Nina Shekhar - Part 1
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For Good Measure, by Ensemble for These Times (E4TT)
Episode 106: Nina Shekhar - Part 1
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In this week’s episode, we talk to Nina Shekhar about her compositional process and path to becoming a composer. If you enjoyed today’s conversation and want to know more about Nina Shekhar, check her out here: https://www.ninashekhar.com/. This episode was originally recorded in December 2023.
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Intro music: “Trifolium” by Gabriela Ortiz, performed by E4TT (Ilana Blumberg, violin; Abigail Monroe, cello; Margaret Halbig, piano), as part of “Below the Surface: Music by Women Composers,” January 29, 2022
Outro music: “Lake Turkana” by Marcus Norris, performed by E4TT (Margaret Halbig, piano), as part of “Alchemy,” October 15, 2021
Transcription courtesy of Otter.ai.
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Producer, Host, and E4TT co-founder: Nanette McGuinness
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Chapters
1. Nina Shekhar - Part 1 (00:00:00)
2. Joining us for the first episode of our second season, we'd like to welcome Nina shaker, who we spoke to in December 2023. (00:00:35)
3. So, you're a flutist, a pianist, and a saxophonist, you earned dual degrees in music composition and chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, which is very impressive, by the way. And then you continued your education as a Master's student... (00:00:56)
4. Can you talk about your compositional process? How does your performance experience inform and affect your composing? Do you compose that the piano? Is one instrument higher in your thoughts? And you've already answered this a little bit, but obviously... (00:05:19)
5. So given that the flute is your primary instrument that sounds like you do not compose at the piano. (00:09:52)
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