Shows
Mario DumontÉp. 03/11 | Un gros coup pour Sam Hamad…Soraya Martinez-Ferrada l’emporte: Montréal a une nouvelle mairesse | Luc Rabouin quitte la tête de Projet Montréal | Une défaite qui fait mal pour Andrée Laforest à Saguenay | Pas de transport en commun à Montréal | Les médecins sont-ils trop bien payés? | Le gouvernement de Mark Carney s’apprête à déposer son budget | Dans l’univers de Colette Provencher Dans cet épisode intégral du 3 novembre, en entrevue : Geneviève Guilbault, ministre des Affaires municipales et députée de Louis-Hébert. Robert Asselin, économiste et spécialiste en finances publiques. Valérie Fortin, journaliste à...
2025-11-032h 45
Colette's Music Hour"Film Composing on the West Coast" with Barry NeelyBarry Neely, a film composer from Boston, currently lives in Los Angeles. His decades of composition experience, along with an extensive and diverse performance background, drives his passion for creating music. His often complex, odd-time rhythms combined with smooth, overlaying melodies offer a slight twist on conventional compositions. Barry has scored a wide range of projects from the haunting, award-winning score for the feature film "Slapface" (Shudder) to the delicate piano melodies in the feature drama “Somewhere Slow,” to countless comedy series like Comedy Central’s “Nothing To Report” starring Chris Jericho.
2022-11-091h 19
Colette's Music Hour"Contemporary Piano and Playing with Robots!" with Kathleen SupoveKathleen Supové, a Pianist and Composer, received the John Cage Award from ASCAP for “the artistry and passion with which she performs, commissions, records, and champions the music of our time.” Ms. Supové annually presents a series of solo concerts entitled THE EXPLODING PIANO. She has performed with laptop orchestras and robots. Her upcoming projects include a collection of works based on Migration, a piano-electronic duo, an opera, a song collection, and compositions based on paintings of Kostabi. As a composer, Ms. Supové has been commissioned by Bargemusic, Ladies First, Composers’ Concordance, and "The Illustrated Pianist" project. She received a grant fro...
2022-11-0554 min
Colette's Music Hour"Educator, Composer, Teacher of the Year!" with Obie LeffObie Leff has been a music educator for over 25 years. He directs the music program at Twin Rivers Charter School in Yuba City, California. This includes elementary classroom music, band, choir, and musical theatre. In addition, Obie serves the school in an administrative capacity as well, overseeing standards-based learning and assessment programs.
He has published 12 original albums of songs connecting music to the school curriculum. Many of Obie's songs are available on his site, singtolearn.com and on YouTube. Obie's most popular song, "ABC You Later," has more than 2 million views on YouTube and is performed at kindergarten graduation ceremonies a...
2022-11-0547 min
Colette's Music Hour"When Broadway Closes You Continue to Play! " with Jennifer WhartonJennifer Wharton is a low brass specialist based in New York City. Though getting her start classically, Jen has deep roots in jazz, commercial, chamber and Broadway music. Jennifer can be found leading her trombone-forward ensemble, Bonegasm, and performing in West Side Story when Broadway reopens. She has also held positions at King Kong, Beautiful, The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Jekyll and Hyde, Scandalous, Wonderland, 9 to 5 and Curtains, and has performed as a substitute in over a dozen other Broadway productions. Jen is a member of two multiple Grammy-nominated ensembles. She has also performed on the Grammy-nominated cast alb...
2020-09-281h 05
Friends and Music with Brian DohertyColette Hebert - Music Educator/Arts AdvocateMy guest today is Colette Hebert. Colette is a Music Educator, Music Director, Arts Advocate and Grant Writer. She has served as a choir director, band director, vocal and piano instructor and drum circle facilitator. She has also presented in front of Senate members on “Why Music? Why We Need Music Education in Our Schools.” She is a featured journalist and contributes to a number of publications including USA Today. Colette hosts a podcast called, “Colette’s Music Hour,” where she interviews musicians, music educators and teachers and arts advocates. You can listen to her podcast on your favorite platform. Let’s welc
2020-09-011h 13
Colette's Music Hour"From the Colombia to NYC" with Sara SilvaSara Silva was born in Bogota, Colombia, where she studied violin at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She later continued her studies at the Frederic Chopin Conservatory in Paris, France where she earned her Bachelor's Degree. In France, she took part at “Les Arcs'' Music Festival as a member of the International Orchestra of UNESCO in Paris. After her graduation from the conservatory, she returned to Bogota and became a member of The National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia with which she worked for 6 years. In 2003, she came to the USA and earned her Master's Degree in Violin Performance from Sy...
