Compose Like a Girl

Jocelyn Hagen
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Jocelyn Hagen shares conversations with composers as a part of Compose Like a Girl, an initiative that amplifies female-identifying composers, helps conductors diversify their concerts, and works toward more equality in music programming and commissioning.

  1. APR 30

    Alex Shapiro: Being Heartfelt and Being Taken Seriously (But Not Too Seriously)

    In this episode, Jocelyn talks with Alex Shapiro about writing from your gut and your heart, the compositional process behind her pieces Spark and Tight Squeeze, and how to prevent the gerbils in your mind from taking over your creative process.    Companion playlists: Youtube, Spotify   Follow us: @composelikeagirl on Instagram and Facebook Learn more: Compose Like a Girl   Transcript PDF   Relevant Links:   Tight Squeeze commissioned through Composers and Schools in Concert consortium  Spark written in honor of Dale Mara Bershad Lights Out Paper Cut Bioplasm  Proximity to Europe Theory, Pages 18-19 San Juan Islands American Composers Forum  Libby Larsen Mary Ellen Childs  Alex’s Photography and Her Studio Ursula Mamlok Arnold Schoenberg Anton Webern   Serialism, Twelve-Tone Columbia College Chicago Music Department  Cocktails With Creatives: Episode 1 Cocktails With Creatives: Episode 2

    55 min

  2. MAR 26

    Gabriela Lena Frank: Self-Knowledge, Storytelling, and Not Sleepwalking Through Life

    In this episode, Jocelyn talks with Gabriela Lena Frank about the multitudes of her music, which spans intimate explorations of love and loss to the multi-generational effects of colonialism. They also discuss responsibly engaging with trauma, mentoring the next generation of composers, and writing music for a universe where there’s no oppression.    Companion playlists: Youtube, Spotify   Follow us: @composelikeagirl on Instagram and Facebook Learn more: Compose Like a Girl   Transcript   Relevant Links:   Gabriela Lena Frank’s website Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music and their Eco-Citizenship program A Psalm of Disquiet, written for the Fry Street Quartet Conquest Requiem, premiered by The Houston Symphony  El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego), libretto by Nilo Cruz, premiered by the San Diego Opera LA Opera Digital Shorts: The Five Moons of Lorca by Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz  La Llorona: Tone Poem for Viola and Orchestra Meyer Sound  Anna and the Tropics by Nilo Cruz  Frida by Robert Rodriguez Dead Man Walking by Jake Hegge

    57 min

  3. FEB 26

    Shara Nova: Humanity and Belonging in an Eclectic Creative Life

    Shara Nova joins Jocelyn to talk about her many and multi-faceted musical endeavors. They discuss music's role in love, loss, family, and why everyone should try to make a joyful musical noise together.     Episode transcript   Companion playlists: Youtube, Spotify   Follow us: @composelikeagirl on Instagram and Facebook Learn more: Compose Like a Girl   Relevant Links:   AwRY My Brightest Diamond Bring Me the Workhorse - Golden Star This is My Hand All Things Will Unwind Titration  “III. Resolve” from Carols After a Plague - The Crossing Death Speaks by David Lang   Earl Harvin - drummer  Chris Bruce - bass Eighth Blackbird Philip Glass  Nina Simone Nico Muhly Owen Palette Brooklyn Youth Chorus yMusic Zac Rae Bryce Dessner  Aaron Dessner Laurie Anderson    Homeland, Joe's Pub Vanguard Artist & Residency  Crossing Brooklyn Ferry at BAM Texas Conspirare 2022-2023 Hear Me Out Program  MusiCares Article: Client Spotlight: How Shara Nova Amplified Her Career By Keeping A "Wild Belief" In Herself & Other Women   ProTools Sibelius

    54 min

  4. JAN 29

    Mari Esabel Valverde: Unlearning Shame and a Reverence for Language

    Mari Esabel Valverde joins Jocelyn to talk language, unlearning shame, gender, and pathways to excellence for the under-resourced.    Companion playlists: YouTube, Spotify   Episode Transcript    Follow us: @composelikeagirl on Instagram and Facebook Learn more: Compose Like a Girl   Relevant Links:   Before Spring To digte af Tove Ditlevsen | Performed by Matthew Valverde, tenor Darest, O Soul | Performed by Cantus Earth, Mother | Performed by the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club Moonlight Quartet | Performed by Her Ensemble  Border Lines | Text by Yesenia Montilla | Composed for and Performed by Adams State University Chamber Choir   St. Olaf College European American Music Alliance  Amir Rabiyah, poet  International Orange Chorale of San Francisco   Influences and inspiration:  Claude Debussy King David, Part III: “The Death of David” by Arthur Honegger Les Six Wilhelm Stenhammar Jean Sibelius Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Edvard Grieg Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, V. Nana by Manuel de Falla   Resources on Gender Identity: Video by Chase Ross: “Trans 101: Ep 1 - What is Transgender?”  Graphic by the Trans Student Education Resource: The Gender Unicorn  Graphic by Sam Killerman: The Genderbread Person

    45 min

  5. SEASON 2 TRAILER

    Season 2 of Compose Like a Girl Launching Soon!

