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Milind Date: Bansuri player
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
04/01/23 • 95 min
I’m delighted to feature the master bansuri player Milind Date, who joined me from his home in Pune, India, and played his flutes as well as shared his perspectives from his life in music. As always, check the timestamps below for both the music and the many topics we covered. Milind spoke to me about his studies with the legendary Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, of his fusion projects especially in South Korea, he had a great story about a memorable concert he played in Toronto, he talked about his extensive travels in India and internationally. He has a large and varied discography, and has composed music for many films: https://www.milind.date/
Like all my episodes, this is available both as a podcast and video, with a transcript all linked to my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/milind-date-bansuri-player
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:46) bansuri flute
(03:28) Sunand Bhairav
(04:50) early rock music influences, fusion music Hariprasad Chaurasia
(11:01) Korean tours and collaborations
(17:59) solo 6 month trip in India 2021
(26:11) folk tune from Uttarakhand region
(30:01) different folk traditions in India
(32:18) Milind’s collection of flutes in different keys
(35:01) differences between Hindustani and Carnatic music
(38:09) system of gharanas, studies with Hariprasad Chaurasia
(55:49) Zakir Hussain
(01:05:31) writing film music, notation, Western classical musicians
(01:11:31) around the world tour 2013
(01:12:58) performances in Canada
(01:20:00) music as meditation
(01:23:14) teaching and learning
(01:29:56) flute performance
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J. Walter Hawkes: Adventures in Music
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
01/13/24 • 108 min
J. Walter Hawkes is a 4-time Emmy-winning composer for the PBS series Peg + Cat and Wonder Pets, is a renowned jazz trombone player, and also performs as a jazz vocalist, ukulele player, and pianist. As a young man, he survived a horrible accident which changed the course of his life. We talk about this and his mentors including the legendary Slide Hampton, how he got into composing for Blues Clues, and many hilarious and heart-warming personal stories. Those of you who listened to my episode with Pat Irwin will remember his album Wide Open Sky with Walter, and we’re featuring two pieces from that album in this episode along with an impromptu performance of Cole Porter’s Get Out of Town. Walter’s love of adventure really comes through in this conversation, and it’s really inspiring to hear how he’s built such an interesting career in music. You can use the timestamps (listed below) to navigate, and like all my episodes, you can listen to this on your podcast player, watch the YouTube video, or read the transcript, all linked here to my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/j-walter-hawkes
Pat Irwin episode: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/pat-irwin
J. Walter Hawkes website: https://jwalterhawkes.com/about
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DeWitt Fleming with The Hot Sardines: https://youtu.be/Va68n60B3js?si=ida_ujyhVvRXG_iJ
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
( 01:45) Wide Open Sky album with Pat Irwin, story of February and old family film
(10:17) February
(12:06) the story of the accident
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(24:43) intro to For a Dance
(26:03) For a Dance from Wide Open Sky
(29:44) piano, The Hot Sardines
(32:32) North Texas experience
(39:40) Emmys, composing for children’s tv Peg+Cat, Wonder Pets, Blues Clues
(48:49) ukulele stories
(01:00:00) intro to Cole Porter’s Get Out of Town
(01:00:50) Get Out of Town by Cole Porter
(01:02:55) Nora Jones, career regrets, dealing with stagefright
(01:14:33) Slide Hampton, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band
(01:22:29) early NYC days, traditional jazz scene
(01:26:24) memorization skills
(01:28:31) electronics, old computers, instruments
(01:35:40) importance of mentorship, Duncan Goff, Jerry Ball, Sol Yaged, balancing his career between playing and composing
(01:45:42) how Walter started composing for Blues Clues, how the accident affected his career
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Pat Irwin: Composer TV and Film and Multi-instrumentalist with B52s, SUSS and more
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
04/28/23 • 98 min
Pat Irwin is a renowned film and television composer; some of his scores include Dexter: New Blood, Rocko’s Modern Life, Pepper Ann, and Nurse Jackie. He’s also a multi-instrumentalist who was a member of the B52s for 18 years; he founded The Raybeats and 8 Eyed Spy, and more recently the band SUSS of which I’m a fan. Pat also teaches film composition at NYU, and Brooklyn College at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, and this conversation wove it’s way into important topics for all of us: a life well-lived, grief, the importance of creativity and of having a good hang. As always, I’ve included detailed timestamps, so if you want to jump to his days with the B52s or Dexter, go ahead, but I hope you’ll take the time to listen to this whole episode which is rich with music and stories. Pat is as articulate as he is creative. You may be surprised that the episode begins with his time in Paris interviewing jazz musicians and learning from John Cage.
