Tag: playlist
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PLAYLIST 25: Keep it Saxy
I have a confession – I don’t really like music for saxophone – which means I need to listen to more contemporary works for sax and find some that I at least want to get to know better. I think… Continue reading
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PLAYLIST 24: It’s Electric
One of my favorite composers is Eve Beglarian – and in an effort to find a playlist theme that was a little more cohesive, I started with her work Until it Blazes, a piece for various stings, but I went… Continue reading
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PLAYLIST 23: Press Recorder
The recorder is a weird instrument. In the US, most of us have images of plastic sticks with holes that shrieked Hot Crossed Buns. The reality is, the recorder is hundreds of years old with the first recorded music published… Continue reading
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PLAYLIST 22: Strings… Plus
In my heyday of podcast binging, one of my regulars was New Sounds, a WNYC Studios production. “New Sounds is New York Public Radio’s home for the musically curious, since 1982. It’s a hub for discovering weird and wonderful music… Continue reading
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PLAYLIST 21: Harp About It
I am so happy to announce my first playlist collab is with Dario Miranda! Dario is a jazz and indie musician buff and staple of the music scene here in Phoenix. I can’t think him enough for being my guinea… Continue reading
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PLAYLIST 14: Mix Tape Vol. 1
This is the last week of Black History Month in 2025. This week’s playlist is full of the works by black composers I enjoyed while listening this month and I can’t wait to listen and learn more. More than other… Continue reading
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PLAYLIST 13: Bleep Bloop
Its week 3 of Black History Month 2025! Learning more about George E. Lewis made me want to dive further into Black composers in early computer music. I knew that few had the opportunity to participate because “early computer music”… Continue reading
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PLAYLIST 12: Cello, Darling
Its week 2 of Black History Month 2025! And for the sake of a silly playlist name, I present to you a playlist of cello works by Black composers. Every composer on this playlist is new to me except for… Continue reading
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PLAYLIST 11: Songs I wish I heard in School
It’s the first week of Black History Month. It’s also the third week of the Trump presidency, and federal DEI initiatives have been obliterated. This includes DEI initiatives in federal granting, which heavily includes the arts. Did you know State… Continue reading
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PLAYLIST 7: It was the 90s
I’ve been waiting for the right chance to put some of Daniel Lentz’s On the Leopard Altar in a playlist. I came across this album on one of my random library CD haul days during my undergrad studies. Turns out,… Continue reading
