Out of Tune

Welcome to the third episode in our Symphony Series! This week, Rebeca talks about the use of indigenous songs by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos by analyzing his 10th symphony. As always: stay safe, wear a mask, and get vaccinated!

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Welcome to the second episode in our Symphony Series! This week, Erin talks about how politics have a profound effect in music, specifically tracking Shostakovich's seventh symphony and how its composition is a direct reflection of the political turmoil due to WWII. As always: stay safe, wear a mask, and get vaccinated!

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This is our first episode of our Symphony Series that we are doing as part of a research project for our history seminar! This week is presented by Victoria and she talks about societal factors that have contributed to women being erased from the musical canon; from educational tradition to stereotypical gender beliefs. Tune in the next two weeks to hear Rebeca and Erin's episodes! As always stay safe, wear a mask, and get vaccinated!

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No. 29 is a really fun episode! Erin quizzes Victoria and Rebeca on viola trivia, Victoria has some fun pieces for Guess the Piece/Composer that throw Erin and Rebeca for a loop, and Rebeca is successful at throwing Victoria and Erin off with her Musical Layers! Be sure to play along at home! In the second half, Erin and Victoria check in with Rebeca about how she's feeling about her upcoming recital. As always stay safe, wear a mask, and get vaccinated!

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Welcome to No. 27! We've made it to the 27 club...hopefully we'll make it out alive. (Please tell us someone understands this reference!) In this episode we introduce ourselves to black musician and composer, Harry Burleigh, who was instrumental (no pun intended) in developing characteristically American music. Burleigh also introduced Antonin Dvorak to Black American music. How have we never heard of him before?? In the second half, we discuss the idea of perfectionism and how we've dealt with it in our studies. As always, wear a mask and stay safe!

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Today we talk about the life of female composer and violist, Rebecca Clarke! Erin was very excited since this is the first violist we've talked about on the podcast, why has it taken us this long?? Normalize the viola! In the second half, we talk about our upcoming recitals this month and all of the anxieties surrounding our preparation. As always, stay safe and wear a mask!

Our 25th podcast is a chill episode where we play some fun mini games to help us relax and have some fun! Then we chat about our lives and talk about our upcoming graduation. As always, wear a mask and stay safe!

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On this episode: Victoria's mom, Rebecca Senko, joins us! She shares with us what life is like as a music educator in the life of Covid-19 and how she tries to normalize musicians of underrepresented communities to young children. We then share some of our favorite music education memories from when we were kids. As always, stay safe and wear a mask!

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