In tandem to my conversation with Aaron, Episode 10 Season 1, as  part of my "Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman" series, he agreed to play this beautiful third movement from Bach's incredible Third Solo Sonata.

The complete episode is here, both video and podcast, linked to the bonus episodes:

https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e10-s1-aaron-schwebel-violinist

Aaron Schwebel  currently holds the positions of Concertmaster with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and Associate Concertmaster with the Canadian Opera Company. Schwebel is a member of the LARK ensemble and Rosebud String Quartet, and is founder/artistic director of Echo Chamber Toronto, a series that merges chamber music and contemporary dance. We talk about his many and varied experiences, in terms of his development and his career.

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Karen Donnelly is the Principal Trumpet player of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, and a well-known educator. In this episode, we get to hear Karen's beautiful playing, and I talk to her about her background, her work with the Canadian Women's Brass Collective , some of her unique outreach work and her resilient practice routine! There's also a bonus episode in this playlist on this channel in which you can hear us do a free improvisation.

Like all my episodes, this is also a video, and you'll find the bonus episodes linked here as well as the transcript:

https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e9-s1-karen-donnelly-trumpet-player

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Free improvisation was very new to both of us when we recorded this, but we had fun with this little back-and-forth across Zoom.

This is a bonus episode connected to my fascinating interview with Karen, Episode 9 Season 1. 

All the links are here, video version, full episode, bonuses and links to Karen :

https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e9-s1-karen-donnelly-trumpet-player

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I was thrilled to have this fascinating conversastion with virtuoso violinist Kerson Leong, who is as eloquent in his musicality as in the way he talks about music and violin playing. I trust that a broad audience will take inspiration from this wide-ranging discussion. At the beginning, we are treated to an impromptu performance of Ysayë's Allemande from Violin Sonata no. 4. This conversation was recorded June 15, 2021 over Zoom. Kerson has many upcoming performances, all of which can be found on his website here: https://kersonleong.com/

Like all my episodes, this is also a video, and you'll find the transcript linked here as well as bonus episodes:

https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e8-s1-kerson-leong-violinist

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After my conversation with Alexis Chartrand, during which we are treated to 3 of his poetic interpretations of traditional tunes, he agreed to do a little improvisation with me.

The full episode, both video and podcast with bonuses and transcript linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e5-s1-alexis-chartrand-fiddler

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We get to hear some beautifully realized traditional tunes from Québec from traditional fiddler Alexis Chartrand. He talks very thoughtfully and about his background as a son of dancers, his explorations of tone colour with baroque violin, his upcoming performances at a number of festivals this summer, and some of his musical influences and inspiration.

Link to video version, transcript and bonus episodes: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e5-s1-alexis-chartrand-fiddler

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Here are links for Alexis Chartrand: 

 https://www.facebook.com/agchartrand/

https://alexischartrandcolinsavoielevac.bandcamp.com/releases

https://memoireracines.org/artistes/babineau_chartrand

https://www.bicmusique.com/

https://www.mareemusique.com/

https://centredesmusiciensdumonde.com

Timestamps:

(00:00) intro

( 00:29) Jig by Joseph Allard

(02:19) discussion of amplification in traditional music

(04:46) influence of dance, Alexis’ parents who are dance researchers Annie-Marie Gardette and Pierre Chartrand

(08:02) discussion of foot percussion and groove

(12:57) baroque violin

( 17:16) collaborations with Nicolas Bibneau, more about baroque violin and different tunings

(22:51 )Reel du Granpère on baroque violin

(25:52) discussion of ornamentation

(31:03) Alexis’ perspectives on his repertoire of tunes

(33:49) Alexis’ classical training and education: Diane Plante, Joseph-François-Perrault school, Michel Tétrault composition teacher

( 37:18 )ballades: complainte intro

( 39:47) Complainte (song without words)

In this conversation with Patty Chan, erhu player and educator, we get to hear the sounds of many different types of erhus and learn a lot about traditional Chinese music. Like all my episodes, this is also a video, and the bonus episodes and transcript are all linked: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e4-s1-patty-chan-erhu

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Here's a little back-and-forth improv I did with erhu player Patty Chan! 

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https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e4-s1-patty-chan-erhu

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The full conversation is posted separately in this feed, with links to Patty's YouTube and all her various projects. 

I speak with Yosuke Kawasaki, the wonderful Concertmaster of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada (of which I am a member). He talks about the challenges of staying grounded during this pandemic,  his experiences studying with Dorothy Delay at both Julliard and Aspen festival, the inspriation he found in many of his peers growing up, and the conversation circles around to his role as concertmaster, and advice for young colleagues playing auditions.

Like all my episodes, this is also a video, and the transcript and bonus episodes are also here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e3-s1-yosuke-kawasaki

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Below is a link to Yosuke's chamber music festival in Japan, about which he speaks during our conversation.  The site is in Japanese but an English one should follow shortly. https://www.affinis.or.jp/summer_j/in... https://nac-cna.ca/en/bio/yosuke-kawa...

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