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Composer Chats2.11 -Jessica RudmanJessica Rudman’s music inspires empathy for social issues through stories of myth, magic, and the modern world. Described as a “new music ninja” by the Hartford Advocate, she blends lyrical melodies and dramatic narrative structures with sensual harmony and vibrant color to draw the audience into the world she has created. Her works for the concert hall, dance, and opera often differ in musical language and approach, with the common thread always being expressivity. She believes that the ability to reach one’s audience is of extreme importance in our current social, economic, and political environment. Jessica’s w...2025-04-0154 min
Balance of PowerHurricane Milton Set For LandfallWatch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey speak with: Bloomberg's David Baker as Hurricane Milton approaches Western Florida. Meteorologist and Journalist with Yale Climate Connections Bob Henson about the path of Milton and the possible damage the storm may cause. Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall about the emergency preparations underway from...2024-10-0956 min
Music Crush with FNMCInterview: Jessica RudmanJESSICA RUDMAN is a collaboration queen! Elizabeth and Nicole met her back in March 2023 at the Music By Women Festival in Mississippi, where she had multiple pieces performed, and just had to know more. Besides claiming a heap of composition awards and residencies, Jessica teaches at University of Utah. Today, she talks to us about writing meaningful music for these meaningful times, remaining flexible in her creative vision, and fills us in on some exciting upcoming projects!
https://www.jessicarudman.com/
Elizabeth Hamilton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hamilton_(writer)
American Academy...2023-09-2035 min
Cabot Coverage: A Murder, She Wrote Podcast121. Murder by Twos (Season 11, Episode 9) (First Aired on November 27, 1994)Jessica searches for a link between the town bully's death and the death of the woman he was having an affair with. Sheriff Mort Metzger (Ron Masak), Dr. Seth Hazlitt (William Windom) and Deputy Andy Brook (Louis Herthum) are also in this episode.This episode can be streamed on Peacock.Guest Stars include:1. Thomas Callaway (Young Guns) as Sam Bryce2. Claire Malis (One Life to Live) as Emily Bryce3. Vinessa Shaw () as Gloria Bryce4. Ben Browder (Station 19) as Ollie Rudman5. Chris Mulkey (Friday Night Lights) as Al Wallace6. Bibi B...2023-05-0752 min
Retro Movie RoundtableThe Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)RMR 0139: Join your hosts Chad Robinson, Dustin Melbardis, and Russell Guest for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit The Muppet Christmas (1992) [G]
Genre: Christmas, Musical, Drama, Comedy, Family, Holiday, Fantasy
Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, David Rudman, Don Austen, Robert Tygner, Karen Prell, William Todd, Jessica Fox, Steven Mackintosh, Meredith Braun, Robin Weaver, Raymond Coulthard, Russell Martin, Theo Sanders, Kristopher Milnes, Edward Sanders
Director: Brian Henson
Recoded on 2021-12-18
2023-02-201h 34
Opera UprisingCommunity and Opera with Megan IhnenMegan Ihnen is a “new music force of nature.” The act of live performance is integral to Megan’s work and her performances thrive on elaborate sound worlds and fully-developed dramatic interpretations. Through narrative and non-narrative musical storytelling, she explores the subjects of memory, nostalgia, the perception of time, and relationships. Whether through chamber music, staged recitals, opera, or large ensemble soloist work, she emphasizes the full range of vocal sounds, timbres, colors, and uses that characterize the 21st century voice. Megan is a prolific new music vocalist who has appeared with the International Contemporary Ensemble, Fifth House...2022-06-231h 03
Organized Chaos PodcastEpisode 27: The Battle of the Christmas Carols!Send us a textBob and Bobby are joined by George for this episode to answer the ultimate question of the universe, what is the best version of A Christmas Carol! We compare A Christmas Carol (1984), Scrooged, The Muppet Christmas Carol, & A Christmas Carol (1999). Starring George C Scott, Bill Murray, Michael Caine, and Patrick Stewart respectively.Recorded December 13, 2021.Bobby Quarters:https://www.facebook.com/BobbyQuartersmediahttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkz8zBMjwH9WfI7Ghd4iVIQJEMS Art Studio:https://www.etsy.com/shop/JEMSArtStudioAll third-party...2021-12-201h 15
The Process: a podcast about creativity and experimental music.Jessica Rudman - New Music NinjaThis episode on "The Process" I talk with “new music ninja” Jessica Rudman. We listen to her work "A Forest that is a Desert III" performed at the Choral Arts Initiative with text by Kendra Preston Leonard. Jessica and I discuss text setting, choral writing, and the importance of voice and perspective for aspiring creatives.
2020-10-2325 min
Lexical Tones104 - Live From SCI National 2019During March 25–31, 2019 the University of New Mexico Department of Music and the UNM Robb Musical Trust presented the 48th Annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium. As part of this festival of new music, UNM hosted the 2019 Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference. ADJ•ective New Music's Andrew Martin Smith was on campus to experience the festival first-hand...as a new music groupie!
