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The Progressatorium Podcast features conversations about adaptation, innovation and transformation in higher music education. Speaking with leaders from across the globe, we discover how they have led cultural reform and improved the student experience.

12/07/2020

ERIK GENSLER Telling Your Story

Capacity InteractiveCI to Eye PodcastABOUT ERIK Erik Gensler is an arts lover, marketing nerd, and eternal optimist. He is the President and Founder of Capacity Interactive, a digital marketing consulting firm for the cultural sector. In 2010, Erik founded Digital Marketing Boot Camp for the Arts. Erik is a frequent speaker at arts gatherings and arts administration programs. He hosts a podcast series about arts administration called CI to Eye and a livestream called CI to Eye Live! where he speaks with leaders and thinkers inside and outside of the arts. Erik built his career at NBC, New York City Opera, the Marketing Group and at Marakon Associates, a management consulting firm. He enjoys gardening, cooking, spending time outdoors, seeing shows, and going to museums.

51 min
05/07/2020

AUBREY BERGAUER Changing The Narrative

Aubrey BergauerSan Francisco Conservatory of MusicCalifornia SymphonyABOUT AUBREY Credited by Southwest Magazine with “redefining the classical concert experience as we know it,” Aubrey Bergauer defies trends—and then makes her own. Her focus on not just engaging—but retaining—new audiences grew Seattle Opera’s BRAVO! Club to the largest group for young patrons in the nation, led the Bumbershoot Festival to achieve an unprecedented 43% increase in revenue,and propelled the California Symphony to nearly double the size of its audience and quadruple its donor base. Praised by Wall Street Journal for leadership which “points the way to a new style of audience outreach,” Bergauer’s ability to strategically and holistically advance every facet of an organization,instilling and achieving common goals and vision across typically siloed marketing, development, and artistic departments, is creating a transformational change in the audience, in the office, on the stage, and in the community. A graduate of Rice University with degrees in Music Performance and Business, Bergauer now shares these ideas as founding executive director for the Center for Innovative Leadership at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, in addition to her consulting work and speaking engagements across North America, including conferences for Adobe’s Magento, Capacity Interactive, Opera America, Orchestras Canada, and the League of American Orchestras.She blogs about changing the narrative for the classical music industry athttp://www.aubreybergauer.com/writing.

