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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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All Episodes

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1.49 - Erin Keeton-Howard

Composer Chats ·

2024/10/15

Erin Keeton-Howard is a Seattle-based educator, conductor, and composer. Community music, and the formation of community through making music, is at the heart of her research interests, educational philosophy, and personal passion. Erin is delighted to engage in this adventure through her work as a guest conductor/composer/clinician and through her recently released book: “Women in Wind Band” published in December 2023 by GIA Publications, Inc. This text is written from the experience of women to

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1.48 - Laura Estes

Composer Chats ·

2024/10/08

After 36 years as a middle and high school band director, Laura Estes (b. 1959) retired in 2018 from the Cobb County School System (GA) and began composing. Her first piece,Kvetchers (Surprises in Controversial Time), was published in Excelcia Music Publishing’s 2020 catalog, and with her composition Walking on Air, Estes was named the winner of the 2021 Women Band Director’s International (WBDI) Composition Competition. Along with original music performed at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Estes’

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1.47 - Rob Smith

Composer Chats ·

2024/10/01

The innovative and highly energetic music ofRob Smithis frequently performed throughout the United States and abroad. His music has received numerous awards, including those from the Aaron Copland House, ASCAP and the National Band Association. Commissions have come from the Texas Music Festival Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program, the American Composers Forum (as a part of their Continental Harmony project) and several nationally renowned university wind ensembles, among

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1.46 - Larry Clark

Composer Chats ·

2024/09/24

Larry Clark (b. 1963) is the founder and President of Excelcia Music Publishing as well as President of Wingert-Jones Publications, Kendor Music Publishing, and RBC Publications. His company focuses on educational music for band, choral, Jazz ensemble and orchestra along with related methods and books. Prior to Larry starting his own publishing company he served for nineteen years as Vice President, Editor-in-Chief for Carl Fischer Music, and before that an Instrumental Music Editor for Warner Bros

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56:47

1.45 - Z. Randall Stroope

Composer Chats ·

2024/09/17

Z. Randall Stroope is an American composer and conductor, having conducted concerts in 26 countries and published over 200 musical works. Randall is the Artistic Director of two international summer music festivals and has directed music for Vatican Mass 12 times. Recent guest conducting engagements include Rome, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Dublin, Stockholm, Berlin, and Vienna. In the United States, Randall has directed 56 performances at Carnegie Hall and Chicago Orchestra Hall, 48 all-state choirs, and

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1.44 - Robert Sheldon

Composer Chats ·

2024/09/10

Robert Sheldon (b. Feb 3, 1954) has taught instrumental music in the Florida and Illinois public schools and has served on the faculty at Florida State University where he taught instrumental music education classes, conducting, and directed the university bands.Following seventeen years as Director of Concert Band Publications for Alfred Music, he now maintains an active composition and conducting schedule, regularly accepting commissions for new works. Sheldon received the Bachelor of Music in

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1.43 - Tyler Arcari

Composer Chats ·

2024/09/03

Tyler Arcari (b. 1989) is a composer, arranger, author, and clinician whose music is played around the world. He received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in music education from Troy University where he studied with composer Ralph Ford and Euphonium under Dr. Mark J. Walker. As a teacher, Tyler has taught at both the middle and high school levels. Tyler’s primary focus when writing has been for the young musician. He became passionate about and interested in the needs of developing musicians as a

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1.42 - Brooke Pierson

Composer Chats ·

2024/08/27

Brooke Pierson (b. 1987) is a multi-award winning composer, multiple ASCAP+ Award Recipient, conductor, and teacher of the year nominated educator out of Ypsilanti, Michigan (USA).Brooke’s music has been performed throughout the United States and abroad by groups such as the West Point Band, the Dallas Winds, the Appalachian Wind Ensemble, and the Banda Musicale Città di Seriate, as well as renowned solo and chamber musicians including Craig Knox (Pittsburgh Symphony).In 2018 his piece for brass

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1.41 - Steven Rosenhaus

Composer Chats ·

2024/08/20

Steven L. Rosenhaus (b. Brooklyn, NY) is a composer, lyricist, arranger, conductor, author, educator and clinician, and performer. His concert music has been called “clever, deftly constructed and likable” by The New York Times; the Sächsiche Zeitung (Dresden, Germany) declares it “expressive....Its song-like melodic sequences and balladic aspects give it a lyrical beauty, within a newer soundworld.” Back Stage magazine called his music and lyrics for the off-Broadway show "Critic" “sprightly,

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1.40 - Arthur Breur

Composer Chats ·

2024/08/13

Arthur Breur started seriously studying piano as a child of eight after his grandmother Jocelyn passed away. The two had been very close, and his weekend stays at her home inevitably included him asking her to play piano.At ten he started taking lessons, having already taught himself a variety of music in those two years, including various movie score themes and ragtime pieces. He gradually discovered that he enjoyed composing and playing his own music more than playing what was assigned to him by

