ARTillery

Andrew Munn, bass, talks about his project postWinterreise, a reimagining of Schubert's celebrated song cycle seen through a climate crisis perspective. https://www.andrewrobertmunn.com/ https://www.bso.org/profiles/andrew-munn

Composer Gregory Spears and I talk all things music, including the 10th anniversary tour of his and Greg Pierce's opera, Fellow Travelers.

Entertainment lawyer Ari Solotoff breaks down the 1st amendment, and Kiki Konvos (with Karen Slack) and ARTillery team up with Afton Battle to talk about our fears (or lack thereof), and a change at Opera America!

A. Mimi Sei talks about her journey as a writer in a variety of genres from memoirs, poetry, and musical text; and how the universe nurtured her to be the artist she is today. Get in touch with Mimi on IG @mimiswritelife Music heard on this episode: "Breathe", from Cantata for a More Hopeful Tomorrow , music by Damien Geter, text by A. Mimi Sei; performed by Emmanuel Music An excerpt fro...

Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya discusses why artists should continue to show up and perform at the Kennedy Center; and soprano Karen Slack tells us why at the beginning of the Kennedy Center take over, she decided to go forth with the performance of her evening of song entitled, African Queens. https://lidiyayankovskaya.com/ Lidiya's op-ed https://www.sopranokarenslack.com/ Karen Slack and Michelle...

Composer Shawn Okpebholo talks about his song cycle, Songs in Flight, which was released on Cedille Records on Feb. 14, 2025. Shawn notes: In 2021, I received a call from Martha Guth, celebrated soprano and co-director of Sparks & Wiry Cries. She spoke passionately about the  Freedom on the Move  database, an archive of over 30,000 advertisements for runaway enslaved individuals. Having experi...

Composer Rob Deemer talks about his findings from the NEA fallout, while INseries artistic director Timothy Nelson, and Portland composer Darrell Grant speak about what they've lost (and gained). This is a Green Room episode which focuses on current events in the arts. Artists who appear in Grant's Sanctuaries clip include Marilyn Keller, Onry, and Damien Geter. Deemer's NEA Cuts Data...

Composer Jasmine Barnes, and Librettist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton talk about their latest opera, She Who Dared, as well as their collaboration, and how they stay in the game. A commission for American Lyric Theatre, She Who Dared premiered on June 3, 2025 in Chicago as presented by Chicago Opera Theater. On this episode you will hear soprano Jaqueline Echols McCarley, soprano Chabrelle Williams, sop...

In episode 1 of ARTillery, hear me talk with Jessica Murphy Moo about our opera Loving v. Virginia, a co-commission with Virginia Opera and The Richmond Symphony. Included are clips from the opera and a chance to hear us talk about our collaboration and what this work means to us.

Hey folks! My name is Damien Geter, and I am a composer, conductor, and sometimes singer based in Chicago, and I’m starting a podcast called ARTillery! The purpose of ARTillery is to discuss how artists have used their work to fight against, or respond to oppressive regimes or systems that plagued their countries, their culture, and/or our universal global society. Each episode will revolve around...