• INTRO: “Golliwog’s Cakewalk” by Claude Debussy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Rhv1E3tEM); “6 Keys to Having Genuine Dialogue” (https://www.sgi-usa.org/2022/05/09/6-keys-to-having-genuine-dialogue/);
• MOVEMENT ONE: “The Minnesota Orchestra presents the world premiere of ‘brea(d)th’” (https://dailyplanetdc.com/2023/04/28/the-minnesota-orchestra-presents-the-world-premiere-of-breadth/); “Breadth” by Carlos Simon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btA17lhNXfU&t=6s); “Why is classical music making a comeback?” (https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-is-classical-music-making-a-comeback/);  “Reckoner” arr. Robert Glasper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsl4TW3Hm1o)
• MOVEMENT TWO: “Money Good” perf. Megan Thee Stallion and Phony Ppl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYJ03MIPoIk&t=1283s); “Don’t You (Forget Me)” by Simple Minds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A)
• MOVEMENT THREE: Interview feat. Bethany Reed (https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/surviving/its-already-happening-with-QBpJ3oYy62T/); Laurie Anderson’s “Statue of Liberty” arr. Lara St. John (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFe9WiYZHCY); “Vision Chant” by Andrew Balfour (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWpJ7zXAHrk); Open Letter from Indigenous Classical Musicians (https://ipaa.ca/open-letter-from-indigenous-classical-musicians/); “It’s Already Happening” Credits: Jacob Crane (he/him) of Indigenous Climate Action on "Climate, Alleyship, Music", opened by musician Andrew Burn (he/him), historical Bassoonist; Dr. Lise Vaugeois (she/her, pronounced Lee-s Vow-jwa), Professor at Lakehead University on  "Settler Colonial Values in the Classical Music World" opened by musician Dwayne Trudeau of Sudbury ON, Blues Guitar; Danielle Klein (she/her), UX Research Manager at Wealthsimple on "Design Thinking in Action: An interactive intro to UX"; Vu Le (he/him, pronounced "voo lay"), Nonprofit AF and Community Centric Fundraising, on "Money, Funding, and Equity", opened my musician Grace Martins, Vocalist, of St. Catharines ON; Caroline Whiddon (she/her), Co-founder to the Me2/Orchestra, on "Building an Orchestra from the Groud Up: melding mental health and classical music"; Lara St John (she/her), International Violin Soloist, Musical Maverick, Survivor,  on "Surviving Sexual Assault in the Classical Music Sector"; Andrew Balfour (he/him), Composer, Conductor (recently Juno nominated), on "Indigenous Musical Sovereignty & the future of "classical music'; Parmel Attariwala (she, her, pronounced  Pahr' mullah Atahr' ee wah la), Violinist, ethnomusicologist, composer, music educator and equity advocate on "How the Western Orchestra and Western classical music are problematic symbols in the era of social justice and equity" with opening music by Lucy Nesbitt, French Horn, of Toronto ON; Mx. Xavia A. Publius (she/her or ze/hir,  for how to pronounce Xavia click here, for how to pronounce Publius click here), Dept. of Drama, PhD Student, University of Albert on "Transgender Inclusion in Classical Music", opened with music by Hamilton ON's finest, B.A. Johnston; Gaitrie Persaud (she/her) , Tkaronto-Guyanese, Deaf IBPOC/QIBPOC activist, empowerer of Deaf artists, on "Empowering Deaf Artists", with short-film opening ROAD TO NOWHERE, an Electric Moose production, created by Brian Solomon, muti-disciplinary artist, including dance, instillations, painting and drawing, born in the remote community of shebahonaning (i pronounce it 'sheba-non-aning', but this isn't correct. there are many ways to pronounce this Anishinaabemowin (the Ojibwe/Ojibwa language) word and I have further learning to do, so take my pronunciation with salt); A limited time screening of the Film Orchestrating Change, Executive Producers/Directors: Emmy-winning Margie Friedman & Barbara Multer-Wellin was made available for several days or the project (it was a doc made about the Me2/Orchestra); Joey Solomon, Sudbury ON based visual artist, produced the logo.; 100s of other people offered time, expertise, support, knowledge, and co-created this event together: I want to acknowledge them for the importance they deserve, as this event was molded, shaped, and made possible by a community of peoples.
• MOVEMENT FOUR: “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” by Boyz II Men (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtkbfkmW808)

• INTRO: “Duel of the Fates” by John Williams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_2bluVPsb0); “Granada” by Agustín Lara (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUWEYcv5pFU&list=PLF74lzd0FYzivYbVU5qjJXRjf6bKTbpBs&index=3);
• MOVEMENT ONE: “What Did Listeners Say When This Station Went A.I.?” (https://radioink.com/2023/05/02/what-did-listeners-say-when-this-station-went-a-i/); “Anything Is Possible” by Don Davis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iaV1cv6bKE&list=PLIlOL1e1PCesgtYwbhRwO1v9-M_tly_NJ&index=10); “A ‘full body orgasm’ at the L.A. Phil? Witnesses offer conflicting accounts” (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-04-30/la-phil-concert-orgasm-twitter-tchaikovsky); ‘Valse’ from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzWx-mqW3Vc)
• MOVEMENT TWO: “Trouble So Hard” perf. Amythyst Kiah (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=PyRyO4qV7cc); “Meri Sakhi ki Avaaz (My Sister’s Voice)” by Reena Esmail (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPXugXA8rUs&t=47s)
• MOVEMENT THREE: Interview with members of The King’s Singers (https://www.kingssingers.com); “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” perf. The King’s Singers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz_2zxo-2w4); “I’m Yours” perf. The King’s Singers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3WPbT79_o&list=PLtaTdTtskx8EPqgakUUGQa3Q1EaNkVenh&index=13); “The King’s Singers say Christian college cancelled their concert over ‘concerns about sexuality’” (https://www.classicfm.com/artists/kings-singers/florida-college-cancels-concert-sexuality-concerns/#:~:text=The%20King%27s%20Singers-,The%20King%27s%20Singers%20say%20Christian%20college,concert%20over%20%27concerns%20about%20sexuality%27&text=After%20cancelling%20the%20a%20cappella,that%20violates%20the%20Holy%20Scripture)
• MOVEMENT FOUR: “Sansa Kroma” feat. Zimbe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RRdlBodrWU)

