Shows
Speaking of the ArtsImprov Elephants, Arsenic in the Elderberry Wine, and Making a Music Center Dream Come TrueOn this week's show, host Diana Moxon chats with three songwriting musicians - Audra Sergel, Phylshawn Johnson and Violet Vonder Haar, about making their dream of a mid-Missouri music center for children and adults come true; to theatre director, Ed Elsea, whose production of Joseph Kesselring's classic farce 'Arsenic and Old Lace' opens next week at Columbia Entertainment Company, about interjecting freshness into an 80-year old play; and The Stable Boys' Stacie Pottinger talks about diving into improv for the first time at the age of 47 and making the move from the rehearsal room back to the stage after 18 months...
2021-10-0858 min
The Singer's Barre by Audra SergelThe Basic BarreJoin musician and vocal coach Audra Sergel in a warmup series and podcast all about developing your healthiest singing habits and finding your voice, your way, in your time. This week, we have the kickoff episode of Season 2: all new Basic Barre for your daily enjoyment! www.thesingersbarre.com
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2021-09-2811 min
The Singer's Barre by Audra SergelThe Vowel Barre (S1EP7)Join vocal coach Audra Sergel in a series of warmups geared toward drawing your awareness to your vowels and resonating chambers
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2021-03-2412 min
Musicians DishE114: Dead White Men and Some Spirituals - Think Outside the BunAudra and Robin discuss a recent Rolling Stone article and how we can modernize our thought processes on music elitism, assessment, adjudication, and literature.
Comment, like, subscribe, and stay tuned after this week for season 2!
Julliard Must Modernize, or It Will Disappear (Rolling Stone)
Vision (2009 Film on Hildegard Von Bingen)
2021-03-151h 08The Singer's Barre by Audra SergelEmpathy is a Skill: Thoughts on Shame & SingersVocal coach and musician, Audra Sergel, talks through recent events and the shame culture that surrounds singers. Your thoughts are welcomed and encouraged at thesingersbarre@gmail.com
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2021-03-0416 minMusicians DishE113: Two More C Words - Cancel CultureAudra and Robin tear apart a touchy topic: cancel culture.
Stuff mentioned:
Victims of Comfort - Keb’ Mo’
Violet Vonder Haar - Privilege to Power
Dear Nice White People - Austin Channing Brown
2021-03-011h 02Musicians DishE112: crocheted in our own neurosesAudra & Robin discuss work-life balance at length, including how to complete stress and burnout cycles as freelance musicians.
February Favorites:
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Peterson
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski
2021-02-1548 minThe Singer's Barre by Audra SergelAudiation/Intonation Barre (S1E5)What is audiation? What is intonation? How do these two skills form a web of sweet love when they work together in your singing voice?
Vocal coach Audra Sergel takes you down a rabbit hole of practical tools, exercises, and chitty chat with this week's barre!
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2021-02-1217 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of Vaccines: Ragtag Cinema, Columbia Art League, Cabaret for a CauseTheatre, cabaret, cinema, art exhibits - they are all going on whether we are there in person or watching from afar. On this week's show host Diana Moxon chats Academy Awards and the world of Ragtag Cinema with its Co-Executive Director, Barbie Banks; explores local artists' interpretation of Dante's Divine Comedy with the Columbia Art League's Kelsey Hammond; and goes behind the scenes with Audra Sergel, Rochara Knight and Enola White to find out more about this weekend's Cabaret for a Cause: Lovers, Losers and Loners.
2021-02-0500 minMusicians DishE111: Directors poo, tooAudra and Robin cover inauguration music, arrangements vs. performances, and rehearsal dos and don'ts.
2021-02-0354 minThe Singer's Barre by Audra SergelThe Quickie Barre5 minutes. Get your sing on.
#moremusicmorelove
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2021-01-2505 minMusicians DishE110: Just call me presidentAudra and Robin weigh in on the state of the arts in the pandemic.
2021-01-1855 minThe Singer's Barre by Audra SergelThe Zen BarreThe Zen Barre is all about what you think it’s about: mindfulness, awareness, and the practice of tapping into all of that during your singing routine. We’re gonna work on breathing, on visualization through singing, and emotional, physical, and mental awareness while singing.
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2021-01-1417 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Hindsight is 2020 show with guest Monica Senecal PalmerIn a week when the world descended to a new level of crazy, actor and ardent arts supporter, Monica Senecal Palmer, joins host Diana Moxon for an hour of arts escapism to talk about some of her art journeys in 2020 and share thoughts on the state of the arts in general, plus there's music from two Columbia-based singer songwriters, Audra Sergel and Meredith Musgrove Shaw, and Diana tests Monica's knowledge of Shakespeare, Dumbledore and Yoda quotes, and gives her a Hindsight is 2020 quiz looking back over the past year of arts events in Columbia. Opening and closing musical credits thanks...
2021-01-0800 minMusicians DishE109: B NaturalAudra and Robin share their 2021 goals and latest binge-worthy media.
