HERstory

Episode 67 features guest Kate Warren, (she/her), hornist, educator, and graduate student at the Yale School of Music! In this episode. Kate and I talk about issues of gender equity and representation in brass playing, her research, social media, healthy musicianship, DCI, and advocating for change.

Welcome to our THIRD season of HERstory! Episode 66 features guest Natassia Perrine, (she/her), aka Ms. P, an elementary music teacher New Orleans! In this episode, Natassia and I discuss SEL and literacy in the general music classroom, navigating the current state of music education, virtual learning and her free educational resources, and issues of representation in the music classroom.

Episode 65 features guest Maria Gabriela Alvarado, aka Gaby, (she/her), flutist, Manager of Community and Patron Engagement for the Sphinx Organization, arts advocate as the co-chair of Global Initiatives of the International Alliance for Women in Music, and the Advocacy Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of North Texas. In this episode, Gaby and I talk culture, equity, diversity, new music, the Sphinx Organization, and IAWM, among other resources.

Episode 64 features guest Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, (she/her), an Icelandic-American cellist who has appeared as a soloist with the BBC Symphony, LA Philharmonic, Toronto, Seattle, and Iceland Symphonies. Recently, she released an album of Icelandic music, “Vernacular”, on the Sono Luminus label, and her recording of the cello concerto “Quake” by Páll Ragnar Pálsson with the Iceland Symphony was nominated for a 2020 Grammy award. She recently recorded the Six Suites for Solo Cello by J. S. Bach which is slated for release in early 2022. In this episode, Saeunn and I discuss cultural influences in her music, life and career, her album, and other facets of her career.

Episode 63 features guest Grace Oberhofer, (she/her), a Brooklyn-based composer, performer, sound designer, and educator who tells stories about women--either real or imagined--who are not perfect, but rather, amazing. In this episode, Grace and I discuss her career, past and current projects, and her 12-part choral play podcast adaptation, ICONS/IDOLS: Irene, about a Byzantine Empress and her ascent to power, which features an entire collaboration of female and non-binary creatives!

You can check out the podcast project here:

https://redcircle.com/shows/irene

Episode 62 features a double episode and sisters, Kiara (she/her) and Karina (she/her) Eijo, flautists and educators based in Miami, Florida. In this episode, Kiara, Karina, and I discuss their life growing up, cultural influences, outreach programs, being a developing professional in today's music landscape, and other issues of equity.

Episode 61 features guest Melissa Brown, (she/her), trombonist, teacher, and creator/host of the podcast, Bold as Brass! In this episode, Melissa and I discuss her life and career, issues of equity, her OCD diagnosis, creative projects, and her podcast.

Episode 60 features guests Dr. Mary Matthews (she/her), and Nicole Chamberlain (she/her). Mary is a flutist and Assistant Professor of Flute at Tennessee Tech University, and Nicole is a composer and flutist based in Doraville, Georgia. In this episode, Mary, Nicole, and I discuss their professional careers, collaboration, composing and performing new music, their new method book, representation in the composition and collegiate worlds, as well as issues of equity.

Episode 59 features guest Karen Cubides, (she/her), founder and CEO of the Karen Cubides Agency based in Nashville, TN. Karen is a consultancy and marketing agent, a lecturer on arts marketing and branding, founder of her own Emerging Artists Program to help young professionals, and founder of her own podcast, "The Musician's Guide". In this episode, Karen and I discuss her life and experiences, starting her own business, and all of her incredible work with her various projects!

If you are interested in learning more about Karen's work, you can visit her website at https://www.karencubides.com

If you are interested in registering to be a part of her upcoming summer "Body Mind Spirit" workshop, you can visit https://www.bodymindspiritworkshops.com/registration and use the code "KCA" to receive 50% off!

Episode 58 features guest Elizabeth de Brito, (she/her), creator of The Daffodil Perspective, a radio show championing a space for everyone. In this episode, Elizabeth and I discuss her life growing up as a working class tri-racial child and her relationship with classical music, the gatekeeping of the classical music tradition, her radio show, her new self-published book titled, "Herstory Rewritten", and her advocacy work.

You can check out her work at thedaffodilperspective.org