Early Music Monday
Once understood at even a surface level, early music has the power to transform how all music is heard and felt. Discussions and interviews about a wide range of topics within the choral art and how those principles can help conductors, singers, and audience members have a deeper appreciation for historical music. We aim to connect the fundamental elements of early music to the music of more contemporary times to illustrate the relevance early music still holds.
Guests include Owain Park, Carolann Buff, Peter Schubert, Eric Whitacre, Tony Silvestri, Nigel Short, Chris Gabbitas, and many more.
Episodes
71 episodes
EMM 70: Have a CRMSS-Y Christmas | Greg Skidmore
Today we get to chat a bit about Renaissance Christmas music and the 2024 Canadian Renaissance Music Summer School, with the director Greg Skidmore. Greg sings in a number of professional chamber choir ensembles throughout the UK and elsewhere....
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EMM 69: EXCLUSIVE Pre-Album Interview | Markdavin Obenza
We get an exclusive sneak peak at some tracks on the upcoming album Penitence & Lamentations by the Byrd Ensemble, conducted by Markdavin Obenza. We sit down with Markdavin and have ...
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EMM 68: Fresh Sound, Old Music | Dr. Jesse Rodin
Today we get an exclusive look into the upcoming album of Josquin's music with Dr. Jesse Rodin, a professor at Stanford University and Artistic Director/Conductor of Cut Circle. This album is the group'...
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EMM 67: EXCLUSIVE I Fagiolini Album Pre-Release Interview | Robert Hollingworth & Greg Skidmore
A great pleasure to have I Fagiolini Director Robert Hollingworth along with Baritone Greg Skidmore for an exclusive interview about I Fagiolini's upcoming album "Missa Tu Es Petrus", featuring the previously unrecorded work of the same title b...
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EMM 66. Concert Preview | SOA Autumnal Equinox Evensong
On today's episode, we walk through the concert program for Sound of Ages upcoming Evensong concert. As part of their Evensong concert series, the Autumnal Equinox Evensong theme is opposites and gratitude. There are only a few tickets left so ...
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EMM 65: An 'Improversation' | Dr. Peter Schubert
Today we get to have a fantastic 'Improversation' if you will, with Dr. Peter Schubert. Peter Schubert came to Montreal from New York City, where he founded and directed Opera Uptown and The New Calliope Singers, a group reno...
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EMM 64: Your Brain On What? | Professor Megan Long
Today we get to have a fantastic conversation with Professor Megan Long of Oberlin College & Conservatory. Megan Kaes Long studies European song traditions of the 16th and 17th centuries and the theoretical discourses that describe ...
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EMM 63: Tenebrae - Passion and Precision Pt. II: Path of Miracles | Nigel Short
Today we get a follow up conversation with Nigel Short where he walks us through Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles. The conversation is interspersed with audio clips from each movement. Watch Tenebrae perform
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EMM 62: Tenebrae - Passion and Precision | Nigel Short
Today we get to chat with Nigel Short, Conductor and Artistic Director of Tenebrae Choir. We get to hear his journey as a singer, the genesis of Tenebrae choir, Nigel's approach to choral singing, his thoughts about renaissance music and more! ...
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EMM 61: The Andrew Special Part II | Poor Richard's Madrigal
Today we talk through Andrew's newest piece commissioned by Sound of Ages for their Sing Actually narrative concert: Poor Richard's Madrigal. This piece pays homage to Thomas Morley's Now Is the Month of Maying. We d...
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EMM 60: The Andrew Special | Sing Actually: The Ultimate Choral RomCom
Frequent guest and newly appointed Composer in Residence for Sound of Ages, Andrew Maxfield shares his insights and perspectives on Sound of Ages' newest narrative concert "Sing Actually: The Ultimate Choral RomCom." They also discuss entrepren...
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EMM 59: Resurrexit podcasti | David Simmons Wood
Welcome back to Early Music Monday! We return to the podcast waves by interviewing Dr. David Wood, program director for Early Music America and Director of Early Music ensembles at K-State University in Manhattan, Kansas. Link to his ar...
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EMM 58: TENET Vocal Artists | Jolle Greenleaf
Today we sit down with Jolle Greenleaf, Artistic Director of Tenet Vocal Artists based out of New York City. We discuss conductor roles, the power of early music, and get a glimpse in some of Jolle's composer preferences. Be ...
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EMM 57: Well, Well, Well...How the Turntables... | Kameron Kavanaugh
On today's episode of Early Music Monday, Stevie turns the tables and interviews Kameron. Great insights into what makes Kameron tick and more background into how he became the early music nerd that he is today.
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EMM 56: Here Comes Treble | Dr. Erin Plisco
Today we welcome back Dr. Erin Plisco to share a brief overview of the interest session she presented at the recent Southwestern ACDA conference, "Looking for Treble in Old and New Places: Historical Repertoire for Treble Voices."
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EMM 55: The Andrew Special | Concert Reviews | ACDA Western | Voces8
On today's episode of the Andrew Special, Andrew Maxfield and our new cohost Stevie Dugdale give brief concert reviews of recent concerts they attended of ACDA Western Conference in California and Voces8 in Wichita, KS.
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EMM 54: Co-host Introduction | Stephen Dugdale
Today we sit down for an introduction interview with our new co-host, Stevie Dugdale.
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EMM 53: Josquin the Rock Star | Dr. Jesse Rodin
Today we get to have an amazing conversation with Dr. Jesse Rodin, professor at Stanford University, Josquin Scholar, conductor/performer, and the founding Artistic Director of Cut Circle.Cut Circle - ht...
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EMM 52: If I Were a Chorister | Helen Ashby
Today we get to have a fantastic conversation with British Soprano Helen Ashby who sings in several ensembles including Stile Antico, fantastic early music ensemble. She is also the singing instructor for the boy choristers at Westminster Abby....
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EMM 51: Love's Keen Sting: The Italian Madrigal | Cipriano de Rore
The Italian Madrigal is the sound of love songs from the 16th Century. We look a little into the origins of the Madrigal as a genre and into Cipriano de Rore's life and style. https://www...
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EMM 50: This Marriage: Music and Poetry (Pt. 2) | Eric Whitacre & Tony Silvestri
Part 2 of our sit down with Eric Whitacre and Tony Silvestri. We take a closer look into their work "Sainte-Chapelle" and "The Sacred Veil". A few golden nuggets regarding the works that have never been shared before. Recording Cr...
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EMM 49: This Marriage: Music and Poetry (Pt. 1) | Eric Whitacre & Tony Silvestri
We get to sit down with one of choral music's great composer/poet duo's, Eric Whitacre and Tony Silvestri to discuss a few of their most popular collaborations: Lux Arumque, Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine, Sainte-Chapelle, and Sacred Vei...
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EMM 48: Do You Even Music Bro? | How to Speak "Music"
Today we take a deep dive into "Amicus Meus" by Tomás Luis de Victoria and have a discussion about how to even talk about music using Jan LaRue's Guidelines for Stylistic Analysis. That sounds like the most boring thing ever, but it's actually ...
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