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The Vermont Conversation with David GoodmanFlutist Karen Kevra on a quarter-century of making world-class music in VermontKaren Kevra was passionate about playing the flute as a child. But in college, she became disillusioned and walked away from classical music. Her long and winding journey brought her back to music, and in the process, transformed the music scene in Vermont.Karen Kevra is founder and artistic director of Capital City Concerts (CCC), which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It has become one of Vermont’s premier and most beloved chamber music series, holding concerts in Montpelier and Burlington. Kevra is a Grammy-nominated flutist who performs at each of the CCC concerts. She has sh...2025-05-2138 min
Vermont ViewpointHour 2: Bob Ney, Seven Days, Capital City ConcertsKevin Ellis is joined first by National News Correspondent Bob Ney. Then, Seven Days reporter Anne Wallace Allen tells us about her recent story:Barre Voters Will Choose Between Thom Lauzon and Samn Stockwell for Mayor And then, Karen Kevra, founder of Capital City Concerts, joins the show to tell us about their May 18th show "Far-flung French".2024-05-1043 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Friedrich Kuhlau's Arietta and Variations on a Theme of MozartFredrich Kuhlau (1786–1832) was a Danish composer of the late Classical and early Romantic periods who wrote prodigiously for the flute. The final movement of his Fantasie for Solo Flute in D major, "Arietta and Variations" is charming, virtuosic, and fun! The aria "Bati, Bati" from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is the theme. The operatic spirit shines in this 4 minute long gem.Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra, flute Georg Friedrich Händel, Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni "The Harmonious Blacksmith" performed by Murray Perahia, piano Franz Sc...2024-02-2810 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Katherine Hoover's WINTER SPIRITSComposer Katherine Hoover's Winter Spirits is a musical tribute to the American Desert Southwest. This 5 minute piece was inspired by Marie Buchfink's artwork picturing a cross-legged native American flute player: A colorful cloud of tiny beneficent spirits rises from the flute into a cloud. Elements of dance, chant, and drumming combine to create a mystical, magical soundscape. Katherine Hoover, KokopeliKatherine Hoover, Winter Spiritsperformed by Karen Kevra, fluteSupport the show2024-01-1511 min
Muse MentorsTony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A SongIn this encore episode from Christmas eve 2020, we celebrate the life and legacy of Tony Barrand who died on January 29, 2022. Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, or make them sparkle depending on the point he is tryi...2023-12-211h 11
Muse MentorsPianist Jeffrey ChappellPianist Jeffrey Chappell reflects on his life and his formative mentorships first with pianist Jane Allen, and later with the legendary Leon Fleisher. In this encore episode, Jeffrey reveals his early childhood genesis story with the piano; his studies at the Curtis Institute and Peabody Conservatory, and path that led him to an astounding last minute substitution for Claudio Arrau with the Baltimore Symphony. He addresses overcoming challenges and adversity and speaks about his lifelong meditation practice and his book Answers from Silence. Support the show2023-08-3136 minVermont ViewpointHour 2: Ben & Jerry’s, Capital City ConcertsBen & Jerry’s flavor guru Peter Lind joins Kevin in-studio to talk about the NY Times selection of their vanilla as the best vanilla in the world. Then, founder and artistic director of Capital City Concerts Karen Kevra joins the show to talk about their flood relief concert being held September 8th. 2023-08-3054 min
Muse MentorsEdgard Varèse - DENSITY 21.5Edgard Varèse is one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century and was called "The stratospheric Colossus of Sound." He lived life with intensity and composed the same way. Varèse lived most of his composing life in New York City and made music out of the compelling cacophony of NYC street noises: sirens, firetrucks, river sounds, foghorns, and even skyscraper construction.Density 21.5 was composed in 1936 (and revised in 194) at the request of Georges Barrère to inaugurate his new platinum flute. (21.5 is the density of platinum.) Density 21.5 breaks the stereotype of typical French music. Thi...2023-06-2114 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Rimsky-Korsakov's FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEEFlight of the Bumblebee from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"--is at the heart of a fantastical tale which includes a large cast of characters including a king and a queen, a magical swan, and a prince turned bumblebee. It's a dazzling colorful encore piece, instantly recognizable and adopted by all kinds of instrumentalists, from string players, to pianists and of course flutists. The buzzier and the faster, the better!Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12 for solo flute by Karen Kevra Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee by the Russian National Orchestra2023-05-0404 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Pierre-Octave Ferroud's JADEPierre-Octave Ferroud wrote "Jade"- a tropical work for solo flute in July of 1921. There are two musical features in this Asian-styled French piece that give it its distinctly far eastern flavor. The first is the pentatonic scale-- the five pitches are tied to five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. The second feature is a rhythmic one --the ever present dotted rhythms give the piece a bubbling dance quality. This is imaginative music so close your eyes and travel to a tropical beach with waterfalls, ancient canopied banyan trees, fluttering butterflies and the glittering jade colored sea...2023-02-1406 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Gabriel Fauré's MOURCEAU DE CONCOURS - A winter lullabyOne of the things that really sets Gabriel Fauré apart is the singing style of his music. He was an exceptional and prolific composer of song so it's no wonder that we hear that singing quality even in his instrumental works. Fauré's "Morceau de Concours" is an incredibly special tiny gem. Don't be fooled by the title. Though he wrote it as a sight-reading examination piece for students at the Paris Conservatory, it is a poetic lullaby. -A musical balm for this most dark time of year. MUSIC: Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Ka...2022-12-0809 min
Muse MentorsBeethoven Hymn of Thanksgiving-A meditation like no other Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra discusses Beethoven's transcendent Hymn of Thanksgiving from the Op. 132 A minor string quartet with Nicholas Kitchen, the first violinist of the Borromeo Quartet.Credits:Beethoven, Hymn Of Thanksgiving (String Quartet Op. 132, Movement III) Borromeo Quartet - Nicholas Kitchen, Violin; Kristopher Tong, Violin; Mai Motobuchi, Viola; Yeesun Kim, Cello)Use this link to hear and see the entire performance by the Borromeo String Quartet Support the show2022-11-2215 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - C.P.E. Bach's Sonata in A minor - A meditation on autumnCPE Bach was the second son of Johann Sebastian and Maria Barbara Bach and to say he was a prolific composer is putting it mildly. CPE Bach wrote loads of flute music--sonatas, chamber music, and dazzling concerti. The tremendous output of flute music had to do with the fact that he had a flutist for a boss--Frederick the Great of Prussia. His touching Sonata in A minor for solo flute was composed in Berlin in 1747 and the opening movement is a palate of fall colors --golden yellows, reds, mahogany, and conifer green. This piece is a kind of meditation...2022-11-1210 min
Vermont ViewpointThe Legacy of Larry Gordon, New England Cooks, ConstructionToday on Vermont Viewpoint, Pat McDonald hosts! First up, she’ll have Karen Kevra. Karen is the Artistic Director for Capital City Concerts and they’ll talk about The Legacy of Larry Gordon. After that, she’ll speak with Tony Camps, the President of New England Cooks and Producer/ Director of CVTV in Barre. They’ll talk about New England Cooks!. And for the last half of the show, she’ll talk with Matt Musgrave, who’s the Deputy Ex. VP for Associated General Contractors. They’ll talk about Construction in Vermont. 2022-10-201h 28
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Friedrich Kuhlau's FANTASYFredrich Kuhlau was admired by Beethoven and is known as "the Beethoven of the flute." He wrote his gorgeous Fantasy in D major for solo flute in 1820 during a four-month stay in Vienna. Perhaps the Danube river provided inspiration for this silky, rippling Romantic music...Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen KevraFredrich Kuhlau, Fantasy, Op. 38 in D major, Adagio, performed by Karen Kevra J.S. Bach, Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542, performed by Hans-André Stamm-organ Beethoven, Choral Fantasy, Op. 80, performed by Singapore Symphony Chorus and Youth Choir, Eudenice Pal...2022-08-0408 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Johannès Donjon's SUMMER MUSICFrenchman Johannès Donjon's Etudes de Salon are whimsical and summery music. His miniature "Song of the Wind", "Élégie", and "Will-O'-the Wisp" require sure-footed technique. Even so, this fun music oozes with color, expression and imagination.Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12Johannès Donjon, Song of the Wind, Élégie, Will-O'-the WispPerformed by Karen Kevra. Support the show2022-07-1609 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Jindřich Feld's MEDITATIONIt's been a period of intense news and worldwide stress. At times like these you've got to turn it off and turn to music. Czech composer Jindřich Feld's 1957 Meditation is a sublime 2.5 minute work that offers a respite from the news. Try the simple meditative approach for a deep listening experience.Ray Chen-violin, and Julio Elizalde-piano perform Jules Massenet Meditation from Thais Karen Kevra-flute, performs Jindřich Feld's Meditation.Support the show2022-07-0206 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Pierre-Octave Ferroud's BERGERE CAPTIVEPierre-Octave Ferroud wrote his "Bergère Captive", a gorgeous and plaintive work for solo flute in July of 1921. You've probably never heard of Ferroud because he died a grisly pedestrian death when he stepped out into an oncoming car and was killed at the age of 36. It's a tragedy because if you listen to his colorful and inventive music you will understand why he won the attention of Prokofiev, Poulenc and Stravinsky! His "Captive Shepherd" is musical storytelling at its best--full of imagination, a summery rainbow of colors, and deep emotion.Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12...2022-06-1605 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - J.S. Bach's SARABANDE from Partita in A minorJohann Sebastian Bach was incredibly generous with the flute. He wrote several full scale sonatas, gave the flute has starring roles in two of the Brandenburg concerti, and beautiful obbligato parts in countless arias, but there is just one solo partita. The slow movement from his A minor flute Partita-a Sarabande -is a dance form with both Arab and Spanish origins and has a silky, sensual quality. Imagine a kind of "dance of the seven veils. " Way back in 1583, King Philip II of Spain had the Sarabande banned because it was said to ‘excite bad emotions’.Georg Philip...2022-05-1515 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Carl Nielsen's THE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING"THE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING" is a tiny fairy-tale of a piece for solo flute written by Denmark's best-known composer Carl Nielsen in 1920 as incidental music for a play called "The Mother." The whimsical music is a tip of the cap to Hans Christian Andersen and sounds like kids on playground on a spring day--leaping and laughter and teasing and taunting with a mix of sun and clouds. Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12Claude Debussy, SyrinxCarl Nielsen, The Children are PlayingAll flute piece performed by Karen Kevra Fra...2022-04-2603 min
Muse MentorsRemembering Legendary National Georaphic Photographer Jim Blair on his BirthdayIn this encore episode James Pease Blair, one of National Geographic's legendary photographers talked about love, life, and legacy. Jim began his 32 year career at the National Geographic Society with a splash as staff photographer on board Jacques Cousteau's Calypso in 1962. As a photography student in the fifties at the Institute of Design in Chicago, he studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, but it was his years as a summer intern with Roy E. Stryker, at the Pittsburgh Photographic Library that made the biggest impression on Jim. Jim Blair's artistry and empathy brought a new kind of...2022-04-1439 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Louis Moyse's PASTORALEComposer/flutist/pianist Louis Moyse's Pastorale was written in 1925 when he was just 14 years old. Louis was the son of the great French flutist Marcel Moyse, and he grew up steeped in Parisian culture and with the sound of the flute in his ears and his heart. That influence shows in this evocative, oh-so-French piece that sounds like a marriage between Impressionism and springtime in the French countryside. Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra Louis Moyse, Pastorale, performed by Karen Kevra John Lunn, Downton Abbey Theme, The Ci...2022-04-0611 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Katherine Hoover's WINTER SPIRITSComposer Katherine Hoover's Winter Spirits is a musical tribute to the American Desert Southwest. This 5 minute piece was inspired by Marie Buchfink's artwork picturing a cross-legged native American flute player: A colorful cloud of tiny beneficent spirits rises from the flute into a cloud. Elements of dance, chant, and drumming combine to create a mystical, magical soundscape. Katherine Hoover, KokopeliKatherine Hoover, Winter Spiritsperformed by Karen Kevra, fluteSupport the show2022-03-2211 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - Debussy's SYRINXIn this first full episode of the FLUTE STORIES MINI-SERIES host and flutist Karen Kevra explores Claude Debussy's magical mythical Syrinx, the finest gem of the solo flute repertoire.Claude Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fauneClaude Debussy, SyrinxCPE Bach, Poco Adagio from Sonata in A minor for solo fluteKaren Kevra, fluteAlbert von Tilzer, Take Me Out to the Ballgame,Mark Herman, organSupport the show2022-03-0908 min
Muse MentorsFLUTE STORIES - a new mini-series from Muse MentorsMuse Mentors host Karen Kevra is your guide in Flute Stories--These short episodes weave performances of flute music with the stories behind them. All performances by Karen KevraGeorg Philipp Telemann, Fantasie #12 in G minorNikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the BumblebeeJoachim Anderson, Etude in G major, #3, Op. 15 Louis Moyse, PastoraleClaude Debussy, SyrinxJules Mouquet, Pan and the BirdsEdgard Varèse, Density 21.5Carl Nielsen, The children are playingSupport the show2022-03-0903 min
Muse MentorsViolinist Nicholas Kitchen and his mentor Szymon Goldberg ~a beautiful musical paradox of old technology and new...Nicholas Kitchen, one of the country's leading violinists is a founding member of the Boston-based Borromeo String Quartet. Nick is perhaps the most important protégé of the great Polish violinist Szymon Goldberg. Nick has been loaned his teacher's violin-- the Giuseppe Guarneri, Cremona, ca. 1730, "Goldberg-Baron Vitta" to play throughout his career. In his musical life, Nick was first nurtured by his musically hands-on parents and later through his mentorship with Goldberg. Nick's rich and profound musical life is a beautiful paradox of old and new technology.Music credits:Schubert, Death and The Maiden String Qua...2022-01-1537 min
Muse MentorsTony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A SongTony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, or make them sparkle depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome tenor voice really shines when joine...2021-12-211h 12The Vermont Conversation with David GoodmanMusician Karen Kevra returns to performing on a new stageWhat does a performer do when she can’t perform?For Karen Kevra, she becomes a storyteller.Kevra is a Grammy-nominated flutist and founder and artistic director of Capital City Concerts in Montpelier. When Covid-19 shuttered performance venues last year, she searched for a new way to connect with her audience. Kevra has performed throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including performances at Carnegie Hall and the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. Last year, she launched a podcast, Muse Mentors, a series of beautifully crafted interviews with ar...2021-10-2226 min
Muse MentorsMuse Mentors celebrates first anniversary with a reflection on Beethoven's transcendent Op. 132 string quartetIn this short anniversary episode, Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra looks back on a year with a podcast, and a year without concerts. She previews an upcoming concert by Boston's Borromeo Quartet and discusses Beethoven's transcendent Op. 132 A minor string quartet with Nicholas Kitchen, the first violinist of the Borromeo quartet.Credits:Kuhlau, Fantaisie in D major, Adagio - Karen Kevra-fluteBig Yellow Taxi - Joni MitchellBeethoven, Hymn Of Thanksgiving (String Quartet Op. 132, Movement III) - Borromeo Quartet - Nicholas Kitchen, Violin; Kristopher Tong, Violin; Mai Motobuchi, Viola; Yeesun Ki...2021-10-1009 min
Muse MentorsThe Circus of Life: Rob Mermin and his mentor Marcel MarceauEncore episode: Rob Mermin ran off to join the circus in 1969 at the age of 19. He clowned with renowned European circuses, including England’s Circus Hoffman, Sweden’s Cirkus Scott, Denmark’s Circus Benneweis in the famous Circus Building by the Tivoli, and many more. It was his long mentorship with the iconic French mime Marcel Marceau that shaped him as a performer and inspired him to dream and make plans. In 1987 he founded Circus Smirkus, the embodiment of Rob -- the touch of wonder, the charm, the story line, th...2021-08-2449 min
