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Talking Shop


Ep 31, Artist Talks: James Taylor
James Taylor is an internationally celebrated performer, recitalist, and vocal coach. He has sung title roles in classically beloved operas and operettas both as a baritone and a tenor.author. He is a member of the Main Street Chamber Players, the
Davenport Chamber Players, the Cirrus Ensemble, and the Colour of
Music Festival.


Ep 30, Artist Talks: Noa Kageyama
Noa Kageyama is a performance psychologist and faculty member at The Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music.


Ep 29, Artist Talks: Ingrid Keller
Pianist Ingrid Keller is a recitalist, collaborative pianist, educator, and Founding Artistic Director of The Belvedere Series, a chamber music series in Richmond, VA.


Ep 28, Artist Talks: Susan Roemer
Susan Roemer is the founder of S-Curve Apparel & Design and TangentFit. She danced professionally for 15 years with five ballet companies, including nine years with Smuin Ballet.


Ep 27, Artist Talks: Kalena Bovell
Kalena Bovell is a Panamanian-American conductor, poet, and advocate who has been hailed as "one of the brightest stars in classical music."


Ep 26, Artist Talks: Natasha Adorlee
Natasha Adorlee is an Emmy Award winning choreographer, filmmaker, composer, and creative leader based in San Francisco.


Ep 25, Artist Talks: Christian Restrepo
Christian Restrepo is a Colombian pianist, composer, producer, and educator. His music looks for intriguing combinations between South American rhythms, contemporary techniques, and the enchantment of the romantic era.


Ep 24, Artist Talks: Erin Freeman
Erin Freeman is a versatile and accomplished conductor currently serving as the Artistic Director of the City Choir of Washington and Wintergreen Music, Director of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus, and Principal Conductor of the Richmond Ballet.


Ep 23, Artist Talks: Lloyd Van't Hoff
Lauded by Limelight Magazine for his "Life-affirming music making," and the Tasmanian Mercury for exhibiting "Spectacular brilliance, charisma and sensitivity," Lloyd Van't Hoff is an Australian clarinetist, director, educator, recording artist and founding member of Arcadia Winds.


Ep 22, Artist Talks: Denis Petrunin
Denis Petrunin is acting principal timpanist with the Charlotte Symphony. Denis made his performance debut at the age of 10 at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.


Ep 21, Artist Talks: Jordan Kuspa
Jordan Kuspa’s music has been praised in the New York Times as “animated and melodically opulent” and “consistently alive and inspired.” His works juxtapose a bristling rhythmic drive with expansive textures and sinuously interwoven counterpoint.


Ep 20, Artist Talks: Martha Eason
Martha Eason is a lyric coloratura soprano known for her strong stage presence and her ability to convey deep emotion through her singing.
author. He is a member of the Main Street Chamber Players, the
Davenport Chamber Players, the Cirrus Ensemble, and the Colour of
Music Festival.


Ep 19, Artist Talks: David (JiaJun) Lai
Highly acclaimed cellist Kenneth Law is a performer, a teacher, and an
author. He is a member of the Main Street Chamber Players, the
Davenport Chamber Players, the Cirrus Ensemble, and the Colour of
Music Festival.


Ep 18, Artist Talks: Kenneth Law
Highly acclaimed cellist Kenneth Law is a performer, a teacher, and an
author. He is a member of the Main Street Chamber Players, the
Davenport Chamber Players, the Cirrus Ensemble, and the Colour of
Music Festival.


Ep 17, Artist Talks: Domenic Salerni
Lauded by the Washington Post as a "marvelous violinist," Domenic Salerni is also a composer, and arranger as well as a member of the two-time Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet.


Ep 16, Artist Talks: Katya Kramer-Lapin
Katya Kramer-Lapin is a dynamic and versatile musician, captivating audiences as a pianist, recording artist, and educator. Since her debut solo album, “Luminesence,” Katya has established a strong presence in the classical music world.


Ep 15, Artist Talks: Joshua Peugh
Joshua Peugh is an internationally acclaimed choreographer. He is the founder and former Artistic Director of Dark Circles Contemporary Dance and co-founder of Fair Assembly (an ensemble theatre company).


Ep 14, Artist Talks: Sarah Moulton Faux
Sarah Moulton Faux is a prominent opera singer and a masterful art song interpreter.
creative force among pianists of his generation.


Ep 13, Artist Talks: Konstantin Soukhovetski
Konstantin Soukhovetsky is a pianist and a composer, an original,
creative force among pianists of his generation.


Ep 12, Artist Talks: Katarzyna Skarpetowska
Kate Skarpetowska began dancing at age 13 and by age 15, made her Broadway debut at the Minskoff Theatre in METRO, a Polish musical directed and choreographed by Janusz Józefowicz, with music by Janusz Stokłosa.
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