Conductors' Brew Dr. Lawrence Spell and Dr. Matthew Mainella
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- Music
Orchestra conductors Larry Spell and Matt Mainella discus with their guests the joys and challenges of working in classical music.
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Fun With Flags!
To celebrate Flag Day, we take an extended nerd moment on flags, of course. Plus, we discuss patriotic concerts and wind band music.
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The Crew on Film
The crew is back to talk film scores and our favorite movie music composers.
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Guten Tag! It’s the Brahms Show
The crew is back together to talk Brahms on the 125 anniversary of his death. Gab a bowl of Raisin Brahms and join us.
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The CODA Conference Returns!
The College Orchestra Directors Association conference returned last month for the first time since the start of Covid. In this episode we discus the conference and how the organization stayed relevant during the pandemic with out-going CODA President Kimcherie Lloyd. Also, Larry interviews the students of the Washington and Lee University’s Instrumental Conducting Mentorship Program, an innovative initiative for undergraduate conductors directed by Dr. Chris Dobbins.
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Into the Time Machine!
This episode we crank up the Conductors Brew time machine and whisk ourselves to the past to visit some of our favorite composers. Along the way we also get sucked into the Internet wormhole of technical difficulties. The time machine needs work.
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Fighting Burn Out
This month we talk about keeping work, school, and the challenges of life as a musician in perspective.