))
FRESH SOUNDS / OPEN EARS is a podcast series hosted by composer Alex Eddington: casual interviews with today's sound makers working in Canada. This season we are focusing on composers whose practice includes writing for/with young and amateur musicians. Presented by the Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects (ACNMP)
…
continue reading
Episode 6 (May 19, 2021): This is Part 2 of a two-part episode. In the latter part of our conversation, Juliet Palmer and I zeroed in on a specific recent project with Toronto's highly collaborative Element Choir, their leader Christine Duncan, and Continuum Contemporary Music. We also discuss Urbanvessel (Juliet is the founder and Artistic Directo…
…
continue reading
Episode 5 (May 5, 2021): This is Part 1 of a two-part episode. Today, Juliet Palmer and I talk about her most collaborative composition projects with community arts organizations, children's choirs, youth orchestras, high school students and professional musicians alike. Many names are dropped in this episode! (see below for links). Somehow we got …
…
continue reading
Episode 4 (April 17, 2021): Daniel Gardner and I talk about percussion, punk music, serialism, live electronics promoting accessibility, a public sound sculpture in London Ontario, turtle-like creative habits, and Universal Design, among other things... Fresh Sounds / Open Ears is an interview podcast about composition and music education, hosted b…
…
continue reading
Episode 3 (April 2, 2021): Katerina Gimon and I talk about composing collaboratively with choirs, aleatoric notation, the kind of music that 5-year-olds write, how myths and archetypes can be an entry point for creating with students, the musicality of cats, and Regina Spektor, among other things... **Note! You will hear me speculate that Katerina …
…
continue reading
Episode 2 (March 19, 2021): Dean Burry and I talk about writing opera for kids (and with kids), composers as storytellers, program music, R. Murray Schafer, John Cage, Spider-Man comics and the puppet plays Dean performed as a child, among other things... Fresh Sounds / Open Ears is an interview podcast about composition and music education, hosted…
…
continue reading
Episode 1 (March 5, 2021): Laura Hawley and I talk about collaboration with choirs, music-making in a time of COVID, the value(s) of music education, deep listening, how to survive Edmonton winters, and much more... Fresh Sounds / Open Ears is an interview podcast about composition and music education, hosted by composer Alex Eddington. Every episo…
…
continue reading