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Pat Irwin: https://patirwinmusic.com/
Rocko's Modern Life soundtrack album link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4cxM57oL5yL3wIDlagQyOG
Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:51) Paris meeting Dexter Gordon, Bill Coleman, Mal Waldron, Steve Lacey, Nadia Boulanger, John Cage (09:54) intro to clip from Rocko’s Modern Life (10:21) clip from Rocko’s Modern Life the Pogo Stick Scenario (10:52) Nadia Boulanger, love of jazz (13:25) intro to Lost and Found albums (14:02) Swing Time from Volume 3 of New Sounds From the Lost and Found (15:51) Open Window from Volume 4 of Lost and Found (17:06) intro to Rocko’s Modern Life (18:11) Rocko Versus Food Boy from Rocko’s Modern Life soundtrack (20:11) Rocko’s Modern Life, Kevin Norton, Art Barron (22:12) Walter Hawkes, Long Island City, Ernie Brooks, Don Cherry, The Talking Heads (26:07) In Another Time from Wide open Sky with J. Walter Hawkes (30:36) NYC 8 Eyed Spy, The Raybeats, the B-52s, deaths of Ricky Wilson and George Scott (37:24) touring life and joining the B-52s (44:03) writing music for film and television, collecting instruments (47:12) Early Morning Song from volume 5 The Lost and Found (52:56) Dexter: New Blood (57:21) music from Dexter: New Blood Suite part 1 (59:12) SUSS, Gary Leib (01:06:06) Winter Was Hard SUSS (01:07:59) pedal steel, lap steel, Jonathan Gregg (01:09:00) teaching film composition at NYU, advice to young composers, the importance of the arts (01:17:30) SUSS (01:24:54) SUSS Across the Horizon (01:30:46) Pat’s start composing for film, changes in film composition industry (01:35:27) reflections on the importance of music
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Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto: Koto Performer and Teacher
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
05/27/23 • 91 min
Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto is a California-based Koto performer and teacher, and she also created “Hidden Legacy”, the story of the Japanese Traditional Performing Arts in the American WWII Internment Camps. In this episode she performs some incredibly beautiful koto music, and there are wonderful stories with each piece. Like all my episodes, this is available as both video and podcast, and for those of you watching the video, you’ll notice that Shirley generously re-recorded one of her performances of a very special piece. If you want to jump straight to some music, or different topics in our conversation, you can use the timestamps. However, I encourage you to listen to the whole episode, with Shirley’s engaging insights about family and identity.
