Latest Pepperdine Podcast Episodes
Jacob Haren & Heather Lundstedt (Actor/Singer/Producer)
Centered on the Arts - February 01, 2022 19:37 - 39 minutesWhat a wonderful treat we have for you today! Exceptionally talented performers Jacob Haren and Heather Lundstedt join the podcast. Jacob is highly known for his Broadway role of Elder White from The Book of Mormon. His other credits include The Book of Mormon National Tour, Rock of Ages (Las Ve...
Sean Allinson & Nolan Harvel (Assistant Podcast Producer & Music Producer/Composer)
Centered on the Arts - January 20, 2022 22:00 - 34 minutesThis week's episode is dedicated to our students. Both Sean Allinson and Nolan Harvel are incredibly vital to the success of each podcast episode. Sean focuses as the Assistant Podcast Producer and Nolan is the Music Producer/Composer. R.J. meets with Sean and Nolan to discuss what their backgro...
Jenny Scheinman (Violinist)
Centered on the Arts - January 04, 2022 23:25 - 33 minutesOutstanding musician, known for her impeccable talent with the violin, fiddle, and vocals, Jenny Scheinman joins R.J. on Centered on the Arts. R.J. listens to Jenny as she describes what her performance of Kannapolis:A Moving Portrait will be, what our patrons should expect, her creativity, and ...
Andrea Gyorody (Museum Director, Curator)
Centered on the Arts - December 22, 2021 00:33 - 29 minutesWeisman Museum Interim Director Andrea Gyorody joins us on the podcast! Andrea is a curator, art historian, editor, and critic. From 2017 to 2020, she served as Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. Her exhibition Afterlives of the ...
Geneva Lewis (Violinist)
Centered on the Arts - December 07, 2021 20:15 - 29 minutesExceptional violinist Geneva Lewis joins the podcast! Hailing from New Zealand, Geneva Lewis is the recipient of a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Competition. Other recent accolades include Kronberg Academy’s Prince of Hesse Prize and bein...
Jessica Rivera Shafer (Classical Vocalist; Pepperdine Alumnus)
Centered on the Arts - November 23, 2021 23:49 - 36 minutesThis episode’s guest is Jessica Rivera Shafer. Jessica is a Grammy Award-Winning singer, specializing in Classical Music. Jessica is also an alumnus from Pepperdine and one of our own Center for the Arts alums. R.J. and Jessica talk about her time at Pepperdine, studying, being in a play with St...
Kelly Todd (Mamma Mia!)
Centered on the Arts - November 09, 2021 22:22 - 31 minutesKelly Todd, Theatre professor at Pepperdine and director of the upcoming production Mamma Mia! visits the podcast. Kelly and R.J. talk about her process of directing, COVID-19 challenges, auditioning in the new age, and what it feels like to be back together. Mamma Mia! will run from November...
BalletX Part 2 (Christine Cox; CEO)
Centered on the Arts - October 26, 2021 21:12 - 20 minutesR.J. and Christine Cox continue their conversation from the last episode by sharing how we stayed distracted during COVID-19, BalletX’s involvement with arts education, and diving deeper into the wide range of dance and choreography opportunities provided by BalletX. To follow BalletX or lear...
BalletX (Christine Cox; CEO)
Centered on the Arts - October 12, 2021 20:37 - 32 minutesChristine Cox, CEO and Artistic Director speaks with R.J. over the beauty, grace, and power of Modern Ballet. Christine discusses her past, present, and the growth of her company while sharing the importance to the X in BalletX. To follow BalletX or learn of educational opportunities: Ballet...
Nic Few Returns (We Are Proud to Present...)
Centered on the Arts - September 28, 2021 23:10 - 31 minutesNIC RETURNS! Nic Few returns to the podcast to go over his upcoming play “We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915.” Tyler Flynn brings up an in-depth conversation with Ni...
