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From China to Making Music for Video Games and Films in LA, with Composer Weijun Chen | Ep20
Season 1 · Episode 20
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 • Duration 01:26:44
Weijun received his undergraduate degree in Composition from the Eastman School of Music and his doctorate from the University at Buffalo. Now working as a freelance composer of film and concert music in Los Angeles, his works have been performed by renowned orchestras and chamber ensembles across the United States and China. In this episode, Weijun shares his incredible musical journey from growing up in Shanghai, China, starting composition at the very young age of 13, and moving to the US to study music and pursue a musical career. He also shares about the fascinating world of composing music for video games.
Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
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From Freelance Musician to Software Developer with Oboist Jessica Wilkins | Ep19
Season 1 · Episode 19
Friday, October 4, 2024 • Duration 01:15:18
Jessica Wilkins got her undergraduate degree in Oboe Performance from the Eastman School of Music and her Masters from the University of Michigan. In the midst of her studies she started a sheet music business, and after graduating built up a freelance career in the Los Angeles area. After discovering how much she enjoyed coding, Jessica then shifted to a new career and now works full time as a software developer. Throughout our interview you’ll hear about how Jessica pivoted a number of times during her journey, and how she has been able to incorporate her passions into her life and career.
JESSICA'S EPISODE RESOURCES:
Fav Composer: Debussy
Fav Piece of Classical Music: Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, met 2; Shostakovich 5; Strauss Oboe Concerto; Gordan Jacob
Classical vs Popular Music with Stacey Chou and Shawn Halim | Ep17
Season 1 · Episode 17
Monday, September 2, 2024 • Duration 01:51:57
Shawn got his Bachelor’s degree in Popular Music/Keyboards at the University of Southern California, and now works as a Producer and a Music Director. Stacey got her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education with piano as her primary instrument from the Eastman School of Music, and then went on to get her Master’s and her Graduate Performance Diploma from the Longy School of Music in flute performance. She is an active performer on both piano and flute nationally and internationally.
I loved learning about what a degree in popular music can look like from Shawn, and Stacey’s experience serving with the Air National Guard Band of the Northeast on flute and piccolo. It also was just so fascinating to see their different experiences in the worlds of classical and popular music, and how these two worlds intersect.
STACEY AND SHAWN’S EPISODE RESOURCES:
Current Fav Composer: Brahms, Rachmaninoff and Chopin
Current Fav Piece of Classical Music (Stacey): Chopin’s Nocturnes (Stacey's performance)
Current Favorite Popular Music Artists: Sleeping at Last (Stacey) and Switchfoot (Shawn)
Musician You Admire: Jon Foreman from Switchfoot (Shawn); musical colleagues (Stacey)
Most Useful App on Phone: YouTube and Dissect Podcast (Shawn); Messages (Stacey)
Resource Rec: Eric Booth’s The Music Teacher’s Bible (Stacey)
Pivoting from Flute to Food Content Creation after a Performance Injury with Annie Trimber | Ep16
Season 1 · Episode 15
Saturday, August 17, 2024 • Duration 01:23:16
Annie Trimber is a social media manager, content creator, photographer and food stylist. She studied at Northwestern University, where she got a double major in flute performance and business and marketing. Annie began playing the flute at the age of 5, and had high career goals of a performance career in music. But that came to a screeching halt when she diagnosed with debilitating tendonitis in her third year at Northwestern. She had to take the fall semester of her final year off, and figure out how to pivot to a new career pathway after spending 15 years of her life dedicated to music. It’s amazing to hear how she pulled on her love for food and sustainability to forge a new pathway filled with unique and rich experiences in the food blogging, content creation space.
ANNIE’S EPISODE RESOURCES:
Current Fav Composer: Shostakovich, Beethoven and Bach
Current Fav Piece of Classical Music: Bach Cello Suite 1
Fav Movie Soundtrack: Salt Burn and Star Wars
Go-to Lazy Meal: a toastie; peanut butter with dates and chocolate chips
Book Rec: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Musician You Admire: Labyrinth, Queen Herby
Social Media Account that offers inspo: @relauren
Most Useful App on Phone: Adore Rush and reddit
Resource Rec: Range by David Epstein
Audible Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3VXwMWf
Amazon Music Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3W1Ttsr
CONNECT WITH ANNIE:
Instagram: @annietrimber
Food Blog: annietrimber.com
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ABOUT THE HOST
Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
CONNECT WITH REBEKAH
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bitesbybekah
Websites: https://www.bitesbybekah.com
TIMECODES
00:00 Start of Episode
00:46 Podcast Intro
01:31 Episode Intro
02:59 Start of Interview
03:50 Annie’s Musical Background
5:49 Applying to Music Schools
8:30 Conservatoire vs University
15:14 Northwestern
17:33 Pressure Cooker Environment
19:26 Exploring Business and Marketing
22:13 Performance Injury
27:17 Identify Crisis
29:43 Getting into Food
41:29 A New Spark
44:26 Experience in Social Media + Food Content Creation
52:16 Parallels Between Musicians and Content Creation
56:30 Avoiding Injury Today
1:02:55 When Your Hobby Becomes Your Job
1:08:45 Rapid Fire Q&A
1:16:27 Final Piece of Advice
1:17:46 Get in touch with Annie
1:18:53 Episode Outro
1:20:05 Annie’s Performance and Foodie Videos
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE
Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM
PHOTO CREDIT
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Making a Career in Media Music: Composing for TV, Film and Music Libraries with Dylan Price | Ep15
Season 1 · Episode 15
Friday, August 2, 2024 • Duration 01:34:08
Dylan Price is a composer and pianist in Los Angeles who works as a freelance writer for Bleeding Fingers Music, a collective, co-founded by Hans Zimmer, of composers creating scores for film and television. Dylan has written music for shows including MasterChef on Fox and Foodtastic on Disney+, and regularly contributes to Sony Music Publishing’s Extreme Music library. He also serves as Piano Accompanist and Vocal Coach at the performing arts college AMDA.