This episode features interviews with composers Anne Neikirk (https://annieneikirk.com/), Jessica Rudman (https://www.jessicarudman.com/), and Jamie Leigh Sampson (http://jamieleighsampson.weebly.com/), as they discuss works performed by Krystal Grant, The Arditti Quartet, and Third Inve...2019-05-1352 min
Jessica RudmanTeasdale Songbook, I. EnoughTeasdale Songbook is based on poems by Sara Teasdale, an early twentieth century American writer who lived a dramatic life: she was connected romantically to poet Vachel Lindsay as a young woman, but eventually chose to marry another man. That marriage failed, and though she and Lindsay remained close, both poets eventually committed suicide.
The texts used in Teasdale Songbook were carefully chosen from the writer’s many works relating to that situation and create a disjointed story of a woman faced with the temptation to commit adultery. Most concretely, Teasdale’s “Guenevere” explores the emotions of the King Arthur’s legendar...2018-11-1401 min
Jessica RudmanTeasdale Songbook, II. Guevenevere (Excerpt III)Teasdale Songbook is based on poems by Sara Teasdale, an early twentieth century American writer who lived a dramatic life: she was connected romantically to poet Vachel Lindsay as a young woman, but eventually chose to marry another man. That marriage failed, and though she and Lindsay remained close, both poets eventually committed suicide.
The texts used in Teasdale Songbook were carefully chosen from the writer’s many works relating to that situation and create a disjointed story of a woman faced with the temptation to commit adultery. Most concretely, Teasdale’s “Guenevere” explores the emotions of the King Arthur’s legendar...2018-11-1401 min
Jessica RudmanTeasdale Songbook, III. It is not a wordTeasdale Songbook is based on poems by Sara Teasdale, an early twentieth century American writer who lived a dramatic life: she was connected romantically to poet Vachel Lindsay as a young woman, but eventually chose to marry another man. That marriage failed, and though she and Lindsay remained close, both poets eventually committed suicide.
The texts used in Teasdale Songbook were carefully chosen from the writer’s many works relating to that situation and create a disjointed story of a woman faced with the temptation to commit adultery. Most concretely, Teasdale’s “Guenevere” explores the emotions of the King Arthur’s legendar...2018-11-1400 min
Jessica RudmanTeasdale Songbook, IV. from "The Ghost"Teasdale Songbook is based on poems by Sara Teasdale, an early twentieth century American writer who lived a dramatic life: she was connected romantically to poet Vachel Lindsay as a young woman, but eventually chose to marry another man. That marriage failed, and though she and Lindsay remained close, both poets eventually committed suicide.
The texts used in Teasdale Songbook were carefully chosen from the writer’s many works relating to that situation and create a disjointed story of a woman faced with the temptation to commit adultery. Most concretely, Teasdale’s “Guenevere” explores the emotions of the King Arthur’s legendar...2018-11-1401 min
Jessica RudmanTeasdale Songbook, V. Gueverere (Excerpt II) and VI. from "Did You Never Know?"Teasdale Songbook is based on poems by Sara Teasdale, an early twentieth century American writer who lived a dramatic life: she was connected romantically to poet Vachel Lindsay as a young woman, but eventually chose to marry another man. That marriage failed, and though she and Lindsay remained close, both poets eventually committed suicide.
The texts used in Teasdale Songbook were carefully chosen from the writer’s many works relating to that situation and create a disjointed story of a woman faced with the temptation to commit adultery. Most concretely, Teasdale’s “Guenevere” explores the emotions of the King Arthur’s legendar...2018-11-1402 min
Jessica RudmanTeasdale Songbook, VII. Night Song at Amalfi/My Heart is HeavyTeasdale Songbook is based on poems by Sara Teasdale, an early twentieth century American writer who lived a dramatic life: she was connected romantically to poet Vachel Lindsay as a young woman, but eventually chose to marry another man. That marriage failed, and though she and Lindsay remained close, both poets eventually committed suicide.
The texts used in Teasdale Songbook were carefully chosen from the writer’s many works relating to that situation and create a disjointed story of a woman faced with the temptation to commit adultery. Most concretely, Teasdale’s “Guenevere” explores the emotions of the King Arthur’s legendar...2018-11-1402 min
Jessica RudmanTeasdale Songbook, VIII. Guenevere (Except I)Teasdale Songbook is based on poems by Sara Teasdale, an early twentieth century American writer who lived a dramatic life: she was connected romantically to poet Vachel Lindsay as a young woman, but eventually chose to marry another man. That marriage failed, and though she and Lindsay remained close, both poets eventually committed suicide.