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1.39 - Alan Theisen

Composer Chats ·

2024/08/06

LAN THEISEN (b. 4 October1981) is a composer, saxophonist, author, and educator. Influenced in his youth by the careers of Leonard Bernstein and Quincy Jones, Theisen soon established his personal ethos of creating and sharing new music with joyous enthusiasm across multiple artistic endeavors. He continues this commitment to comprehensive musicianship by tirelessly combining the disciplines of composing, performance, scholarship, conducting, advocacy, and pedagogy.Theisen's compositions encompass a

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1.38 - Ryan Fraley

Composer Chats ·

2024/07/30

Ryan Fraley (b. 1973) is an accomplished composer, arranger, producer, music engraver, and engineer. Ryan's compositions and arrangements have been performed worldwide by jazz ensembles, orchestras, and bands of all levels. His work is published byThe FJH Music Company inc.(Fort Lauderdale, FL) and his own imprint,HXmusic, LLC.He is the co-founder ofWave Mechanics Union, a studio jazz orchestra with two albums released. Ryan has provided orchestrations for Jon Anderson (vocalist from the bandYes)

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1.37 - Katherine Bergman

Composer Chats ·

2024/07/23

Katherine Bergman(b. 1985) isa Minnesota-based composer who draws on environmentalism, literature, and found materials to create music that has been described as hypnotic and visceral. She has received commissions and performances from leading ensembles throughout the United States and abroad, including the U.S. Coast Guard Band, Estonian Police and Border Guard Orchestra, Hub New Music, Zeitgeist, Seen/Heard Trio, The Dream Songs Project, and many others. Her works have been presented at ISCM World

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1.36 - Jorge Vargas

Composer Chats ·

2024/07/16

Jorge Luis Vargas was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila in 1971and currently resides in Eagle Pass, Texas. His full time job is a band director at Memorial Junior High, where he teaches beginner band, concert band, and Mariachi. His writing career started when he was asked to arrange several mariachi mariachi songs for the local high school. After several years of honing his skills as a mariachi composer and arranger, He wrote his first marching band show for CC Winn High School in Eagle Pass. After

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1.35 - Emily Rice

Composer Chats ·

2024/07/09

Emily Rice is an LA-based, British-born composer for film and TV, known for her dark, post-classical score to the Netflix series"The I-Land"(executive produced by and starringKate Bosworth) and for creating an introspective, bluesy-cello based score for"Miss Juneteenth"starringNicole Beharie("Sleepy Hollow", "Black Mirror"), which premiered to critical acclaim at theSundance Film Festivaland was nominated by the Satellite Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards and Austin Film Critics

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1.34 - John Pasternak

Composer Chats ·

2024/07/02

John M. Pasternak is an active composer, conductor, and teacher. John attended Kent State University (KSU) where he pursued a Bachelor of Music Education degree and served as President of the Kent State Chapter of the Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association (OCMEA). Mr. Pasternak was a Staff Arranger at Kent State University, where he focused on composing and arranging for the music department while conducting his works with many of the KSU music ensembles. He has composed repertoire for many

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1.33 - Jon Bubbett

Composer Chats ·

2024/06/25

Jon Bubbett, a native of Dothan, AL, graduated from Dothan High School (1977). He received his BMEd from Troy State University in Troy, AL, in 1981 and his MMEd in 1989 from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, IL. His career spanned thirty eight years with the last twenty six at Thompson High School in Alabaster, AL. His previous schools were Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School in Washington, GA, Demopolis High School in Demopolis, AL and Erwin High School in Birmingham, AL. His bands

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1.32 - Murat Selcuk

Composer Chats ·

2024/06/18

Murat Selçuk is a composer, music producer, and classical clarinetist originally from Turkey and currently based in Los Angeles.Murat's most recent project is the highly anticipated upcoming Netflix series 'Dead Boy Detectives’ co-composed with Blake Neely.In his music, he experiments with orchestral and electronic instruments to create unique textures and compelling sonic worlds.Growing up in Istanbul, Turkey, Murat developed a very eclectic taste and sensibility towards music and film. Influenced

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1.31 - JaRod Hall

Composer Chats ·

2024/06/11

JaRod Hall (b. 1991) is a Texas-native composer, educator, and performer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of North Texas where he studied conducting with Nicholas Williams and Dennis Fisher. JaRod's bands have received consistent sweepstakes awards at the Texas University Interscholastic League Concert and Sightreading Evaluations, as well as being recognized at the state level. In 2018 and 2019, JaRod's bands at Griffin Middle School earned the Citation of

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1.30 - Harrison Collins

Composer Chats ·

2024/06/04

Harrison J. Collins (b. 1999) began composing at the young age of thirteen. Since then, he has made a name for himself across the United States as a skilled composer. He combines his musical studies in academic settings with years of self-teaching and a strong intuition to write music that challenges and connects to performers and listeners alike.Their works for wind ensemble, orchestra, and chamber ensembles are published by Murphy Music Press, C. Alan Publications, and more, and have been

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