Music Episodes

I'm joined by cellist, and professor, Jennifer Kloetzel. Jennifer share delightful stories, and wonderful insights from her perspective as a long-time performer and educator. A graduate of The Juilliard School and a Fulbright Scholar, cellist Jennifer Kloetzel has concertized throughout the United States, Europe and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician. A founding member of the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet (1996-2016), Ms. Kloetzel has toured the globe and performed at such reno...

Singer, songwriter, Amy Elizabeth Clarke joins the show and talks bluntly about being a freelance musician during the pandemic, her current projects, her take on Taylor Swift, and more. To learn more about Amy click here for her Facebook page and here for her Patreon account. Support the showLove the show? *Click here to leave a review!* Blog https://tstakaishi.wixsite.com/music Insta @creative_peacemeal_podcast FB @creativepeacemealpod Bonfire https://www.bonfire.com/store/creative-peacemeal/...

My former professor, Dr. Brian Abrams joins us on the show today and it's such a treat to pick the brain of someone so revered in the field of music therapy. He speaks about his beginnings in the field, compassion fatigue, what's it's like to teach during a pandemic, and more. Brian Abrams, Ph.D., MT-BC, LCAT, Analytical Music Therapist and Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery, has been a music therapist since 1995, with experience across a wide range of clinical contexts. Prior to h...

Shakuhatchi master, and composer, Shawn Head joins the show today! He's full of amazing stories, and wise words. Shawn Head has an active career as a Shakuhatchi soloist, along with being a composer, and educator. He studied at the prestigious Cleveland Institute of Music. He also became the youngest non-Japanese Shakuhatchi master at 23. Head emphasizes the possibilities and coherence between Eastern and Western ideas; mixing the aesthetics and sensibilities of Japanese music with a Western mu...

Honored to have Dr. Jennifer Higdon, a Pulitzer Prize and three-time Grammy winning composer on the show today! Tune in to hear the story of her musical beginnings, what it's like to win the Pulitzer, and what she was up to in 2020 (hint A TON OF COMPOSING), inspirations behind one of her most popular pieces, and more. Jennifer Higdon, a Pulizer Prize and three-time Grammy winner, is one of the most performed living American composers working today. She is the recent recipient of Northwestern U...

In today's episode, I'm joined by renowned pianist, Koji Attwood. Koji Attwood is a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School, where he appeared regularly on “The World of Piano” as well as on New York’s WQXR. Mr. Attwood is currently on faculty at The Gifted School in Salt Lake City, and a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Utah. Koji talks frankly about the hardships of being a traveling musician, some of his favorite and interesting memories on tour, transcriptions projects...

Composer and musician Steven Hackman is today's guest! He's most recently known for his epic mash up concerts such as BRAHMS VS RADIOHEAD and TCHAIKOVSKY VS DRAKE. In this episode he talks about: The reality of being a working musician. Finding one's niche. His favorite types of music to listen to. Which creative person he'd want to invite to dinner. You can learn more about Steve, and his projects on his website. https://www.stevehackman.com/ Support the showLove the show? *Click here to l...

In this, episode, innovative American violinist and composer, Tracy Silverman shares: The heartwarming, and humorous start to his musical career. The artists and records that inspired him. On being on the ground floor of electric violin. His musical journey to now. A phenomenal family recipe, and more! "What we really wanted to do, was to do what had happened with guitar...it got electrified...we knew that had to happen with violin and we wanted to be there making those instruments, design...