Classically Black Podcast

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30 Days At Sea | Episode 103 Oct 26, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE https://www.inquirer.com/news/curtis-institute-report-sexual-abuse-lara-st-john-philadelphia-20200922.html https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/10/13/923236139/new-york-philharmonic-cancels-its-entire-2020-21-season-due-to-coronavirus The weird ocean thing: https://twitter.com/artntings/status/1317696453716844544 Classic FM Horror Stories: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/humour/concert-horror-stories/ Black Excellence: George Taylor https://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/taylor_george/ Piece of the Week: Monologue No. 18 - Erland von Koch Mvmt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK3RL1tcsE0 Mvmt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLY8zfUw220

Thoughts and Prayers to Cis White Men 🥺 | Episode 102 Oct 19, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE https://projectspectrummusic.com/events/upcoming-events/dma-2020/ Black Excellence: Melita Belgrave Melita’s bio: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3009483 Interview: https://asunow.asu.edu/20201013-sun-devil-life-music-therapy-professor-starts-journey-greater-inclusivity-listening?fbclid=IwAR2aaRyg2Mzk4ZQ-ZZL0Q9pnak12_OeqSeN6yNF0Odcc5WBSwTZbgsiVOe8 Piece of the week: Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfM7Y9Pcdzw

Back Like We Neva Left | Episode 101 Oct 12, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2020/09/24/Pittsburgh-Negro-Opera-Company-National-Trust-Historic-Preservation-endangered/stories/202009230163 https://deadline.com/2020/09/disney-movie-inner-city-youth-orchestra-los-angeles-brigham-taylor-1234577046/?fbclid=IwAR0Yo0fsybYPxcrfiO4tHhpUEGM3zXuzLtsBkx-_r27xO8g5nglhYDJiGec Black Excellence: Jonathan Bingham https://www.jonathan-bingham.com/ Piece of the Week: Lessons - Nabaté Isles https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBKZR6MdHw-fEKiECQu_J1eG6LzrXuoOT

The Best of Classically Black | Episode 100 Sep 21, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE Thank you for 100 episodes! Episodes in order: 1. Pilot | Episode 1 2. It’s Tchaikovsky Season feat. That Cello Guy | Episode 9 3. Trending Now | Episode 19 4. Brahms 2? Nah, Keep That | Episode 8 5. WAP (We Always Practicing) | Episode 95 6. FMK Composer Edition feat. Caitlin Edwards | Episode 5 7. Is Love Blind? | Episode 76 8. Pilot | Episode 1 9. Twitter Fingers Turn to Trigger Fingers feat. Garrett McQueen | Episode 82 10. Convince Us: New Music Edition feat. Jasmine Daquin | Episode 20 11. Twitter Fingers Turn to Trigger Fingers feat. Garrett McQueen | Episode 82 12. Bach Was a Gospel Artist Too 🤷🏾‍♀️ feat. Richard Desinord | Episode 18 13. Twitter Fingers Turn to Trigger Fingers feat. Garrett McQueen | Episode 82 14. YOLA National at Home: Part Two | Episode 94 15. Let’s Talk About It: Black Achievement in Classical Music | Episode 60 16. WAP (We Always Practicing) | Episode 95 17. WAP (We Always Practicing) | Episode 95 18. We Can’t Breathe...Again | Episode 85 19. We Can’t Breathe...Again | Episode 85 20. And the Golden Globe Goes to: Florence Price | Episode 65 21. Teton, Tenton, Tonton, Toton?! | Episode 57 22. We Leavin’ the 2010s in the Car? | Episode 62 23. Happy New Year! | Episode 10 24. FMK Composer Edition feat. Caitlin Edwards | Episode 5 25. Christmas Came Early: A CBP Advent Calendar | Episode 59 26. Classical Music Card Revoked | Episode 36 27. Safety First | Episode 67

@American Public Media Group(and the Rest of Y'all Too)| Episode 99 Sep 14, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54041568?fbclid=IwAR2COxuAMTNjHyv8gfItksWQndPrBkIiILGArCAA16dUdf0iZoKmlKPoGL8 https://www.bsomusic.org/artisticteam Check out our ListN Up playlist: https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2020/09/listn-up-classically-black-podcast-september-11-2020/?fbclid=IwAR0kqtQgGdFqNtZSjXUNn9t0vrL0yeYzjJADOkLvzMmEX7QxvFPrTtt49FQ Garrett McQueen: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/09/10/mprs-only-black-classical-host-garrett-mcqueen-fired-after-being-taken-off-air?fbclid=IwAR1-KmW90khl1f-NUi9IE3ReqT39Gpf0zvYaLe-1e1GeBjnaJkVRwjysxWk Support Garrett by streaming and donating to TRILLOQUY: www.trilloquy.org Email Dave Kansas, President of American Public Media: dkansas@mpr.org Sign this petition to keep Garrett on the air: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZOQY72Y0crZv9pVdrkEkV8MbnIfNeTR6aniB5K-3MfodhMw/viewform Garrett’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/garrettmcqueen Garrett’s website: www.garrettmcqueen.com Articles with additional information that were published after this episode was recorded: https://www.startribune.com/black-mpr-classical-music-host-says-he-was-fired-after-switching-up-playlist/572380622/ https://www.mpr.org/stories/2020/09/11/a-note-on-garrett-mcqueen Black Excellence: Adrian Gordon https://www.adriangordonmusic.com/ Piece of the Week: Three Pieces for violin and piano - Dorothy Rudd Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhUjfRoj-lk