​Support for TRILLOQUY comes from Salastina: https://www.salastina.org/concerts/2023/5/6
 
INTRODUCTION: “Fragile” by String (live from Viña del mar 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jATVarJMyE0); “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” by Joel Thompson (live from Sphinx 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuT9Ml_Bvx8)
 
MOVEMENT ONE (13:44): “Blair Tindall, Whose Music Memoir Scandalized, Dies at 63”: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/arts/television/blair-tindall-dead.html?fbclid=IwAR0c1OY7Bre7oIMLHzFhyTgASfzhtJoDmAifMfmtV1RhG8_agOxmZ2eAMfs; Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370, “Adagio” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBzRjImBW1s; “Questlove Debuts Young Adult Novel Dedicated To His 9-Year-Old Self — 'I Want Black Nerds To See Themselves'”: https://afrotech.com/questlove-debuts-young-adult-novel?item=8; “The Next Movement” by The Roots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm7Xt2Qsjcg
 
MOVEMENT TWO (37:15): “stay volk” by Mobley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tkkj53E0dI; “Remembering Sundays” by Masego: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtVswIwFe9A; “Tadow” by FKJ & Masego: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8CH0Z3L54
 
MOVEMENT THREE (47:55): Interview with Stanford Thompson (https://www.stanfordthompson.com); Trumpet Concerto by Johann Hummel, feat. Stanford Thompson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo91ppZfRx4; “Idyll” by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (perf. Minnesota Orchestra, Kensho Watanabe:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItkdHooWlwI)
 
THE TRILLOQUY( 01:38:20): “The Anthemic Allure of ‘Dixie’, An Enduring Confederate Monument”: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/649954248; “Gone With The Wind (from BlacKKKlansman) by Terence Blanchard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvkwuud6h8M&list=PLnoIi4YKKKd9Dzhlgh39aPaHX6g-0rAk5
 

​​Support from TRILLOQUY comes from Salastina: https://www.salastina.org/

INTRODUCTION (00:00): “Forget” by Pogo (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=QRMwa7WVb3k); “The Diva” from ‘The Fifth Element’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnTE2h0ZY74);
 
MOVEMENT ONE (18:10): A Fresh Approach to Classical Music Engages Live Audiences (https://www.seattletimes.com/sponsored/a-fresh-approach-to-classical-music-engages-live-audiences/); “Hello Gold Mountain” by Wu Fei, perf. Lehigh University Philharmonic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVO62cgC10Q); The Jerusalem Quartet Believes in the Power of the Standard Repertoire (https://cso.org/experience/article/13216/the-jerusalem-quartet-believes-in-the-power-o?fbclid=IwAR2vOD3brb5R3CODH8T-S8Hz50EGOhCih_NNEdiIFwPpi0jVvl3wNYLl6PQ); String Quartet No. 4, mov. V, arr. Cristián Tamblay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ygszrm1vI);
 
MOVEMENT TWO (46:10): “Prickly Pear” by Portico Quartet (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=sNmWCHoWGZk); Concerto for Two Guitars by Paulo Bellinati, perf. Brasil Guitar Duo with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0-6KjHo9QA);
 
MOVEMENT THREE (58:10): Garrett Interviews Terence Blanchard (https://www.metopera.org/season/2022-23-season/champion/); “Going to Mecca” by Terence Blanchard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDt5_aKFJdM); “Fight Scene” from ‘Champion’ by Terence Blanchard, perf. Opera Parallèle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G553VZIpqeI)
 
THE TRILLOQUY (01:33:40): The Mestizo Waltz by Gabriela Lena Frank, perf. Utah Symphony (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbxmWy7rjI4); “A Tale of Two Sudden Cable News Exits” (https://time.com/6274088/tucker-carlson-don-lemon-firing/)

​Support for TRILLOQUY comes from Salastina: https://www.salastina.org
 
INTRODUCTION: SUPPORT THE FAMILY OF RALPH YARL (https://www.gofundme.com/f/nf36y-cover-medical-expenses); Nicki Minaj – “Itty Bitty Piggy”; Kendrick Lamar – “For Free?”
 
