Today we get the opportunity to sit down with The Choralosopher himself, Chris Munce. We'll talk to him about early music, his professional choir, his high school students. It's cool to hear him on the other side of the mic.  www.soundofageschoir.com https://kantoreikc.com/ https://choralosophy.com/

Today we talk about the Triumphs of Oriana, a collection of Madrigals, a little bit about Michael East, who nobody's heard of, and if you haven't heard of the Triumphs of Oriana, have you been living under a stupid rock?  www.soundofageschoir.com/podcast Check out the video of the performance: https://youtu.be/yRSW1j0yWh4

Today we're going to have a conversation with Michael John Trotta about compositions, about early music, about something that he has coined "the anatomy of creativity". www.soundofageschoir.com www.mjtrotta.com JW Behind the Music Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRU0B1F1FDA Recordings Ubi Caritas – Michael John Trotta – Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short O Magnum Mysterium – Michael John Trotta – Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short Link to "The Anatomy of...

Today we will have a fantastic interview with Chris Lowrey, professional counter-tenor and Founding Artistic Director of Ensemble Altera.  www.soundofageschoir.com https://www.christopherlowrey.com/ www.ensemblealtera.com The Dying Soldier (Kameron called it the Fallen Soldier in the Podcast, but it's "The Dying Soldier") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fIJf3svTXw

Today we're going to talk about the Italian Renaissance composer Salamone Rossi. We'll have a great interview with Josh Habermann, conductor of Santa Fe Desert Chorale and several other ensembles.  www.soundofageschoir.com/podcast https://desertchorale.org/ New York Baroque www.nybaroque.org Elohim Hashiveinu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQQYDUTO7t8

We talk a little bit about the concept of form and what hold music together. We use Tomás Luis de Victoria's piece "Amicus Meus" to discuss the broader concept of form.  www.soundofageschoir.com/podcast www.andrewmaxfield.org (Video of Amicus Meus performed by Sound of Ages) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXejGOJRQ3I&t=6s Link to the score:  https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/1/1c/Amicus_meus_osculi_Victoria.pdf

Today we announce the launch of The Sound of Ages Approach, Sound of Ages' educational outreach program designed to help choral ensembles build musicianship through early music. We also discuss the life and music of British renaissance composer Peter Philips.  Audio courtesy of BYU Singers conducted by Dr. Andrew Crane:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkvfe8SgpGo https://singers.byu.edu/ www.soundofageschoir.com

Unlock your creativity by creating boundaries (New or old). Palestrina, and countless other composers in Western Music History, created a Blue Ocean market with his very focused style and boundaries.  www.soundofageschoir.com

Today, we passionately discuss the difference between music that is timeless vs. music that is trendy. We also discuss a few facts about British Renaissance composer Robert White and listen to Sound of Ages performing his piece "Christe qui lux es et dies III". We appreciate your feedback. We would appreciate your help improving the show. To give your feedback, follow the link to this Google form: https://forms.gle/UgMtZJFYWoZXEPX67 Visit our website to see all content and...

The music marketplace and what that even means. We are going to have a fantastic interview with Paul Smith, co-founder of Voces8. You don't want to miss today's episode of Early Music Monday.  www.soundofageschoir.com www.voces8.com www.voces8.foundation Also be sure to check out more of Paul's work:  www.voces8.foundation/paulsmith

I just want to go through and try to bridge the gap between early music and normal life. We're going to talk about a book called The Oz Principle, find out how the concept of line is incorporated and connect all the dots.  www.soundofageschoir.com The Oz Principle https://www.amazon.com/Oz-Principle-Individual-Organizational-Accountability-ebook/dp/B0012M2IX2

Today we're going to take a trip over to Italy and explore the music of 16th century Ferrara, which is one of the musical hotspots of the renaissance. Our guest, Laurie Stras, noted and renown musicologist will give us some background on some specific female composers that she's done groundbreaking research on. Some pretty incredible stuff.  www.soundofageschoir.com Articles and Books by Laurie Stras:  Sisters Doing it...

Some specific examples of "line" as examined in 3 pieces of music. You'll hear full pieces by: Manuel Cardoso Carlo Gesualdo Andrew Maxfield www.soundofageschoir.com/podcast Big special premiere performance of Andrew's piece, "The Singing Bowl". Look for the video coming soon but hear the first live recording here. 

On today's Andrew Special, we do a birds eye view of the concept of "Line". What makes a good line? What's the difference between line and melody? Why is line important? etc. We will do a follow up episode, a "Part II" if you will, where we will go more in depth and show specific examples.  www.soundofageschoir.com www.andrewmaxfield.org

Today we're going to talk a little bit about St. George's Chapel and Windsor by talking about the composers John Merbecke and, fast-forward to today, Simon Whitely, who is a lay clerk there and leader of the group, "The Queen's Six", who you might know from their recent performance at Prince Phillip's funeral and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's wedding. All kinds of Royal stuff going on today.  www.thequeenssix.co.uk www.soundofageschoir.com/podcast

Today we're going to be talking about "The False Relation", a harmonic phenomenon of the Renaissance and relate that to Thomas Tallis and his life, and a little bit to our life today. Then we're going to have a great interview with British composer Cecilia McDowall.  https://ceciliamcdowall.co.uk/ www.soundofageschoir.com/podcast For Sound of Ages recordings of Cecilia's pieces, check out our website www.soundofageschoir.com

Today we will have a short composer profile (to be extended in a later episode) on Hildegard von Bingen to set up tonight's Sound of Ages concert, "Songs of Meditation". Check out the live stream: https://youtu.be/upR03BS2F_Q Concert Program can be found: https://spark.adobe.com/page/dBcpLxoH6ATuh/

This is a pre-concert discussion where we go in depth into the Songs of Meditation program, Sound of Ages first live concert in over a year. We take a look into the nature of meditation and how the program reflects those concepts. The program features a world premiere of a piece by Andrew Maxfield and music from Hildegard, Arvo Pärt, Guillaume Du Fay, John Tavener, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Jonathan Dove.  Audio clips played in this episode were taken directly from YouTube and links to...

How do you say something new when everything's been said. On this months edition of the Andrew Special, we dive into "waves of saturation" and how humans tend to create something new when it seems as though there's nothing left to...

The road to success is most likely to be kind of a messy one. So today we talk about, in episode #23, His Royal Bachness, we're going to have a special guest, professional singer Martha McLorinan from the UK, and our composer profile, obviously, on...

Today we're going to be talking about The Infinite Game, we're going to have an interview with Ernesto Herrera  from Cuba, and our composer profile is on Esteban Salas. Check out Ernesto's Facebook and Instagram. Here's a link to BYU Singers performance...

Our newly formatted episodes begins with our composer profile on George F. Handel and the concept of "grit", we then have an interview with the newly appointed head of the voice department at Julliard School, Professor Darrell Babidge. 

Our first ever episode of The Andrew Special. Early Music Monday is joined by co-host Andrew Maxfield where we do a deep dive into the world of counterpoint with composer, theorist, and professor at Julliard School, Phillip Lasser. Prepare to have your...

A special episode going in depth into Sound of Ages' Virtual Concert "Songs of Praise" prepared for the 2021 National ACDA virtual conference. A closer look at the music on the program by Carlo Gesualdo, Cecilia McDowall, Thomas Tallis, and Ken...

Today we're going to talk about some areas, genres, and sub-genres that I include in Early Music that will help us expand the scope and definition of what Early Music is, we'll have an interview with composer Stuart Wheeler, and our composer profile is...