We Tried Matchmaking | Episode 98 Sep 07, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE News: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/08/29/business/ap-us-classical-agency-shuts.html Black Students’ Union at Eastman GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/23qhe2jhxc?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Eastmanbsu/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/eastmanbsu Dalanie’s Matchmaking Picks (all by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor): Nonet in F minor for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, contrabass and piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbtLoOxkZKY&t=53s Quintet for clarinet and strings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx5OV5U3vuI Five Fantasiestücke for string quartet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tx7l96oRcE&t=314s Romance in G major for violin and orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZYqaTB37k Katie’s Matchmaking Picks: Les Preludes - Franz Liszt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDEem_aEttE Quartet for piano and strings in A minor - Gustav Mahler - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzO2fPBxQTc Pohádka - Leoš Janáček - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4WgAxWtmDk Black Excellence: Dana Kelley Dana’s bio: https://ww2.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2020/danakelley.htm?fbclid=IwAR2ntP9wdq5fmDbI2s3r_mhyJz7x4FsGe90aknNDAfBADP7ut8s2_UEPLeY Piece of the Week: Amen! - Carlos Simon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ04tWqVeDY

It's the Tent for Me | Episode 97 Aug 31, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE: Philadelphia Orchestra has announced a reimagined version of their season https://operawire.com/philadelphia-orchestra-unveils-reimagined-digital-fall-programming/?fbclid=IwAR2HsbyPvBlqHgqFC5NIUJh6DsSYTvzzcCrNVTNl3kDH3tBTOilSSrBKDEs The University of Maryland’s National Orchestral Institute + Festival announces the expansion of its K-12 New Music Project piloted in Spring 2020 https://theclarice.umd.edu/noi/partnerships/k12-new-music-project?utm_campaign=541220_NOI%2BF_8.13.20_K12+Announcement&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dotdigital&utm_content&dm_t=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0&fbclid=IwAR2lLzK_SRAvReVR3JCgaMp8Bz9nLTmjltYdWcM4IqvIvy7lPTvWyZRZjGM Black Excellence: Tiffany Reckley http://blackgirlsdobandtoo.weebly.com/ Piece of the Week: Afro-Cuban Concerto-Valerie Coleman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONUJiCWwzKw

YOLA National at Home Part 3 | Episode 96 Aug 24, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE San Francisco Conservatory of Music and San Francisco Symphony Announce The Emerging Black Composers Project https://sfcm.edu/newsroom/san-francisco-conservatory-music-and-san-francisco-symphony-announce-emerging-black?fbclid=IwAR0nzqwrSdJu4qLf62rVqYrxOTh0BseyVp0aQecKRoJFIfVPpLzyqTs5Qpg Phoenix Symphony Cancels 2020-21 Season https://www.abc15.com/news/business/phoenix-symphony-cancels-2020-21-season The Richmond Symphony School of Music - Black Music Discovery class https://richmondsymphonysom.com/?fbclid=IwAR1RH9WI87MNk67G3qRU4z5vrZhU4f_AyV7YEzU5zHqvBihPqVx4_OJGV1M Black Excellence: Ezinma Ezinma’s website: https://www.iamezinma.com/ Ezinma’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ezinma/ Piece of the Week: Kinderszenen Op. 15 No. 1 -Robert Schumann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InA4womSarQ

WAP(We Always Practicing) | Episode 95 Aug 17, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE Tazewell Thompson is Named Director of Opera Studies at Manhattan School of Music https://www.msmnyc.edu/news/tazewell-thompson-is-named-director-of-opera-studies-at-manhattan-school-of-music/ https://slippedisc.com/2020/08/manhattan-picks-new-opera-chief/ Would You Go to a Drive in Symphony Concert? https://www.cbc.ca/music/would-you-go-to-a-drive-in-symphony-concert-here-s-what-the-osm-s-looked-like-1.5676258 Joseph Conyers is on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ5CErtx8RgEx01pKyHNrgQ Black Excellence: Ayanna Williams https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/ct-redeye-ayanna-williams-cello-20180625-story.html Piece of the Week: Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schön sauber - Canon in B flat for 3 voices (K. 233) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsieYM4NZE

YOLA National at Home: Part Two | Episode 94 Aug 10, 2020

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IN THIS EPISODE https://www.acso.org/conference Black Excellence: Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser https://www.danielbartholomewpoyser.com/bio Piece of the Week: Sonatine for viola and piano - Ulysses Kay

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