MOVEMENT ONE: Los Angeles’s Metro Is Using Classical Music as a Weapon (https://www.curbed.com/2023/03/los-angeles-metro-classical-music-subway.html); Once Overlooked Artists Are Strengthening the Classical Canon (https://www.inquirer.com/arts/florence-price-philadelphia-orchestra-curtis-institute-mary-lou-williams-20230410.html); Mary Lou Williams – ‘Taurus’ from Zodian Suite; An AI-generated Rihanna Cover of Beyoncé’s ‘Cuff It’ is Going Viral, and It Could Open Up a New Legal Nightmore for the Music Industry (https://www.insider.com/rihanna-ai-cuff-it-cover-legal-nightmare-music-industry-2023-4); Woman Claims AI Cloned Her Daughter’s Voice In $1 Million Kidnapping Scam (https://www.ndtv.com/feature/woman-claims-ai-cloned-her-daughters-voice-in-1-million-kidnapping-scam-3954384); Nirvana (AI) – Drowned in The Sun
 
MOVEMENT TWO: Funsho – Sweet Love (cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTDYK689UIg); Chance the Rapper Helped Anita Baker Acquire Her Masters (https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/chance-rapper-helped-anita-baker-acquire-masters.html/); Chris Bruebeck – Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
 
MOVEMENT THREE (52:30): Garrett Interviews Leslie Kwan (https://www.lesliekwan.com); “A is for Aretha” (https://www.lesliekwan.com/a-is-for-aretha); Former Employee Claims Racial Discrimination in Suit Against Handel and Haydn Society (https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2017/10/17/former-employee-claims-racial-discrimination-suit-against-handel-haydn-society/uXYHIyjNa22yHyky7hGgWJ/story.html); Marin Marais – Le Badinage (perf. Hila Katz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml0ZuqIX43U); Jean-Phillippe Rameau – Suite in a-minor (perf. Henri Hemsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK3-URQntcg)
 
THE TRILLOQUY (1:50:00): Traditional – How Great Thou Art (perf. Marcus Miller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxmLaETMSUc); Ralph Yarl Shooting Accused Shooter Out on Bond After Arrest: https://www.kcur.org/live-updates/ralph-yarl-kansas-city-shooting-protest;

​Support for TRILLOQUY comes from Salastina: https://www.salastina.org
 
INTRODUCTION: Todd Harper’s Visual Scores (https://troutsongs.com/new-works-2020/); “Mnt I” from ‘Davka’ (https://www.discogs.com/release/2376251-Davka-Live); “Eruption” by Van Halen (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Czx8EWXb0); Excerpt from ‘Reaching Beyond’ (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34670537)
 
MOVEMENT 1 (22:40): “Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Reveals Himself: As a Composer” (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/arts/music/thomas-bangalter-daft-punk-mythologies.html); “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NV6Rdv1a3I); “Les Amazones” by Thomas Bangalter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSwvqh4zzto&list=PLEpjZ6a3i26cClq-7bQmsUFnc0ICmkepi&index=7); Police 'Reviewing Evidence' After Women Dragged Out of “The Bodyguard” Musical at Manchester's Palace Theatre (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/police-reviewing-evidence-after-women-26657762); “Security Measures” by Alan Silvestri (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4p_0o3l_8U&list=PLohYzz4btpaTba7W1VnOlKU6yBoLYt8lD&index=7);
 
MOVEMENT 2 (48:00​): “I Found” by Amber Run, ft. London Contemporary Voices (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WJnrgvivZ1E); “Moving Target” by Brandee Younger (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiWWsXTj8mQ&list=OLAK5uy_lRv4T_pPHnmQHi6OwcCzU72GSusxha2_w); More on “Brand New Life” by Brandee Younger (https://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/2023/04/brandee-younger-releases-new-album-brand-new-life/)
 
MOVEMENT THREE (56:20): Garrett Interviews Juan Pablo Contreras (https://www.juanpablocontreras.com); “Lucha Libre!” by Juan Pablo Contreras (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts44zq_YqQE); More on “Lucha Libre!” (https://culturalattache.co/2022/12/08/composer-juan-pablo-contreras-unmasked/)
 
THE TRILLOQUY (01:48:10​): “I See a Darkness” by Johnny Cash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWnUItw1ElU); Tennessee House Votes to Expel 2 of 3 Democratic Members Over Gun Protest (https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1168363992/tennessee-expel-3-democrats-house-vote); Robert A. Heinlein Quote (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3264-i-am-free-no-matter-what-rules-surround-me-if)

​TRILLOQUY is made possible, in part, by Salastina: https://www.salastina.org/

INTRODUCTION: “The Mandalorian” Main Theme by Ludwig Göransson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62x19Bepc5s); “The Sopranos” Opening Credits by Alabama 3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJpNmYeooQE&t=41s); “Lo Chiamavano King” by Luis Bacalov (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT1BiMHTVz8); “I Got a Name” by Jim Croce (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKd_P1qGIA)

MOVEMENT ONE: “‘Of The Sea’ and other Black operas are changing the face of classical music” (https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/of-the-sea-opera-1.6796948); ‘Of The Sea’ Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj2VpkOhAlo); “A Lost Operatic Masterpiece Written By White Men For An All-Black Cast Was Found And Restored. Can It Be Produced Without Controversy?” (https://www.billboard.com/pro/lost-blues-opera-harold-arlen-johnny-mercer-stage-theater/); “He’s Been Faithful” performed by Angel Blue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXfBCe--kMI)

MOVEMENT TWO: “Sometimes It Snows in April” performed by Shaina E & Jazz Mafia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMsPOWCYcMg); “Heartbeat” by Ryuichi Sakamoto (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtvTDuTbPhU)