Rebecca Carson (New Season & The New Times)
Centered on the Arts - September 14, 2021 18:40 - 29 minutesWe're back!! For the first episode of Season 2 of Centered on the Arts, Rebecca Carson, our Managing Director, keeps everything light and breezy as she excitedly announces the new 2021–2022 lineup of Presented Shows at Smothers Theatre, Raitt Recital Hall, and Lindhurst Theatre. Rebecca also g...
Season 2 Trailer
Centered on the Arts - August 02, 2021 23:34 - 2 minutesHi everyone! Get ready for Season 2 as we continue to have deep conversations with various performing arts professionals and ask the question, "Why are the arts important?" Music Composer: Jeremy Zerbe
Graduating Seniors (CFA Student Workers)
Centered on the Arts - May 18, 2021 16:28 - 32 minutesIt’s the last episode of the season, and we have a treat! R.J. Morgan sits down with the graduating seniors of the CFA staff, Carmen Edano, Mary Buffaloe, Sam Petersen, Indy Wilson, David Bird, Sydney Swearengin, Nina Duchild, and Karli Mueller, to discuss their Pepperdine working careers as wel...
Jeremy Zerbe - Music Composer
Centered on the Arts - May 03, 2021 23:10 - 26 minutesR.J. chats with Jeremy Zerbe, a current Pepperdine senior who is double majoring in Advertising and Music Composition while also serving as the Music Director of the Pepperdine Pickups men's a capella group and Music Producer for the Centered on the Arts podcast. He was the featured student comp...
Keith Colclough (Opera)
Centered on the Arts - April 23, 2021 19:02 - 33 minutesOn today’s episode, R.J. is joined by Keith Colclough, the Assistant Professor of Voice and the Director of Opera. Colclough received his undergraduate degree from Pepperdine, and then went on to win the Fulbright fellowship to Mannheim, Germany, and later on he was also instructed by the Tangle...
Randall Goosby (Violinist)
Centered on the Arts - April 07, 2021 20:43 - 29 minutesRJ Morgan and music student Jeremy Zerbe sit down with Randall Goosby, a talented violinist who began playing at age seven, going on to perform in orchestras such as The Cleveland Orchestra, the Buffalo Orchestra, the Rochester Orchestra, and the Orlando philharmonics, among others. He’s won a m...
Sonia de los Santos (Family Music, ARTSReach)
Centered on the Arts - March 23, 2021 21:12 - 32 minutesDani chats with Sonia de los Santos, a family entertainer who has toured around the world, singing in English and Spanish to share and celebrate her culture. She began her career with Dan Zanes and friends, and has since gone on to be nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2019 and be named one of Bill...
Hollace Starr (Voice, Dialects, Director)
Centered on the Arts - March 10, 2021 00:33 - 35 minutesR.J. Morgan welcomes Hollace Starr and student actor Leyla Dillig, to share their experiences with the upcoming Pepperdine show, As You Like It, and why they believe the arts are important. Hollace Starr (voice and dialects) is an associate professor of theatre at Pepperdine University, where ...
Jazzy Ash (Jazz and Folk Music, ARTSReach)
Centered on the Arts - February 23, 2021 22:50 - 32 minutesPaul Vacchiano welcomes Jazzy Ash, who with her band The Leaping Lizards, is a family entertainment sensation having released multiple albums and energetic stage shows that celebrate jazz and African American folk music. As a lifelong performer, Jazzy Ash seeks to share her passion for childhood...
17. Melanie Weir (Theatre Presenter, California Presenters President)
Centered on the Arts - February 09, 2021 17:06 - 38 minutesRebecca Carson chats with Melanie Weir, her longtime friend and colleague who works as the Education and Community Engagement Manager for the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa while also serving as the President of the Board for California Presenters. Melanie relates her passion f...
