web02.fireside.fm Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:21:26 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) SoundLives - Episodes Tagged with “Collaboration” https://soundlives.fireside.fm/tags/collaboration Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:30:00 -0400 SoundLives, a NewMusicBox podcast, is brought to you by New Music USA, the resource for adventurous creators and listeners in the US and beyond. This program is funded in part by: the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs – and listeners like you. en-us episodic SoundLives, a NewMusicBox podcast, shares insights and stories from people who dedicate their lives to new music. Frank J. Oteri SoundLives, a NewMusicBox podcast, is brought to you by New Music USA, the resource for adventurous creators and listeners in the US and beyond. This program is funded in part by: the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs – and listeners like you. no Frank J. Oteri box@newmusicusa.org Episode 22: Brandee Younger: A Hip-Hop Baby Transforms the Harp https://soundlives.fireside.fm/22 41afc1b9-5733-48a6-a759-b5e2e9099844 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:30:00 -0400 Frank J. Oteri full Frank J. Oteri Brandee Younger has carved out a very unlikely music career for herself, a classically-trained harpist who went from making her jazz debut over a decade ago to being an in-demand leader and collaborator in a wide range of musical genres. 45:36 no Brandee Younger has carved out a very unlikely music career for herself, a classically-trained harpist who went from making her jazz debut over a decade ago to being an in-demand leader and collaborator in a wide range of musical genres. How she has transformed this instrument seems without precedent. But a huge role model for her was Dorothy Ashby, a jazz and later R&B harpist and composer who, in the years since her death, has become one of the recording artists most heavily sampled on hip-hop tracks. Brandee Younger's latest album, Brand New Life, plays tribute to Dorothy Ashby, by taking her poly-stylistic inclinations even further. NewMusicBox, SoundLives, interviews, conversations, harp, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, collaboration Brandee Younger has carved out a very unlikely music career for herself, a classically-trained harpist who went from making her jazz debut over a decade ago to being an in-demand leader and collaborator in a wide range of musical genres. How she has transformed this instrument seems without precedent. But a huge role model for her was Dorothy Ashby, a jazz and later R&B harpist and composer who, in the years since her death, has become one of the recording artists most heavily sampled on hip-hop tracks. Brandee Younger's latest album, Brand New Life, plays tribute to Dorothy Ashby, by taking her poly-stylistic inclinations even further.

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]]> Episode 16: Raven Chacon: Fluidity of Sound https://soundlives.fireside.fm/16 21f31ab1-b06d-4af8-b69b-17f329ebdc51 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0400 Frank J. Oteri full Frank J. Oteri While the idiosyncratic graphic scores of 2022 Pulitzer Prize winning composer Raven Chacon are stunningly original in their conception and have been recognized as works of visual art in their own right (several are in this year's Whitney Biennial), they have a larger social purpose. 1:00:00 no While the idiosyncratic graphic scores of 2022 Pulitzer Prize winning composer Raven Chacon are stunningly original in their conception and have been recognized as works of visual art in their own right (several are in this year's Whitney Biennial), they have a larger social purpose. WARNING: A little bit after the 44 minute mark in this hour-long podcast there is an excerpt of a musical performance involving shotguns. New Music USA, NewMusicBox, SoundLives, composer conversations, Pulitzer Prize winners While the idiosyncratic graphic scores of 2022 Pulitzer Prize winning composer Raven Chacon are stunningly original in their conception and have been recognized as works of visual art in their own right (several are in this year's Whitney Biennial), they have a larger social purpose. WARNING: A little bit after the 44 minute mark in this hour-long podcast there is an excerpt of a musical performance involving shotguns.

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]]> Episode 6: Ricky Ian Gordon: My Way of Enveloping a Story https://soundlives.fireside.fm/6 b2627194-2d83-448d-81b3-8c4032530934 Wed, 05 May 2021 11:00:00 -0400 Frank J. Oteri full Frank J. Oteri Ricky Ian Gordon has been creating operas, musicals, or one-of a-kind music/theater hybrids one after another, seemingly without a pause. 53:14 no For the past 20 years, Ricky Ian Gordon has been creating works for the stage—operas, musicals, or one-of a-kind music/theater hybrids—and getting them produced one after another, seemingly without a pause. But 14 months ago, everything came to a screeching halt as the world went into lockdown due to the pandemic. Read a full transcript of this conversation over at NewMusicBox: https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/ricky-ian-gordon-my-way-of-enveloping-a-story opera, musical theater, musical theatre, collaboration, words and music, gay pride, pandemic, Grapes of Wrath, Ellen West, 27, Green Sneakers, Intimate Apparel, My Life with Albertine, Sycamore Trees For the past 20 years, Ricky Ian Gordon has been creating works for the stage—operas, musicals, or one-of a-kind music/theater hybrids—and getting them produced one after another, seemingly without a pause. But 14 months ago, everything came to a screeching halt as the world went into lockdown due to the pandemic. Read a full transcript of this conversation over at NewMusicBox: https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/ricky-ian-gordon-my-way-of-enveloping-a-story

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