MOVEMENT THREE: Garrett Interviews Tommy Dougherty (https://tsdoughertycomposer.com/bio/); “Restrung” by Tommy Dougherty (https://soundcloud.com/tommy-s-dougherty/restrung); “Extraordinary Instruments” by Tommy Dougherty (https://soundcloud.com/tommy-s-dougherty/extraordinary-instruments)

MOVEMENT FOUR: “Prison Song” by Carlton Williams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6F37L7vtyw); Garrett and Scott Discuss Donald Trump’s Arraignment 

INTRODUCTION

• Joan Baez on Activism, Vietnam, and the Guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcnNSavtoeI
• Joan Baez – “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=fIPJGljUkAc)
• Phil Donahue, “The Issue is Race” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47KGqsAexO0&t=5685s)
• Sister Souljah – “My God is a Powerful God” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUlWYEjECvI&list=RDEMdCqgD8ASnTG3wAI-jQuQCg&index=7)

MOVEMENT ONE

• Arts-World Activism Saved the BBC Singers: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/24/arts-world-activism-saved-the-bbc-singers-lets-take-the-same-fight-to-government-cuts
• John Adams – “Doctor Atomic” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd1TcrsNys8&list=OLAK5uy_mUWnM4FZ7ceIzKtu3TPYbLB0IIO659tX8&index=6)
• The Case Against Blind Auditions: https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/eyes-wide-shut-the-case-against-blind-auditions/
• Dmitri Shostakovich – Waltz from “Jazz Suite No. 2” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQFh1W7JGqg)

MOVEMENT TWO

• Kashimana Ahua – “Shecession or She’s Essential” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNcaeZj_NF0)
• Margaret Bonds – ‘One Sunday in the South’ from “Montgomery Vairations” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ereaXUDie-A&t=828s)

MOVEMENT THREE

• Wu Man & Amjad Ali Khan (feat. Amaan Ali Bangash, Shane Shanahan & Ayaan Ali Bangash) – “Rhythm of Life” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoRCIWnZi7I&list=OLAK5uy_lP8F753RVuovU3K_0svGCk6vlDBgu7r4s)
• Interview with Wu Man and Amjad Ali Khan
• Music for Hope: https://www.opus3artists.com/out-today-wu-man-amjad-ali-khans-music-for-hope/
• Wu Man & Amjad Ali Khan (feat. Shane Shanahan) – “Maya” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2pu-l-bC0w&list=OLAK5uy_lP8F753RVuovU3K_0svGCk6vlDBgu7r4s&index=5)

THE TRILLOQUY

• Adia Victoria – “South Gotta Change” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEm0qOxhGxo)
• Ticketmaster Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Drake Ticket Prices: https://www.nme.com/news/music/ticketmaster-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-drake-ticket-prices-3420349

SPONSORS

• Schubert Club: https://schubert.org/
• Salastina: https://www.salastina.org/

 

INTRODUCTION

• Excerpt from “Coming to America”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot03YqYQ1Qo
• perf. Dr. Angela M. Wellman – “Michael Row Your Boat Ashore” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQDpFAji6RU)
• P!NK – “Misery” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAg3Mz8BB9A)
• Amy Beach – Piano Concerto No. 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKYBhHK5Zh4)
• Cookiee Kawaii – “Violin” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHaoxU-GO8)

MOVEMENT ONE

• “Why This LA Metro Station Cranked Up the Classical Music”: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/metro-station-classical-music-safety-crime/3116937/
• John Adams – “Hallelujah Junction” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBv-Onv0_Gs)
• “Metropolitan Opera Ordered to Pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for Canceled Performances”: https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-ordered-to-pay-anna-netrebko-200000-for-canceled-performances/
• Raehann Bryce-Davis and Shefali Ranthe Collaboration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsNT09-VzxE

MOVEMENT TWO

• Kaki King – “The Surface Changes” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziPD16xCBBg)
• SALES – “Off and On” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSfpFrbZ-OA)

MOVEMENT THREE

• Garrett Interviews Thea Musgrave w/ Peter Mark
• Thea Musgrave: https://www.theamusgrave.com/biography/
• Thea Musgrave – Clarinet Concerto mov. VI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ctU1xtGH4&list=OLAK5uy_nBSn088P5SusE0LsnkkS0Ol9_pk7BhLHI&index=7)
• Thea Musgrave – “Harriet, the Woman Called Moses” excerpt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr1wkr1HYjI)

THE TRILLOQUY

• Janet Jackson – “Let’s What Awhile” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZ7IOApdfg)
• Minnesota Orchestra Commission Honoring George Floyd: https://hub.americanorchestras.org/2022/05/02/minnesota-orchestras-breadth-commission-honors-george-floyd-and-work-toward-equity-and-healing-in-minneapolis/

SPONSORS

• Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival: https://www.fwaamfest.com
• Schubert Club: https://schubert.org
• Salastina: https://www.salastina.org

 
 
 
 

INTRODUCTION 
 
Brandee Younger Quartet Live @ Arts Center at Duck Creek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY9ghgmH_r0&t=1483s
Esperanza Spalding – “Wild is the Wind” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl8-ea--oWs)
 
MOVEMENT 1
 
Archaeology Meets Music History: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deer-antler-long-an-museum-storage-earliest-known-stringed-instruments-2261298
Vietnamese Classical Music Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_ZMrcGUMro
Deion Sanders is Working to Decolonize Colorado Band: https://hbcugameday.com/2023/02/28/deion-sanders-wants-colorado-band-to-find-some-hbcu-influence/?fbclid=IwAR2oIaZh10iwYKql40E1F-KM8yer1sz66y9Ws8dJC2XBLDohzAlCor6bjJU
Mystikal – “Here I Go” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Xm6MFTcqU)
 
