OSA Backstage

Dani & Serena talk to Henry Jenkins (violin) and Sara Magill (harp) about finding pieces to be obsessed about, Debussy versus Ravel, and schmalzing it up in the best possible way for the Summer Concert Series.

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Dani & Serena talk to Brett Hodge about building a brass quintet program, why it helps to be on a text-message level relationship with a composer, and a crucial first: Brett’s favorite dinosaur.

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Dani & Serena talk with Maria Harding (flute) about the Omaha Chamber Music Society’s Summer Concert Series, which culminates with a 360-degree tribute to Willa Cather. This concert has everything: dance, extraordinary music, spoken word, live art… and birds.

So many birds. <3

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Dani & Serena talk to Ankush Kumar Bahl (Music Director) about finding what fits, being willing to be uncomfortable, and why you should listen when your violist friend invites you to a Symphony concert.

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The 24.25 season is almost over! What questions didn’t we answer? Anything you desperately need to know going into 25.26? Email [email protected]!

What could it cost? $10? Dani & Serena talk to KVNO's Ben Rasmussen about what weddings and programming have in common, 3 a.m. Harp Concertos, and why peer pressure tuba might be the best thing that could happen to someone.

Dani & Serena talk to Susanna Perry Gilmore (concertmaster), Maria Harding (principal flute) and Christi Zuniga (principal keyboard) about historically informed performance, margarita mix, and keeping out of trouble at the National Music History Museum in Vermillion.

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Dani & Serena talk to Judy Divis (viola) about creating opportunities for the next generation, faking it ‘til you make it, and having the best seat in the house for 38 years.

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Dani talks to Sarah Cranor (violin) and Pat Pfister about running long distance as professional musicians - and why pickles, above all else, are key.

Dani & Serena talk to violinist Amaryn Olmeda and Maestro Ken-David Masur about Mozart in 2025, being the interpretation, and why it's kenough to just be yourself.

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Dani speaks with composer and OSA program notes writer Mathew Fuerst about listening to music on its own terms, what “sonata form” actually is, and how the answer to “Why?!” is, more often than not… “It depends.”

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