Regarding Music

Michael Pirri is a Toronto based organist, choral conductor, and church musician. In this episode of regarding music, we discuss Michael's path to becoming a church musician, the importance of gaining exposure to a wide variety of choral repertoire, and some of the unique challenges church musicians face.

In this episode of regarding music, we talk with Ian, David, and Brandon from Shep, a St. John's based rock band, about their music, how they formed, the importance of networking in music, and how they've gotten some of their most memorable performances.

Robert Strobel is a freelance composer and in this episode of Regarding Music we talk about his experience as a composer, some challenges with landing commissions, ways to overcome those challenges, ideas around marketing new compositions, and some advice for aspiring composers.

David Eguiguren is a St. John's based pianist and composer who runs an active photography and videography business in addition to his musical career. In this Episode of Regarding Music, David and I talk about the importance of networking, leveraging seemingly unrelated skills to help develop a music career and tips for musicians who want to take better photos.

Amy Desrosiers is an Ottawa based choral musician and in this episode of Regarding Music, we talk about what it means to be a professional musician, managing a second career in music, some of Amy's experiences with choirs, and some tips and ideas for other choral musicians.

Michael Denomme is a Toronto based choral conductor who works with numerous choirs in the Greater Toronto Area. In this episode of Regarding Music, we talk about some of the differences between working with Children's choirs  and conducting choirs in a university setting, the importance of listening for conductors, some of the more difficult vowel sounds for choirs to master, and some tips and adv...

Sammy Strent is a choral composer and founder of the Collegiate Choral Composition Community, a group whose purpose is to create opportunities for student choral composers. In this episode we talk about the Colligate Choral Compositions Community, Sammy's experience as a choral composer himself, some of the challenges student composers face, and some tips and ideas for choral composers looking to...

Brent Nuevo is a Kingston, Ontario based church organist and choral conductor, in this episode of regarding music we talk about some of the nuances and unique challenges of being a church musician, working with choirs, and how the buildings in which we sing impact and influence choral music. 

In this episode of regarding Music we talk with Jim Prowse, a trumpet player in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Band and member of the Canadian Armed Forces, about his experiences as a musician in military, some of the differences and similarities between doing music in military and civilian settings, some of the difficulties of performing outdoors, and some tips and advice for musicians who might...

In this Episode of Regarding music we talk with Persio Dominguez, a St. John's Based Orchestral Conductor, about some of the mindset and attitude shifts good conductors make and gain through their experiences, learnings from running rehearsals, and some tips and ideas for student conductors to get more experience.  

In this episode of Regarding Music, we talk with Man Li, a Vancouver Based choral conductor and composer about how conducting choirs influences his choral compositions, his journey as a choral conductor, and some ideas for other young choir conductors and composers of choral music. 

In this episode of Regarding Music, we talk with Kaitlin White, a composer based out of St. John's, about her experiences as a composer, how visual art influences her work, and some tips and ideas for other young composers.

In this episode of Regarding Music, we talk with Carter Gaus, an aspiring conductor studying instrumental conducting, about his journey as a conductor, some of the nuanced differences between conducting choirs and conducting wind bands, the behind the scenes work conductors do, and some tips and practice ideas for young conductors.

In this episode of regarding music we talk with Sharang Sharma, a chorister with the Elmer Iseler Singers and Tafelmusik, about Sharang's journey as a musician, ways choral musicians can take their work up a notch, and some learnings from singing with professional choirs.

In this episode we talk with Ania Suri, an apprentice conductor with the Mississauga Children's Choir and Choir Manager with the MacMillan Singers at the University of Toronto about her experiences working with choirs, lessons learned from working with children's choirs that are transferable to working with other choirs, and some of the challenges of leaving STEM fields to pursue music.

In this episode of Regarding Music, we talk with Liam Kuhn, a composer who borrows ideas from both medieval and avant garde music, about his work, journey as a composer, and advice for young composers who are trying to get their music performed. 

In this Episode of Regarding Music, we talk with Matheus Coelho about orchestral conducting, some of the qualities that make good conductors, and the path to becoming a conductor of a professional orchestra.

In this episode of Regarding Music, we talk with Dr. Daniel Ramjattan about performance anxiety in music, his own experience as a performer and music educator, and some ways to get over the pre-recital jitters. 

In this Episode of Regarding Music, we sit down with Ben Diamond, a Montreal based classical guitarist, to talk about what it means to be a classical guitar player, the role of historic music in modern concert programing, some of the new compositions Ben is performing, and a few tips for composers considering writing new works for the guitar. 

In this episode of regarding music, we sit down with Andrew Gosse, a composer who writes electronic music for video games to discuss electronic music, breaking into the audio engineering industry, and some of the nuances of writing music for video games.

In this episode we discuss all things double bass with Matt Hardy, a double bass player in the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra.  We talk about Matt's journey as a double bass player, bass repertoire for solo performance, and some of the nuances of playing double bass.

In this episode we talk with Brian Sheppard, a synthesizer player with the band "The Record Club", about synthesizers, his experiences playing in bands, and some of the lasting cultural impacts of popular music from the 1980s.

In this first episode of regarding music, we sit down with Dr. D.F. Cook, a retired choral conductor, music educator, and church musician to discuss the key factors that make choirs and choral conductors successful.