After my conversation with Carissa, we did this little back-and-forth improvisation across Zoom.

Like all my episodes, this is also a video, and this link brings you to the full episode, bonuses, and transcript: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e2-s1-carissa-klopoushak

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In Episode 2 of Conversations with Musicians, I speak with the versatile violinist, singer, and Artistic Director Carissa Klopoushak. She shares some of her musical journey with us, and we have a wide-ranging conversation that also includes some beautiful music.

Like all my episodes, this is also a video, and this link will bring you to the transcript and bonus episodes:

https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e2-s1-carissa-klopoushak

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 Links to Carissa's band and other projects are on her website:  http://www.carissaklopoushak.com/Ironwood String Quartet's  recent performance (Beethoven, Montgomery, Danish String Quartet arrangements): https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/27905 Her band: Tyt i Tam Sama Piu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO3-u... A clip from the MacKay Concert Series recital (with Alexandru Sura and Thibault Bertin-Maghit) Tykha Voda (Ukr. folk song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcYle... Carissa is the Artistic Director of: https://www.chamberfest.com/about/

Photography: bohuang.ca

It's hard to make music over Zoom, but one way to do it is this kind of back-and-forth improvisation.

This was done right after Episode 1 was recorded. This music was totally unplanned and spontaneous!

Link for the complete episode podcast and video here, with transcript and bonus episodes: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e1s1kirstymoney

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photo credits: Hamish Gordon for Kirsty and Curtis Perry for Leah

I speak with Kirsty Money about her Nyckelharpa journey and she demonstrates this beautiful instrument for us. As a separate bonus you can hear our improv together.  For Kirsty's new album: https://kirstymoney.bandcamp.com/releases

The transcript is now available: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e1s1kirstymoney 

For those of you who want to study or learn more about Kirsty: https://kirstymoney.ca https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuDe... YouTube

For more information on the nyckelharpa world, here are some useful links:   https://www.facebook.com/harpanut/ http://www.nyckelharpa.org - American Nyckelharpa Association  https://olovjohansson.se - Olov’s website, tons of info here, and he has it translated to English, which is very good.  https://vasen.se/about/ - Olov’s band Väsen, one of the primo bands from Scandinavia.    https://esitobo.org Eric Sahlström Institute - Sweden’s Folk Music School for music and dance.  She went there in 2015 " amazing!"

photo credit: Hamish Gordon