Cracked Glass: A Valkyrie Ensemble Podcast Alannah Spencer

In the second installment of Music HERstory 101, Professor Alannah takes us back to 12th and 13th centuries, and teaches the class about the Trobairitzes, the female Troubadours of the Occitan region of France. She even gives us a live demonstration of one of the only surving songs of the era!

In this episode Alannah, Marnie, and Karen discuss motherhood in opera! The Valkyries' discussion ranges from career impact for mothers in the music industry to their favorite mothers from the operatic cannon. E for language.

In this episode fellow Valkyrie Julia Rahm joins Marnie and Karen to talk about The Valkyrie Ensemble's upcoming production, Gaia Gala, a masque for Earth Day. Julia talks about her inspiration and process of writing the script for Valkyrie's first original production to be fully presented to our audience, and the Valkyries also talk about collaborating with our first commissioned composer. We hope you'll join us at 7:00 PM CST on Earth Day, April 22 for the YouTube Premiere!

Karen and Marnie head to class for Cracked Glass's first Music HERstory lesson with Professor Alannah, who will walk listeners through a crash course in western music history from the lens of women, and not #deadwhitedudes. In her first lesson, Professor Alannah goes over some need-to-know musical vocabulary, and tells the story of how opera came to be. E for occasional language.

Marnie, Karen, and Alannah try to stay focused while revisiting how the Valkyries adapted and created their 2020 digital season in the midst of a pandemic.

In our very first podcast Marnie, Alannah, and Karen introduce listeners to The Valkyrie Ensemble and share our origin story.