Sound of Ages Podcast

Unlock your creativity by creating boundaries (New or old). Palestrina, and countless other composers in Western Music History, created a Blue Ocean market with his very focused style and boundaries.  www.soundofageschoir.com

Today, we passionately discuss the difference between music that is timeless vs. music that is trendy. We also discuss a few facts about British Renaissance composer Robert White and listen to Sound of Ages performing his piece "Christe qui lux es et dies III". We appreciate your feedback. We would appreciate your help improving the show. To give your feedback, follow the link to this Google form:...

The music marketplace and what that even means. We are going to have a fantastic interview with Paul Smith, co-founder of Voces8. You don't want to miss today's episode of Early Music Monday.  www.soundofageschoir.com www.voces8.com www.voces8.foundation Also be sure to check out more of Paul's work:  www.voces8.foundation/paulsmith

I just want to go through and try to bridge the gap between early music and normal life. We're going to talk about a book called The Oz Principle, find out how the concept of line is incorporated and connect all the dots.  www.soundofageschoir.com The Oz Principle https://www.amazon.com/Oz-Principle-Individual-Organizational-Accountability-ebook/dp/B0012M2IX2

Today we're going to take a trip over to Italy and explore the music of 16th century Ferrara, which is one of the musical hotspots of the renaissance. Our guest, Laurie Stras, noted and renown musicologist will give us some background on some specific female composers that she's done groundbreaking research on. Some pretty incredible stuff.  www.soundofageschoir.com Articles and Books by Laurie St...

Some specific examples of "line" as examined in 3 pieces of music. You'll hear full pieces by: Manuel Cardoso Carlo Gesualdo Andrew Maxfield www.soundofageschoir.com/podcast Big special premiere performance of Andrew's piece, "The Singing Bowl". Look for the video coming soon but hear the first live recording here. 

On today's Andrew Special, we do a birds eye view of the concept of "Line". What makes a good line? What's the difference between line and melody? Why is line important? etc. We will do a follow up episode, a "Part II" if you will, where we will go more in depth and show specific examples.  www.soundofageschoir.com www.andrewmaxfield.org

Today we're going to talk a little bit about St. George's Chapel and Windsor by talking about the composers John Merbecke and, fast-forward to today, Simon Whitely, who is a lay clerk there and leader of the group, "The Queen's Six", who you might know from their recent performance at Prince Phillip's funeral and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's wedding. All kinds of Royal stuff going on today.  w...

Today we're going to be talking about "The False Relation", a harmonic phenomenon of the Renaissance and relate that to Thomas Tallis and his life, and a little bit to our life today. Then we're going to have a great interview with British composer Cecilia McDowall.  https://ceciliamcdowall.co.uk/ www.soundofageschoir.com/podcast For Sound of Ages recordings of Cecilia's pieces, check out our webs...

Today we will have a short composer profile (to be extended in a later episode) on Hildegard von Bingen to set up tonight's Sound of Ages concert, "Songs of Meditation". Check out the live stream: https://youtu.be/upR03BS2F_Q Concert Program can be found: https://spark.adobe.com/page/dBcpLxoH6ATuh/

This is a pre-concert discussion where we go in depth into the Songs of Meditation program, Sound of Ages first live concert in over a year. We take a look into the nature of meditation and how the program reflects those concepts. The program features a world premiere of a piece by Andrew Maxfield and music from Hildegard, Arvo Pärt, Guillaume Du Fay, John Tavener, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Jona...

How do you say something new when everything's been said. On this months edition of the Andrew Special, we dive into "waves of saturation" and how humans tend to create something new when it seems as though there's nothing left to say.  https://andrewmaxfield.org www.soundofageschoir.com Audio Credit: 30 second clip of Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis (Performed by The Tallis Scholars)

The road to success is most likely to be kind of a messy one. So today we talk about, in episode #23, His Royal Bachness, we're going to have a special guest, professional singer Martha McLorinan from the UK, and our composer profile, obviously, on Johann Sebastian Bach. www.soundofageschoir.com/podcast  www.marthamclorinan.com

Today we're going to be talking about The Infinite Game, we're going to have an interview with Ernesto Herrera  from Cuba, and our composer profile is on Esteban Salas.  Check out Ernesto's Facebook and Instagram.  Here's a link to BYU Singers performance of his work:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQxAf3fadB4 www.soundofageschoir.com

Our newly formatted episodes begins with our composer profile on George F. Handel and the concept of "grit", we then have an interview with the newly appointed head of the voice department at Julliard School, Professor Darrell Babidge. 

Our first ever episode of The Andrew Special. Early Music Monday is joined by co-host Andrew Maxfield where we do a deep dive into the world of counterpoint with composer, theorist, and professor at Julliard School, Phillip Lasser. Prepare to have your mind blown. Visit Phillips website: www.philiplasser.com Check out other episodes of EMM and blogs with resources at:  www.soundofageschoir.com

A special episode going in depth into Sound of Ages' Virtual Concert "Songs of Praise" prepared for the 2021 National ACDA virtual conference. A closer look at the music on the program by Carlo Gesualdo, Cecilia McDowall, Thomas Tallis, and Ken Burton.  www.soundofageschoir.com/events

Today we're going to talk about some areas, genres, and sub-genres that I include in Early Music that will help us expand the scope and definition of what Early Music is, we'll have an interview with composer Stuart Wheeler, and our composer profile is on William Billings.  soundofageschoir.com/podcast

Our discussion today goes back to the basics of counterpoint and the choreography of sound, we'll have an interview with composer Andrew Maxfield, and our composer profile is on Tomás Luis de Victoria. soundofageschoir.com andrewmaxfield.org

Today we're going to discuss the avant-garde philosophy, we're going to have a discussion with Courtney Minor, a professional singer based out of California, and our composer profile is on Nicola Vicentino. 

Today we get deep and philosophical talking about the economy of sound...less is more, we'll have an interview with Greg Skidmore; professional singer and conductor, and our composer profile is on Orlando di Lasso, or is it de Lassus?  www.soundofageschoir.com The Canadian Renaissance Music Summer School www.crmss.org

Today we are talking about the Lute, not the Flute, the Lute, like the original guitar; And we're going to talk to Braedon Hoffman who is a professional Lute player, Lutenist, and our composer profile is on John Dowland, who wrote a lot of music for the Lute. It's all about the Lute, "I am Lute".   https://www.soundofageschoir.com/podcasts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDfbgUkt_rL5XwdIpV5S74Q

How do you do sqcred music in secular settings? We'll have a discussion with Dr. Erin Plisco from Missouri State University, and our composer profile is on Antonio Vivaldi. 

How do you create authentic and organic historical experiences in the choral rehearsal, we'll have a discussion with Tony Silvestri, lyricist, poet, historian, and our composer profile is on Gregorio Allegri. 

The importance of thinking horizontally and melodically in choral music, an interview with Owain Park, founder and artistic director of Gesualdo Six, composer, and professional singer, and a composer profile on Don Carlo Gesualdo. https://www.soundofageschoir.com/blog