Sound Mind Podcast

Eric Goldberg talks with Dr. John Rine Zabanal about education and living a whole life.

Team members Ben Manis and Alex Hoffman talk with Casey Bozell (Keep Classical Weird) about being a professional performer and young mother.

CMRT member Laura Yawney interviewed oboist and friend Anish Pandit about his experience in college and how it has shaped his view on mental health as a musician.

"It's sort of like us living on Zoom these days. If the connection is good, we can do a lot of things, but if that connection breaks down, it's just chaos and distracting as can be. That's what presence [addresses]. Just get out of the way of yourself and let your body do what it's designed to do. For me, that's where we have to be with the mind-body connection when playing our instrument."


Jon Boen's album recording linked below:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7AF3PIx1yhpEbv23gi4eG5?si=T_oyuE9VRjq71T17F-_rsg

Kelsey Williams has an illuminating conversation with Carl Alexander about his experience as a Black classical musician.

"Expectations of a Countertenor are not exactly me. Countertenors tend to be - especially the ones getting hired - skinny white men... It's about what people can see on stage. If your body is different from what people are expecting, some directors feel that it can take people out of the story. I personally don't believe that's true. If anything, it just gives people a different lens with which to view the story.
All the elements of who I am as a black, queer man don't have to cause dissonance on stage or with a director."

This week Ben sat down with Michael Heaston, Artistic Administrator of the Metropolitan Opera, to discuss his career, working with young artists, and how to foster positive mental health habits in our communities. 

In this interview, CMRT co-founder Kelsey Williams sits down with Ben to talk about her life in music, imposter syndrome, and anxiety in all its shapes and forms. 

Heads up, this podcast contains content relating to suicide and suicidal ideation, which might be a sensitive topic for some listeners.

"Nobody is broken. It’s about your expectations for the quality of your life. How do I want to feel? How do I think I deserve to feel? I just want to be able to be me and be as comfortable and as happy as I possibly can. And that’s what I wish for everybody." - Dr. Mallory Thompson

Dr. Mallory Thompson is director of bands, professor of music, coordinator of the conducting program, and holds the John W. Beattie Chair of Music at Northwestern University. She conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting, and administers all aspects of the band program.

Team member Alexandria Hoffman sat down with Dr. Thompson to talk about therapy, coping skills, music, and much more. Enjoy!

Northwestern Intersections Interview: https://www.alumni.northwestern.edu/s/1479/02-naa/16/interior.aspx?sid=1479&gid=2&pgid=31692&cid=56159&ecid=56159&crid=0&calpgid=31752&calcid=50056

In this episode, the whole team got together to reflect on 2020, talk about exciting things happening in 2021, New Years' Resolutions, and much more.

“The magic really comes from the individual interactions, and the people that reach out and ask us to do things or who are excited about something. It’s about the listeners — it’s about you at home. So, reach out! Keep talking to us. Let us know what we can do, cause that’s what this is all about.”

This week, Ben sat down with soprano Tamara Wilson to talk about her experiences with anxiety and depression, and the way they interact with her life as a musician.