May 07, 2025

1. Exploring many flutes with Marcos Balter

37 minutes

We launch season five of OJAICAST as your host Christopher Noxon dives into the lineup of the 2025 Ojai Music Festival (June 5-8). He joins composer-in-residence Marcos Balter and talks about writing music at a young age, audience participation, and collaborating with this year’s Music Director Claire Chase.

Will Thomas, Writer & Producer

Christopher Noxon, Host

Marcos Balter, Guest

OJAICAST theme by Thomas Kotcheff and Louis Weeks

Music featured -

1. Processional performed by Claire Chase (composer Marcos Balter)

2. Pan’s Flute performed by Claire Chase (composer Marcos Balter)

3. Harmony of the Spheres performed by Claire Chase (composer Marcos Balter)

4. Alone performed by Claire Chase (composer Marcos Balter), unreleased

5. Chambers performed by Spektral Quartet (composer Marcos Balter)

6. Sugarcane Fields Forever by Caetano Veloso

7. Processional performed by Claire Chase (composer Marcos Balter)