OSA Backstage

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dani and Serena talk about meddling teacher up to only good, letting the 12-year-old do their thing, and mixed metaphors about chamber music programs that are going to require copious amounts of electrolytes.

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Dani & Serena talk with Dr. Federico Montes (Associate Principal Trumpet) about taking chances, why orchestral trumpet in the States is a whole different animal, and making music with friends on June 14 for the Omaha Chamber Music Society.

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