EMM 23: His Royal Bachness | Martha McLorinan
The Genius Complex. The road to success isn’t always a pretty one. So many people want the end of the movie “based on true events”...
Early music Monday
is a podcast hosted by conductor Kameron Kavanaugh. Each episode is packed with discussions on choral artistry, interviews with prominent conductors, musicologists, singers, composers, and educators, and a composer profile discussing historical significance, style and works of a variety of historical choral composers.
new episodes premiere every Monday morning @ 5 am (MST)
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- Mar 15, 2021
EMM 18: Expanding the Scope, Stuart Wheeler, William Billings
When people think of "early music" they usually think of European music from the middle ages, renaissance, and baroque eras. We need to...
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- Mar 8, 2021
EMM 17: The Choreography of Sound, Andrew Maxfield, Tomás Luis de Victoria
As Andrew says in the interview later, counterpoint is to composition as choreography is to dance. It is the substance of good...
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- Mar 1, 2021
EMM 16: Avant-garde, Courtney Minor, Nicola Vicentino
Rock ‘n Roll has always been about anti-establishment. The names we know in rock history (with all music history and most often, in...
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- Feb 23, 2021
EMM 15: The Economy of Sound, Greg Skidmore, Orlando di Lasso
The Economy of Sound I am of the opinion that less is more. The greatest communication any performer can engage in is done through...
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- Feb 8, 2021
EMM 14: I am Lute, Braedon Hofmann, John Dowland
John Dowland has a fascinating story, like a male version of Evanescence. The OG emo composer. It would be hilarious to do a “music...
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- Feb 2, 2021
EMM 13: Holy Music Batman! Dr. Erin Plisco, Antonio Vivaldi
The Red Priest, Antonio Vivaldi, was probably ordained against his will and would often feign sickness in the middle of Mass. Later in...
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- Jan 18, 2021
EMM 12: Authentic Experiences, Charles Anthony Silvestri, Gregorio Allegri
CREATING AUTHENTIC HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES Sacred Veil is the prime example of putting an authentic experience into art. We talked a...
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- Jan 11, 2021
EMM 11: Everyone Sing Melody, Owain Park, Don Carlo Gesualdo
Carlo Gesualdo. Why is his life not a Netflix Original yet? He was the ultimately impassioned renaissance composer. He married his first...
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- Jan 5, 2021
EMM 10: Intimidation, Dr. Carolann Buff, Guillaume Du Fay
Guillaume Du Fay was born in about 1397. That’s so unbelievably long ago. Did music even exist back then? Of course it did; coming out of...
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- Dec 14, 2020
EMM 9: Dividing the Sexes, Suzi Digby, Single-Sex Repertoire
Bass and Treble Works Other pieces for 3 equal voices Good gender separate pieces lists on Ave Maria (Claudio Monteverdi) (TTB) Other...
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- Dec 7, 2020
EMM 8: Rehearsal:Performance Ratio, Christopher Gabbitas, Thomas Tomkins
Thomas Tomkins studied composition under William Byrd, for whom he had great respect. He was appointed organist at Worcester Cathedral...
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- Nov 30, 2020
EMM 7: Tone 2.0, Dr. Jami Rhodes, Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was the first one through the wall so to speak. Billy Beane re-imagined the way the game of baseball is played. Most...
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- Nov 23, 2020
EMM 6: Practicality, Scott Metcalfe, Johannes Ockeghem
I used to think that early music was this sacred cow that one must perform exactly the same way that they would have done. Composers...
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- Nov 16, 2020
EMM 5: Does (ensemble) Size Matter?, Markdavin Obenza, William Byrd
William Byrd Perhaps one of the most famous and influential British Renaissance composers. He sang as a chorister and studied under...
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- Nov 9, 2020
EMM 4: Active vs. Passive Listening, Hannah McLaughlin, The Russian Masters
As was mentioned by Hannah, the late Romantic/Early 20th Century Russian choral composers had a very distinctive compositional style that...
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- Nov 2, 2020
EMM 3: Finding the Right Tone, Dr. Andrew Crane, Thomas Morley
Thomas Morley sort of ushered in the Golden Age of the British Renaissance where secular music sort of dominated the scene. He most...
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- Oct 26, 2020
EMM 2: Priorities, Kenny Wiser, John Dunstable
a. John Dunstable - Fairly unknown even though he was such a high-profile musician written about by many of his contemporaries. - He was...
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- Oct 19, 2020
EMM 1: Palestrina, My Story
Resources: Beginning Level Illumina oculos meos 3-part (Any combo of voices) Three-part canon, great way to use historical music to teach...
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