The texts used in Teasdale Songbook were carefully chosen from the writer’s many works relating to that situation and create a disjointed story of a woman faced with the temptation to commit adultery. Most concretely, Teasdale’s “Guenevere” explores the emotions of the King Arthur’s legendar...2018-11-1401 min
Luigi De Venere
1. Astral Engineering - Seashore Dub2. Sly & Robbie - French Woman3. Michal Turtle - Dub This Heavy4. Girl - Haners edit5. Nonobstant - Jessica6. Ezy & Isaac - Let Your Body Move (Oba Balu Balu)7. Andy Compton & Shamrock - Everything is Gravy (feat Asli)8. Charles Bradley - Dusty Blue 9. Eleventeen Eston - Thread & Truth10.Arp - Nzuku11. ilija Rudman - Deep Sensation12. Gallo - Orange Stripe13. Hardway Bros - Afro Sirene2018-07-241h 14
Jessica RudmanSoliloquy"Soliloquy" for trombone and piano captures an inner dialogue moving through a series of different moods and emotions. The work is a set of variations on a theme stated immediately by the trombone, with some tangents along the way. The piece was written for the 2017 International Trombone Festival Composers' Workshop.
This recording features William Lang and Anne Rainwater premiering the work at Arete Gallery in Brooklyn, NY in April 2018.2018-05-0408 min
KPFA - Making ContactDaze of JusticeDaze of Justice is the intimate story of trailblazing Cambodian-American women who break decades of silence, abandoning the security of their American homes on a journey back into Cambodia’s killing fields, only this time not as victims but as witnesses determined to resurrect the memory of their loved ones before the UN Special Tribunal prosecuting the Khmer Rouge. Only Daze of Justice takes us beyond the Killing Fields. The women must not only find the courage to remember their past, they also face an unexpected and agonizing predicament when they come face to face with Phang, the son of...2018-04-2008 min
Lexical Tones64 - Megan IhnenEpisode 64 of ADJ•ective New Music's podcast, Lexical Tones. Robert McClure interviews mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen. http://meganihnen.com/
Featuring works by Christian Carey, Tony Manfredonia, Jessica Rudman, John Cage, Franz Schubert, and performances by Alan Theisen.
Visit www.adjectivenewmusic.com for more information about ADJ•ective New Music, the ADJ•ective Composers' Collective, and Lexical Tones.2018-02-121h 18
KPFA - Making ContactFallen Heroes of 2017Thousands of local social justice organizers, activists and other leaders passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn’t make the headlines. On this edition of Making Contact, as we do every December, we’ll hear about some of the fallen heroes of 2017.
Featuring:
Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist
Sumiteru Taniguchi, chairman of the Nagasaki Council of A-Bomb Sufferers
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation executive director
Prudence Nobantu Mabele, Pres...2017-12-2908 min
Lexical Tones59 - Jessica RudmanEpisode 59 of ADJ•ective New Music's podcast, Lexical Tones. Robert McClure interviews Connecticut-based composer, theorist, and teacher Jessica Rudman.
http://www.jessicarudman.com/
Visit www.adjectivenewmusic.com for more information about ADJ•ective New Music, the ADJ•ective Composers' Collective, and Lexical Tones.2017-12-131h 16
Original Gravity PodcastEpisode 13: Jessica RudmanThe Original Gravity Podcast explores modern music, modern beer, and the people behind these arts. In this episode, the pod goes on the road to Kansas City for Electronic Music Midwest. There, co-hosts Keith Kirchoff and Eric Honour sit down with composer Jessica Rudman and chat about the challenges of stage fright, how a composer's relationship to their music evolves over time, 90's pop music, and Jessica's work for saxophone and electronics, Concertina 1: Cathedrals. Eric also decides which beer would pair perfectly with Jessica's work.2017-10-1600 min
1 Track Podcast1 Track #24 (S2E11) - Jessica RudmanThis week - COMPOSER Jessica Rudman talks about her piece TRIGGER.2017-07-0236 minKPFA - Making ContactCaring Relationships: Negotiating Meaning and Maintaining Dignity ENCOREThe vast majority of care recipients are exclusively receiving unpaid care from a family member, friend, or neighbor. The rest receive a combination of family care and paid assistance, or exclusively paid formal care.
Whether you’re a paid home care provider, or rely on personal assistance to meet your daily needs, or a family member caring for a loved one, the nature of the working relationship depends on mutual respect and dignity. On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll explore the dynamic and complex relationship of care receiving and giving.
Featuring:
Camille Chri...2017-02-0304 min
Jessica RudmanOf Equality (Children's Choir Version)"Of Equality" was commissioned by the Connecticut Children’s Choir of The Hartt School Community Division (Noah Glynn, Director). I originally came across the main text for the work—a brief fragment by Walt Whitman—in the summer of 2015 when I was looking for poetry to set in a different composition. I originally thought I might include that short poem in a set of songs about social issues, but Whitman’s words captivated me so much that I ended up using only that one, short text for the entire piece, which is about thirteen minutes long. That wasn’t enough, though! I...2016-11-1103 min