Melanie Weir (Theatre Presenter, California Presenters President)
Centered on the Arts - February 09, 2021 17:06 - 38 minutesRebecca Carson chats with Melanie Weir, her longtime friend and colleague who works as the Education and Community Engagement Manager for the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa while also serving as the President of the Board for California Presenters. Melanie relates her passion f...
16. Cathy Thomas-Grant (Scotland, Actor, & Professor)
Centered on the Arts - January 26, 2021 20:16 - 32 minutesPaul Vacchiano catches up with Cathy Thomas-Grant, a beloved theatre professor at Pepperdine who is currently the Director of the summer Edinburgh trip. After earning her Bachelor's degree at California State University Northridge in 1984 and her Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from The Ame...
Cathy Thomas-Grant (Scotland, Actor, & Professor)
Centered on the Arts - January 26, 2021 20:16 - 32 minutesPaul Vacchiano catches up with Cathy Thomas-Grant, a beloved theatre professor at Pepperdine who is currently the Director of the summer Edinburgh trip. After earning her Bachelor's degree at California State University Northridge in 1984 and her Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from The Ame...
15. Melanie Allen (Cirque du Soleil, Stage Manager, Alum)
Centered on the Arts - January 12, 2021 17:03 - 30 minutesEnding Alumni Month, we have brought in CFA Alum, Melanie Allen. Tyler Flynn chats with Melanie Allen, a Pepperdine alum from Castle Rock, CO who graduated in 2018 with a theatre production/design degree, with a specific emphasis in stage management. During her time at Pepperdine, she served a...
Melanie Allen (Cirque du Soleil, Stage Manager, Alum)
Centered on the Arts - January 12, 2021 17:03 - 30 minutesEnding Alumni Month, we have brought in CFA Alum, Melanie Allen. Tyler Flynn chats with Melanie Allen, a Pepperdine alum from Castle Rock, CO who graduated in 2018 with a theatre production/design degree, with a specific emphasis in stage management. During her time at Pepperdine, she served a...
Lauren Jennerjohn (Marketing, Artist, & Alumni)
Centered on the Arts - December 29, 2020 06:00 - 31 minutesContinuing Alumni Month, we have brought in CFA Almun, Lauren Jennerjohn. Tyler Flynn sits down with Lauren Jennerjohn, an alumni of Pepperdine who graduated in 2019 after double majoring in theater arts and advertising. During her time at Pepperdine, Lauren was involved in numerous Smothers p...
Paul Dufresne (Scenic Designer & Alumni)
Centered on the Arts - December 15, 2020 16:54 - 33 minutesWelcome to Alumni Month! A month of podcast episodes dedicated to our CFA Alums, detailing where they are now, how CFA helped them, and their own thoughts of the Arts. Dani Lobello chats with Paul Dufresne, an alumni of the Pepperdine theatre program who graduated with a BA in scene design and...
The First Noel, Seaver College Chamber Choir
Pepperdine University Spiritual Life Podcast - December 09, 2020 01:40 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSeaver College Chamber Choir sings "Angels We have Heard on High" as part of a collection of Christmas carols released to join people together during the 2020 holiday season. Directed and Produced By: Ryan Board, Professor of Music, Pepperdine University The First Noel Traditional Engli...
Angels We have Heard on High, Seaver College Chamber Choir
Pepperdine University Spiritual Life Podcast - December 01, 2020 23:19 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSeaver College Chamber Choir sings "Angels We have Heard on High" as part of a collection of Christmas carols released to join people together during the 2020 holiday season. Directed and Produced By: Ryan Board, Professor of Music, Pepperdine University Angels We have Heard on High Ang...
Silent Night, Seaver College Chamber Choir
Pepperdine University Spiritual Life Podcast - December 01, 2020 21:31 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSeaver College Chamber Choir sings "Silent Night" as part of a collection of Christmas carols released to join people together during the 2020 holiday season. Directed and Produced By: Ryan Board, Professor of Music, Pepperdine University Silent Night Silent night, holy night, All ...
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