Thank you for listening. Please subscribe, hit the like button, and get notifications for the new episodes! If you're new to Tuesday Conversation with Friends, it is a conversation series featuring world-class musicians with their work, and who they are as people. It is like overhearing a very interesting chat two people are having at a coffee house! You can watch the video version of the interview on YouTube. Please see link in description.  Joining me here is award-winning American composer, Glenda Austin from Joplin, Missouri. As a composer, pianist, and educator, Glenda is known and loved by piano teachers and students through out The United States and Canada.  But did you know she has a CD, "William Gillock: New Orleans Jazz Style," released in Japan (1998) as a solo pianist? You can find it on Apple Music! Many of you have come to know Glenda through her work, and her Facebook Lives. In this episode, we will get to know her more personally. We will learn how she grew up, her early music education (by ear as well as by reading, the golden oldies from the 40s as well as the classical composers!) We will hear about her special friendship and collaboration with William Gillock. How her first compositions came about, and the transition to go from someone who composed incidentally, to working with commissions, requirements, and deadlines.  Glenda graduated from The University of Missouri (Columbia) with a bachelor's degree in music education, and a master's degree in piano performance. She is a frequent adjudicator and clinician, having presented workshops for teachers and students through out the US, Canada, and Japan. In addition, she serves as an adjunct faculty member at Missouri Southern State University, accompanying jazz and choral groups as well as individual vocal students.  Many of her compositions appear on state repertoire lists, (MTNA) published by Willis Music Company. In addition, "Jazz Suites No.2" and "Sea Nocturne" are perennial favorites on the National Federation (NFMC) list.  Because of her association and friendship with William Gillock, renowned composer, she was chosen by Willis to simplify the ever-popular New Orlean Jazz Styles and arrange it for four-hand duets. You will hear 2 selections from her CD by the same name in this episode. I hope you enjoy this conversation between Glenda and I. Below is a chapter list, and links to both mine, and Glenda's social media. Stay connected, and stay tuned! 0:00 Sea Nocturne Performance 0:55 Welcome 1:11 Early Start - Childhood 2:37 "You Make Me Feel So Young / Frank Sinatra" Special edition by Glenda Austin for this episode 3:34 Prolific composer? Other aspects of Glenda's Music Life and meeting William Gillock 6:04 More On The Friendship with William Gillock 6:04 New Orlean Blues (William Gillock/Glenda Austin) 7:54 After Midnight (William Gillock/Glenda Austin) 11:42 How Did Glenda Start Writing Music? 16: 37 Her Creative Process and Jazz Suite No.3 24:27 Jazz Suite No.3 Performance Social Media Shirley Wang, Your Host:  Linktree: https://Linktr.ee/ShirleyWang Instagram: @Ms.Shirley.Wang  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/XiaoLingSoprano YouTube Episode Link: https://youtu.be/TykuewwTT_g Glenda Austin, Your Guest: Facebook:@GlendaAustinPiano Instagram:@GlendaAustin22 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shirley-wang6/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shirley-wang6/support