Dylan got his Bachelor’s degrees in Music Theory from the Eastman School of Music, but was always interested in the world of film and media. In our interview, Dylan breaks down numerous different aspects of composing music for tv, film and music libraries, and what his current role looks like as a remote writer for Bleeding Fingers.
DYLAN’S EPISODE RESOURCES:
Fav Composer: Hans Zimmer
Fav Piece of Classical Music: Chopin Piano Etudes, with pianist Andrei Gavrilov
Fav Movie Soundtrack: Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lion King
Book Recs: 1989 by George Orwell; Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Admired Musicians: Hans Zimmer, Jacob Collier and Jeff Beal
Recommended Resource: YouTube Premium
Audible Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3VXwMWf
Amazon Music Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3W1Ttsr
A Dean's Journey: Music, Leadership, and Life with ESM Dean Jamal Rossi | Ep14
Season 1 · Episode 14
Monday, July 15, 2024 • Duration 01:19:59
Dean Jamal Rossi was the Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music from 2014-2024. He earned his Bachelor’s degrees in saxophone performance and music education from Ithaca College, his Master’s of Music from the University of Michigan, and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music.
Dean Rossi was faced with his biggest professional decision when he decided to move away from the pathway of becoming a saxophone professor, to a career in music administration, serving as Dean of the School of Music at the University of South Carolina, and Assistant and Associate Dean of the Ithaca College School of Music before coming to Eastman.
It’s fascinating to learn more about Dean Rossi’s musical journey. He shares his advice on making important decisions, especially when facing challenging crossroads in life, what the job of Dean looks like, including the responsibilities that come with such a leadership role, and how he has taken concrete steps to balance and prioritize his family throughout his career.
DEAN ROSSI’S EPISODE RESOURCES:
Current Fav Composer: Brahms, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Porter, anything by Paul McCartney
Current Fav Piece of Classical Music: Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess
Onstage to Offstage: From Performance to Music Administration with YOLA's Fabian Fuertes | Ep13
Season 1 · Episode 13
Saturday, June 1, 2024 • Duration 01:08:34
At the time of our interview, Fabian was Senior Manager of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, also known as YOLA, the LA Philharmonic’s music education program. He now serves as YOLA’s Gift Planning Officer. He studied clarinet performance, getting his undergraduate degree at Florida State University and his masters at The University of Texas at Austin, and then went to Philadelphia to study with Ricardo Morales at Temple University. He held jobs in music administration working for The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival, and Oberlin College before moving to Los Angeles to work with YOLA.
Bridging Genres, Finding Balance and Making It Happen, with Singer Jamal Moore | Ep12
Season 1 · Episode 12
Saturday, May 11, 2024 • Duration 01:32:58
Jamal Moore is an internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, and recording artist, known for his smooth, rich tone and his vocal versatility. He studied vocal performance at the Eastman School of Music, before building up a diverse career bridging the genres of classical and pop music. Throughout the interview Jamal shares his insights into some incredible experiences: how his vocal quintet came to open for the Backstreet Boys on their European tour; his audition process for performing with Beyonce at Coachella; singing on movie soundtracks like The Lion King, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, and The Color Purple; soloing with the LA Philharmonic; putting out his own music as a singer songwriter, and more.
Finding Connection Through Music, with Music Educator Grammy Winner and Harpist Annie Ray | Ep11
Season 1 · Episode 11
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 • Duration 01:04:09
Annie Ray is a the Orchestra Director and Performing Arts Department Manager at Annandale High School, and recipient of the 2024 Music Educator Award at this year’s Grammys. She studied at the University of North Texas, doing a double major with Harp Performance and Music Education and began teaching at Annandale High School in 2020. Throughout the interview she shares practical advice on how to approach teaching music, and her messages of authenticity, inclusivity and meeting every student where they are at is so inspiring. Of course we touch on her experience attending the Grammys and meeting some exciting celebrities as well!
Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
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Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
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Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
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Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
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Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
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Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
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Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
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Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
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