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PODCAST

Composer Chats

Jason K. Nitsch

Composer Chat is a podcast where we talk a little bit about music, a little bit about life, and a whole lot about whatever we feel like at the moment! Each episode I am joined by a special guest composer and we will chat about their pathway towards success in their musical career!

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2.19 - Bess McCrary

Composer Chats ·

2025/05/27

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2.18 - Felix Jarrar

Composer Chats ·

2025/05/20

Felix Jarrar is a multidisciplinary artist, distinguished as a composer, coach andconductor. His music has been praised for its "dreamlike" quality (Boston Globe) and"delightfully cruel" edge (Operawire). Jarrar's compositions have been noted to "flowfrom him in the most natural and lively way" (Tom Cipullo).Jarrar has had the privilege of collaborating with numerous esteemed organizations,including Santa Fe Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, OPERA San Antonio, The NewSchool, Opera Naples, Opera North,

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2.17 - -Jodi Goble

Composer Chats ·

2025/05/13

Collaborative pianist and composer Jodi Goble is Senior Lecturer in Voice at Iowa State University, where she coaches singers, music-directs the ISU Opera Studio, and teaches diction and song literature. She received the Iowa State University Award for Early Excellence in Teaching in 2015. Before coming to Iowa, she was Lecturer at the Boston University College of Fine Arts, Senior Vocal Coach and Coordinator of Opera Programs for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, diction faculty at the

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2.16 - Emerson Eads

Composer Chats ·

2025/05/06

r. Emerson Eads currently serves as Director of Choral Activities at Minot State University. As a composer and conductor, he has devoted himself to music of social concern.HisMass for the Oppressedwas written to support the Fairbanks Four, Alaskan Natives from the composer’s hometown who were wrongfully imprisoned for over sixteen years. His cantata“…from which your laughter rises”was written for the mothers of the Fairbanks Four. His opera,The Princess Sophia, premiered in Juneau, Alaska, on

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2.15 - Paul Leonard-Morgan

Composer Chats ·

2025/04/29

Award-winning composer Paul Leonard-Morgan has written music for the concert hall, the theater, public events, worked with pop and rock bands, and composed for the screen, both large and small. His experience and range are the epitome of the skill, versatility, and appeal of a 21st century composer—in a world where genres are less and less important, he’s a conservatory trained composer with a punk rock heart.Leonard-Morgan is one of the most notable contemporary soundtrack composers, in demand for

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2.14 - Kurt Erickson

Composer Chats ·

2025/04/22

Composer Kurt Erickson specializes in creating innovative large scale, multi-year projects for multi-artist commissioning consortiums. His 2023-2025 Each Moment Radiant will include some 20-25 global arts organizations, including those in the US, Sweden, and Finland. The multimedia vocal work will honor the lives of the thirty-five Syracuse University students who perished in the Pan Am Flight 103 Tragedy over Lockerbie, Scotland.Erickson’s Seventeen Minutes and Twenty-Two Seconds for solo piano

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2.13 - Joseph Jones

Composer Chats ·

2025/04/15

Joseph Jones is a dedicated, passionate, and consummate classical musician with a wide range of talents including composition, conducting, and orchestral playing.Mr. Jones studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and has been a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and Allentown Symphony. He has also been an assistant or apprentice conductor with the New York Youth Symphony, National Music Festival, and Gulf Coast Symphony. He’s guest conducted the Color of Music Festival orchestra and

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2.12 - Marti Epstein

Composer Chats ·

2025/04/08

Marti Epstein (November 25, 1959) started studying composition in 1977 with Professor Robert Beadell at the University of Nebraska. She has degrees from the University of Colorado and Boston University, and her principal teachers were Cecil Effinger, Charles Eakin, Joyce Mekeel, Bunita Marcus, and Bernard Rands.Marti was a fellow in composition at the Tanglewood Music Center in 1986 and 1988 and worked with Oliver Knussen and Hans Werner Henze. As a result of her association with Henze, she was

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2.11 -Jessica Rudman

Composer Chats ·

2025/04/01

Jessica Rudman’smusic inspires empathy for social issues through stories of myth, magic, and the modern world. Described as a “new music ninja” by the Hartford Advocate, she blends lyrical melodies and dramatic narrative structures with sensual harmony and vibrant color to draw the audience into the world she has created.Her works for the concert hall, dance, and opera often differ in musical language and approach, with the common thread always being expressivity. She believes that the ability to

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2.10 - Melissa Dunphy

Composer Chats ·

2025/03/25

Born in Australia and raised in an immigrant family, Melissa Dunphy herself immigrated to the United States in 2003 and has since become an acclaimed composer specializing in vocal, political, and theatrical music. She first came to national attention in 2009 when her large-scale workthe Gonzales Cantatawas featured inThe Wall Street Journal,The Atlantic,National Review,Fox News, and on MSNBC’sThe Rachel Maddow Show, where host Rachel Maddow described it as “the coolest thing you’ve ever seen on

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2.9 - Charles Booker Jr.

