Organist, conductor, and composer, Sarah MacDonald, is a legend! Fellow and Director of Music at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Director of the girl choirsters at Ely Cathedral, we ask her about all things choir! Plus, we talk Royal College of Organists, and her path to composition and the King of Instruments!
Oct 6
41 min
Playing the organ can be very solitary, but not where Dr. Timothy Olsen teaches! UNC School of the Arts is a place where highschoolers and college students are working together in the same program, and mentorship and encouragement abound. In this episode, we talk about this unique program and some amazing instruments in the area!
Sep 30
41 min
It's never been done before... Nobody has ever performed the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach live since he died in 1750. It's happening now, and it's gonna take over 10 years! Globally acclaimed choral conductor, Chris Shepard, is here to talk us through the process of this amazing project!
Sep 22
47 min
A leader in sacred music in America, Colin Lynch suffered a stroke, but he didn't let it get him down. Through his incredible determination and the power of community, he resumed his incredible work, mentoring and developing intergenerational choirs and performing music at the highest levels in one of the most important centers of worship in the United States. Prepare to be inspired!
Sep 15
36 min
Dave Brown joins us from Buzard Pipe Organ Builders to talk building and restoration! We discuss how young people can go about getting into organ building, plus some of the changes that have taken place over Dave's time in the field.
Sep 1
50 min
We've made it 30 Episodes and All The Stops Podcast is already a top 25% podcast and still growing! We talk about the show and future plans, but our main focus is John Cage's massive piece, ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) which just had a major chord shift after almost 25 years of being performed in Halberstadt, Germany. Thanks for sticking with us here on the show, and here's to 30 more episodes!
Aug 24
17 min
Dr. Jordan Prescott joins us to talk about the music of Herbert Howells, a composer who, he argues, has been widely mischaracterized. We have fascinating discussions about musical aesthetics and historical shifts from the late 19th century to the mid 20th. Plus, he shares a little about what it means to be an organ scholar.
Aug 18
42 min
Be it original compositions or Minecraft, Swedish organist, Noa Edwardsson, is a driving force of the pipe organ in Sweden. Bringing in new people to concerts and directing them to Bach, organ lessons, and church, Noa performs artful renditions of video game soundtracks beloved to those under 40... (or even 20!) and adds clever new compositions and thoughtfully reproduced performances of the classics. We talk all this, plus assembling a new Swedish hymnal with 10,000 submissions, and mentorship in the boys choir
Aug 11
46 min
All too often, people focus on geopolitics and economic struggles when discussing Argentina, but Dr. Ezequiel Menéndez joins us on this episode to discuss the organs, composers, and future of the Argentinian organ scene. Professor at the College of the Holy Cross, he also shares some of his philosophies on mastering the craft through focused practice.
Aug 4
42 min
Damin Spritzer takes a break from performing, teaching, and sacred music, to explain how they reinforce one another. She's just as good at talking about the world of organ music as she is at interpreting it! Another week of sound quality issues... we'll have it sorted next week!
Jul 28
45 min
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