By Women on the Verge
The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.
Episode 07: Getting the Song Out with Matthew Fava (Part Two)
Today is the second part of our interview with Matthew Fava - Director of the Ontario Region of the Canadian Music Centre, recorded back in July 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 shut down in Ontario.
Based at the CMC in Toronto, Matthew is an outspoken supporter of female and female-identified composers and is a person that is welcoming to all creators. His vision for the community, his thoughtfulness in his programming and his general awesomeness anytime we have worked with him, made him a perfect guest for our special two-part episode of Getting the Song Out.
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Episode 06: Getting the Song Out with Matthew Fava
Today we are switching things up from composers to a guest who is a huge advocate and supporter of composers. Matthew Fava is the Director of the Ontario Region of the Canadian Music Centre, and sound clips featured on today’s podcast are taken from artists mentioned and recommended to us by Matthew during his interview.
Based at the CMC in Toronto, Matthew is an outspoken supporter of female and female-identified composers and is a person that is welcoming to all creators. His vision for the community, his thoughtfulness in his programming and his general awesomeness anytime we have worked with him, made him a perfect guest for our special episode of Getting the Song Out.
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Episode 05: Getting the Song Out with Vivian Fung
Today’s episode features Canadian Composer, Vivian Fung. WOV member Kathryn Tremills discovered Vivan’s music while searching the Canadian Music Centre listing of women composers and was excited to find her songs prism-like in their kaleidoscopic array of colours. Named “one of today’s most eclectic composers” by NPR, she is deeply committed to research and exploration of cultures that have taken her to Cambodia, Southwest China, and Bali. She is also a devoted advocate for the next generation.
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Episode 04: Getting the Song Out with Emilie LeBel
This week we are talking to Dr. Emilie Lebel! We feel so lucky that while we were searching for a composer for our first Women on the Verge commission, composer Jocelyn Morlock recommended Emilie to us. After exploring her music we were moved by her soundscape sensibility. At our initial meeting, we found that we really clicked as humans too and so Emilie agreed to write a piece for us in 2018, that became “Blue of the Distance”. Now we’ve toured it all over the world and are happy to call Emilie a close friend of ours.
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Episode 03: Getting the Song Out with Katerina Gimon
Today’s episode features Canadian composer Katerina Gimon. Before we spoke for this podcast, WOV member Kathryn Tremills was introduced to Katerina when the 2019 Ontario Youth Choir performed her piece called Elements under the direction of Vicki St Pierre. The choir met Katerina by skype and she was really approachable with the young singers. WOV ended up connecting with Katerina while she was visiting Toronto for premieres last fall. We discovered she’s a hot commodity with many choral groups across the country, and she has some really lovely solo vocal repertoire as well. We just knew we had to have her on our podcast!
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Episode 02: Getting the Song Out with Cecilia Livingston
This week we are talking to Dr. Cecilia Livingston, with whom Elizabeth became acquainted with while Cecilia was completing her Doctorate in Composition at the University of Toronto and was writing “Penelope” for her voice student, Alexandra Smither. Elizabeth became smitten with her writing and introduced her to the rest of Women on the Verge. We’re thrilled to talk with her now on this podcast series.
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Episode 01: Getting the Song Out with Leslie Uyeda
This week we are talking to Vancouver-based composer, Leslie Uyeda. Leslie has had a busy and full career as a vocal coach, repetiteur, and opera conductor for many years before immersing herself fully in composition. WOV member Kathryn Tremills first discovered her when one of her students sang the song cycle into the shimmering: An eerie thought-provoking, evocative and moving group of songs. This was the first time WOV met Leslie and here is our conversation with her!
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The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.