Opus 63 - Jenny

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08/26/20 • 90 min

Maya Stone believes that power comes from within - it's something that's grounded her over the course of her very dynamic music career. She chats with Garrett about this, her experiences as a bassoon professor in the world of collegiate academia, and her return home to New York. Scott honors Women's Equality Day by reflecting on the music of Sarah Vaughan, and Garrett gets honest about spiritual and emotional fatigue. Playlist: Monica - "Street Symphony" Sarah Vaughan - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" Jo Stafford/Charlie Harden Quartet West - "Haunted Heart" William C. Banfield - Symphony No. 6 Mark O'Connor - Strings and Threads Suite Celso Garrido-Lecca - "Danzas Populares Andinas No. 3" Nas - "Car #85" Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams" Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 9, mov. 3 "Goin' Home" More: Maya Stone: https://stone.musicteachershelper.com James Baldwin on Dick Cavett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fZQQ7o16yQ @fodderyfodder on police corruption: https://twitter.com/fodderyfodder/status/1297405642848837633?s=20 @orchestraisracist on Paste Magazine: https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/orchestra-is-racist-/orchestra-is-racist/ Meet Joseph Tolliver: https://tucson.com/entertainment/music/meet-joseph-tolliver-tucsons-first-black-leader-of-a-major-classical-music-organization/article_0500e26d-e910-5d65-ade2-2ec868b7e18a.amp.html Brandy vs. Monica: https://ew.com/music/brandy-monica-announce-verzuz-battle/ Marian Anderson: https://www.biography.com/musician/marian-anderson Classical Hosts' Top 10 Pieces: https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2019/10/16/classical-hosts-top-10 The Read Podcast: http://thisistheread.com

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Opus 62 - "Blue Shirt Girl"

Christine Gangelhoff challenges the Euro-centric nature of "classical" music by promoting the work of not only Black composers, but Afro-Caribbean composers. She joins Garrett to talk about her experiences as a teacher and performer in the Bahamas, and the album, Tour de Force. Scott shares some of the contemporary classical music that he thinks can help deal with the day to day of 2020, and Garrett recounts one of his own experiences dealing with racism while teaching in the Bahamas. This opus of TRILLOQUY is sponsored by The Lewis Prize for Music, announcing their 2nd annual Accelerator Awards. Applications are open until Friday, August 21st, with winning applicants receiving a multi-year prize of $500,000 beginning in January of 2021. For more information visit: thelewisprize.org. Playlist: RUN DMC - "It's Tricky" Bobby Shmurda - "Hot N---a" Bob Marley - "Jammin" Heitor Villa Lobos - Guitar Concerto Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1 Sufjan Stevens - "Year of the Tiger" Judd Greenstein - "Clearing, Dawn, Dance" C Force - Tour de Force More: Bahamas Junkanoo Shakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3tPMoZP-tY Orchestra is Racist: https://www.instagram.com/orchestraisracist/ 2 Men Charged In Long-Unsolved Killing Of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay: https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/903335189/two-men-charged-in-cold-case-murder-of-jam-master-jay Bobby Shmurda audition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHxaRM4BNwk Julian Bream passes away: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/arts/music/julian-bream-dead.html Tour de Force: A Musical Journey of the Caribbean: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tour-de-force-christine-gangelhoff/1136006862

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Opus 64 - Traptivities

Tea Sierra's dedication to Blackness fueled their entry into orchestral music, their journey through earning an MIS in Urban Studies, and their decision to move up to Minnesota to continue the journey. Garrett and Tea talk about this, the importance of Trap Music, and why the "Wakanda industrial complex" won't save humanity. Scott honors the late Chadwick Boseman with a "then and now" look at Black Panther, and Garrett shares why he was taken off the air at his radio gig. Playlist: James Brown - "Get Up" (from Get On Up: The James Brown Story) Vijay Iyer - "Dig the Say" 21 Savage, Offset, Metro Boomin' - "Ric Flair Drip" Ludwig Göransson - "The King's Sunset" Ray Charles - "Georgia On My Mind" T.I. - "Let's Get Away" Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert - "Bad and Boujee" Jeff Midkiff - Mandolin Concerto More: Tea Sierra on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColonizedLocal Chadwick Boseman's Howard University Commencement Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHZypMyQ2s&t=283s Joe Budden Goes Rogue: https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/joe-budden-goes-rogue.html Baltimore Symphony Guarantees Performances Through 2025: https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bs-fe-20200828-actub77gozf5ratpf5l3dr7nzi-story.html Knoxville Symphony Furlough: https://www.wate.com/news/knoxville-symphony-orchestra-musicians-file-grievance-following-furlough-announcement/ In the Middle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQASfWLezaM&list=PLfDVC_jNKfhuOdFKpMY1VH0HSH2tHlhWw&index=13 Tea Sierra on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColonizedLocal