Latest Conductors Podcast Episodes
Ludwig Holtmeier, Part 2: Music Theorist, Piano Player, and Rector of the Freiburg Hochshule für Musik
Anthony Plog on Music - November 13, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsA Rector of a Musik Hochschule has many challenges, but perhaps the biggest that Ludwig Holtmeier had to face was the Covid crisis. Our interview was recorded in 2021, and a large portion of our conversation deals with the steps taken that allowed the Freiburg Musik Hochschule to be the only Hoc...
Ludwig Holtmeier, Bonus Room: Music Theorist, Piano Player, and Rector of the Freiburg Hochshule für Musik
Anthony Plog on Music - November 13, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the Bonus Room, I ask Professor Holtmeier a number of questions about music in general... Is tonality dead? What is the future of music? What was musical training like during the time of Franz Liszt? And finally, comic books! Dorico Professional music notation and composition software from St...
Ludwig Holtmeier, Part 1: Music Theorist, Piano Player, and Rector of the Freiburg Hochshule für Musik
Anthony Plog on Music - November 04, 2022 02:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsLudwig Holtmeier has been Rector at the Freiburg Musik Hochschule since October 2017. Before taking the job as Rector, he taught theory at the Hochschule and earlier was a musicologist at the Hans Eisler Musik Hochschule in Berlin. He also taught at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Swit...
Rex Richardson, Bonus Room: "Genre-Busting" International Trumpet Virtuoso Solo Artist, Educator and Pedagogue
Anthony Plog on Music - October 24, 2022 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsRex Richardson is a true international soloist, which means a lot of international travel. It also means some great stories! In the Bonus Room we talk about some cultural differences that Rex has learned from, and how those cultures influence styles of jazz. Dorico Professional music notation an...
Rex Richardson, Part 2: "Genre-Busting" International Trumpet Virtuoso Solo Artist, Educator and Pedagogue
Anthony Plog on Music - October 24, 2022 16:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAn important part of Rex Richardson’s early career was playing with the group Rhythm and Brass, so we begin this part of our conversation talking about that time in Rex’s life. Most of Part 2 is a deep-dive into One Hundred Days of Trumpet Practice, Rex’s magnum opus. Every ten days in the book,...
Rex Richardson, Part 1: "Genre-Busting" International Trumpet Virtuoso Solo Artist, Educator and Pedagogue
Anthony Plog on Music - October 15, 2022 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsCalled "One of the finest virtuosos of our time," Rex Richardson is equally comfortable in many diverse areas of music. He has recordings in the areas of both jazz and classical music and is very active in bringing new music into the repertoire. In addition to his international performing career...
Yolanda Kondonassis, Part 2: One of the World's Celebrated and Preeminent Harp Soloists and Educators
Anthony Plog on Music - October 04, 2022 18:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe music scene is quite different today from when Yolanda began her career, so we discuss some of the challenges facing a young musician today embarking on a solo career. A current project of Yolanda's is "Five Minutes for Earth," a series of pieces lasting five minutes which deal with environm...
Yolanda Kondonassis, Bonus Room: One of the World's Celebrated and Preeminent Harp Soloists and Educators
Anthony Plog on Music - October 04, 2022 18:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the Bonus Room, our conversation turns towards Yolanda's teaching career, her approach to teaching, and why she will have students write a review of an imaginary concert they have given. We end our conversation by talking about balancing the life of a soloist with that of a wife and mother. ...
Yolanda Kondonassis, Part 1: One of the World's Celebrated and Preeminent Harp Soloists and Educators
Anthony Plog on Music - September 22, 2022 16:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsYolanda Kondonassis is one of the world’s premier classical harpists, and is widely regarded as today’s most recorded classical harpist. She has won a Grammy Award for her recording of the Jennifer Higdon Harp Concerto (which she commissioned) and has appeared as a soloist with many top orchestr...
Jumping In Too Soon
Singerpreneur Podcast - September 13, 2022 13:30 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA few bits of suggested reading: Seth Godin's The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? Daniel Pink, When (it's all about timing!) For being a listener who got us all the way to lucky Episode 7, here's a link to download your own "Create, Evolve, or Get out of the Way" poster, free of ch...
John Rommel, Part 2: American Classical Trumpet Player and Professor of Trumpet at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Anthony Plog on Music - September 12, 2022 23:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWe continue our discussion about teaching with John talking about the importance of sound and concept along with the importance of singing. I then ask John about the question, should the school be there for the student, or should the student be there for the school (spoiler alert: John sees this...
John Rommel, Bonus Room: American Classical Trumpet Player and Professor of Trumpet at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Anthony Plog on Music - September 12, 2022 23:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the Bonus Room we begin by talking about what auditions are like at Indiana University, and what John looks for in a student that is auditioning. We end our conversation by talking about John’s playing career. Would you like more inspirational stories, suggestions, insights, and a place to c...
The World of Semiconductors: Interview with Yvonne Keil
Passion for Technology - September 06, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSend us a Text Message. “Semiconductors! Semiconductors! A kingdom for semiconductors!” Well, actually Richard III in William Shakespeare’s drama wanted a horse. But the desperation with which the industry is currently demanding microchips is similar. Corona, political conflicts and an enormous...
John Rommel, Part 1: American Classical Trumpet Player and Professor of Trumpet at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Anthony Plog on Music - September 02, 2022 18:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsJohn Rommel is Professor of Trumpet at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Early in his playing career he was a member of the Nashville Symphony and principal trumpet of the Louisville Orchestra, and recently he has performed with both the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cincinnati Sym...