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Hidden Legacy film: https://youtu.be/HDqKDexQRSg Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (01:33) the koto with demo (08:13) intro to Sakura, Kimio Eto (12:15) koto music Sakura (16:47) more about Kimio Eto (18:31) playing jazz and different styles on the koto, traditional koto schools, Destiny Muhammad (25:56) making different arrangements for koto for students (29:06) koto music, Maboroshi o Oute by Chikushi Katsuko (34:12) Japanese culture: music names in Japan (37:35) Japanese Internship camps during WWII, “Hidden Legacy” (54:21) learning Japanese, going to Japan (01:00:55) college and school years (01:03:21) intro to Tsubasa ni Notte, Shoko Hikage, Kazue and Tadao Sawai (01:09:29) koto music Tsubasa ni Notte by Sawai Tadao (01:19:28) notation (01:22:10) benefits of improvisation (01:24:45) Japanese traditions, Brian in Japan (01:29:52) teaching koto
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Martin Hayes: inspiring conversation and great music with the legendary Irish fiddler
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
05/20/23 • 96 min
Martin Hayes is an internationally renowned Irish fiddler beloved for his expressive playing and his collaborations with many great musicians in different genres including Bill Frisell, Sting, Paul Simon and more recently Yo Yo Ma with the Silk Road Project. During this episode we spoke of his wonderful book Shared Notes, and he plays some beautiful music live (you can always use the timestamps if you’re curious to jump to some music right away), but I encourage you to listen through the whole episode. Martin speaks eloquently about life, culture, friendship, identity, and staying true to what you value, and I hope this episode will thrill lovers of Irish music and bring new listeners to many of Martin’s projects including The Common Ground Ensemble, The Gloaming, and many more. We talked about the loss and legacy of Dennis Cahill, how he met Thomas Bartlett, the rich depths of traditional music that Martin learned from the older generation, and the rhythm of life growing up on the farm in County Clare. Like all my episodes, this is available as both a video and a podcast on your favourite podcast platform, and the transcript is also linked:https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/martin-hayes
Martin's website: http://www.martinhayes.com/ During the episode we talked about the tribute to Dennis Cahill, which I hoped to link directly but can't find now. It's called: Litir ó do Chara
Timestamps (00:00) Intro (02:33) “Shared Notes” book and Martin’s childhood, PJ Hayes, Paddy Canny, Tulla Ceili band and learning fiddle (09:59) the nature of memory and writing the book “Shared Notes” (13:42) fiddle: jigs by Sean Ryan (16:12) different approaches to fiddling with musical demonstrations (23:10) challenges of recording, self-consciousness (25:06) The Common Ground Ensemble (29:51) pandemic reflections, teaching, mindfulness in nature (34:15) fiddle: The Glen of Aherlow (37:28) Dennis Cahill (43:15) Irish diaspora, Irish in America, immigrant experience (48:27) communicating on stage and playing what you want to play instead of what the audience expects (52:49)story about offering money back to disruptive audience (55:35) meeting Thomas Bartlett, The Gloaming (01:02:30) harmonizing Irish music (01:05:46) The Martin Hayes Quartet, Liz Knowles viola d’amore, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (01:08:35) Irish language (01:11:09) Celtic culture in Spain and close cousins musically with different Celtic traditions (01:13:40) negotiating performance conditions; playing on Capitol Hill for Obama (01:16:25) traditional Irish airs (01:18:06) Fiddle: Air A Stór mo Chroí (01:19:52) the immigrant experience (01:24:19) keeping the love of music alive, performing in the moment, Mary McNamara Fleadh Cheoil (01:34:08) Fiddle: The Caolite Mountains
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Jeeyoon Kim: Building Beautiful Bridges
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
01/20/24 • 96 min
Jeeyoon Kim is a very special concert pianist who has opened meaningful connections to new audiences through her innovative concerts, albums, podcast, and now her book “Whenever You’re Ready”. You’ll learn how she sold out her Carnegie Hall debut recital without knowing one person in New York, without an agent or winning a competition. She’s generously shared 3 tracks from some of her albums that punctuate this episode. Her website is linked here: https://www.jeeyoonkim.com/about
I was so honoured when Jeeyoon agreed to be part of this series, because I knew her wisdom, personal story and her music making would resonate strongly with you.