MOVEMENT 2
 
arr. Xuefei Yang/Sha Yuan – “Fisherman’s Song by Moonlight” (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=hfAlH-X5_Us)
Lucha Reyes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucha_Reyes_(Peruvian_singer)
Lucha Reyes – “Mi Ultima Canción” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drx_57FEgVE)
 
MOVEMENT 3
 
Garrett Interviews Jessica Harned (https://www.boisestate.edu/music-strings/gsq/jessica-harned/)
Classical Queens: https://www.classicalqueens.com
Mariachi Sol de Acapulco Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rUOZdLYdFw
Sudan Archives – “Freakalizer” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L939QcmquHE)
 
MOVEMENT 4 (THE TRILLOQUY)
 
R.I.P. Wayne Shorter: https://www.sgi-usa.org/2021/12/27/making-resistance-my-ally/
Wayne Shorter: “Orbits” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNxxVTvTlKY)
 
SPONSORS
 
Schubert Club: https://schubert.org
Salastina: https://www.salastina.org
 

INTRODUCTION

• Alicia Keys – “City of Gods (Part II)” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b84Oxv6PR8)
• Blondie – “Rapture” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g)
• Helen Reddy – “Delta Dawn” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzb7a1T4c1k)
• Valerie June – “Astral Plane” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN35g4eLQgg)   

 
MOVEMENT 1

• Carnegie Hall’s New Season: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/arts/music/carnegie-hall-2023-2024-season.html
• Tania León – “Tumbao” (perf. Eunbi Kim) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgLH6lDD5jM)
• WCMU Replaces Clasical Music with News: https://current.org/2023/03/michigans-wcmu-replaces-classical-music-with-news-on-weekdays/?wallit_nosession=1
• Apple Music Classical Launch: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/28/apple-music-classical-code-ios-16-4-beta-2/
• Dobrinka Tabakova – “Simple Prayer for Complex Times” (perf. Lara Downes) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaB_wij-xvo)

 
MOVEMENT 2

• Jenni Brandon – “Double Helix” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnskitBp0Bw)
• Julia Perry – “Short Piece for Orchestra” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwv6otly7Nc)

 
MOVEMENT 3

• Florence Price – “Tropical Noon” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHolUsGzS90&list=OLAK5uy_lVZ_-WHPyAsQyPCi6cRhpb8cszw4ueCtk&index=3)
• Garrett Interviews Gabriella Di Laccio (https://www.gabrielladilaccio.com)
• Donne: https://donne-uk.org
• Chiquinha Gonzaga – “Gaúcho” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrOaKVw7w5Q)

 
MOVEMENT 4

• Nina Simone – “My Baby Just Cares for Me” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bccOfePKVc)
• Garrett and Scott Discuss Respectability Politics 

 
SPONSORS:

• Schubert Club: https://schubert.org
• Salastina: https://www.salastina.org

 
 

INTRODUCTION

• Charley Pride – “Hope You’re Feelin’ Me” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlD01k4hYbw)
• Linda Martell – “San Francisco is a Lonely Town” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ODGQrM1Elk)
• Charley Crockett – “Jamestown Ferry” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vHOZ-yBjjw)

 
MOVEMENT ONE

• “A Pittsburgh Orchestra Premieres Music Inspired by the Loss of a Parent”: https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2023/02/01/chamber-orchestra-pittsburgh-symphony-concert-ticket-beethoven-alyssa-wang/stories/202301270089
• Alyssa Wang – “Volt” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGWj49tpYo)
• “Meet the Cleveland Orchestra’s First Director of Diversity and Inclusion”: https://www.ideastream.org/arts-culture/2023-01-30/meet-the-cleveland-orchestras-first-director-of-diversity-and-inclusion
• Allison Loggins Hull – “Hammers” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANZrjcAiqPU)

 
MOVEMENT TWO

• Stephanie Economou – “Dawn of Ragnarök” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uECGfaWuIg)
• Amii Stewart – “Knock on Wood” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKuJUxGntRI)

 
MOVEMENT THREE

• “Black & White Are Beautiful”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HdnjTCMzpg
• Garrett Interviews Karen Chilton and Murray Horwitz
• Karen Chilton: https://www.karenchilton.com/bio
• Murray Horwitz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Horwitz
• Performers Pay Homage to Pianist and Activist Hazel Scott: https://www.washingtoninformer.com/a-road-down-memory-lane-in-one-night-at-cafe-society/

 
MOVEMENT FOUR

• Key Glock – Ambition for Cash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdUryRgD674)
• “It’s OK to be Angry About Capitalism”: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/24/its-ok-to-be-angry-about-capitalism-by-bernie-sanders-review-straight-talking-from-the-socialist-senator

 
SPONSORS

• Schubert Club: https://schubert.org
• Salastina: https://www.salastina.org/

 
 

INTRODUCTION

• Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers – “Islands In The Stream” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpWldTFq2Jk)
• Phil Collins – “You'll Be In My Heart” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ZHlp6atUQ)
• Rick Astley – “Cry for Help” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2xel6q0yao)
• Lady Gaga – “Just Another Day” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUVOsSXiDtQ)

