 00:41:41 | |
On today's episode of the Andrew Special, Andrew Maxfield and our new cohost Stevie Dugdale give brief concert reviews of recent concerts they attended of ACDA Western Conference in California and Voces8 in Wichita, KS. | |||
| EMM 54: Co-host Introduction | Stephen Dugdale | 14 Mar 2022 | 00:42:20 | |
Today we sit down for an introduction interview with our new co-host, Stevie Dugdale. | |||
| EMM 53: Josquin the Rock Star | Dr. Jesse Rodin | 07 Mar 2022 | 01:08:47 | |
Today we get to have an amazing conversation with Dr. Jesse Rodin, professor at Stanford University, Josquin Scholar, conductor/performer, and the founding Artistic Director of Cut Circle. | |||
| EMM 52: If I Were a Chorister | Helen Ashby | 28 Feb 2022 | 00:59:54 | |
Today we get to have a fantastic conversation with British Soprano Helen Ashby who sings in several ensembles including Stile Antico, fantastic early music ensemble. She is also the singing instructor for the boy choristers at Westminster Abby. | |||
| EMM 51: Love's Keen Sting: The Italian Madrigal | Cipriano de Rore | 14 Feb 2022 | 00:29:06 | |
The Italian Madrigal is the sound of love songs from the 16th Century. We look a little into the origins of the Madrigal as a genre and into Cipriano de Rore's life and style. | |||
| EMM 68: Fresh Sound, Old Music | Dr. Jesse Rodin | 24 Oct 2023 | 01:04:14 | |
Today we get an exclusive look into the upcoming album of Josquin's music with Dr. Jesse Rodin, a professor at Stanford University and Artistic Director/Conductor of Cut Circle. This album is the group's first installment of what will be a series of albums on Josquin's music. Dr. Rodin's research on Josquin has lead to some significant discoveries/conclusions regarding attribution of work and the "Josquin canon". | |||
| EMM 50: This Marriage: Music and Poetry (Pt. 2) | Eric Whitacre & Tony Silvestri | 07 Feb 2022 | 01:11:21 | |
Part 2 of our sit down with Eric Whitacre and Tony Silvestri. We take a closer look into their work "Sainte-Chapelle" and "The Sacred Veil". A few golden nuggets regarding the works that have never been shared before. | |||
| EMM 49: This Marriage: Music and Poetry (Pt. 1) | Eric Whitacre & Tony Silvestri | 31 Jan 2022 | 00:55:11 | |
We get to sit down with one of choral music's great composer/poet duo's, Eric Whitacre and Tony Silvestri to discuss a few of their most popular collaborations: Lux Arumque, Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine, Sainte-Chapelle, and Sacred Veil. We discuss text, meaning, musical elements, and this marriage of old and new to create something novel and great. | |||
| EMM 48: Do You Even Music Bro? | How to Speak "Music" | 24 Jan 2022 | 01:06:15 | |
Today we take a deep dive into "Amicus Meus" by Tomás Luis de Victoria and have a discussion about how to even talk about music using Jan LaRue's Guidelines for Stylistic Analysis. That sounds like the most boring thing ever, but it's actually an incredible way to look deeper at how music acts and what gives it its drive. | |||
| EMM 47: Real Artists Don't Starve | Thomas Tallis | 10 Jan 2022 | 00:47:53 | |
The myth behind the starving artist can be crippling. We discuss some ways to change our paradigm from starving artists to thriving artists. Featuring Sound of Ages' National ACDA Performance of "Loquebantur" by Thomas Tallis. | |||
| EMM 46: Madrigal GOAT Marenzio | Hannah Ely | 22 Nov 2021 | 01:01:38 | |
Today we look at the life and music of Luca Marenzio, the great Italian madrigalist and have a fantastic interview with Hannah Ely, founding Artistic Director and Soprano in Fieri Consort. | |||
| EMM 45: The Art of Impossible | High Achievement in Early Music | 15 Nov 2021 | 00:39:34 | |
If you have ever thought that you are not creative or that "making it big" is impossible, today's episode is for you. There are two false choices taught in the world. It's either "Go live your dream" or "don't pursue your dream, do something practical". I seek to find the middle of ";pursue your dream, but it's going to be insanely hard and require grit and creativity". Making Early Music a career would not fall in the category of stable, smart, or lucrative, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. It might just look a little different than your initial expectations. | |||
| EMM 44: WTF (What's the Form) 2.0 | Andrew Maxfield | 08 Nov 2021 | 00:46:02 | |
We discuss "Touch Me Not", new Andrew Maxfield Commission for Sound of Ages project "Ascension". We take a closer look into some of the musical elements that hold the piece together. | |||
| EMM 43: Sound of Ages ACDA UT Performance | Ascension | 01 Nov 2021 | 00:44:14 | |
On today's episode, we listen to Sound of Ages ACDA Utah performance of their program, "Ascension", from October 23rd in Sandy, UT. Kameron gives a brief intro to each piece and then we get to listen to each piece in its entirety. | |||