38 min
30/06/2020

MICHAEL STEPNIAK Better Together

Shenandoah ConservatoryBeyond The Conservatory Model: Reimagining Classical Music Performance Training in Higher Music Education by Michael Stepniak and Peter SirotinPeter SirotinABOUT MICHAEL Michael Stepniak is a broadly trained artist and educator. As Dean of Shenandoah Conservatory, Stepniak oversees a dynamic community: a higher education unit of over 120 faculty and close to 750 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in 28 degree programs; the Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy serving approximately 1,200 students; a performance season and venues serving over 28,000 patrons each year; and 52 operational budgets. Since beginning his work as dean in 2009, Stepniak has been privileged to work with conservatory faculty and students and broader university leadership in radically increasing the conservatory’s profile while simultaneously strengthening its historical commitment to providing an exceptionally nurturing community for young artists. As a soloist and chamber musician, Stepniak has performed in major concert halls and venues in 11 countries, been featured on National Public Radio, recorded for the Centaur Records label, performed frequently with the Mendelssohn Piano Trio, as a member of the National Philharmonic String Quartet, the Contemporary Music Forum, and the Razumovsky String Quartet, and has collaborated with various leading chamber musicians, ranging from Ann Schein, Earl Carlyss, and Lory Wallfisch, to Arlo Guthrie. Papers such as The Washington Post have referred to his playing as tremendously poised and transcendent. Stepniak completed interdisciplinary doctoral studies in aesthetics, education, and leadership at Harvard University (where he won the Spencer Fellowship and Entering Award), and graduate studies in viola at Peabody Conservatory (where he won the Sidney Friedberg Prize), in musicology at Northwestern University (where he was appointed to the alpha chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda) and in violin at New England Conservatory (where he was leader of the Honors Quartet). After leaving his native Australia at 15 for studies in Canada, he completed his undergraduate studies in the United States with high distinction in Music and English at Atlantic Union College. Stepniak maintains an active role in arts education at the national and international level. He has served on the board of directors of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans, and has chaired the global connections taskforce in that same body. Beyond the arts, Stepniak has worked with college and university presidents and senior leadership from Rice University to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government on issues ranging from leadership development and arts initiatives, to curriculum reviews and strategic planning. As an artist, Stepniak is connected to an exceptionally rich musical heritage through studies with foremost chamber musicians and soloists. As leader of New England Conservatory’s Honors Quartet, the Polish-Australian Stepniak worked extensively with Eugene Lehner, longtime member of the legendary Kolisch Quartet (which premiered chamber works for Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, and Bartók), and former student at Budapest’s Royal Conservatory of Music of Zoltán Kodály and Jenő Hubay. As principal violist with the Peabody Conservatory symphony orchestra and violist with the Razumovsky Quartet, Stepniak studied chamber music with Earl Carlyss, a 20-year member of the Juilliard Quartet and former student of Ivan Galamian and the Paris Conservatoire’s Roland Charmy and Jacques Février. He also received coachings at Peabody from Berl Senofsky, a former student of Louis Persinger and Ivan Galamian. Stepniak’s other primary teachers include violinst/composer/pianist Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse (former student of Louis Persinger, Nadia Boulanger, and Leon Fleisher) and violinist James Buswell (former student of Ivan Galamian). His viola training at Peabody Conservatory included work as the teaching assistant to Victoria Chiang (a former student of Heidi Castleman and Dorothy DeLay). Stepniak’s musicianship is further informed by a breadth of intellectual training from leading music theorists, musicologists, and ethnomusicologists including Robert Levin, Theodore Karp, and Paul Berliner. Prior to joining Shenandoah, Stepniak served at Adelphi University as Associate Dean of Performing Arts. Reporting to the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, he was responsible for overseeing the further development of the Music, Dance, and Theatre departments, and was the director of Adelphi’s new Performing Arts Center, overseeing the successful launch and operationalization of a $30M state-of-the-art facility. He is married to Anne Schempp and is the proud father of Marianna, Caroline, and Tristan.

48 min
28/06/2020

NICOLE MOLUMBY Comfortable In Challenge

Boise State MusicNicole's student, Astronaut Ellen Ochoa playing Vivaldi on the flute while serving as a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993)Flute Unscripted Podcast Interview with Ellen Ochoa (2019)Passion FluteCamtasia, Panopto, FlipgridABOUT NICOLE Dr. Nicole Molumby is Professor at Boise State University, Department of Music teaching flute and ear training. Internationally, she has performed in Slovenia, Croatia, Norway, Austria, & the UK. She recently completed a CD project, entitled Awakening: 21st Century Slovenian Flute Music with the MSR Classic Records Label that was inspired by the creative and contemporary music of Slovenian composers Blaž Pucihar, Črt Sojar Voglar, and Peter Kopač. In 2012, she received an Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship in Performing Arts, as well as a Boise State Arts and Humanities Fellowship for her contributions and performances of newly commissioned flute music by Slovenian Composers Blaž Pucihar and Črt Sojar Voglar. In 2011, she was also named the College Music Society’s Technology Award recipient for her innovative teaching strategies using iPads in the University Aural Skills Class. Performance engagements have included: principal flute at the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria (2002-2009); substitute flute with the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra (2008-present); National Flute Association National Convention in 2010-present; and College Music Society Board Member for Performance 2016-2018. She is a faculty member at Passion Flute Summer Course since 2010 with flutists Angeleita Floyd, Jill Felber, and Claudia Anderson. Dr. Molumby is the National Flute Association’s Myrna Brown International Scholarship Liaison. She was adjudicator for the Hornsfall Flute Competition (Seattle, WA), MTNA Regional Woodwind Competition, and Idaho Music Educators Association. She received her D. M. A. from The Ohio State University with Katherine Borst Jones, M. M. degree from the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK) with Peter Lloyd, and B.M. & B.M.E. from the University of Northern Iowa with Dr. Angeleita S. Floyd. Currently, Dr. Molumby is practicing and teaching a westernized version of Yoga Nidra called iRest (Integrative Restoration). She is a Level 1 Certified iRest Teacher.