 
MOVEMENT 1

• “The Agony of Contemporary Classical Music” (https://amac.us/the-agony-of-contemporary-classical-music/)
• Reena Esmail – “#metoo” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHktTlMWxfE)
• “How Black Classical Musicians Are Creating Community” (https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2020/10/14/black-classical-musicians-community?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YESDaily_20230220&utm_content=YESDaily_20230220+CID_661ef113041b8d9a6b1f1d8f3c5948d9&utm_source=CM&utm_term=Read%20the%20story)
• “Energetic Bhangra Beat” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4it_9y9_m0A)

 
MOVEMENT 2

• Kompa 100 limit – “Boum boum kompa” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p2Tq7d1da8)
• Anthony Davis – “You Have the Right to Remain Silent” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA2jsmgG5PU&t=9s)

 
MOVEMENT 3

• Vicente Lusitano – “Inviolata” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8O3_mvk6rw)
• “A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth” (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/arts/music/vincente-lusitano.html)
• Garrett Interviews Garrett Schumann and Joe McHardy

 
MOVEMENT 4 (TRILLOQUY)

• Sammy Davis Jr. – “What Kind of Fool Am I” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUILRZGAfsA)
• “Violin Teacher Sees Different Farrakhan” (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19951016&id=RNFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qwcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6005,21252)
• “How One Man Convinced 200 Ku Klux Klan Members To Give Up Their Robes” (https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes)

 
TRILLOQUY is made possible, in part, by Schubert Club (https://schubert.org) and Salastina (https://www.salastina.org).
 
 
 

INTRODUCTION

• Girls in Airports - "Curtain of Life" (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=CEekzmQJODc)
• Adrian Dunn/Adrian Dunn Singers/RIZE Orchestra - "Jericho" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hld86UsVjAg&list=OLAK5uy_kkG0trhjVuRISf8esc0RXYQXqLbPKUAIc&index=3)
• Ella Fitzgerald- "How High The Moon/Epic scat" LIVE 1966 [RITY Archives] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GUmxnYheK0)
• Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEVZi_xd__I)

MOVEMENT 1

• Linton Stephens on Equitable Programming: https://twitter.com/LintonStephens/status/1621778327689101315?s=20&t=ydcDRdEtphu2YpjGqUeprw
• Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "Tears Of A Clown" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcd9N62nOLg)
• Music scholar calls black Communist dad racist for liking white composers: https://www.thecollegefix.com/music-scholar-calls-black-communist-dad-racist-for-liking-white-composers/
• P.D.Q. Bach - "Capriccio La Pucelle de New Orleans" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5XwmyS487I&list=PLys18dU1NHZPwt8Cq7JV1hnZ6TkVkVbA7&index=8)

MOVEMENT 2

• Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (1968) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2bigf337aU)
• Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - "Movement 6" (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp251kcTARY)

MOVEMENT 3

• Marvin Sapp - "Never Would Have Made It" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JXFg5KEoXg)
• Garrett in Conversation with Dr. Richard Desinord (https://www.isblackmusicians.com/richard-desinord)
• Richard Smallwood - "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1wsejXQEos)

MOVEMENT 4

• Gustavo Santaolalla - Theme from "The Last of Us" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfA5UqEU_80)
• Viewers say Nick Offerman has ‘changed their minds’ about straight actors playing gay characters: https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/nick-offerman-praised-for-gay-role-in-the-last-of-us-500782-20230130

SPONSORS

• Schubert Club: https://schubert.org
• Salastina: https://www.salastina.org

 
 

INTRODUCTION

• Jessye Norman sings "Deep River" at Carnegie Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RRcITOyImM
• CHANTICLEER sings "There Is a Balm in Gilead": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbFgInbwxpk
• Howard Roberts Chorale sings "Talk About a Child That Do Love Jesus": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCsxc_yerj4

MOVEMENT 1

• GRAMMYs Winner List: https://ew.com/awards/grammys/grammy-awards-2023-winners-list/
• Only 11 Black artists have won album of the year at the Grammys: https://www.insider.com/black-grammys-winners-album-of-the-year
• Lizzo “About Damn Time” Live on the Stern Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gvRFD7obXQ
• I Don’t Want The Badge – Addressing Classical Music’s Burnout Addiction: https://icareifyoulisten.com/2023/02/addressing-classical-musics-burnout-addiction/
• Lofi Hip-Hop feat. Clarinet & Alto Saxophone (Ariana Stanberry): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2S8aG3f1k8

MOVEMENT 2

• Evan Meier and Christylez Bacon - "Migrations in Rhythm" (perf. John Devlin and the Wheeling Symphony)
• Souls Of Mischief - "93 'Til Infinity": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXJc2NYwHjw

MOVEMENT 3

• Paul Robeson sings "No More Auction Block": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uAjMjXM290
• Interview w/ Cesare Civetta
• Beethoven Festival Orchestra: https://beethovenfestivalorchestra.org
• Florence Price - "Mississippi River Suite": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKERaMqJRjg&t=6s

MOVEMENT 4

• Duke Ellington - "I'm Beginning to See the Light": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NubPkouxuQE
• "The Oracle Theory" 

Salim Washington's musical career has taken him from the southern US to South Africa! He joins Garrett to talk jazz, Black history, and more.

