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Opening the Channel with Masi Asare
Podcast
Opening the Channel with Masi Asare
by Masi Asare, Leticia Ridley, Jordan Ealey
28 February 2024
Beyond the 2 Percent—A Manifesto: Raising the Bar for Womxn Composers
Video
Beyond the 2 Percent—A Manifesto: Raising the Bar for Womxn Composers
Watch as the panel creates and signs a global manifesto demanding immediate change and decolonization in a still deeply entrenched patriarchal field.
Wednesday 7 February 2024
New York City
Working Her Own Tune: Revisiting the Life, Legacy, and Work of Micki Grant
Podcast
Working Her Own Tune: Revisiting the Life, Legacy, and Work of Micki Grant
by Leticia Ridley, Jordan Ealey
6 July 2022
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Opening the Channel with Masi Asare
Podcast

Opening the Channel with Masi Asare

28 February 2024

Masi Asare is an assistant professor of theater and performance studies at Northwestern University. She is a songwriter and dramatist and also works as a performance scholar specializing in the study of race and vocal sound and musicals. On this episode, hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley interview Masi on her experiences as a Black woman working in musical theatre and why Black women’s vocal training is so important. 

Beyond the 2 % – A Manifesto Raising the Bar for Womxn Composers Event Poster.
Beyond the 2 Percent—A Manifesto: Raising the Bar for Womxn Composers
Video

Beyond the 2 Percent—A Manifesto: Raising the Bar for Womxn Composers

Watch as the panel creates and signs a global manifesto demanding immediate change and decolonization in a still deeply entrenched patriarchal field.

Wednesday 7 February 2024
New York City

Vienna Festwochen Festival and the Segal Center host a panel calling for action to address the devastating current state of representation when it comes to womxn composers in music spaces, especially in opera houses and in concert halls. 

Daughters of Lorraine Podcast teaser.
Working Her Own Tune: Revisiting the Life, Legacy, and Work of Micki Grant
Podcast

Working Her Own Tune: Revisiting the Life, Legacy, and Work of Micki Grant

6 July 2022

This episode honors the life and work of composer, writer, and performer Micki Grant, who passed away in August 2021. Grant was the first Black woman to write and compose a musical that made it to Broadway, and she is also the subject of Jordan's dissertation.

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Comparing Notes
Essay

Comparing Notes

A Conversation with Jenny Giering

8 July 2017

In the final installment of the series, Donald Sanborn III talks with composer Jenny Giering about her experience and creative process.

Contemporary Opera NYC: Talks with Artists and Producers
Video

Contemporary Opera NYC: Talks with Artists and Producers

Monday 28 November 2016
New York, NY, United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Contemporary Opera NYC: Talks with Artists and Producers livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 28 November at 6:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 23:30 GMT-UTC (London). In Twitter, follow @HowlRoundTV and @segalcenter and use #howlround.

Theatrical Reinvention
Essay

Theatrical Reinvention

A Conversation with John Doyle

10 November 2016

Donald Sanborn talks with director John Doyle about the differences between musical theatre and opera, and the power of seeing actors play instruments on stage.

Comparing Notes
Essay

Comparing Notes

A Conversation with Brad Ross

31 July 2016

In this installment, Donald Sanborn III interviews composer Brad Ross about his creative work and process.

Comparing Notes with Noel Katz
Essay

Comparing Notes with Noel Katz

17 May 2016

In this installment, Donald Sanborn interviews Composer and Lyricist Noel Katz about his career and process.

Comparing Notes
Essay

Comparing Notes

A Conversation with Dr. Steven L. Rosenhaus

25 March 2016

In this first installment, Donald Sanborn interviews Dr. Steven Rosenhaus about his career in musical theatre and teaching.

Memorial Concert for Composer Elizabeth Swados
Video

Memorial Concert for Composer Elizabeth Swados

Sunday 14 February 2016
New York, NY, United States

Livestreamed a memorial concert, celebrating the life and work of internationally renowned award-winning composer Elizabeth Swados featuring performers, speakers, and artists who have worked with Liz over the course of her extensive career in a diversity of artistic communities. The event broadcasted from the Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa ETC in New York City on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 14 February at 20:00 GMT (London) / 3 p.m. EST (New York) / 2 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 12 p.m. PST (Los Angeles).

Writing Musical Theatre’s Future, While Looking Into the Past
Essay

Writing Musical Theatre’s Future, While Looking Into the Past

A Conversation with James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director of the York Theatre Company

27 January 2016

A conversation between Donald H. Sanborn and James Morgan, producing artistic director of the York Theatre Company, New York City.

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Technology for the Composer at The Dramatists Guild
Video

Technology for the Composer at The Dramatists Guild

Thursday 21 March 2013
New York, NY, United States

The Dramatists Guild of America presents the next event in their new DG Conservatory series moderated by Tony-winning composer and Guild Council member, Stephen Flaherty, Technology for the Composer 2, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 21 March 2013 at 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 22:00-23:30 GMT (London).

Comparing Notes
Series

Comparing Notes

Donald Sanborn interviews composers.