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Klo Vivienne Garoute is a conductor, singer, voice teacher, and composer/producer with specializations in choral music and audio production technologies. She carries a B.M. in Electronic Production & Design from Berklee College of Music and currently studies in the M.M. program in Choral Music at the University of Southern California

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Zanaida Stewart Robles, an award-winning Black American female composer, vocalist, and teacher. She is a fierce advocate for diversity and inclusion in music education and performance. Born, raised, and educated in Southern California on the occupied lands of the Gabrielino-Tongva people, she is in demand as a composer, vocalist, clinician, and...

Suzi Digby was born in Japan and lived in Hong Kong, Mexico and the Philippines before settling in London, Cambridge and now Bath. She is an internationally renowned choral conductor and music educator. She has trail-blazed the revival of singing in UK schools and the community over three decades.

Margaret (Maggie) Burk is a conductor, choral singer, and composer dedicated to the transformative power of choral music. She is the recently-appointed Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsion.

Today on conduct(her) McKenna & Kyra interview Dr. Kathy Romey. Dr. Romey is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Minnesota where she oversees the graduate program in choral conducting and conducts choirs. She is also the Artistic Director of the 200-voice symphonic chorus, The Minnesota Chorale.

Welcome to conduct(her.) We are so excited to have Pingyi Song on with us today.  Today on conduct(her), McKenna & Kyra interview Dr. Pingyi Song. Song is a music faculty at McCall School of Visual & Performing Art and serves as the Director of Choral Activities at Coker University. Song is an active conductor, clinician, music educator, and choral director for multiple professional, colle...

Today on conduct(her), McKenna & Kyra interview conductor Karin Hendrickson. Karin, a conductor equally at home with opera and orchestra, maintains an international profile as an exceptional orchestra and opera pedagogue.

Today on conduct(her), McKenna & Kyra interview Elaine Stanford, Music Specialist for Loudoun County Public Schools. Prior to teaching in Loudoun County, Mrs. Stanford was the Choral Director at Oakton High School where she was twice named Teacher of the Year. She then spent five years as the Music Resource Teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools. Mrs. Stanford is a frequent guest conductor,...

Today on conduct(her), McKenna & Kyra interview Dr. Carole Ott Coelho. Coelho is the Associate Director of Choral Activities at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her degrees include the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from the University of Michigan where she studied with Jerry Blackstone and Theo Morrison. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Educ...

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Amelia Nagoski. Dr. Amelia Nagoski is the co-author, with her sister Emily, of the New York Times bestselling Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle and the Burnout workbook. Her job is to run around waving her arms and making funny noises and generally doing whatever it takes to help singers get in touch with their internal experienc...

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Julie Yu-Oppenheim. Award-winning choral conductor and music educator Dr. Julie Yu-Oppenheim is returning to Oklahoma to accept the joint leadership position of director of choral activities at the  Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University  and artistic director of Canterbury Voices, Oklahoma’s premiere symphony chorus. At the t...

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview composer Dale Trumbore. Dale Trumbore (b. 1987) is a Los Angeles-based composer and writer whose music has been called "devastatingly beautiful" (The Washington Post) and praised for its "soaring melodies and beguiling harmonies deployed with finesse" (The New York Times).

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Maria Ellis. Maria A. Ellis is a very passionate music educator, choral conductor, and creator of Girl Conductor LLC. She currently serves as the Director of The Sheldon's City of Music All-Star Chorus and is the host of Bach and Beyoncé - The Radio Show on Classic 107.3 FM The Voice for the Arts in St. Louis, MO.

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Sharon Paul who holds the Robert M. Trotter Chair of Music at the University of Oregon, where she currently serves as Department Head of Music Performance and Director of Choral Activities. She is also the author of Art & Science in the Choral Rehearsal , published by Oxford University Press, which features many of the creative and evidence-...

Today on conduct(her), Kyra and McKenna interview Carrie Tennant, Artistic Director of the Vancouver Youth Choir.

Enjoy this bonus episode of conduct(her) featuring your two hosts, McKenna Stenson and Kyra Stahr. Gain insight about the inspiration of the podcast, the vision for the future, and their own answers to the fast five. As always, thanks for listening, and stay tuned for the incredible lineup of Season 2 guests coming to Spotify and Apple Podcasts Summer 2023! 

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Jace Kaholokula Saplan. Dr. Saplan serves as the Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Choral Conducting & Music, Teaching, and Learning at Arizona State University. 

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Mary-Hannah Klontz (their mom!) Dr. Klontz recently retired from teaching at Charles J. Colgan, Sr. High School, a magnet school for the fine and performing arts in Manassas, VA after 36 years of serving in public education.  

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Jessica Nápoles, Associate Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of North Texas.

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Amanda Quist, the Director of Choral Activities at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. She directs the graduate program in Choral Conducting and conducts the award-winning Frost Chorale and Bella Voce. 

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Jennifer Sengin who is the Associate Director of Choral Activities at Georgia State University where she conducts the Women’s Chorus and Choral Union and teaches graduate choral literature, graduate and undergraduate conducting, undergraduate choral methods, and supervises student teachers.

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Kari Adams. Adams is an Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at Florida State University and conductor of FSU's treble chorus Levana (Women’s Glee Club).

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Sierra Farquhar-Wulff who is former a graduate teaching assistant at CSU Fullerton. Next year Mrs. Farquhar-Wulff will be moving to England to continue her conducting studies at the University of Birmingham.

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Deanna Joseph who is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the Georgia State University School of Music where she conducts the University Singers and leads the master's program in choral conducting. 

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Iris Levine, the founder and artistic director of VOX Femina Los Angeles, L.A.’s premier women’s chorus.