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Beyond TravestiKinda just [Queer] at Church All the Time, with Heather JonesIn this episode, Bryce speaks with mezzo-soprano and performance artist Heather Jones (they/them). The two discuss how Heather has embraced theater-making as a way to explore and deepen their identity, Heather’s recent experiences playing a transgender character in opera for the first time in Laura Kaminsky’s As One (Kentucky Opera, Holy City Lyric Opera, Opera Maine), and their work exploring notions of bodily autonomy and growing up queer and trans in the church. To learn more about Heather, visit their website: heatherjonesmezzo.com.Release Date: July 24, 2024Recording Date: June 17, 2024Name of P...
2024-07-2534 min
Beyond TravestiThe Need to Honor All of Yourself, with Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野In this episode, Bryce speaks with opera singer and interdisciplinary theater creator, Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 (they/them). The two discuss Teiya’s work as an interdisciplinary theater creator, in particular their projects The Queen in Me and The Butterfly Project which transform and reframe two iconic characters from opera (The Queen of the Night from The Magic Flute by Mozart and Cio Cio San from Madama Butterfly by Puccini, respectively) through a personal lens. Teiya also speaks about their queer, trans reframing of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and their upcoming personal documentary project, Project T. Learn more about Teiya’s work at their websi...
2024-05-1131 min
Beyond TravestiQueering the Baroque, with Elijah McCormackIn this episode, Bryce speaks with male soprano, Elijah McCormack. They discuss his experience as a transgender singer working in oratorio and concert spaces, Eli’s 2023 performance and tour with ChamberQueer, and his interest in the repertoire and legacy of the castrati.Release Date: January 1, 2024Recording Date: December 19, 2023Name of Podcast: Beyond TravestiEpisode Title & Number: Elijah McCormack, Season 1, Episode 5Topic #1: Elijah’s introduction to classical singing [4:30]Topic #2: Singing concert & oratorio while trans [7:30]Topic #3: ChamberQueer’s 2023 Tour & Workshop at Early Music America [14:30]Topic #4: The le...
2024-01-0130 min
Beyond TravestiMaking Room for Magic, with Jay St. FlonoIn this episode, Bryce speaks with multi-disciplinary performing artist and writer, Jay St. Flono. They discuss Jay’s experience of growing up and into their gifts in many different creative arts, Jay’s transition from tenor to soprano, and Jay’s upcoming performance of their solo vocal cantata, Praise Song for the Flying Africans, with Sugar Hill Salon in Harlem.Release Date: December 4, 2023Recording Date: November 18, 2023Name of Podcast: Beyond TravestiEpisode Title & Number: Jay St. Flono, Season 1, Episode 4Topic #1: Jay’s intro to classical singing and identity...
2023-12-0435 min
Beyond TravestiTrans Leadership in the Arts, with Dorian BlockIn this episode, Bryce speaks with Creative Arts Leader and Strategic Marketer, Dorian Block. They discuss Dorian’s experience as a young opera lover at the Santa Fe Opera, traveling on the job as a transgender person, and their investment in Equity, Inclusion, Diversity, Access, and Belonging work.Release Date: November 1, 2023Recording Date: October 6, 2023Name of Podcast: Beyond TravestiEpisode Title & Number: Dorian Block, Season 1, Episode 3Updates: [2:25]Topic #1: Dorian’s Intro to Opera [6:25]Topic #2: Traveling for work as a transgender person [13:10]Topic #3: Equity, Dive...
2023-11-0133 min
Beyond TravestiCommunity Theater Martyrdom, with Jude O'DellIn this episode, Bryce speaks with librettist, dramaturg, tenor, and Jupiter Opera Development Foundation General Director, Jude O’Dell (he/they). They discuss Jude’s investment in community theater, the pre-season and future plans of JODF, and Jude’s extensive industry experience working in wardrobe, hair, and makeup. Also in this episode, you’ll hear an excerpt from Dream Home, an original strophic aria produced by JDOF with text by Mirror Schwartz-Meadows and music by Elle Meerovich, performed by Jude himself.Release Date: October 1, 2023Recording Date: September 3, 2023Name of Podcast: Beyond Travesti...
2023-10-0128 min
Beyond TravestiThe Revolution We Need, with Katherine GoforthIn this episode, Bryce speaks with classical singer and performing / creative artist, Katherine Goforth (she/her). They discuss the opera industry landscape for transfeminine singers whose voices have changed, decentering practices of domination in the rehearsal room and the voice studio, and the Barbie movie which Katherine finds "excruciating." Release Date: September 1, 2023Recording Date: August 14, 2023Name of Podcast: Beyond TravestiEpisode Title & Number: Katherine Goforth: Season 1, Episode 1Talking PointsTopic #1: Katherine's intro to opera [6:25]Topic #2: True Voice Award and wanting to...
2023-09-0130 min
Beyond TravestiBeyond Travesti: Season One TrailerRead the full episode transcript here. Get full access to The Bryce is Wrong at brycemcclendon.substack.com/subscribe
2023-07-3102 min
Thrilled to AnnounceFlexible identities, ‘bad’ reviews, and behind the scenes at a Plopera™️We giggle at the bad reviews we’ve gotten over the years and read some of the haunting reviews you all sent us on insta. Then we start to flesh out a theory about fluctuating and flexible identity, both in rehearsal and in life. It’s so deliciously easy to form our self-understanding around a stiff and rigid self-concept… what changes when we soften our idea of ourselves?
THEN, in a new segment called TTA Hits the Streets, We TRAVEL to a real LIVE rehearsal of ‘the smallest sound in the smallest space’, a piece by Bryce McClendon...
2023-03-031h 28