Composer Chats ·

2025/03/18

Charles Booker(b. 1952), a native of Natchez, Mississippi, is a former U.S. Army Bandmaster, and Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. He served the university as Director of Jazz Studies, Director of Bands, and Chair of the Music Department. During his tenure at UA Fort Smith he taught trumpet, band, jazz band, conducting, music theory, orchestration and composition. Mr. Booker was a student of Al Sturchio and Dan Schreiber and studied trumpet with Gary Rosenblatt and Jan

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2.8 - Catherine Likhuta

Composer Chats ·

2025/03/11

Catherine Likhuta (b. 1981, Kyiv, Ukraine) is an Australian-based composer, pianist and recording artist.Catherine holds a bachelor's degree in jazz piano from Kyiv Glière Music College and a five-year post-graduate degree in composition from the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv Conservatory). She is currently [2018] pursuing a Ph.D. in composition at the University of Queensland.Her music exhibits high emotional charge, programmatic nature and rhythmic complexity. Catherine's

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2.7 - Jennifer Rose

Composer Chats ·

2025/03/04

Jennifer E. Rose (b. 1978) is an American composer, sound designer, and audio editor.A former band director and music educator of 15 years, Rose is passionate about engaging students through performance.Lately, her genre-breaking scores that incorporate 8-bit sound design and orchestral elements have garnered the attention of ensemble directors worldwide.Jennifer holds a Professional Artist Certificate in Composition and Master’s degree in Composition & Technology from the North Carolina School

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2.6 - Lauren Spavelko

Composer Chats ·

2025/02/25

From the serious to the lighthearted, Spavelko's work inspires deeper connections with one another and ourselves. In equal measure, listeners can find play, curiosity, joy, sensitivity, and empathy.Her works have been performed across the United States, as well as in Italy, Singapore, and Canada.She has been commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Central Ohio Symphony, the Johnstone Fund for New Music, and numerous artists & performing ensembles. She arrangedOrphée+with Opera

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2.5 - Katie Jenkins

Composer Chats ·

2025/02/18

Katie Jenkins is a multi-award-winning Welsh composer and producer, now based in New York City. She is recognised for her ability to weave together sonic textures, influenced by her Celtic background. She draws on her ability as a vocalist and violinist to create her distinctive sound. Katie’s music can be found on stage, in the media and at the concert hall. She is renowned for her strength in collaborative work and ability to form supportive environments where she works closely with fellow

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2.4 - Nathan Hervey

Composer Chats ·

2025/02/11

Nathan Hervey (b. Texas) is an American composer and educator.Mr. Hervey grew up in Arlington, Texas. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from UT Arlington and his Master of Music in trombone performance from University of North Texas. He currently serves as band director at Arlington High School and also teaches beginners at Bailey Junior High in Arlington.Mr. Hervey currently serves a band director at Arlington (Tx.) High School. In that role he conducts the jazz ensembles as well as the

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2.3 - David Shenton

Composer Chats ·

2025/02/04

David Shenton is an English-born pianist, violinist, composer, and arranger based in New York City. As pianist/music director David has worked with renowned members of the music profession in all genres, including Vanessa Williams, Tony Bennett, Norm Lewis, Zach Levi, Sierra Boggess, Denyce Graves, Alfie Bøe, Renée Fleming, Sherrill Milnes, Marilyn Maye, Liz Callaway, Sir André Previn, Michael Feinstein, Amanda McBroom, Katie Couric, Alan Menken, and Stephen Schwartz.David's proficiency in multiples

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2.2 - Quinn Mason

Composer Chats ·

2025/01/28

Praised as "One of the most sought after young composers in the country" (Texas Monthly) and “a composer who clearly understands the orchestra and knows how to take advantage of its many varied colors” (Tallahassee Democrat), composer and conductor Quinn Mason (b. 1996) has distinguished himself as an artist of national and international renown. He previously served a successful tenure as Artist in Residence of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for the 2022-2023 season. He also served as the Detroit

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2.1 - Rachel J. Peters

Composer Chats ·

2025/01/21

Composer/librettist Rachel J. Peters(she/her, b. 1977)writes all manner of works for the stage. Her operas include Lesson Plan (On Site Opera), Companionship (Virginia Arts Festival, Fort Worth Opera), Rootabaga Country (Sarasota Opera),Sketchbook for Ollie (Lyric Opera of Kansas City);The Wild Beast of the Bungalow (Oberlin Conservatory) and Three Amputators with Royce Vavrek (Arctic Chamber Music Festival); No Ladies in the Lady’s Book (Utah Opera), Staggerwing (Opera Kansas), and Men I’m Not

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1.50 - Randall Standridge

Composer Chats ·

2024/11/12

Randall Standridge (b.1976) received his Bachelor's of Music Education from Arkansas State University. During this time, he studied composition with Dr. Tom O'Connor, before returning to Arkansas State University to earn his Master's in Music Composition, studying with Dr. Tom O'Connor and Dr. Tim Crist. In 2001, he began his tenure as Director of Bands at Harrisburg High School in Harrisburg, Arkansas. He left this post in 2013 to pursue a career as a full-time composer and marching arts

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