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Sounds of Encouragement
Encouragement from Musicians, Music Educators & Creatives for Creatives. Interesting interviews with music teachers, creatives, and musicians along with calming and topical encouragement as you face the challenges of everyday life. Find out what sounds and songs encourage other creatives and what keeps them hopeful, moving forward, and creative.
Episodes
57 episodes
Interview with Merlin Thompson, Music Educator
Award-winning music educator Merlin B. Thompson (PhD, MA, BMus) is the Creator and Founder of Teach Music 21C - a music teacher professional development program that highlights 21st century teaching tools and philosophy. Merlin is recognized in...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:17:59
Interview with Celeste Watson, Music Educator
Celeste Watson (MM, MS, NCTM) helps musicians achieve artistry through well-coordinated use of the body. She holds credentials in performing arts medicine, piano performance, and music education and coordinates return-to-play mentorships for ke...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:25:56
Interview with David Lane, Composer, Musician, Teacher
David Lane is an award-winning composer and arranger for film, concert, and musical theatre. He is the host of two podcasts: LIFE IN THE PIT (which is devoted to telling the stories of instrumentalists who play for musical theatre) and THE MUSI...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:28:02
Interview with Andrea Grody, Music Director, Arranger, Composer
ANDREA GRODY is an Olivier and Drama Desk Award-nominated music director, arranger, and composer with a focus on developing new work. She is the Music Director & Music Supervisor of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical SUFFS. Andrea was ...
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Interview with Gurmehar Singh, Artist
Artist Gurm was born in India, grew up in China and currently resides in Thailand. Having grown up and been schooled in an international environment, immersed throughout in a multi-cultural atmosphere, she has always been fascinated with the un...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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Interview with Lauren Best, Poet, Musician, Composer/Creator Part II
Lauren Best lives where the Pottawatomi River meets Georgian Bay, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (now known as Owen Sound, Ontario). She is an interdisciplinary creative with a m...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:06:08
Interview with Lauren Best, Poet, Musician, Composer/Creator Part I
Lauren Best lives where the Pottawatomi River meets Georgian Bay, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (now known as Owen Sound, Ontario). She is an interdisciplinary creative with a multifaceted community arts practice interweaving h...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:28:51
Interview with Chris Rugowski, Photojournalist & Recording Artist
Chris Rugowski is the man, or chicken as he is known to many, behind Chicken or The Egg Photography. He is a photojournalist who captures your authentic story. As of 2023, he’s been in photography for about a decade, and in that time has gone f...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:10:04
Interview with Pam Asberry, Pianist, Music Educator, Composer
Pam Asberry, M.M., has over forty years of professional experience as a music educator, adjudicator, performer, recording artist, speaker, author, composer and arranger. A BMI artist, she has released nine solo piano albums to date and her musi...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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41:51
Interview with Asher Laub, Violinist & Entertainer
Asher began classical violin training at the tender age of2 and had already performed with the Buffalophilharmonic by age 13.Asher’s expertise in improvisation across multiple genreshas led him to a career as a soloist in demand...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:09:08
Interview with Katie Dahl, Songwriter & Playwright
Katie Dahl is a songwriter and playwright whose work is as expansive as Lake Michigan and as deeply rooted as its rocky coastal bluffs. A small-town celebrity on the Wisconsin peninsula where her family has lived for 175 years, she is now a rad...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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59:17
Interview with Linda Kennedy, NCTM, Performer, Arranger, Music Educator
Owner/Instructor at the Linda Kennedy School of Piano and Voice, Linda began as an educator, arranger and performer at the age of 14. Mrs. Kennedy is both a degreed and Nationally Certified teacher. She is a former instructor for...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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56:47
Interview with Amy Rood Miller, Musician and Music Therapist
Amy Rood Miller is an accomplished private music instructor, music therapist, and performer. She has sung numerous roles and performances in and around the NYC and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. In 2014 she founded Creative Music Lessons,...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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58:47
Interview with Peter Ciesla, Textile Artist, Part 2
For Peter's bio, see the show notes for Part 1 of the interview.Visit Peter's website at https://www.bazylistudio.com/bazyli-studio-wearable-art-gallery
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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46:11
Interview with Peter Ciesla, Textile Artist Part 1
Peter Ciesla is a self-taught textile artist born in Wroclaw, Poland in 1961. Growing up surrounded by theater, visual art and music, he developed a love for textiles and fashion. Peter started experimenting with textiles at age 11 designing an...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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46:51
Interview with Randy Carter, Film and TV Editor and Director
Randy Carter is a film and television editor and director. Born in Flint, Michigan, after 8 years in the US Navy, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and the Vancouver Film School. Based in Los Angeles, Randy has b...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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59:32
Interview with Kayla Peeters Pianist, Composer, Music Educator
Kayla Peeters is an American Recording Artist. She was born in Wisconsin. She is best known for her solo piano recordings and her unique teaching approach. Kayla is a member of the Music Teachers National Association as well as the Wisconsin Te...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:01:36
Interview with Rami Bar-Niv, World Renowned Concert Pianist, Recording Artist & Master Teacher
RAMI BAR-NIV is one of Israel's most acclaimed and sought after pianists. He travels extensively and has become an international citizen, concertizing all over the world. Born in Tel-Aviv, he graduated with honors from the...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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50:49
Interview with Gerardo Ramos Gonzalez, Flutist & Professor
Gerardo Ramos Gonzalez is from Guadalajara, Mexico. He is a professor in the Music Department at the University of Guadalajara. His class is called Inglés Aplicado a la Música - IAM -(English Applied to Music) which under the Englis...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:07:14
Interview with Tony Parlapiano, Piano Instructor, Creator of popMatics
Tony Parlapiano is a piano instructor who specializes in teaching popular styles of music through interest-led learning. He is the creator of popMATICS, a concept-based music curriculum that approaches learning by listening and reading through ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:22:00
Interview with Tara Priolo, White-facing, Biracial, Multi-Passionate Soprano
White-facing, biracial, multi-passionate soprano Tara Priolo has cultivated a career including performing, teaching, brand coaching, activism, and arts administration. As an educator she shares her propensity for enlivening student’s confidence...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:17:54
Interview with Lachrisa Grandberry & Molly Rhode of Door County Amplify
Find Door County Amplify at https://www.facebook.com/DoorCountyAmplifyLachrisa Grandberry is a Milwaukee born native who has made her home in Chicago. She is an actress and singer...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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50:37
Interview with Amie Webster, Pianist, Teacher, Studio Owner
Amie Webster is an engaging piano teacher of 25 years, Mom of 3 busy little boys and started Motif Music Studios, alongside her husband, Jeff Webster, in 2010. Motif Music Studios is now a collaborative online music school with a te...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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53:46
Interview with Sam Reti, Guitarist, Teacher, and Founder of Muzie.Live
Sam Reti is a guitarist, teacher and the Founder of Muzie.Live. Sam was born in Manchester, England and raised in North Andover, Massachusetts. He picked up the guitar when he was twelve and never set it down again. He definitely inherited his ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:02:16
Interview with Pianist, Teaching Artist & Arts Advocate Jessica Evotia Andrews Hall
Jessica Evotia Andrews-Hall is an award winning pianist who is in demand as a collaborative performer, teaching artist and arts advocate. Her past teachers include Michi North, Dr. Peter Mack, Dr. Rebecca Steele, Francis Walker-Slocum and Dr. K...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:08:53