Muse MentorsHappy Birthday Leon Fleisher!In this encore episode of Muse Mentors, pianist Jeffrey Chappell reflects on his life and his formative relationship with his mentor the legendary Leon Fleisher. He addresses overcoming challenges and adversity through the lens of his teacher's career-altering medical condition. The episode closes with the voice of Leon Fleisher who offers powerful words to live by. Support the show2021-07-2337 min
Muse MentorsKerrin McCadden is a PoemKerrin McCadden's new collection of poems called American Wake is made of the stuff of life --subjects like family, divorce, raising children, love and even her brother's tragic death by drug overdose are poignantly bound together by her strong Irish Heritage and her family's immigrant story. American Wake, is an actual term that refers to a kind of "Irish wake-style" farewell party that was thrown for Irish families the night before before they set sail for America. A lot of us dabble in ancestry and build family trees, but Kerrin McCadden has made it a way of life. Kerrin i...2021-06-251h 03
Muse MentorsLou Kosma: Mensch of the METLou Kosma was a bass player in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 36 years. He grew up in Philadelphia in the fifties in a blue collar Italian American family - a loving home where the sound of Italian tarantellas played on guitar and accordion spilled from the windows, and the smell of frying meatballs and Roma tomato sauce filled the air. Little did his working class family know that their son would one day ascend to one of the greatest orchestras in the world! But that full-time job wasn't quite enough for Lou Kosma who has been, for his whole l...2021-05-1938 min
Toxic Leadership: Tales of TransformationHow Can Workplace Toxicity Impact Your Mental Wellbeing? An Interview with Dr. Karen DollDr. Karen Doll is a psychologist and consultant who partners with organizations as she focuses on mental health awareness and building psychological fitness. This episode is important as May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as mental health is an under-focused and stigmatized component of everyday life, it is important to examine this aspect of the work environment that many organizations need to truly prioritize as we look to create cultures where people can truly thrive.Dr. Doll will share firsthand areas where organizations can look to enhance wellbeing sustainably w...2021-05-1920 min
Muse MentorsNational Geographic photographer James Pease Blair: Making Pictures- life, love, and legacyJames Pease Blair, one of National Geographic's legendary photographers talks about love, life, and legacy. Jim began his 32 year career at the National Geographic Society with a splash as staff photographer on board Jacques Cousteau's Calypso in 1962. As a photography student in the fifties at the Institute of Design in Chicago, he studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, but it was his years as a summer intern with Roy E. Stryker, at the Pittsburgh Photographic Library that made the biggest impression on Jim. Jim Blair's artistry and empathy brought a new kind of humanity to National Geo...2021-04-1138 min
Muse MentorsDr. Eli Newberger: Music Man/Medicine ManIt can sound hyperbolic to make the claim that a person has changed the world and made it a better place. In the case of Eli Newberger, it is utterly true. Eli Newberger is equal parts music man and medicine man. He was the key prosecution witness in the trial of Louise Woodward, the British nanny convicted of second-degree murder in the death of an 8-month-old in Boston in1997. Later during the Archdiocese of Boston sex abuse scandal, he offered his expertise on the effects of abuse on children and their families. Eli Newberger's ground-breaking work resulted...2021-03-1833 min
Muse MentorsThe Joy of Fluting: Flutist Paula Robison and her mentor Marcel MoysePaula Robison was born in Nashville to an extraordinary family of actors, writers, dancers, and musicians. She grew up in Los Angeles not only playing the flute, but studying dance with Bella Lewitzky and theater with Jeff Corey. When she was twelve years old, music claimed her heart and she knew she wanted to be a flutist. Trained at the Juilliard School, she also studied flute with the great French flutist Marcel Moyse during her time in NYC. Marcel's singing approach and metaphorical and animated teaching style set Paula on fire and shaped her as a musician. Her trademark jo...2021-02-2647 min
