Pianist Sarah Watkins is my guest for this episode. She spoke to me from post-Covid New Zealand, where she's been busy working and performing (remember that foreign concept?) Along with violinist Andrew Beer, she's the winner of the Aotearoa Music Award for her album "11 Frames". We chatted about the state of composition in New Zealand and how multi-culturalism continues to influence New Zealand's musical voices.
I've been watching lots of sports matches broadcast with artificially generated crowd noises. What if classical concerts did the same thing? This episode also features a wintery vehicle-pushing Music College Didn't Prepare Me segment. Got a weird gig you'd like featured? Email me at asitcomespodcast@gmail.com
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Mentioned in this episode:
"11 Frames": https://rattle-records.bandcamp.com/album/11-frames?fbclid=IwAR0ORWD-RAwC-SigJT3IJOfcPQ6fq4tWu6pMo9WY8Baxg31nUDeKQGyqsvk
“The Meaning Behind Creative Output” – My chat on Nadine Benjamin’s Safe At Home Sessions: https://youtu.be/0p6Ssk2IaT4
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Episode 34: Jen Lang "Joining the dots"
Episode 32: Violeta Vicci "It's our duty to transport people to a different world"
Episode 31: Daniel Rainey "The most important skills you'll probably ever have"
Episode 30: Lucia D'Avanzo-Lewis "Start to be aware of what you're throwing away"
Episode 29: Peter Brathwaite "You can't build your life around just practising"
Episode 28: Xuefei Yang "'Pioneer' sounds really fancy"
Episode 27: Justine Cormack "There's just so much wisdom that our bodies have"
Episode 26: Fred and Lily Scott "The gig goes on"
Episode 25: Nadine Benjamin "We tell stories"
Episode 24: Jennifer Pike "It's a long road"
Episode 23: Leon Bosch "I could either give up, or I could fight"
Episode 22: Fiona Gibbs "Be as creative as possible"
Episode 21: Jessica Cottis "Always music first"
Episode 20: Jessie Grimes "There's no ceiling in what you can do"
Episode 19: Robert and Verity Simmons (Estilo String Quartet) "Sh*t Christmas on the forest floor"
Episode 18: Rocío Bolaños "Open your mind, maybe?"
Episode 17: Amalia Hall "Music improves life quality"
Episode 16: John-Paul Muir "Finding strength, trust and faith in something that anchors you"
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