48 min
23/06/2020

ANDREA KALYN What Is The Work

New England Conservatory Community Performances and PartnershipsNew England Conservatory Entrepreneurial MusicianshipABOUT ANDREA Andrea Kalyn was born in England and grew up in London, Ontario. She trained as a pianist and musicologist. On January 1, 2019, Andrea became the president of New England Conservatory, chosen after what the conservatory called an "intensive" three-year search. Prior, Andrea was the Dean of Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, from 2014 to 2018, and before that served for nine years as the conservatory's associate dean for academic affairs. From 2000-2004, Andrea was the Assistant Dean and Teacher of Music History at University of North Carolina School of Arts.  She received her bachelor's and master's degree from University of Western Ontario and holds an associate diploma in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Andrea received her PhD from the Eastman School of Music and wrote a dissertation on American music of the 20th Century.

51 min
22/06/2020

CYNTHIA JOHNSTON TURNER Making Band Hip

Class, Control and Classical Music by Anna BullABOUT CYNTHIA Cynthia Johnston Turner is Director of Bands, Professor of Music, and co-Artistic Director of Rote Hund Muzik at the Hodgson School of Music, University of Georgia. Turner conducts the Hodgson Wind Ensemble, leads the MM and DMA programs in conducting, and oversees the entire band program including the 400+ member Redcoat Marching Band. She is "VIP Educational Clinician" with Conn-Selmer. Before her appointment at the Hodgson School at the University of Georgia, Cynthia was Director of Wind Ensembles at Cornell University. Earlier in her career, Cynthia was a high school music educator, taught middle school beginning instrumental music in Toronto and choral music in Switzerland. A Canadian, Cynthia completed her Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education degrees at Queens University and her Master of Music in music education and conducting at the University of Victoria. Touring with her ensembles inspired her master’s thesis on the musical and personal transformations that occur on tours, and her D.M.A. thesis at the Eastman School of Music centered on the music of William Kraft, one of this generation’s leading composers. At Eastman, Cynthia was the recipient of the prestigious teaching award in conducting. She received the National Leadership in Education Award (Canada), the Excellence in Education Award (Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation), and the Marion Drysdale Leadership Award (also from OSSTF). She is also the recipient of the Donald A. Reick Memorial Award for research with wearable technologies and music pedagogy, grants from the UGA Willson Center for Creative Activities, multiple awards from the UGA career center, and the American Prize for innovative programming with wind bands. Cynthia has commissioned numerous new works for wind band, contemporary music ensembles, and orchestra, and she continues to actively promote commissions by today’s leading and emerging composers around the world. Under her direction, the Cornell Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at the College Band Directors National Association’s Eastern Division Conference in 2007 and 2012, and the Hodgson Wind Ensemble performed at GMEA in 2015 and CBDNA National in Kansas City in 2017. In 2008, the Merrill Presidential Scholars at Cornell recognized Cynthia as an outstanding educator, and in 2009, she was awarded the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship. Her performances have been praised by such composers as Steven Stucky, William Kraft, Steven Bryant, Marc Mellits, Nancy Galbraith, John Mackey, Peter Lane, Eddie Mora Bermudez, Dana Wilson, Roberto Sierra, and Karel Husa. From January 2006, Cynthia led the Cornell Wind Ensemble on biennial performing and service tours to Costa Rica that included performances across the country, conducting masterclasses with Costa Rican teachers, instrument master classes for Costa Rican musicians, and the donation of over 250 instruments to music schools across the country. She led the Hodgson Wind Ensemble to Panama in January 2016 to teach, perform, and donate instruments. Among other recent engagements, Cynthia has guest conducted the Thornton Wind Ensemble at the University of Southern California, Pacific Conservatory Wind Ensemble, National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain, the Syracuse Symphony (“Symphoria”), the National Youth Band of Canada, Concordia Santa Fe, the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Latin American Honor Band, the National Band of Costa Rica, the National Orchestra of Heredia, and numerous state honor bands and intercollegiate ensembles. Cynthia has been invited to present her research with teaching and technology, innovative rehearsal techniques, and service-learning and music performance at numerous conferences nationally and internationally. She is published in such journals as Interdisciplinary Humanities, International Journal of the Humanities, Music Educators Journal, NAfME "Teaching Music," NewMusicUSA.org, Journal of the World Association of Bands and Ensembles, Fanfare Magazine, and Canadian Winds, and has recorded CDs with the Innova and Albany labels. Cynthia has served as a board member with WASBE and is an active member of CDBNA, Conductor’s Guild, College Music Society, Humanities Education and Research Association, the National Association for Music Education, and National Band Association. She currently serves on the board of the Western International Band Clinic (WIBC) and faculty at WIBC University. She is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and a National Arts Associate member of Sigma Alpha Iota.