2020-08-311h 12
Colette's Music Hour"The Floridian Music World" with Margaret FloodProfessor Margaret Flood is the Coordinator of Music Education at Florida Southern College. She a doctoral candidate in music education at The Frost School of Music—University of Miami. Previously, she served as a teaching assistant and guest lecturer on women in music for the musicology department. As a clarinetist, she was an active performer with the Frost Wind Ensemble as well as other Florida ensembles.
Margaret has twelve years’ experience teaching music in New York and Florida, predominantly as a secondary band director. She is founder of Sinfonia Nobilis honor band for private school students in Sout...
2020-08-071h 25
Colette's Music Hour"Music in New Jersey" with Emma LiuAn award-winning and versatile Pianist and Music Educator, Emma Liu has performed and taught throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. She is experienced in teaching private lessons as well as classroom music. Her pedagogy is influenced by the methodologies of Orff and Kodaly as well as the theories of John Dewey and Maxine Greene. Highlights of her classroom teaching experience include implementing musical activities for the Very Young People’s concert of the New York Philharmonic and developing curriculum for K-5 Elementary General Music, Chorus, and Concert Band. A native of Taiwan, Emma holds degrees from Columbia University, Eastman Sch...
2020-08-0641 min
Colette's Music Hour"An Opera Singer in Vegas" with Robert WestRobert West started his musical career as a chorus member with The San Francisco Boys Chorus at the age of nine. Despite being the country’s only boy’s opera repertory chorus at the time, the productions were a huge success. Rob not only had the chance to perform with the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and the San Francisco Ballet Company numerous times. Rob attended the University of the Pacific where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. Rob also studied at the Boston Conservatory and he received a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performanc...
2020-07-2759 min
Colette's Music Hour"A Musical Journey from New Orleans to NYC" with Kevin BlancqOn today’s show, I will be speaking with Kevin Blancq, a NYC music teacher, whose original roots are from New Orleans. Kevin began his musical life listening to his parents, both teachers and performers, Betty, a pianist, and Charlie, a percussionist. At the age of 10, Kevin started trumpet lessons with George Jansen, the man who would change his life. With instruction from a very passionate and dedicated educator, Kevin flourished under Jansen’s tutelage and was accepted to attend the prestigious New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, where he received classical and jazz training from Ellis Marsalis and Bert Br...
2020-07-241h 07
Colette's Music Hour“University Teaching and Virtual Reality” with Dr. Ulf OesterleOn today’s podcast, I will be speaking to Dr. Ulf Oesterle. Ulf teaches classes focused on music business, media industry and emerging technology for Syracuse University as a faculty member within The Bandier Program of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He completed his doctorate from SU in 2007 before joining the faculty ranks where he became the Music and Entertainment Industries Department Chair for four years, was the Interim Director for The Bandier Program and Interim Director for the Audio Arts Masters program. Ulf is an educator and practitioner, spending time operating a small record label and...
2020-07-211h 28
Colette's Music Hour"From Broadway to the Classroom" with Dr. Brian DohertyBrian Doherty is an American drummer, singer-songwriter, composer, music producer, and educator based in New York City. After starting his career as a member of the rock bands The Silos and They Might Be Giants, he has also worked with artists such as XTC, Freedy Johnston, and Ben Folds and contributed to movie soundtracks. As of 2014 he has released three albums of royalty-free drum tracks for songwriters, and in 2012 released his debut solo project, Treat + Release.
2020-07-141h 14
Colette's Music Hour“NYC Music and Digital Theater” with Garrett HeaterFor our first podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking to Garrett Heater. Garrett Heater has been a music educator for 13 years, currently teaching in NYC while pursuing a Theatre MA from CUNY Hunter College. As artistic director of Syracuse Summer Theatre at The Oncenter, he has directed Damn Yankees, Pippin, Spring Awakening, and Cabaret. Also a playwright, three of his original productions have been produced at the International New York Fringe Festival - FringeNYC, including Playing God, Lizzie Borden Took an Axe, and Lincoln's Blood. His short plays The Drop and Beige is the New Plum Crazy have...
2020-07-141h 01