The Resonanz Podcast

Trombonist/Composer Bryan Hooten joins Frank Pesci for a discussion about the intersection of the musical life and Fatherhood.

A special episode featuring percussionist Ramón Gardella, recording between takes during the recording session of SPEAKING of SANTERÍA, a new work for Drum Set and Pre-recorded Voice.

The third in a series of podcasts following up on the blog post, Three Principles, or, "What do you mean, 'I'm a Perfectionist?'"

A follow-up to the blog post, Three Principles, or, “What do you mean, ‘I’m a perfectionist’?”

Craft! Technique! Perfectionism! Sondheim? A podcast following up on the blog post, T hree Principles, or, What do you mean I'm a Perfectionist? Referenced in this Podcast: Ned Rorem Interviews Stephen Sondheim at the 92nd Street Y in 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzTuIbqgzJU&t=3134s Sohndeim's final interviews for the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorke...

Different singers, different settings, different purposes. A follow up to the blog post, Writing for Singers .

A follow-up Podcast to the blog post, Writing for Singers . The capabilities of instruments are generally known and standardized: range limits, how dynamics affect sound, which mutes to use, how to use them, and how long one must budget for a player to insert or remove them before they can be ready to continue playing. Not so with singers. Singers do not have a set array of performance options tha...

What did I think I knew? And how could that have benefitted from a mentor's assistance? Is it possible to mentor oneself? After the fact? A podcast follow up to the blog post, " After the Mountaintop: Notes from the Rubble Pile ."

During the production of my last opera, I would frequently quip that I was going to write a book about the experience titled, "I didn't learn this in school." There has been so much in my career that was never discussed in my university program or my composition seminars, that one book would not be enough. The education arm of Resonanz - the blog, the podcasts, the coming school - is...

Always have a model, my first teacher told me. While he was primarily talking about a model for every piece, I had been looking for a model for this phase of my career. How should I dress and present myself? How should I behave in rehearsal? Should I even go to rehearsal? How do I lay the foundation for what's next?  I spoke to old teachers, old-timer composers, active European composers who were...

"Set-able” is not the same as “singable.” Some texts look great on the page but are a nightmare for singers. Intended for composers, songwriters, and anyone who wants to write for singers, wether it be in the choral, operatic, musical theater or pop/Rock/Jazz idioms. A podcast follow-up to the post, Mutual Illumination , on the Resonanz Blog.

Where Do I Find Texts That Are Set-able? Not every good text can be set to music, and even if it is, you may not be legally free to use it. Intended for composers, songwriters, and anyone who wants to write for singers, wether it be in the choral, operatic, musical theater or pop/Rock/Jazz idioms. A podcast follow-up to the post, Mutual Illumination , found on the Resonanz Blog.