SoundNotion

This week on SoundNotion, Nadia Sirota joins the panel. We discuss her upcoming residency at Symphony Space, hosting Meet the Composer at WQXR, and baller traditions in the days of amplified viola.

Nerd Alert! We sit down with film music experts Bill Withem and Kevin Wilt to talk about the John Williams Star Wars music and how we as non-film composers relate.

This week on SoundNotion, three instigators behind the popular and informative #musochat phenomenon on Shaya Lyon, Meghan Ihnen, and Griffin Candey join the panel. We discuss community (whatever that means) and the power of Twitter (whatever that means).

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by Atlanta-based Chamber Cartel artistic director Caleb Herron. We discuss giving the audience credit (Xenakis street cred), how Chamber Cartel got its start, and how new music needs public transportation.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel discusses the latest Grawemeyer Award winner Hans Abrahamsen, the Hip Hop Hall of Fame, Taylor Swift’s generosity, and we get informed consent from Alex Temple.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel discusses the merits of dancing in medical school, Larry and Arlene Dunn’s new music bridge to Cuba, a new season for Groupmuse, the New Jersey Symphony’s first female music director and YouTube’s new streaming service.

This week, the wonderful Nathalie Joachim joins us to talk about joining eighth blackbird, open rehearsals at MCA Chicago, collaborations with Flutronix, Sleeping Giant, and more.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by longtime friend of the show, new music advocate and music small business mogul Meerenai Shim. We discuss her new label Aerocade Music and her new album of electroacoustic music titled Pheromone.

This week on SoundNotion, the panel is joined by guitarist, composer and Accidental Music Festival program director Chris Belt. We discuss the origins of the festival, the problem with “indie classical” and this year’s headliners.

This week on SoundNotion, composer, fiddler and hacker Dan Trueman joins us to talk about his new project for prepared digital piano (you heard that right). Nostalgic Synchronic is a set of etudes for the instrument available now on New Amsterdam Records.