Through My Ears

In a special quarantine edition of Though My Ears, mezzo-soprano and DMA candidate Kelly Guerra hosts an Instagram Live interview with assistant teaching professor Sarah Gibson of the composition program at UCSB. They discuss the importance of creating music during lockdown, Sarah’s use of improvisation in her compositional practice, and the creative freedom her piano duo HOCKET allows her to have: “…we could change what the repertoire would be in the modern era, and we could explore all the things

The third episode of Through My Ears stars Stefanie Tcharos,an associate professor of musicology, and is hosted by Timothy Bausch, a PhD candidate in theory. They discuss her teaching philosophy, how music plays a role in what precedes historical transformations, and her taste in modern music, including how she's been “totally obsessed with Lizzo”.Listen now onApple Podcasts,Spotify,orAnchor. This podcast was produced byConnor Long and the UC Santa Barbara Department of Music. Intro and outro

The second episode of Through My Ears starsDerek Katz,an associate professor of musicology, and is hosted by Timothy Bausch, a PhD candidate in theory. They discuss how the field of musicology is changing, advocacy and public engagement, and Derek’s current research on Ellen Stone, the first female to ever be included in a brass section of a symphonic body not composed exclusively of women. As Derek puts it, “…having a 20 year old woman playing a brass instrument at the front of a section in a major

Now in his third decade as a much sought-after performing artist, Canadian pianist Robert Koenig has performed throughout the world to great acclaim as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician. His partnerships with many of today’s leading classical artists have seen him grace many of the world's most important stages including New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Washington’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Boston’s Jordan Hall, San Francisco’s Herbst Theater, Seattle’s Benaroya