Tony Arnold, one of the leading sopranos in contemporary classical music world, sits down with Resonant Bodies Festival director Lucy Dhegrae to talk about her upcoming set on April 7th at Constellation for the inaugural Chicago festival. Tony talks about her teaching philosophy, her on-stage performance priorities (spoiler alert: it’s not text!), how she went from pianist to conductor to vocalist, and how she began performing with International Contemporary Ensemble. For more information about Tony Arnold, please visit our Show Notes.

Sophia Burgos talks about her upcoming Chicago Festival set for April 7th at Constellation, which explores multicultural identity through language. In collaboration with poet/pianist Daniel Gerzenberg, composer Andrew Haig, and mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron, the project’s focus is language and the concept of listening to the differences between people through their languages. For more information about Sophia Burgos and links to the recordings heard on this episode, please visit our Show Notes.

Nina Dante chats with Festival director Lucy Dhegrae about her upcoming set on April 6 at Constellation for the first-ever Chicago Resonant Bodies Festival. Nina’s set includes pieces by composers Stratis Minakakis and Pablo Chin (whose piece is inspired by Chavela Vargas), as well as a premiere of an original work by Dante, “El canto mio es un grito” which stems from her recent work as an improviser. Though she is a core member of the group Fonema Consort, a group with an inclination for the Latin American new music world, her Chicago Festival set will be a totally solo voice experience. For more information about the recordings heard on this episode, please visit the Show Notes:

Amanda DeBoer Bartlett talks with ResBods director Lucy Dhegrae about her upcoming set for the inaugural Chicago festival on April 7th at Constellation, which features her close collaborators Liz Pearse (Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble), Ammie Brod (Dal Niente) and Jesse Langen (Hasco Duo). Amanda talks about her history with Chicago’s music scene, life as a vocalist in Omaha, Nebraska, and the funny story about how she first crossed paths with Tony Arnold and Sophia Burgos, the other featured performers of ResBods on April 7th. For more information about Amanda DeBoer Bartlett and links to recordings heard on this episode, please visit our Show Notes.

Vocalist/composer/installation builder/movement artist Jenna Lyle sits down with Resonant Bodies Festival director Lucy Dhegrae to discuss her upcoming set for the inaugural Chicago festival on April 6th at Constellation. Jenna discusses her background in dance, musical theater, and composition, and talks about her upcoming world premiere for ResBods which includes a piece for movement and acoustic fabric. For more information about Jenna Lyle and links to the recordings heard on this episode, please visit our Show Notes!

Vocalist, composer, clarinettist, and visual artist Alejandro T. Acierto chats with Resonant Bodies Festival director Lucy Dhegrae about his upcoming set on the Chicago festival for April 6th at Constellation. Alejandro gives a brief tutorial on circular breathing, which he uses in his piece “Cavities” and talks about how his work as a visual artist influences his compositions and vice versa. For more information about Alejandro and links to the recordings heard on this episode, please visit our Show Notes!

Vocalist, composer, and flutist extraordinaire Nathalie Joachim talks about her upcoming set on Resonant Bodies Festival in Chicago on April 8, 2018 at Constellation. In addition to bringing her work as vocalist/composer/flutist on stage together, Nathalie’s project for ResBod, Fanm d’Aiti, is a deep exploration of her own identity as a Haitian women, and “an attempt to celebrate the women of Haitian song and to explore their individual stories as they relate to Afro-Caribbean culture, society, history and music, by giving them a long deserved international platform.” For more information about Nathalie and links to music and topics discussed on this episode, please visit our Show Notes!

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Jessie Marino chats with Resonant Bodies Festival director Lucy Dhegrae about her upcoming set on April 8th, 2018 at Constellation for the inaugural Chicago festival. Jessie talks about her unique approach to performing, her work with Pamplemousse and her duo On Structure, and how Rot Blau, her fantastic Super Premiere (her first piece ever as a composer) came to be. For more information about Jessie and what we discuss on this episode, please visit our Show Notes.

Matthew Thomas's performance of Eight Songs for a Mad King (Peter Maxwell Davies) on the inaugural Melbourne Festival was "astoundingly effective" wrote ArtsHub in a review. The piece calls for "a realisation of [a] deranged royal... demanding a range of three octaves, a raft of extended vocal technique (some extreme), and fine acting skills."  Thomas talks with RBF Australia's co-director Jane Sheldon about the evening.