50 min
16/06/2020

PETER PETERS Researching The Orchestra

MCICM Maastricht UniversityPhilharmonie zuidnederland Conservatorium Maastricht ABOUT PETER Peter Peters is endowed professor in the innovation of classical music and associate professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University. His background is in sociology and philosophy. He holds a PhD for his dissertation on mobilities in technological cultures, in which he combines insights from social theory and science and technology studies (STS) to analyze practices of travel. Before coming to Maastricht University, he worked as a classical music journalist and critic. From 2008 to 2013 he was professor in the research centre ‘Autonomy and the Public Sphere in the Arts’ at Zuyd University, Maastricht. Here, he developed research on artistic research and its relation to science and technology studies, as well as site-specific art, and art in the public sphere. His current research combines a life long passion for music with an interest in how artistic practices can be a context for doing academic and practice-oriented research. In previous years, he worked on an ethnography of a project at the Orgelpark in Amsterdam aimed at building a baroque organ for the 21st century. It explores how this project draws on historical and contemporary practices of pipe organ building. More recently, his research focuses on innovating classical music practices, especially symphonic music. Together with Stefan Rosu, he developed the research lines in the MCICM: the role of classical music and its value for society; the ways in which the relationship between performers of classical music, such as symphony orchestras and their audience is mediated; and the ways in which classical music practices contribute to the preservation of our cultural and social sounding heritage. With Ruth Benschop and Stefan Rosu he wrote the application for the NWO/SIA funded Artful Participation project that combines strategic research into reasons for the declining interest in symphonic music with artistic research to innovate this practice in an artistically relevant way. At the MCICM, Peter will play a leading role in developing interdisciplinary academic and practice oriented research that combines reflection with making and performing, hence its focus on artistic research. Together with the staff of the MCICM and of the partner institutes, Peter hopes to design experiments in practice that will lead to new models for the symphonic practice and build (Eu)regional and international research consortia and partnerships.

