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Rhythm Changes Podcast with Chris FraserThank You for 2 Years of This ShowThank you alongside everyone who made it possible since May 2021.Thank you to 12TH ST Sound for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about Anthony Cenerini's recording studio in New Westminster at 12thst.ca/rcp.Other people's Vancouver music podcasts! Non-exhaustive, there are more:Pacific Sound Radio with James OlsonVicarious (newly launched) with Alex Scott & Karen WhiteThe FM Podcast with Jen FritzHow High the Moon with Allison LeeAn Impossible Way of Life with James Younger & Johnny PayneTake Note with Muzewest Concerts2023-05-1707 min
Rhythm Changes Podcast with Chris FraserJennifer West: Muzewest Concerts 2022-23 Season LaunchJennifer West is the artistic director of Muzewest, an organization that launched its 2022-2023 season of concerts on August 3, 2022.Thank you to Pearson Instruments for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about Brad Pearson, luthier & guitar tech in Vancouver, at pearsoninstruments.ca.Thank you to 12TH ST Sound for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about Anthony Cenerini's recording studio in New Westminster at 12thst.ca/rcp.Become a member for free today at rhythmchanges.ca. You'll get the free weekly email with upcoming events from the gig list, plus artists, events, or recordings for...2022-07-2730 min
LeaderImpact PodcastEp. 5 - Enoch Weng - Living Out Your CallingIf you would like to check out a LeaderImpact group go to leaderimpact.ca/join/For more information on LeaderImpact NEXT go to leaderimpact.ca/next/Show notes and transcript can be found at leaderimpact.ca/podcast******************Enoch is the CEO & Co-founder of Rise Above Finance which is focused on providing relationship-based financial coaching, based upon biblical wisdom to achieve financial transformation.He is a highly sought-after speaker, consultant, and board member for his work in the non-profit and business world. With his unique background blend of entrepreneurship, finance, and the creative...2022-03-0949 min
Take NoteEp.31 - Lucas HarrisWe sat down with lutenist Lucas Harris to have a conversation about early music, Italian culture, lute pedagogy, and more. Lucas is the principle lutenist of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, as well as having been on faculty at Oberlin Conservatory’s Baroque Performance Institute, Vancouver Early Music’s Baroque Vocal Programme, the International Baroque Institute at Longy, and Amherst Early Music.2022-02-0840 minTake NoteEp.30 - Jonathon AdamsWe welcomed baritone Jonathon Adams for a quick chat about early music, John Dowland, and indigeneity and classical music. Jonathon is a Cree-Métis baritone based in Canada and The Netherlands. They have attended The Royal Academy of Music (London), the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and The Victoria Conservatory of Music where they studied with Nancy Argenta.2022-02-0843 minTake NoteEp.29 - Music Arts CollectiveWe sat down with Music Arts Collective. Music Arts Collective is an online music school founded by an assembly of kindred spirits dedicated to enhancing the well-being of people through engagement in the arts, with music at its heart. Their approach to pedagogy is contemporary and diverse, while remaining rooted in traditions.2022-02-0255 minTake NoteEp.28 - The Piano Files with Mark AinleyWe sat down for a talk with historical piano recording expect Mark Ainley. Since his teens he has been active in the curating of and research of historical piano recordings and has gained an international reputation as an expert in this arena: he has written about several legendary pianists for International Piano magazine, Classical Recordings Quarterly, and International Classical Recordings Collector, as well as CD liner notes for various international labels.2022-02-0254 minTake NoteEp.27 - Pierre HantaïWe sat down for a chat with harpsichordist Pierre Hantaï. He is known for his recordings of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, a work that he has since played over a hundred times throughout the world. He has often performed and recorded the Elizabethan repertoire (Bull, Byrd, Farnaby), as well as Bach and Couperin, and has devoted himself profoundly to the works of Domenico Scarlatti, which he has already recorded numerous times and that he wants to make even more familiar to audiences.2022-02-0237 minTake NoteEp.26 - Romantic LabJoin us for a talk with Romantic Lab. Romantic Lab is a project whose main goal is imitation of historical recordings with the intention of getting a better understanding of the Romantic styles of playing as well as acquiring technical skills to produce the expressive devices we hear on these recordings2022-02-0234 minTake NoteEp.25 - Andrew