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Episode 73: Anthea Kreston's Crescendo Oct 02, 2026

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It's fantastic and fun violinist, human, and now author Anthea Kreston! Her memoir, Crescendo: Chronicles of an Adventurous Violinist, will be officially released on October 27th. It's a massively compelling read, and you can find it here: https://a.co/d/039XzBve

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Episode 72: The Longest Piece Ever Apr 13, 2026

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I’ve heard it before and I’ll hear it again: classical music concerts are REALLY LONG.

You’re not wrong… but really, everything is about perspective, ain’t it?

We explore several pieces that are just really long pieces of music. Enormous pieces that take up actual literal fractions of your life. One is designed to outlast us by several centuries. *

*I was a philosophy minor in college and the amount of strength and willpower it’s taking me to not launch into the artistic temerity of humanity at this moment in time should be given some sort of award.

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Episode 71: Live at YMA 2025 Jul 25, 2025

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The 2025 live presentation at Young Musicians and Artists!

If you'd like to see more antics, especially from Raúl's game near the end, go search on our YouTube channel! Subscribe to Keep Classical Weird.

And if this sounds like a magical and fun camp for your student (it super is,) look into the dates for 2026! The website is ymaarts.org.

Stay safe and stay weird!

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Episode 70: Tár Sep 20, 2024

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Here we go with another movie review! Casey Bozell and Dr. Sophia Tegart discuss the 2022 film Tár. And its many, many.... MANY layers. We ruin everything, it's delightful.

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Episode 69: Bolero's Solo in One Easy Lesson Sep 06, 2024

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In our first episode back - with video, hooray!! - our good friend Gordon Rencher teaches Casey how to step in at the last moment and cover that crucial snare solo in Ravel's Bolero!
Bolero's episode was originally number 6, and that can be found here: https://keepclassicalweird.com/2020/06/12/episode-6-ravels-bolero/
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgV2Y7WEcK52WFzFMAtOkXg
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Episode 68: Julian Perkins Jul 14, 2023

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The ever delightful Indiana Jones of early music (it’s true, someone said that on the internet) joins Casey for a chat about the upcoming Portland Baroque Orchestra season. Ever wonder “why Baroque?” Not to fret - Julian Perkins answers that too!

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Episode 67: Impromptu Jul 07, 2023

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Sophia and Casey review another film centered around classical music! Will this one go over better? Only one way to find out!

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Episode 66: Not Dead Composers featuring An-Ting Dec 16, 2022

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Taiwanese-born and London-based composer An-Ting Chang is on the pod! Hear her talk about her journey through her musical identity, personal identity, and how the pandemic helped her push forward as a composer.
Oh, and there are ping pong balls!
https://youtu.be/5QE6kOOPlpE
An-Ting's stuff, including her album "Songs from My Room" can be found here:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/45n1Xp27iV2MvTIfAvp827?si=4Iqm4s20R3yClFAQny-97g
Instagram: @antingpig

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Episode 65: Highlights from YMA Live 2022 Sep 09, 2022

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We have arrived! It’s a whole episode of amazing highlights from Keep Classical Weird’s second live event at YMA!
If you’d like access to relive the full event, bop on over to patreon.com/keepclassicalweird and consider becoming a subscriber! Your contribution helps keep the show running!

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Episode 64: Reed Making with Ryan Sep 02, 2022

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Ryan Zwahlen is back! Learn about the time commitment, the financial commitment, and the creative commitment required for double reed making. Perhaps learn why your oboe and bassoon friends are just... like that.
Have a question or comment? Complaint, even? Shoot an email to keepclassicalweird@gmail.com. I read and respond to every single one!

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