| EMM 42: The Choralosopher | Chris Munce | 18 Oct 2021 | 00:58:27 | |
Today we get the opportunity to sit down with The Choralosopher himself, Chris Munce. We'll talk to him about early music, his professional choir, his high school students. It's cool to hear him on the other side of the mic. | |||
| EMM 41: The Triumphs of Oriana | Michael East | 04 Oct 2021 | 00:24:58 | |
Today we talk about the Triumphs of Oriana, a collection of Madrigals, a little bit about Michael East, who nobody's heard of, and if you haven't heard of the Triumphs of Oriana, have you been living under a stupid rock? | |||
| EMM 67: EXCLUSIVE I Fagiolini Album Pre-Release Interview | Robert Hollingworth & Greg Skidmore | 25 Sep 2023 | 01:23:06 | |
A great pleasure to have I Fagiolini Director Robert Hollingworth along with Baritone Greg Skidmore for an exclusive interview about I Fagiolini's upcoming album "Missa Tu Es Petrus", featuring the previously unrecorded work of the same title by 17th Century Italian Composer Orazio Benevoli. Go download on your favorite streaming service on October 6, 2023 (or the album is available for purchase. | |||
| EMM 40: The Anatomy of Creativity | Michael John Trotta | 20 Sep 2021 | 01:00:40 | |
Today we're going to have a conversation with Michael John Trotta about compositions, about early music, about something that he has coined "the anatomy of creativity". | |||
| EMM 39: We Remember | Chris Lowrey | 13 Sep 2021 | 00:59:47 | |
Today we will have a fantastic interview with Chris Lowrey, professional counter-tenor and Founding Artistic Director of Ensemble Altera. | |||
| EMM 38: Unlikely Partners: Salamone Rossi | Josh Habermann | 30 Aug 2021 | 01:04:17 | |
Today we're going to talk about the Italian Renaissance composer Salamone Rossi. We'll have a great interview with Josh Habermann, conductor of Santa Fe Desert Chorale and several other ensembles. | |||
| EMM 37: The Andrew Special | WTF? (What's the Form) | 23 Aug 2021 | 01:13:42 | |
We talk a little bit about the concept of form and what hold music together. We use Tomás Luis de Victoria's piece "Amicus Meus" to discuss the broader concept of form. | |||
| EMM 36: The Sound of Ages Approach | Peter Philips | 09 Aug 2021 | 00:37:20 | |
Today we announce the launch of The Sound of Ages Approach, Sound of Ages' educational outreach program designed to help choral ensembles build musicianship through early music. We also discuss the life and music of British renaissance composer Peter Philips. | |||
| EMM 35: Blue Ocean Composers | Palestrina | 02 Aug 2021 | 00:37:18 | |
Unlock your creativity by creating boundaries (New or old). Palestrina, and countless other composers in Western Music History, created a Blue Ocean market with his very focused style and boundaries. | |||
| EMM 34: Timeless or Trendy? | Robert White | 19 Jul 2021 | 00:38:40 | |
Today, we passionately discuss the difference between music that is timeless vs. music that is trendy. We also discuss a few facts about British Renaissance composer Robert White and listen to Sound of Ages performing his piece "Christe qui lux es et dies III". | |||
| EMM 33: In the Marketplace | Paul Smith | 05 Jul 2021 | 01:10:40 | |
The music marketplace and what that even means. We are going to have a fantastic interview with Paul Smith, co-founder of Voces8. You don't want to miss today's episode of Early Music Monday. | |||
| EMM 32: The Renaissance of Oz | Palestrina | 28 Jun 2021 | 00:30:33 | |
I just want to go through and try to bridge the gap between early music and normal life. We're going to talk about a book called The Oz Principle, find out how the concept of line is incorporated and connect all the dots. | |||
| EMM 31: The Princess of Ferrara | Laurie Stras | 21 Jun 2021 | 01:06:27 | |
Today we're going to take a trip over to Italy and explore the music of 16th century Ferrara, which is one of the musical hotspots of the renaissance. Our guest, Laurie Stras, noted and renown musicologist will give us some background on some specific female composers that she's done groundbreaking research on. Some pretty incredible stuff. | |||
| EMM 66. Concert Preview | SOA Autumnal Equinox Evensong | 18 Sep 2023 | 00:41:03 | |
On today's episode, we walk through the concert program for Sound of Ages upcoming Evensong concert. As part of their Evensong concert series, the Autumnal Equinox Evensong theme is opposites and gratitude. There are only a few tickets left so don't miss out, get your tickets here. | |||
| EMM 30: The Andrew Special | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Part II) | 14 Jun 2021 | 01:10:07 | |
Some specific examples of "line" as examined in 3 pieces of music. You'll hear full pieces by: | |||
| EMM 29: The Andrew Special | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | 07 Jun 2021 | 00:46:22 | |