    Season 2 of Compose Like a Girl will launch later this week!   Follow us: @composelikeagirl on Instagram and Facebook Learn more: Compose Like a Girl

    1 min

  6. 12/04/2024

    Choral Series Bonus: Conversation with Emily Drum

    Emily Drum joins Jocelyn for a conversation on today’s bonus episode!    Emily (she/her) is a singer, arranger, composer, vocal producer, songwriter, and educator living in Phoenix, AZ. During her time at the University of Arizona, she became the driving force behind the award-winning a cappella group Amplified, serving as director, arranger, and producer. In addition to leading the group to historic success in the Varsity Vocals ICCA competition, she received four ‘Outstanding Arrangement’ awards for her work. Today, Emily is in high demand as a professional vocal arranger and composer. She is commissioned by high school groups, top-ranked collegiate a cappella groups, and semi-professional choirs all over the country, and her self-published arrangements have been sung all over the world, in over 15 countries spread across 5 continents. In addition to arranging and composing, Emily is also a vocal coach, producer, and member of the award-winning treble vocal quartet, Red Letter Daze. Over time, her contributions to countless vocal projects have landed her 27 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARA) nominations and awards. She is excited to continue making strides in the world of vocal music and is grateful to be featured in Graphite Publishing.   Support us: Subscribe on Patreon Follow us: @composelikeagirl on Instagram and Facebook Learn more: Compose Like a Girl   Transcript PDF   Relevant Links:   Emily Drum  Womankind, available through Graphite Publishing Star Light, Star Bright, available through Graphite Publishing GALA Choruses Phoenix Women’s Chorus  International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Red Letter Daze Boston A Cappella Festival  DAW

    16 min

  7. 11/14/2024

    Choral Series Bonus: Conversation with Sherry Blevins

    Sherry Blevins joins Jocelyn for a conversation on today’s bonus episode!    Sherry is an award-winning composer/lyricist, conductor/clinician, and an award-winning music educator. Her first piece was published in 2018. Since then, more than 17 of her pieces have been published, and she is now with four publishing houses including Hinshaw, Fred Bock, BriLee, and JH Music. Since then, she has enjoyed composing for and with a variety of singers and ensembles across North America. Sherry has a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a master’s degree in music education from Appalachian State University. Her hope is that whether through composing or teaching, that the music she shares will bring hope, life, and light to others.    Support us: Subscribe on Patreon Follow us: @composelikeagirl on Instagram and Facebook Learn more: Compose Like a Girl   Transcript PDF   Relevant Links:   Sherry Blevins When I Become An Old Woman, available through Graphite Publishing Looking for Light, available through Graphite Publishing  If I Call To You, My Love, available through Graphite Publishing  Jenny Joseph’s poem “When I Become an Old Woman” Dr. Iris S. Levine, Vox Femina

    13 min

  8. 10/24/2024

    Choral Series Bonus: Conversation with Ritika Bhattacharjee

    Ritika Bhattacharjee joins Jocelyn for a conversation on today’s bonus episode!  Ritika is a composer, pianist, and vocalist who performs in jazz combos and big bands, plays for contemporary dance productions with Ventana Ballet, and underscores fully improvised musicals at Merlin Works, The Hideout, The Fallout, and ColdTowne Theatre. Her multi-media composition portfolio includes the scores for three short films, a video game, an iOS app, a string quartet, a musical, and a symphony commission from Austin Balcones Orchestra. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2022, where she founded and served as the president and conductor of Ingeniare, the A&M Student Engineering Chorus, and served as the band leader and pianist for Binomial Rhapsody, an engineering instrumental ensemble that composed music from math equations. During her undergraduate study, she was the lead jazz vocalist for the Corps of Cadets Aggieland Orchestra, performing scores from the big-band era on tour. She currently works as a business consultant in Austin, TX, and will receive her graduate diploma in composition from the European Academy of Film Scoring in 2024.   Support us: Subscribe on Patreon Follow us: @composelikeagirl on Instagram and Facebook Learn more: Compose Like a Girl   Transcript PDF   Relevant Links:   Ritika Bhattacharjee The Infinity of Space available through Graphite Publishing   Texas A&M University Shayla Rivera (Ritika’s Professor at Texas A&M University) Binomial Rhapsody Python  Pivot Gutenberg! The musical! Film Scoring Academy of Europe   Conspirare Morten Lauridsen - Lux Aeterna Orange County Philharmonic Pepsi R&D Lewis Carroll’s, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”   SOUNDDRAW String Theory Wormhole Paradoxes Dr. Michio Kaku

    25 min
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Jocelyn Hagen shares conversations with composers as a part of Compose Like a Girl, an initiative that amplifies female-identifying composers, helps conductors diversify their concerts, and works toward more equality in music programming and commissioning.

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  • Creator
    Jocelyn Hagen
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Compose Like a Girl

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