Andrew Brown and Pacific Chorale: What a Grammy® means for Orange County, CA
Singerpreneur Podcast - August 31, 2022 23:17 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRead more about Pacific Chorale and their upcoming season: https://www.pacificchorale.org/ Read about the award on the Singerpreneur blog: https://singerpreneur.com/2022/04/with-a-single-award-the-grammys-just-honored-a-whole-lotta-people-in-the-southland/ ___________________________________...
Episode 24: Grounding and Bonding Part III - The Grounding Electrode System
Code Talk - August 31, 2022 19:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe National Electrical Code® Article 250 contains the rules for Grounding and Bonding. This second in a multi-part series about this article looks at the structure of Article 250 and the performance requirements that it seeks to meet. This podcast is a summary of lectures that I give for Elect...
Thomas Heyer, Bonus Room: International Tenor and Professor of Voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main
Anthony Plog on Music - August 04, 2022 02:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the Bonus Room, Thomas talks about how a voice student can best use his/her time to improve, the concept of singing naturally, aging and the voice, and finally, interpreting different styles of music. Would you like more inspirational stories, suggestions, insights, and a place to continue t...
Thomas Heyer, Part 2: International Tenor and Professor of Voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main
Anthony Plog on Music - August 04, 2022 02:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsA number of top professionals have come to Thomas Heyer for help with technical problems which leads us to a further discussion of technique in singing. As a teacher he was first opposed to teaching on Zoom, but now is comfortable with using this method of teaching. Other ideas discussed are how...
Thomas Heyer, Part I: International Tenor and Professor of Voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main
Anthony Plog on Music - July 23, 2022 22:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThomas Heyer is a Professor of Voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main. Recognized as one of the top voice teachers in Europe, his students sing in major opera houses throughout Europe. As a tenor he has sung throughout Europe, in addition to North America and ...
Major Trends in EV Charging
Passion for Technology - July 19, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSend us a Text Message. The way charging infrastructure solutions are designed is affected by new battery technologies and fast-charging systems, innovative tech and connectivity applications, and an increasing degree of vehicle automation. Plus, other factors such as energy supply, political d...
EV Charging – Building fast-charging-infrastructure
Passion for Technology - July 19, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSend us a Text Message. The speed at which electric vehicles can be charged is an important point of difference in the rapidly developing electric vehicle market. But the charging infrastructure has to keep up, too – and the developmental leaps in fast-charging technology are just as significan...
EV Charging – Shortening time to market
Passion for Technology - July 19, 2022 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Car manufacturers in Europe complain that the expansion of our electric car charging infrastructure is not progressing fast enough. ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, expects demand for 7 million connections in Europe by 2030 – far more than the 3....
EV Charging – The power of three
Passion for Technology - July 19, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSend us a Text Message. 1.8 trillion euros – that’s the sum the EU wants to invest over the next ten years to go net-zero by 2050 as part of its Green Deal. This, in turn, demands an ambitious rethink in the transport sector, which currently accounts for around 25% of total greenhouse gas emiss...
Bruno Lourensetto & Camila Barrientos, Part 2: Founders of Música para Respirar, a charitable 24/7 online concert service
Anthony Plog on Music - July 05, 2022 22:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn order to get an idea of exactly how Música para Respirar works, Bruno describes how he would give a typical concert online for a person who has requested one. Camila also describes an actual concert she gave very early in the morning and the positive effect it had. And finally, I ask about th...
Bruno Lourensetto & Camila Barrientos, Bonus Room: Founders of Música para Respirar, a charitable 24/7 online concert service
Anthony Plog on Music - July 05, 2022 22:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAlthough both Camila and Bruno come from South America, they met in the United States, where they were both studying (Camila was studying clarinet at the Manhattan School of Music and Bruno studied trumpet at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University). We talk about their individual caree...
Bruno Lourensetto & Camila Barrientos, Part 1: Founders of Música para Respirar, a charitable 24/7 online concert service
Anthony Plog on Music - June 25, 2022 02:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsBruno Lourensetto and Camila Barrientos are the founders of Música para Respirar, an organization that is bringing classical music to people in need around the world. Begun as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 3,902 live online concerts have been presented at the time of this interview. In ...
Analog ICs: Sky is the limit for miniaturisation
Passion for Technology - June 15, 2022 13:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Technologies such as the Internet of Things would be almost inconceivable without continuously shrinking electronics. Today, there are electronic components in the 100-nanometre size range. But these are digital components – the situation with analog ICs is different. In...
Analog ICs: Safe and trustworthy
Passion for Technology - June 08, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSend us a Text Message. With the IoT, in Factory 4.0 applications, and especially in self-driving cars, more and more analog ICs are being used. They enable digital systems to process signals from their surroundings for example. That means that they are also being used more and more in safety-r...
Jake Heggie, Part 2: "U.S. opera’s most successful composer" - Opera News
Anthony Plog on Music - June 07, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn Part 2 of our conversation, I ask Jake about how he composes, his thoughts on composing, being in "the zone" while composing, orchestration, and being authentic as a composer and human being. Would you like more inspirational stories, suggestions, insights, and a place to continue the conver...
Jake Heggie, Bonus Room: "U.S. opera’s most successful composer" - Opera News
Anthony Plog on Music - June 07, 2022 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsI ask Jake about the advice he would give his younger self, his heroes and influences, his piano playing, and how he tries to balance his schedule. Would you like more inspirational stories, suggestions, insights, and a place to continue the conversations with other listeners? Visit anthonyplog...
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