OSA Backstage

OSA Backstage

By Dani Meier & Serena ReutenArtsMusicMusic Interviews
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OSA Backstage episodes

  • Bonus Episode: Say More with Less

    Dani & Serena talk with Omaha artist Ann Pape about thinking in reverse, the color in a shadow, and saying more with less in this cozy, rainy-day bonus interview.

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    54 min
  • S3, Ep. 8: The Core of My Heart

    Dani & Serena talk with conductor Anna Rakitina and cellist Jaemin Han about why cellists are the nicest, the natural voice of the Schumann Cello Concerto, and why betting against your nine-year-old is a bad bet.

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    26 min
  • S3, Ep. 7: Bartók’s Divertimento

    Dani & Serena deep-dive Bartók, his Divertimento, and having your 20th century heart both on your sleeve, and locked tight within a vault with Nicole Cowan (assistant music librarian) and Mathew Fuerst (composer).

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    53 min
  • S3, Ep. 6: I Can Sing, Too

    Dani & Serena talk with baritone Edward Vogel about fearlessly putting yourself forward, ornamentation as rhetoric, and the incredible drama of Handel's music.

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    43 min
  • S3, Ep. 5: A Clear Sense of Space

    Dani & Serena talk with Sonya Headlam, soprano, about occupying a space and time, why you don’t outgrow teachers, and the joy of tackling a new piece.

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    1 hr 1 min
  • S3, Ep. 4: If You Believe It, Do It

    Dani & Serena talk with pianist Joyce Yang about being her aunt's perfect guinea pig, working with friends, and finding out you've been a concert pianist all along.

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    1 hr 11 min
  • S3, Ep. 3: Go the Beach

    Dani & Serena talk with conductor Lee Mills (Music Director, Greenville Symphony) about the best way to go into auditions, priorities when you approach a piece, and how sometimes, you really can do everything.

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    58 min
  • S3, Ep. 2: Solve Your Jazz Problems

    It’s a Deep-Dive! Dani & Serena talk with composer (and OSA program notes annotator) Mathew Fuerst, and Assistant Librarian Nicole Cowan about Gershwin’s Roaring-20’s Piano Concerto in F.

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    50 min
  • S3, Ep. 1: Welcome Back

    Dani & Serena start Season 3 with Maestro JoAnn Falletta, talking about why Joyce Yang is her hero, friendships with composers, and trusting Richard Strauss to show you the extremes of humanity.

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    26 min
  • Chamber Music Edition: The Roadmap is Just the Start

    Dani & Serena talk with Sarah Cranor and Alejandro Gómez Guillén about the final program of the OCMS Summer Concert Series, rabbit-holes that lead to infinite other rabbit-holes, perfectly good uses for donkey jaws, and why this glimpse of the Baroque music of Latin America is a drop in the ocean of possibility.

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    56 min

About OSA Backstage

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A podcast about the bits and pieces that make up a symphony orchestra, from the perspective of a very nerdy VP of Artistic/Bassist, my partner in crime, conductor Serena Reuten, and a variety of…