I sat down with Maureen Haley, choral conductor and educator, soprano, and pianist to ask her some hard hitting questions about the intersection between being a mother and an artist.

Bookending this interview are some Beethoven duets I played with her remotely---they are the Beethoven 'Deutsche Tanze", or German Dances.

Links to some of her endeavors:
St. Ignatius Loyola Children's Choir Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/St-Ignatius-Loyola-Childrens-Choir-1964503977113524
St. Ignatius Loyola Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChurchofStIgnatiusLoyolaNYC/videos

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Hey! So I wanted to start making this more about performance. Get back to its roots. So here is an excerpt from a concert I did last night at 8pm! And here's my plug for it, if you listen to this podcast, since I don't want to publicize via Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn, or any of that. I hate all of it, and even doing spammy emails feels beneath me, so just know this: as of right now (I might change it in the far future), I'm playing, every Thursday, a concert on Twitch of varying genres. Here's what this selection has:

1. A Spotless Rose-Howells multi-tracked by yours truly, and singing bass in it.
2. Bach E minor prelude from the first book of the WTC
3. Faure's Pie Jesu from the Requiem
4. An arrangement of a 2 piano Debussy arrangement of Saint-Saen's Rondo Capriccioso--I didn't have time to record the other piano's part, so I just made a one piano version on the spot.
5. Tuba Mirum into the Mors Stupebit bass solo sung by yours truly from the Verdi Requiem
6. Siloti arrangement of the same Bach E minor prelude, transposed to B minor.

Enjoy! The link to my twitch is https://www.twitch.tv/jmart1945 and I give concerts every Thursday at 8pm. 3 people watched the one that I excerpted this from, so certainly check it out when you can! Could use a few more folks. 

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Dr. Oliver is the Associate Director of Choral Activities at MSM (Manhattan School of Music) and the artistic director and conductor of Ensemble NYC, a newly organized choral ensemble dedicated to bringing hope to the people of New York City by offering choral concerts that are a place of respite and encouragement. They're fully pro, and I define that as every member of this group has great relative or perfect pitch, and, bereft of piano accompaniment or even a conductor, could sight read, from 85-100% accuracy, most, if not all choral music ever composed. Here is some information about their upcoming events:

Music used in the podcast version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1s3kpEszaU Bach Magnificat in D Major Movement 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnbUX05hB7Q Brahms Requiem Movement 5, the great soprano solo done by Maggie Woolums

Date: February 13, 2021
Livestream starts at 7:30pm (ET)
Tickets: $20 

PROGRAM
Canzone d’Amore - An Evening of Operatic Love
(Songs of Love from the Operatic Repertoire)

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
West Side Campaign Against Hunger

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Here I discuss the current state of the podcast and mention some specifics:

Top 5 downloaded episodes:
S3 E5 Ladies Night
S2 E2 Fontaine Sheridan
S3 E1 Domenic Salerni
S3 E10 Maria Eleni Zollo
S1 E4 Bart Haggerty

Sponsored in part by: 
(He didn't give me any money, but more people should know about this) 

Here is a perfect travesty I hope to rectify with this episode: Matthew Koraus, a brilliant organist and improviser based at St. Patrick's church in Huntington currently, has a Youtube video of a concert he did 2 weeks ago that has had 153 views-----I interviewed him before on the show. He is an insanely talented musician and more people would benefit from checking out his concert on October 16th at 7:30. The link to this is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54jgw0wu3r8

Here's his info:
(VIDEO STARTS HERE)

An Original Improvisation, on a theme given by the Audience 

Josef Rheinberger (1839 - 1901),
Sonata no.20 in F major, "Zur Friedensfeier," Op. 196
I. Präludium
II. Intermezzo
III. Pastorale
IV. Finale

Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
Psalm Preludes, Set 2
II. "Yea, the darkness is no darkness with Thee"
III. "Sing unto Him a new song"

An Original Improvisation, on a theme given by the Audience

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MATTHEW KORAUS is an accomplished composer, organist, and tenor, presently serving as the Director of Music Ministries for the Church of St. Patrick in Huntington, NY. He is also an adjunct professor of music at Hofstra University, NY.  Matthew holds the Master of Music degree in Composition from Manhattan School of Music, where he studied composition with Mark Stambaugh, and organ with Walter Hilse. Matthew also holds the Fellowship Certification from the American Guild of Organists, and was the 2013 winner of both the Fellowship Prize and the S. Lewis Elmer Award offered by the Guild. Matthew was a Finalist in the 2014 National Competition in Organ Improvisation, and won the First Prize of the 2015 University of Michigan Improvisation Competition. His liturgical works are published by CanticaNOVA Publications, MorningStar Music Publishers, Oregon Catholic Press, and World Library Publications.  He lives on Long Island with his wife and frequent collaborator, Debbie, and their three daughters, Samantha, Jennifer, and Natalie.  

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Just waxing poetic on the current state of art and world affairs and how that might affect you, as a free-thinking creative. 

Talk soon!

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Here it is for you eager viewers.

The poetry that Paul is talking about can be viewed here:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem...
"Keeping Things Whole" by Mark Strand

Mark Strand, "Keeping Things Whole" from Selected Poems. Copyright © 1979, 1980 by Mark Strand.  Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. 
Source: Selected Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 2002)

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I continue my talk with Paul Kerekes about the state of music and world affairs.

For those of you who are seeing the Youtube version of this podcast, I assure you the still image of Beethoven I am using while I monologue is within the public domain.

Here is the information for the digital concert streaming tonight by my good friend and colleague Kathleen Monson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avO7qs9iG4k&feature=emb_title

"Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss II, done at 8pm tonight, the inaugural effort of KJR Studio Productions, which is the artistic baby of Kathleen Monson and her husband Jordan. 

STARRING:
Kathleen Monson as Rosalinda
Brian Pember as Eisenstein
Corinne Costell as Adele
Christopher Jackson as Alfred
Eilo Bucky as  Dr. Falke
Ryan Frenk as Dr. Blind
Ben Ross as Frank
Christina Bernardoni as Prince Orlofsky

I have an auxiliary role as a bass in the chorus. Program can be found on Youtube link.

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The first of what promises to be at least a 3 part interview with Paul Kerekes, culminating in a performance of one of his pieces from Vantages, his solo piano suite.

Again, Paul's website can be found here: http://paulkerekes.com/

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Some recommendations for productivity and organization.

Products mentioned:

Google Keep

Getting Things Done-David Allen

Difference between a novice and an expert choir director---one plans up to a year ahead, the other doesn't.

Why are you doing this? Bach writes 'Soli Deo Gloria'. Maybe you aren't religious. What's your motivation?

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I discuss Facebook and Instagram and its effect on music, politics, and professional life.

Movie I referenced watching:
"The Social Dilemma" on Netflix

Composer I made a shout-out to:

www.paulkerekes.com

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