Like all my episodes, you can watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast, and I’ve also linked the transcript to my website https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/jeeyoon-kim
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Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(02:31) book “Whenever You’re Ready”
(04:34) podcast “Journey Through Classical Piano”
(08:26) intro to Brahms’ Intermezzo
(11:28) Brahms Intermezzo op. 118, number 2
(18:04) Jeeyoon’s childhood in Korea
(23:10) burnout challenges
(26:48) decision to pursue Master’s in Pedagogy after Doctorate
(30:28) please support this podcast
(31:07) adapting teaching to each student
(35:00) private teaching versus academic setting, creating your own path
(39:46) Jeeyoon’s innovative concerts, 10 More Minutes crowdfunding and Carnegie Hall debut
(53:07) Kapustin Concert Etude op. 40 number 6 Pastoral from Jeeyoon Kim’s album Sium
(55:59) Sium project, 17 concert tour
(01:02:42) Debussy
(01:05:21) La plus que lente by Debussy from Jeeyoon Kim’s album Sium
(01:09:49) the challenge of adapting to different pianos
(01:15:14) Allen T. Brown, pairing photography and poetry with music
(01:21:51) lifelong learning
(01:25:15) surfing
(01:31:35) great advice from David Bremmer
Raphael Weinroth-Browne Part 1
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
09/03/22 • 85 min
Raphael Weinroth-Browne is an internationally renowned Canadian cellist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He merges his classical cello training with a love of progressive metal and Middle Eastern music, and has formed several acclaimed ensembles including The Visit, Musk Ox, and Kamancello (this duo is with a previous guest of this podcast, kamanche player Shahriyar Jamshidi https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/shahriyar-jamshidi-kamancheh). Raphael has been touring with the Norwegian progressive band Leprous since 2017, and has appeared on over 150 studio albums. In 2020 he released his first solo album, Worlds Within. Raph is a very thoughtful and articulate person, and this conversation touched on many interesting topics. In Part 1 you will get to hear him demonstrate and talk about the first part of Worlds Within, and hear about his career as a studio musician and his experiences touring with Leprous. He shares his thoughts about knowing yourself, being creative, connecting with your audience, and balancing your life and expectations of yourself. Part 2 of this episode is the next release in this podcast and video series, and everything is linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/raphael-weinroth-browne
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Timestamps: (00:00) Intro
(02:18 the creation of Worlds Within
(09:40) production of music videos
15:26 Heather Sita-Black album art
(19:30) differing tunings, music from Worlds Within
( 31:27) social media promotion, reaching new audiences
( 37:19) dealing with March 2020 lockdowns
( 41:26) Raph’s career as a studio musician
(49:53) electric extended-range versus and acoustic cellos
(57:08) Perfectionism, intonation, improvisation
( 01:05:01) Leprous
(01:13:09) hearing damage
( 01:15:46) habits for physical and mental health
(01:23:51) taking time to enjoy the slow process and take pride in your work
photo credit: Jonathan Lorange
Alicia Svigals: Fidl Afire Catch-Up Episode
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
09/19/24 • 25 min
This episode is a special short Catch-Up episode with the Klezmer violinist and composer Alicia Svigals. I first spoke with her in 2021 in Season 1 of this podcast, and that wide-ranging in-depth conversation is here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e15-s1-alicia-svigals-klezmer-violinist-and-composer
Today we are focusing on Alicia’s new album Fidl Afire https://borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/fidl-afire, with several excerpts from the album with her insights.
Alicia Svigals website: https://aliciasvigals.com/home
I have many episodes featuring klezmer musicians such as Polina Shepherd https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/polina-shepherd
and Marilyn Lerner https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/marilyn-lerner, and many artists in the folk and world music scene, so please check out my catalog of episodes. https://www.leahroseman.com/about
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Timestamps
(00:00)Intro
(01:18)Fidl Afire album
(05:17)excerpt from Alician’s Patsch Tants
(10:38) excerpt from Mayn Mame Ver Ikh featuring Vira Lozinsky
(15:57) excerpt from Dybbuk Honga
(18:57) excerpt from South Fallsburg Bulgar
(21:36) excerpt from Fidl Afire Fantasy
(23:44) excerpt from Levitt Bulgar
Immanuel Abraham: Violinist, Composer and his Inspiring Personal Journey
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
05/12/23 • 89 min
My guest today is Immanuel Abraham, a very special musican, who is an inspiring violinist, educator and composer. His phenomenal talent, discipline and creativity is even more inspiring since he didn’t have an opportunity to learn a musical instrument until the age of 14 and 4 years later, he was auditioning for the renowned University of Michigan in violin performance, playing the same Paganini caprice he’d heard Ithak Perlman play on Shalom Sesame as a child. He speaks candidly in this interview about his perseverence in the face of very difficult challenges. More information and links below, including Timestamps!
