Musici Chats

My guest today is the wonderful Cellist Guy Johnston. I am delighted to share this insightful conversation we had about Life, Music and the future. I must thank Guy for being so warm and open with me, this was a really special chat!
We talked about Guys brother Rupert and the charity
https://www.thedtgroup.org/brain-injury
through that the Eyes Alight branch, which was set up by Guys' sister Izzy Judd
Musici Chats is presented by Beth McNinch:
Freelance violist living in Ireland.
Artistic Director of Musici Ireland
To find out more about Musici Ireland please visit our website http://musici.ie/
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My guest today is Melanie Carmichael. She is a costume supervisor for Film and TV including Game of Thrones, Carnival Row, Krypton and the Wheel of Time.
Recorded on 3rd June 2020
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Musici Chats is presented by Beth McNinch:
Freelance violist living in Ireland.
Artistic Director of Musici Ireland
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My guest today is the wonderful pianist Ruth McGinley. In 1994 she shot to stardom as winner of the piano final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition. This led to a successful playing career but also to uncertainty in her early 20s. She escaped an abusive relationship and overcame addiction to return to her playing. Mental health is a subject close to her heart and in this personal chat we discuss how being a performer can sometimes lead to problems on and offstage.
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Musici Chats is presented by Beth McNinch:
Freelance violist living in Ireland.
Artistic Director of www.musici.ie
To find out more about Musici Ireland please visit our website www.musici.ie
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In this last episode of series 2, I was absolutely thrilled to talk to these two wonderful women who have accomplished so much, both individually as violinists and also together with their business "Intermission" which combines Yoga, breathing & mindfulness with Music.
We had a fabulous chat about music education, the Benedetti Sessions and Melissa's Harlem String Quartet performing with the legendary Chick Corea and at the White House to President Obama. We also talked at length about race within the classical music world and how important it is for young people to see themselves represented on stage.
I do hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did making it!
Thanks for your continued support, be sure to subscribe wherever you normally listen so you don't miss series 3 as soon as it arrives in a few weeks time.
Beth x

My guest this week is the British composer Deborah Pritchard. We had a wonderful chat about her synasthesia, which is where sound involuntarily evokes an experience of colour and how she has utilised that in her work and the gorgeous artwork that often accompanies her compositions.
Here is a link to her piece for solo violin "Inside Colour" that we discuss and I highly recommend having a look!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk0NzyzccdU&feature=youtu.be
You can also see some of her visulisations and music maps on the Musici Ireland Facebook and Instagram pages.
Musici Chats is presented by Beth McNinch:
Freelance violist living in Ireland.
Artistic Director of Musici Ireland
To find out more about Musici Ireland please visit our website
http://musici.ie/
Be sure to Subscribe and tell all you friends about us!!