44 min
14/06/2020

JONAS WRIGHT Meet The Needs

SFCM Tiny Dorm ConcertsABOUT JONAS Jonas Wright, Dean and Chief Academic Officer, is responsible for the academic program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In addition to leadership and cultivation of the faculty, he oversees and implements changes to the curriculum. He is guided by a commitment to the student population, who represent some of the finest musicians in the country, with a focus on academic achievement, student engagement, and efforts to attract new students of the highest caliber to SFCM. By ensuring that the Conservatory continues to meet the standards for accreditation, he is committed to the success of students, faculty, and administrative staff. While serving as Registrar, Wright successfully led the initiative to move the Conservatory to online registration and grade reporting, creating a more user-friendly experience. He launched the Student Academic Enrichment Center (SAEC) in the fall of 2014, which centralized all tutoring services into one location, and expanded support services for the Conservatory’s diverse student population. He was promoted to Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in 2015. Before joining SFCM, Wright served first as Operations Manager, then as Registrar, at the Presidio Graduate School, where he established the school’s first Registrar’s Office. He’s also held positions at the American Film Institute, supporting a student population consisting of the most driven, focused, and talented aspirants to film and television production. Since September 2016, Wright has served as Board Chair for Little Opera, an after-school arts and music program. Additionally, he’s volunteered at College Track, advising, mentoring and inspiring at-risk San Francisco high school seniors as they apply for college. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Wright received his Bachelor of Arts in film studies from the University of Buffalo and now lives in San Francisco with his amazing wife. When not at 50 Oak, you have an equal chance of finding him at War Memorial Opera House, SFJAZZ, or the Great American Music Hall, inspired by all the great music the city has to offer.

42 min
10/06/2020

MARK RABIDEAU Means and Meaning

21CM at DePaw UniversityDecoda EnsembleCreating The Revolutionary Artist: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century by Mark RabideauABOUT MARK Author, editor, speaker, educator and artist-entrepreneur, Mark Rabideau is an international leader in reimagining “how to help artists make a difference in the world. And how to help people who want to make a difference in the world become more creative." Dr. Rabideau's entrepreneurial spirit has sparked the launch of a live radio show from NYC's upper-westside (Live from Smoke), which he hosted; the not-for-profit arts organization Artists Now, for which he served as Executive and Artistic Director; an original work with the American Repertory Ballet (Worlds End), that he produced; and Art in Unlikely Places – an ongoing project he founded that is fueled by the belief that art’s transformative powers must be made accessible to the underserved. Currently, he is producing the upcoming recording, STILLPOINT, featuring Awadagin Pratt, celebrated pianist and conductor, two-time Grammy-winning, Roomful of Teeth, and Grammy-nominated A Far Cry. Mark is the founding editor of CMS Emerging Fields in Music, served as editor/publisher of 21CM.org, and is the author of The 21CM Introduction to Music Entrepreneurship – recipient of the 2018 Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Educators’ Innovative Arts Entrepreneurship Pedagogy award. A compelling arts advocate, Mark has delivered recent talks at Curtis, Yale, Cornell, American College in Greece, The Civic Orchestra of Chicago and American University in Cairo (Egypt) – where he was named Distinguished Visiting Researcher. Mark has served on The Quincy Jones Musiq Consortium and is President-Elect for the College Music Society. Mark is elated to work on behalf of the students, faculty, and staff at the University of Colorado - Denver in his role as Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs for the College of Arts and Media.

44 min
07/06/2020

TAYLOE HARDING Long Haul Model

University of South Carolina School of Music Tayloe's TedX "Music and Hope: Towards a More Musical America"Behind the scenes of the University of Melbourne Staff Orchestra Project ABOUT TAYLOE Tayloe Harding, composer, is Interim Provost at the University of South Carolina, on leave as Dean of the School of Music. A passionate advocate for advancing the impact of higher education music on American communities, he is devoted to organizations whose missions are consistent with this advocacy. As President of the College Music Society (CMS) from 2005-2006 and as President of their foundation, The CMS Fund from 2009-2015, he helped create the Engagement and Outreach Initiative where efforts of the music professoriate are articulated with national partners to meet common musical and civic goals. He also serves as national Secretary of NASM. At Carolina he brought a bold idea to fruition: to more fully prepare tomorrow’s professional musicians by combining conventional professional music study with a systematic curricular and co-curricular exploration of music advocacy, music entrepreneurship, and community engagement by forming SPARK: Carolina’s Leadership Laboratory. His TedX talk “Music and Hope: Towards a More Musical America,” constitutes a public expression of his interests and work. He is a frequent presenter on futures issues for university music units and their leadership, remaining active as a composer earning commissions, performances, and recordings for his works around the world.