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Immanuel is well-known on social media as The Violin Doctor, which is a Dr. Who reference, but Immanuel actually is Doctor of Musical Arts, awarded from the University of Arizona. When he was a student, in an effort to learn as much as he could that was violin-related, he started The Violin Guild which is an amazingly supportive Facebook group of over 60,000 string players worldwide. Our conversation focused on different aspects of music education, personal development, and you’ll get to hear some clips of Immanuel performing some of his 24 Caprices for solo violin. Below is a link for a discount code the week this is released, and if you’re a violinist I encourage you to buy this amazing volume, which I have been learning and plan to start recording this summer. Immanuel will be releasing his complete recording of all 24 Caprices. https://www.theviolindoctor.com/24 The discount code that will be activated May 12th through May 18th is, theviolindoctor for 25% off of the 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Second Edition. You will also find Immanuel's current projects and social links there as well.
Timestamps
(00:00) Intro
(02:25) perspectives on starting the violin at age 14, dealing with racism and growing up in the projects
(15:02) hearing Itzhak Perlman and the opportunity for free lessons through the Merit School of Music with Guillaume Combet
(21:32) inspiration for Immanuel’s 24 Caprices for Solo violin
(28:48) clip of Caprice 14
(30:00) clip of Caprice 21 in C Minor, “The Blues”
(31:43) Caprice 23, a fugue (complete)
(35:54) please support this series on Ko-fi!
(36:23) why Immanuel bought a beginner book spent his lunch money on Paganini
(41:12) Andrew Jennings University of Michigan
(47:15) giving students some choice of repertoire, keeping them motivated
(53:08) Sphinx Organization teaching kids in the inner city
(01:04:45) becoming a composer, opening for We The Kings
(01:11:11) transcribing jazz, learning by ear
(01:16:25) violin technique finger independence
(01:22:08) yoga, dealing with stress
(01:26:03) balance of composition, teaching and performing
(01:28:21) discount code for the Caprices theviolindoctor
Frédéric Moisan: Languages, Life-balance and Learning the violin
Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman
06/24/23 • 94 min
I’m joined by my colleague in Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, violinist Frédéric Moisan. Originally from the Breton town of Saint-Brieuc in France, he immigrated to Finland and then Canada. In this wide-ranging conversation we talked about wind-surfing,family, languages, different cultures’ approaches to education, the challenges of playing the violin, the original version of the Sibelius violin concerto (which was the subject of Fred’s Doctoral Dissertation), life balance, and fly fishing. We talked about the differences between being a freelancer to being an orchestra member; Fred has great advice for colleagues and students preparing auditions, and you can find these various topics in the timestamps. Like all my episodes, this is available as both a video on my YouTube, and a podcast wherever you listen to podcasts; the transcript is also linked on my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/frdric-moisan
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:12) growing up in Brittany, studies in France, the Conservatoire system
(09:52) moving to Finland
(20:45) violin studies with Anne-Marie De Boisgisson, windsurfing, education systems
(29:07) please help me keep this series going: Ko-fi support page linked!
(29:35) Anne-Marie De Boisgisson
(30:26) different education systems Finland, France, Canada
(37:20) Fred’s parents, grandparents, the loss of his mother
(48:05) reflections on parenting and balancing life, bringing up multi-lingual children
(54:25) differences between freelancing and having an orchestra job
(01:00:31) orchestra auditions
(01:05:06) violin practice routines
(01:09:00) Sibelius violin concerto original version
(01:14:50) performing as a soloist with orchestra
(01:17:02) goals and aspirations for music students
(01:24:24) Breton language and culture
(01:27:33) fly-fishing and the benefit of hobbies
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