WanWe had a discussion with violinist Andrew Wan. As soloist, Wan has appeared in the United States, China, New Zealand, Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland and Canada under conductors such as Jean-Claude Casadesus, Maxim Vengerov, Peter Oundjian, Jacques Lacombe, Vasily Petrenko, James DePreist, Marc Piollet and Michael Stern.2022-02-0255 minTake NoteEp.24 - Iain BurnsideWe sat down for a talk with pianist Iain Burnside. Internationally acclaimed as a leading collaborative pianist, (pretty much ideal, BBC Music Magazine) Iain Burnside has worked with many of the world’s great singers. His discography features over fifty CDs, spanning a huge sweep of repertoire including the Gramophone Award-winning NMC Songbook.2022-02-0251 minTake NoteEp.23 - Jonathan CrowWe had a discussion with violinist Jonathan Crow. Jonathan Crow has been Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) since 2011. Jonathan has also performed as a soloist with most major Canadian orchestras, including the Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras; the National Arts Centre and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestras; the Victoria, Nova Scotia, and Kingston Symphonies; and Orchestra London, under the baton of such conductors as Charles Dutoit, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Andrew Davis, Peter Oundjian, Kent Nagano, Mario Bernardi, João Carlos Martins, and Gustavo Gimeno.2022-02-0257 minTake NoteEp.22 - Paul McCreeshWe sat down for a talk with conductor Paul McCreesh. First established as the Artistic Director of Gabrieli Consort & Players, he now guest-conducts some of the world’s finest orchestras including the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Bergen Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra and Dallas Symphony. He is a former Principal Conductor and Artistic Director at the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Lisbon, and served for six seasons as Artistic Director of the Wratislavia Cantans festival in Wrocław, Poland.2022-02-0257 minTake NoteEp.21 - Robert LevinJoin us for a discussion with pianist Robert Levin. Pianist and Conductor Robert Levin has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia. His solo engagements include the orchestras of Atlanta, Berlin, Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Montreal, Utah and Vienna on the Steinway with such conductors as Semyon Bychkov, James Conlon, Bernard Haitink, Sir Neville Marriner, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen.2022-02-0253 minTake NoteEp.20 - Andrew BalfourWe sat down for a chat with composer Andrew Balfour. Balfour is an innovative composer/conductor/singer/sound designer with a large body of choral, instrumental, electro-acoustic and orchestral works, including Take the Indian (a vocal reflection on missing children), Empire Étrange: The Death of Louis Riel, Bawajigaywin (Vision Quest) and Manitou Sky, an orchestral tone poem. 2022-02-021h 00Take NoteEp.19 - Into the ShimmeringWe sat down with Les Dala and singers Robyn Driedger-Klassen and Leah Giselle Field. Dala is currently the conductor of the Vancouver Opera, which Field has also performed with. Driedger-Klassen is a soprano who works with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.2022-02-0233 minTake NoteEp.18 - Jared MillerWe sat down for a discussion with composer Jared Miller. Jared's music has been featured and recognized in the New York Philharmonic’s Biennial (2014), the ISCM World Music Days (2017 & 2019), Vancouver’s Queer Arts Festival (2010, 2015 & 2019) and the Vancouver and Victoria Symphony’s New Music Festivals (2015-2019.)2022-02-0242 minTake NoteEp.17 - Tao LinWe sat down for a discussion with pianist Tao Lin. As a soloist, Tao Lin has performed with Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony, Miami Chamber Orchestra, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Knoxville Civic Orchestra amongst others.2022-02-0236 minTake NoteEp.16 - The Echéa QuartetJoin us for a discussion with the Echéa Quartet. The Echéa Quartet was formed in 2017 at the Royal Academy of Music, London. They are recent winners of the ‘Tremplin' at the Philharmonie de Paris's String Quartet Biennale (2020) and prizewinners of the International Anton Rubinstein Competition (2017). 2022-02-0224 minTake NoteEp.15 - Larry WengWe were joined on our podcast by pianist Larry Weng. Winner of the 2019 NYCA Worldwide Debut Audition and a laureate of the 2016 Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, Larry Weng is world renowned concert pianist.2022-02-0252 min
Take NoteEp.14 - TangramWe were joined on our podcast by the founding members of the Tangram Collective. Tangram is a new music movement catalysing transnational imagination and celebrating the vitality of Chinese cultures.2021-05-1644 min