Muse MentorsBill McKibben: Where There's a Bill There's a WayIn what could be the most important Muse Mentors episode ever, author and climate activist Bill McKibben (who wrote The End of Nature one of the first books on global warming for the general public) talks about his childhood, teen-aged years as a journalist; and, before he even graduated from Harvard, an invitation from the late great editor William Shawn to write for The New Yorker Magazine. McKibben also discusses the impact the arts has in furthering the climate change movement, reflecting on his appearances on The Colbert Report, David Attenborough's recent magnum opus film "A Life on Our Plan...2021-02-0441 min
Muse MentorsDavid Dworkin: The Maestro of FitnessThe New York Times called David Dworkin, the maestro who "sparkles with high-spirited virtuosity." This Jersey boy got his start in high school in the late 1940s with clarinet lessons at The Williamsburg (Brooklyn) Community House where he met his mentor the late Metropolitan Opera Orchestra clarinetist Ben Armato. That relationship nurtured David who went on to play in both the American Symphony and Met Orchestras, as well as to conduct orchestras across America and abroad. In 2002 he created the acclaimed exercise program CONDUCTORCISE®, where "you feel the beat as well as the burn” (Times-Picayune) which has received rave revie...2021-01-1429 min
Muse MentorsTony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A SongTony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, make them sparkle, or swirl depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome I-cannot-get-enough-of-it tenor voice really shin...2020-12-241h 10
Muse Mentors"Mom's the word": Visual Artist Katie Runde and her many surprising mentorsVermont visual artist Katie Runde was raised by Medievalist parents. This millennial with a Midas touch has been drawing as long as she was able to hold a crayon, playing saxophone since age eight, and theologizing since that day somewhere around age eleven when Mass stopped making neat story sense. An alum of the Eastman School of Music, she also holds a masters in religious studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School, a BA in folklore/ethnology and music from University College Cork in Ireland, and undertook two years’ apprenticeship with master realist painter Evan Wilson...and yet it...2020-12-0945 min
Muse MentorsThe Circus of Life: Rob Mermin and his mentor Marcel MarceauRob Mermin ran off to join the circus in 1969 at the age of 19. He clowned with renowned European circuses, including England’s Circus Hoffman, Sweden’s Cirkus Scott, Denmark’s Circus Benneweis in the famous Circus Building by the Tivoli, and many more. It was his long mentorship with the iconic French mime Marcel Marceau that shaped him as a performer and inspired him to dream and make plans. In 1987 he founded Circus Smirkus, the embodiment of Rob -- the touch of wonder, the charm, the story line, the mime an...2020-11-2448 min
Muse MentorsArmando in Wonderland: Illustrator Armando VevePhiladelphia-based illustrator Armando Veve is a Forbes 30 Under 30 list designee. He has been awarded three gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and gained international recognition when he was named an ADC Young Gun. His breath-taking and whimsical art has been commissioned by The New York Times, The New Yorker, National Geographic, the New Republic, Penguin Random House, the Poetry Foundation, Scientific American Mind, Smithsonian Magazine, Village Voice, and Mother Jones. That's just the short list. And, boy can he play the piccolo! He talks about the intersection between life, art, and music in delightful and inspiring ways. 2020-11-0839 min
Muse MentorsMusic, Magic, and Meditation: Pianist Jeffrey Chappell and his mentor Leon FleisherIn the first full episode of Muse Mentors, pianist Jeffrey Chappell reflects on his life and his formative mentorships first with pianist Jane Allen, and later with the legendary Leon Fleisher. Jeffrey reveals his early childhood genesis story with the piano; his studies at the Curtis Institute and Peabody Conservatory, and path that led him to an astounding last minute substitution for Claudio Arrau with the Baltimore Symphony. He addresses overcoming challenges and adversity and speaks about his lifelong meditation practice and his book Answers from Silence.Support the show2020-10-2035 min
Muse MentorsWelcome to the Muse Mentors PodcastIn this brief introductory episode, Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra weaves a personal story of mentorship and invites listeners to join her for engaging and inspiring interviews.Support the show2020-09-3005 min