INTRO

• Ding Xiaokui - "Love of Eagles" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs3UfPIhiok )
• Zequinha de Abreu - "Tico Tico" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ZnJCMQqwo)
• perf. Macalester African Music Ensemble - "Chana" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcBeuBggwVE)
• Traditional - "Cat Rambles to the Child's Saucepan" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6FmRLKi5U&list=PLx1Nd6N7U0a93cIjpA-yzJonCao2TSZam)
• William Banfield - "I'm DIZzy over Miles" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghHn6hANkXk)
• Anton Bruckner - "Adagio" from Symphony No. 8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qhJHNO3j84)

MOVEMENT 1

• "He Quit Singing Because of Body Shaming. Now He’s Making a Comeback." (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/arts/music/limmie-pulliam-opera-body-shaming.html)
• R. Nathaniel Dett - "The Ordering of Moses" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX3xCrHBOwY)
• "McDonald’s to play Beethoven music after staff injured in coin fight" (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mcdonalds-classical-music-wrexham-wales-b2271031.html)
• Ludwig van Beethoven - "Wellington's Victory" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrY9aqX49d8)

MOVEMENT 2

• Barrett Strong - "Money (That's What I Want)" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVx1C73o8k)
• William Banfield - "If Bernstein Wrote It..." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xnvZ3V72aw)

MOVEMENT 3

• Red Black and Green Revolutionary Eco-Music Tour (excerpt) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FNjC_8MtE)
• Conversation: Salim Washington and Garrett McQueen
• Charles Mingus - "Moanin'" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImvjZ7fUUBU)

MOVEMENT 4

• B.B. King - "I've Got a Mind to Give Up Living" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpoH2IY2Mcc)
• "4 officers indicted in Tyre Nichols death had previous reprimands, suspensions by MPD" (https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2023/01/31/tyre-nichols-memphis-four-officers-indicted-prior-reprimands-suspensions/69860010007/)

SPONSORS

• Schubert Club: https://schubert.org
• Salastina: https://www.salastina.org
• Gateways Radio: https://www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org

INTRO

• Wang Lu - "Urban Inventory" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BzCkMEadh8)
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Violin and Orchcestra (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=176ZO9pZGEc)

MOVEMENT 1 (20:15)

• "Composers and Performers to Watch This Year": https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/01/20/classical-music-composers-performers-2023/
• Xavier Dubois Foley - "Shelter Island" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu4Pvmddsp0)
• Brittany J. Green - "Dark Forest" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBoqt4Ym2IQ&list=PLnE0VkxOY0VSJqLv3DEX8Ft119xnSMbOn&index=8)
• Joy Guidry - "Voices of the Ancestors" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxGOq0IklTE)
• William Grant Still - "Summerland" for Flute and Piano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hpXTfJvt7M)
• "New Concert Series to Launch with Jeezy and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra": https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/new-concert-series-to-launch-with-jeezy-and-atlanta-symphony-orchestra/5WAZWSOB7JCHNH2SBRJXYUBCKU/?state=refreshTokenFallback
• Jeezy - "Me OK"

MOVEMENT 2 (45:30)

• Depeche Mode - "Never Let Me Down Again" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snILjFUkk_A)
• Eric Heilner - "Short Story for Viola and Piano" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHgzirYj3Uw)

MOVEMENT 3 (58:30)

• Seth Parker Woods: https://sethparkerwoods.com/
• George Walker - Cello Sonata (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqFWS-Ksqv8)
• Michael Vincent Waller - "Lines" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeoBWJhlvko)

MOVEMENT 4 (1:34:20)

• Frederick Delius - "Florida Suite" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XocQWZCd4Y&t=1749s)
• Florida Rejects AP Black Studies: https://www.npr.org/2023/01/22/1150259944/florida-rejects-ap-class-african-american-studies

SPONSORS

Schubert Club: https://schubert.org/
Salastina: https://www.salastina.org/
Gateways Radio: https://www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org/gatewaysradio

​The Sphinx Organization has been a leader in diversity and equity in the arts for 25 years. The organization's President and Artistic Director, Afa Dworkin, alongside the organization's founder, Aaron Dworkin, join Garrett to discuss the past, present and future of Sphinx. 

INTRO

• Kendrick Lamar - "We Cry Together" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUGyZM9rcnY)
• "It's Not Over Until the Soprano Dies" (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/10/03/nnp/clement-undoing.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)

MOVEMENT 1

• "Gen Z and Millennials' Surprise Obsession" (https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230113-gen-z-and-young-millennials-surprising-obsession)
• Jakub Józef Orliński & Aleksander Dębicz - "Stay Home" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur34iWfakhI)
• "Strategic Charitable Giving" (https://www.city-journal.org/strategic-charitable-giving)
• Traditional - "Mrs. Galo" (perf. Chicago Children's Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOxXvNXjD40)

MOVEMENT 2

• Catherine Dalton - "Boxes" (https://soundcloud.com/hickorystreet/boxes-by-catherine-dalton)
• Constantine Caravassilis - Guitar Concerto (mov. III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY9iZ9DKkl8)

MOVEMENT 3

• Sphinx Organization: https://www.sphinxmusic.org/25th-anniversary
• Simon Shaheed - Oud Concerto (perf. Sphinx Symphony Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijMSHbys9P0)
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Sinfonietta No. 1 (perf. Sphinx Virtuosi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlG-diPHVOU)

MOVEMENT 4

• Kendrick Lamar - "Backseat Freestyle" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZW7et3tPuQ)
• "Whitewashing 101: How To Rewrite Black History" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3uvcydrxYk)