On today's Andrew Special, we do a birds eye view of the concept of "Line". What makes a good line? What's the difference between line and melody? Why is line important? etc. We will do a follow up episode, a "Part II" if you will, where we will go more in depth and show specific examples. | |||
| EMM 28: John Merbecke the Heretic | Simon Whitely | 24 May 2021 | 01:15:17 | |
Today we're going to talk a little bit about St. George's Chapel and Windsor by talking about the composers John Merbecke and, fast-forward to today, Simon Whitely, who is a lay clerk there and leader of the group, "The Queen's Six", who you might know from their recent performance at Prince Phillip's funeral and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's wedding. All kinds of Royal stuff going on today. | |||
| EMM 27: The False Relations of Thomas Tallis | Cecilia McDowall | 17 May 2021 | 01:16:36 | |
Today we're going to be talking about "The False Relation", a harmonic phenomenon of the Renaissance and relate that to Thomas Tallis and his life, and a little bit to our life today. Then we're going to have a great interview with British composer Cecilia McDowall. | |||
| EMM 26: Concert Day | We Begin with Hildegard | 10 May 2021 | 00:11:36 | |
Today we will have a short composer profile (to be extended in a later episode) on Hildegard von Bingen to set up tonight's Sound of Ages concert, "Songs of Meditation". | |||
| EMM 25: Sound of Ages LIVE Concert | Songs of Meditation | 03 May 2021 | 00:58:48 | |
This is a pre-concert discussion where we go in depth into the Songs of Meditation program, Sound of Ages first live concert in over a year. We take a look into the nature of meditation and how the program reflects those concepts. The program features a world premiere of a piece by Andrew Maxfield and music from Hildegard, Arvo Pärt, Guillaume Du Fay, John Tavener, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Jonathan Dove. | |||
| EMM 24: The Andrew Special | They Used All the Notes | 26 Apr 2021 | 00:57:34 | |
How do you say something new when everything's been said. On this months edition of the Andrew Special, we dive into "waves of saturation" and how humans tend to create something new when it seems as though there's nothing left to say. | |||
| EMM 23: His Royal Bachness | Martha McLorinan | 19 Apr 2021 | 01:09:16 | |
The road to success is most likely to be kind of a messy one. So today we talk about, in episode #23, His Royal Bachness, we're going to have a special guest, professional singer Martha McLorinan from the UK, and our composer profile, obviously, on Johann Sebastian Bach. | |||
| EMM 22: Esteban Salas & The Infinite Game | Guest: Ernesto Herrera | 12 Apr 2021 | 00:59:32 | |
Today we're going to be talking about The Infinite Game, we're going to have an interview with Ernesto Herrera from Cuba, and our composer profile is on Esteban Salas. | |||
| EMM 21: George F. Handel and Grit | Guest: Professor Darrell Babidge | 05 Apr 2021 | 01:02:08 | |
Our newly formatted episodes begins with our composer profile on George F. Handel and the concept of "grit", we then have an interview with the newly appointed head of the voice department at Julliard School, Professor Darrell Babidge. | |||
| EMM 65: An 'Improversation' | Dr. Peter Schubert | 11 Sep 2023 | 01:12:02 | |
Today we get to have a fantastic 'Improversation' if you will, with Dr. Peter Schubert. | |||
| EMM 20. The Andrew Special with Andrew Maxfield and Phillip Lasser | 29 Mar 2021 | 01:00:51 | |
Our first ever episode of The Andrew Special. Early Music Monday is joined by co-host Andrew Maxfield where we do a deep dive into the world of counterpoint with composer, theorist, and professor at Julliard School, Phillip Lasser. Prepare to have your mind blown. | |||
| EMM 19: Songs of Praise Virtual Concert Preview | 22 Mar 2021 | 00:16:12 | |
A special episode going in depth into Sound of Ages' Virtual Concert "Songs of Praise" prepared for the 2021 National ACDA virtual conference. A closer look at the music on the program by Carlo Gesualdo, Cecilia McDowall, Thomas Tallis, and Ken Burton. | |||
| EMM 18: Expanding the Scope, Stuart Wheeler, William Billings | 15 Mar 2021 | 01:04:34 | |
Today we're going to talk about some areas, genres, and sub-genres that I include in Early Music that will help us expand the scope and definition of what Early Music is, we'll have an interview with composer Stuart Wheeler, and our composer profile is on William Billings. | |||
| EMM 17: The Choreography of Sound, Andrew Maxfield, Tomás Luis de Victoria | 08 Mar 2021 | 01:07:01 | |
Our discussion today goes back to the basics of counterpoint and the choreography of sound, we'll have an interview with composer Andrew Maxfield, and our composer profile is on Tomás Luis de Victoria. | |||