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2021-01-0448 minSpeaking of the ArtsThe Arts at Christmas with Audra Sergel, Joy Powell & Symonne SparksThis year so many artists, directors, and arts leaders have performed amazing feats to keep on delivering the arts to us, but what has kept those artists going? On this week's Speaking of the Arts, Diana Moxon, talks to three local performing artists about their year and where they found comfort: Singer songwriter Audra Sergel; theatre director Joy Powell; and soprano-alto-tenor multi-genre singer Symonne Sparks. Opening and closing music thanks to Yasmin Williams (www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com)
2020-12-2500 minMusicians DishE108: Jingle Berries - 2020 In ReviewAudra and Robin hash out ways they have and haven't survived 2020.
2020-12-211h 09Musicians DishE107: the C word - Content.Audra and Robin go over holiday songs in the public domain, then take a stab at healthcare, musicals of the week, and the C word: Content.
Christmas songs in the public domain provided via The Crafty Musician: www.thecraftymusician.com.
2020-12-141h 05Musicians DishE106: Musical Lab Rats is What We Are.Audra and Robin do an election check-in, a deep-dive into performance anxiety, and give a little thanks. Pfft pfft.
2020-11-301h 01Musicians DishE105: We Want to Kiss ItAudra and Robin dish their top five songs/albums/artists that made them want to be musicians, plus a little bit of Tom Lehrer and some synchronicity.
Listen to a playlist of songs mentioned in today's discussion on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6f8eBiiOids0bLf1kcuGQ9?si=cEfUy4mUQMuwIhW1p7Nqvw
or Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/musicians-dish-songs-of-inspiration-s01e05/pl.u-GgA5zR5tKAEo9
2020-11-161h 00The Singer's Barre by Audra SergelThe High Voice Barre (S1E2)Join vocal coach and musician Audra Sergel in exploring your high voice this week with our warmups!
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2020-11-1314 minThe Singer's Barre by Audra SergelThe Daily Barre (S1E1)Sing through a full Daily Barre with vocal coach Audra Sergel, as a part of her warmup series "The Singers Barre"
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2020-11-0213 minThe Singer's Barre by Audra SergelSinger's Barre IntroIt's our first episode, singing friends! Learn about the Barre, what it is, how it was born, and how it can work for you!
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2020-10-2211 min2020-10-1957 minMusicians DishE103: Don't Stop Believing in PaymentAudra and Robin discuss the some of their longest turnaround times between gigs and payment, and delve into their latest reads, practices, listens, and eats.
2020-10-0523 minMusicians DishE102: How Are You Going to Numb Today?Audra and Robin do a Covid check-in, cover Adele and Josh Groban, and discuss musical gigs they have done for $100 or less.
2020-09-2146 min
Speaking of the ArtsThe Arts in the time of Masks, creating sanctuaryKeeping people safe and staying in business is almost impossible right now if your operation relies on an audience. When is the right time to re-open? This week host Diana Moxon chats with the head of the Missouri Arts Council, Michael Donovan about its new Missouri Art Safe program designed to help venues prepare for re-opening. Plus singer songwriter Audra Sergel talks about her new EP, 'Sanctuary' and about life as a live musical performer when the live component has gone away. You can find out more about Audra's music at http://audrasergel.com/index.html and about the Missouri...
2020-09-1100 minMusicians DishE101: I Wanna Rub That Butter On My BodyAudra and Robin discuss how we're doing in the pandemic, epic gig stories, and some memorable studio personalities.
2020-09-0738 minSpeaking of the ArtsMay 22, 2020 -The Arts in the Time of SequestrationThis week as we tour the Columbia arts scene Diana drops into Skylark bookshop to talk food porn aka cookbooks with Alex George, chats with singer songwriter Audra Sergel about 'Sing!' -a cabaret night to benefit Talking Horse Productions, finds out more about the 19th female composer Clara Schumann from the Missouri Symphony Orchestra's Monica Palmer, discusses Oscars postponement and a new film about Swedish abstract artist Hilma af Klint with Ragtag's Barbie Banks, before finally calling in to Talking Horse theatre to play the New Choice! improv game with Adam Brietzke and Kathleen Johnson. And, amazingly, it all...
2020-05-2258 minSpeaking of the ArtsDecember 20/27, 2019: 2019 Arts ReviewWith another fabulous year of the arts coming to a close, Diana Moxon sits down with some of the non-profit arts directors who made 2019 such a stellar year: Director and Co-owner of the Roots n Blues festival, Tracy Lane; Executive Director of the Columbia Art League, Kelsey Hammond; Director of the Unbound Book Festival and Owner of Skylark Bookshop, Alex George; Ragtag Cinema Director, Barbie Banks; and Missouri Symphony Orchestra Development Director and actor/director/improvista, Monica Palmer. Plus there's the new single from Audra Sergel, 'This Life', and a composition by Viet Cuong from the 2018 Mizzou International Composers Festival...
2019-12-2758 minSpeaking of the ArtsNovember 29, 2019 - Sager Braudis Gallery (repeat); Cabaret for a CauseIn the First Act of this week's show, Diana Moxon chats to gallery curator and director, Hannah Reeves, about the upcoming Masters Exhibit at the Sager Braudis Gallery and the difficulty of gaining respect as a female abstract expressionist painter in the New York avant garde art scene in the 1940's and 50's. And in Act Two, Columbia songbirds Audra Sergel, Rochara Knight and Meredith Musgrove Shaw drop by to talk about the upcoming Cabaret for a Cause evening on December 9th, and sing a couple of numbers from the show.
2019-11-2958 min