SPONSORS 

• Schubert Club: https://schubert.org/
• Salastina: https://www.salastina.org/
• Gateways Radio: https://www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org/gatewaysradio

INTRO:

• Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/ariana-grande-8-1234643145/)
• Céline Dion - "The Power of Love" 
• Céline Dion - "My Heart Will Go On"
• perf. Céline Dion - "God Bless America" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LSarhZpnMs)

MOVEMENT ONE:

• Marin Alsop Claims Cate Blanchett Film is 'Anti-Woman' (https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/marin-alsop-tar-cate-blanchett-b2259030.html)
• Cate Blanchett Can't Imagine Her Life Without "Tár" (https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/cate-blanchett-lydia-tar-interview)
• perf. Marin Alsop/Sao Paolo Symphony - Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKXbudz7ERE)
• A Black Composers Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/arts/music/vincente-lusitano.html)
• Vicente Lusitano - "Aspice Domine" (perf. X-tet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTMcVw4r_Ug)

MOVEMENT TWO:

• Nathan Johnson - String Quartet in g minor
• Sting - "I Burn For You" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgxy9lMbqJc)

MOVEMENT THREE: 

• Peter Knell (https://peterknell.com/)
• Peter Knell - Excerpt from "ARKHIPOV" and Excerpt from LINES/ANGLES (https://soundcloud.com/peter-knell)

THE TRILLOQUY: 

• Eric Clapton - "Tears in Heaven" 
• R.I.P. "Grover" 

**Support for TRILLOQUY comes from Schubert Club (https://schubert.org/) and Salastina (https://www.salastina.org/)

​Molly Joyce is a composer and performer whose work focuses on disability as a creative source. She joins Garrett in this week's third movement to talk about her work and her new album, "Perspective". This, the week in "accidentals", and more! 

Movement One: 
·      Black Administrators of Opera Release Letter in Support of Afton Battle: https://operawire.com/black-administrators-of-opera-release-letter-in-support-of-afton-battle/
·      Young musicians keep showing up on concert stages. It’s not clear they’re ready: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/young-musicians-keep-showing-up-on-concert-stages-its-not-clear-theyre-ready?fbclid=IwAR3hIysCFSu52hGEXu__-xWKw_lOMofAJdXm19oSdXClWOod2rdva4sfMbI
Movement Two: 
·      Danger Mouse and Black Thought – “No Gold Teeth”
·      SZA – “Too Late” 
Movement Three: 
·      Molly Joyce: https://www.mollyjoyce.com
·      “Perspective”: https://mollyjoyce.bandcamp.com/album/perspective
·      Accessibility in the Arts – A Promise and a Practice: https://promiseandpractice.art
More:
·      Schubert Club: https://schubert.org
·      Salastina: https://www.salastina.org
·      “Capitolio” by Maria Isa: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8EaGWmdVD-Noiamc4-a4gosknhV1Id1E
·      Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ - Klaus Mäkelä | Made in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXcU7h3uVlg
·      Chaka Khan - Through the Fire (Piano Cover by Gabriella Miranda): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ludXTpP1Wg

​Garrett and Scott wrap up the year discussing the Met Opera's budget woes, call-out of a Black opera singer coined as "the op", and music by Mongo Santamaría, Counting Crows, Black Thought & Danger Mouse, and more. Special guest Vijay Iyer joins in the third movement.
Support for TRILLOQUY comes from Salastina. 

​Garrett and Scott offer a holiday-themed opus, featuring a Rudolph breakdown, music by Mariah Carey and Fleet Foxes, a conversation with special guest, Takesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas, and lots more! TRILLOQUY is made possible, in part, by Salastina: https://www.salastina.org.

​Soprano Maria Clark and pianist Maria Thompson Corley navigate intense emotion, scars of suffering, and religious passion through hymns, spirituals, and gospel tunes on their latest album, "Soul Sanctuary". They both join Garrett (1:09:00) to discuss the album, the importance of the spiritual, and the cultural narratives that are drawn from this form of Black classical music. Garrett and Scott kick off the show with a nod to the tradition of Jewish music and discuss music that bridges the east and west, a racial slurs in the concert hall, and building cross-cultural unity through the theater. This, lots of great music, and more! 

Support from TRILLOQUY comes from Salastina: https://www.salastina.org

Experiments in Opera is focused on re-writing the story of opera, with one of their latest projects fusing contemporary subject matter and musical aesthetics with opera serialized for TV! The organization's Executive Director, Aaron Siegel, joins Garrett (1:07:00) to talk about the TV opera, ideas on dismantling the status quo of opera, and insights on how to cultivate younger audiences. Garrett and Scott offer commentary on WFMT's new radio program geared toward younger audiences, take a look at the programming of a southwest US symphony, and share music by Jackson 5, Margaret Bonds, Gladys Knight, and more.

TRILLOQUY is made possible, in part, by Salastina. 

Garrett and Scott kick things off with a welcome to the holiday season and move into the New York Times' take on Sphinx, and the latest from "I Care If You Listen". The guys share music by Dear Silas, Blanco Brown, and more. Multi-time Grammy-nominated artist Curtis Stewart returns to TRILLOQUY to discuss his upcoming performance of Julia Perry's violin concerto, his approach to playing and understanding music, and how musical languages can connect and create communities. Garrett and Scott wrap things up by offering their opinions on a holiday favorite by Handel. 

Support for TRILLOQUY comes from Schubert Club