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What’s it like to lead the edge of change in the arts? Vocalist, Marisa Winter (Diva Marisa) has done that with her career and she remains driven to offer new audiences music in context. As a classically trained opera singer and Burning Man performer, she shares the impact Burning Man has made on experiential art everywhere. Marisa’s early life vocal experiences at first caused her to reject opera, but then she fell back in love with dedication it required.

In this conversation, we explore the ways she’s brought opera to the Playa, the circus, to corporate events, to the trapeze, to her front porch, and more.

Marisa Winter Bio

Diva Marisa is a maverick singer and performer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a conservatory-trained opera singer, Marisa has sung with the San Francisco Opera, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, Chris Brubeck, and multiple times in recital with Frederica von Stade. Marisa also sings opera on the trapeze in various settings, including the Thunderdome at Burning Man. Her signature aria is Diva Dance from the movie The Fifth Element.

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What is it like to be a modern-day disc jockey(DJ) artist? How, with sound alone, does a DJ engage people they’ve never met to celebrate, raise the energy, hop onto a dance floor, and come together for a shared experience? I talk engagement and the craft of DJing, including the craft of Dance Floor Architecture in this interview with veteran DJ, Justin James. His work leading Justintertainment, an events company with a team of DJs for hire, helps us to understand the power and skill needed to bring unique sound and music experiences to the people.

Short Guest Bio

For years, DJ Justin (Just-IN) has brought energy, electricity and one-of-a-kind musical experiences to events throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Known for orchestrating the perfect crescendos at occasions of all kinds, DJ Just-IN ties together unique musical sounds to create the perfect soundtrack for any event.

A great DJ is an artist and Justin is skilled in his craft. With deep musical knowledge and a love of all genres, he is able to connect with diverse audiences and match his mixes to what they want to hear. He is a Professional Dance floor Architect.

Outside of DJing Justin enjoys spending time doing just. about anything outdoors with his family.

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Edgardo Cambón is a Uruguayan-born singer who fell in love with percussion after setting aside guitar and getting early exposure singing as a young boy. As a teacher band leader and Latin music business man now, Edgardo continues to perform. His musical career has taken him throughout South America, Europe, and Africa. Since1986, he's been in high demand in the U.S.
In this two-part conversation, we cover his career, his love of music and how he discovered drums by treating his guitar first as a percussion instrument. Edgardo brought a unique vision of his music to the U.S. and we talk about his artistic process and current musical endeavors in part 2 of the conversation. Watch for that continuing part 2 of this episode in May.

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Exposed to cello at an early age, Cellista broke away from her classical cellist training to follow her calling to create and collaborate with other art forms including beatboxers, spoken word artists, dancers, and musicians. Her work continues to reflect on and engage the cultural circumstances she experiences around her and she produces what she calls stage poems inspired by French Realists that include pillars of music, film, dance and literature.
Liner notes and more information about this episode can be found at: https://agilevocalist.com/2023/05/21/taking-cello-to-vibrations-with-cellista/

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Chelle Jacques is a career musician, bandleader, educator and more. In this episode she shares the story of her recently launched Daughters of the Delta Project featuring the musical contributions from the women artists of Louisiana we so rarely hear about. She also shares how she got involved with The Recording Academy, best known for producing the annual Grammy Awards. She now serves in a leadership position with the organization's California/Colorado chapter.
Hear about the business of art, Chelle's powers of manifestation, and her experience being an artist and an educator who has touched the lives of thousands via San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music, Oakland School for the Arts, and more.
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