37 min
02/06/2020

BRIAN PERTL It's All Invented

The Lawrence Conservatory of Music Brian's TedX "Music education, improvisational play and dancing between disciplines"ABOUT BRIAN As the Dean of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, Brian Pertl has introduced a wealth of new initiatives that have put Lawrence at the forefront of reimagining the conservatory of the 21st century. He has created a comprehensive health and wellness initiative for musicians, expanded world music, early music, music education, and new music offerings. In addition, he has greatly increased our web presence including live, four-camera web-casts of all large ensemble performances, and has added courses on entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity for musicians. Most of all, he is a nationally recognized advocate for the idea that a broad and deep liberal arts education, paired with a world class conservatory education is the absolute best preparation for a musician in the fast-changing, collaborative world of the 21st century. His recent TEDx talk, "Music Education, Improvisational Play, and Dancing Between Disciplines," is a public expression of this passion. Brian Pertl's passion for music began right here at Lawrence University in the early 80's where he received a B.M. in trombone performance and a B.A in English from Lawrence University. After receiving a Thomas Watson Fellowship, Brian traveled to Australia, Tibet, Nepal and India to study the use of harmonics in Aboriginal didjeridu playing and Tibetan sacred chanting. Upon his return, Brian completed his M.A. in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University. He then moved to Seattle to undertake his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Washington. Before completing his degree, he was offered a position as an ethnomusicologist at Microsoft. He, along with a team of other ethnomusicologists, helped pioneer the use of music and sound in multi-media reference titles, by selecting, licensing, and captioning over a thousand music excerpts for Microsoft’s Encarta Encyclopedia, Encarta World Atlas, and Encarta Africana. For ten years, Brian managed the Media Acquisitions Group, Microsoft’s central resource for selecting, tracking, and licensing all forms of audio, images, and video. Brian has also been an active lecturer, music educator, and performer. He was a lecturer for Humanities Washington from 1992-2008. He has given well over 300 presentations across the state of Washington and around the country. A few of his most popular titles include: “Tantric Voices and Thighbone Trumpets: The Sacred Music of Tibet,” “Monkey Chants and Throat Game Songs: A Sonic Adventure of Global Proportions,” and “Didjeridus, Discos, and Dim Sum: How the World Fell in Love with a Termite-hollowed Log.” Brian was also selected by the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street project to be the State Music Scholar for their New Harmonies traveling exhibit celebrating American roots music. Brian has been one of the leading proponents of didjeridu in the North America. He is one of the founding members of the Northwest Didjeridu Panel, which has been one of the central resources for highlighting North American didjeridu traditions since 1992. Each term he teaches multiple sections of didjeridu for any interested student! Brian is married to Leila Ramagopal Pertl '87 who is known for her innovative, immersive approach to music education. Together they teach classes on world music, present hands-on executive training seminars in creativity in the workplace, and are leading advocates for the importance of music education in all of our lives.

48 min
26/05/2020

DAVID CUTLER The Need To Be Distinctive

The Savvy Musician The Puzzler CompanySpark Laboratory at the University of South Carolina School of MusicABOUT DAVID Dr. David Cutler is one of the world’s leading voices on arts entrepreneurship. His books The Savvy Musician and The Savvy Music Teacher help artists amplify IMPACT and INCOME through the lens of INNOVATION. His multi-day design GAMEs like SAVVY Arts Venture Challenge (6 seasons) and Music School Design Summits (2 seasons) challenge diverse teams to solve arts-related problems, and then compete for awards. Balancing a career as a multi-genre pianist, composer, educator, author, speaker, and consultant, Cutler is an Aspen Global Leadership Fellow and serves as University of South Carolina’s Director of Music Entrepreneurship. His current writing project, Problem-Solving Champion, is a VISUAL book (illustrations and design throughout) that helps readers gamify the problem-solving process, turbocharge teams, and play to win.

42 min

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