HERo Talk

Today on HERo Talk, Darrian talks with JUNO award winning composer Vivian Fung! We talk about her career, music, and upcoming concert on May 30th for the premiere of her new work "Lamenting Earth." To learn more about Vivian, visit her website to learn more about her and her music. https://vivianfung.ca/

Today on HERo Talk is violin pedagogue Elizabeth Faidley! We talk all things teaching students from age 3 to college. What is the best time to start learning violin? How can you be the best teacher possible? Elizabeth answers all these questions!

Today on HERo Talk is critically acclaimed violinist, Miranda Cuckson. She is known for her performances all over the world and her emphasis on performing contemporary classical works.

This week on HERo Talk, Darrian is joined by composer, Jocelyn Hagen. Jocelyn and Darrian talk about composition, promoting women in composition, and incorporating multimedia into the classical music space.

Catch up with Miranda and Darrian as we talk about what will happen in our upcoming 2024 episodes. We also discuss our Small Talk answers about how arts organizations can be more inclusive.

Join Angela and Darrian as they talk with composer, Augusta Read-Thomas about her music and what makes her so well known!

We are back with season 3 and kicking it off with Aubrey Bergauer (better known as "the Steve Jobs of classical music) who is making big waves in orchestral management, fundraising, and promoting the arts. Learn more about her at her website https://www.aubreybergauer.com/ and buy her new book "Run It Like a Business" to learn more about how to grow your own arts organization.

Today on HERo Talk is composer, Stephanie Ann Boyd. We talk about her compositional style, inspiration, her violin concerti, and so much more! Learn more about Stephanie at her website https://www.stephanieannboyd.com/

Today on HERo Talk, Darrian sits down to talk to Dr. April James. April talks about her time at Harvard, opera, health during school, and her book The Tenth Muse: How Maria Antonia Advanced the Pastoral Opera. Learn more about Dr. James at her website, https://www.aprillynnjames.com/about-april-plus-madison.

Today Darrian talks with California-based conductor, Eleanor Núñez. They talk about the world of conducting, along with pedagogy and innovative programming for concerts!

Angela is back! In this week's episode, Angela tells us about her new job and we talk about advice for musicians from our Small Talk submissions! Tell us your thoughts and advice for fellow musicians!

An episode so good, we are sharing it again! If you missed this episode last season, tune in to listen to the former principal flutist of the Boston Symphony, Elizabeth Rowe, as she talks about her career and leading a lawsuit for equal pay in 2018.

Today with composer, Nell Shaw Cohen, we talk about Landscape music and how music can be an advocate for environmentalism. Learn more about Nell at www.nellshawcohen.com and her organization at www.landscape.org

Today on the show with Darrian is French Horn player, Kate Warren. Together they touch on a variety of topics from gendering brass instruments to promoting yourself on social media! Learn more about Kate Warren at https://www.katewarrenmusic.com or on instagram @katewarrenmusic

Amelyse Arroyo joins Darrian on HERo Talk to discuss her bow making career and bow maintenance for our fellow string HERoes. Tune in to learn more about bows and check out Amelyse @arroyobows or at www.arroyobows.com

Today on HERo Talk is Kensley Behel from the Musicians' Health Lab! Kensley and Darrian discuss how to be a health conscious musician and how to be more effective in the practice room! Learn more about the Musicians' Health Lab at https://www.kensleybehel.com or on instagram @kensleybehel

Welcome back to HERo Talk! It is season 3! Darrian and Miranda sit down to talk about our summers and what you can look forward to during this next season of the podcast!

Join Darrian and Miranda as they interview the CEO of ROCO, Alecia Lawyer! They talk about running an organization and how to make music more accessible!

Join the HERo Team, Darrian, Miranda, Bella, and Amanda as they close out season 2 by talking about the HERo Conference! We discuss all the people and events at the conference and all the hard work we did to get to where we are now. We have fun figuring out how to have four people on the podcast with only three mics! Join the fun and let us know your thoughts!

This week Darrian sits down with harpist, Dr. Noël Wan. They talk about harp and what it means to gender instruments. Don’t forget to register for the HERo Conference for the weekend of May 12-13! Tickets to individual sessions also available.

This week on HERo Talk, Darrian and Angela, will be talking about everything you can expect at the inaugural HERo Conference. We will also be discussing toxic student/teacher relationships in classical music. Register for the conference today! $25 for students! Register at www.her-omusic.com today!

Today with us is violinist, Corinne Stillwell! She spent 10 years at Juilliard studying with one of the most famous pedagogues, Dorothy DeLay. Currently, she is a professor of violin at FSU (and Darrian’s Professor) and the concertmaster of the Tallahassee Symphony.

Darrian is back! Join her and Angela as they interview jazz vocalist, Michelle Lordi! Learn about her life and how she started singing and getting into jazz as we have our first ever jazz musician on the podcast!

Join Angela and the guest cohost, Miranda Rojas, as they discuss this week’s small talk. “What ways can we promote equity for women in classical music?”

Join us as we learn about composer, Madeleine Dring, from Dr. Wanda Brister. This underrepresented composer had an amazing life and we will be playing some of her work at the conference! We learn more about Dring first hand from the woman that has dedicated her life to learning about Dring.