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56. Money Notes

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Every human voice is unique, and each singer has a range of notes that rings in their head strong like a bell. Pop stars and Opera divas/divos have made fortunes from these notes. In the classical recording industry while world class orchestras are doing less recording, Opera remains a consistant source of revenue. Singers change the Opera, every performance is a showcase for a different voice. More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/

55. What can we expect from AI Music Apps

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With Google jumping into the AI music platform race, we can expect a lot of people will be signing up soon. Will it be disapointing? Or will people want the next plaything? Depends on whether you care about the tech or the music. If you just want to be in the know about everything new, you might enjoy exploring the new toy.

More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/

54. Music for Survival

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Music gets a bad rap in curriculums and in the hierarchy of evolution. Do we need music to survive? Has music ever saved anyone’s life? When studied specifically for it’s use, music is found adjacent to our most important instincts for survival.

More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/

53. Leon Theremin: Part Two-Return to Russia

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The Scientist enjoyed making musical instruments more than doing his duties as an inventor for the Soviet Union, but he is remembered as an innovator and a genius for both. It was his tinkering with the musical instruments that lead to his sophisticated devices used to spy on the US Ambassador and others in Moscow for seven years. His eavesdropping invention he made for the Soviets won him prestige and respect from both Russia and the United States. In his final years Leon Theremin invented hands free devices that are still considered cutting edge technology today, but these whimsical and unbelievable inventions were destroyed by the Soviets because Russian ideology didn’t sync with Theremin’s passion as a creator of musical instruments. The only record we have that they existed at all comes from an article Harold Schonberg wrote in the New York Times in 1967 when he toured Theremin’s lab in the Moscow Conservatory of Music. More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/

52. Theremin: The Cellist, The Scientist, The Instrument

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Leon Theremin was a creative and curious soul who lived his life as a Russian Scientist but was a musician and entrepreneur. Had he left Russia like his biographer’s father before the outbreak of World War One maybe he would have enjoyed a peaceful and productive life- we’ll never know. His story is still compelling, you just have to overlook the Russian spy he was turned into to recognize a genius that just wanted to play, invent and discover.

More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/

51. Encore: Madame Moneyball

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The Opera America Conference comes to Pittsburgh next month and Pittsburgh Opera is gearing up with two very special Operas to be performed at the August Wilson Center and the Bitz Opera Factory. This episode about the marketing insight of creating an Opera season was written last summer. More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/

50. Encore: The Sightreader’s Survival Kit with Charles and Rachel Stegeman

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50. Encore: The Sightreader's Survival Kit with Charles and Rachel Stegeman
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Charles and Rachel Stegeman team teach violin and viola in their Boot Camp, but they also possess sightreading skills that make them extremely desireable players in some of the most competitive corners of the music industry. More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/

49. Unions, Jazz and Fairytales

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No other idiom more than Bebop invites performers to invent and create while an audience watches and listens. Its a style that evolved during a hiatus in the recording industry when union musicians were concerned their livelihoods were disappearing. More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/

48. Analysis: Mapping Musical Forms

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Some people want a complete map when they do things including listening to music, and others are content to wander through enjoying the musical scenery while journeying through the pieces. Either way is fine, but even the wanderer can enjoy a little mapping time to time. More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/

47. Audience Experience and Engagement: Orchestra League Conference to be Hosted in Pittsburgh

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The League of American Orchestras meets in Pittsburgh this June and they’ll give their Golden Baton Award to Deborah Borda, the New York Philharmonic’s President and CEO who steps down from the post just a few weeks after the conference. Borda brought vision and energy to the top orchestra(s) she led. Orchestras from around the country will hope to glean the secrets and strategies she used to transform the LA Phil and the NY Phil . Is there room for Regional Orchestras to have similar success? What are the keys to growing these Orchestras? More in the show notes at https://accelerandocast.com/show_notes/