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Opus 238

7/26/2024

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Loki Karuna chats with Lorin Green about her continued journey toward equity and liberation in classical music, her newly published anthology of Black experiences within the field, and how arts administration has impacted her view on the role of musicians. Loki also offers perspectives relating to the murder of Sonya Massey and political fundraising. 
  • Arts Engines
  • Lorin Green/"From Our Eyes and Ears"
  • Relative Pitch Podcast
  • "Danza de la Mariposa" by Valerie Coleman (perf. Lorin Green)
  • "Prelude for Unaccompanied Flute" by Ulysses Kay (perf. Lorin Green)
  • Body camera video focused national attention on an Illinois deputy’s fatal shooting of Sonya Massey
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Opus 237

7/20/2024

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Loki Karuna chats with Marcus Norris about developing a composition career for Black audiences, his recent projects for both film and the stage, and the path that led him toward a collaboration with Beyoncé! Loki also offers responses and reactions to the latest in national politics. 
  • Marcus Norris
  • "I Tries So Hard For You" by Marcus Norris
  • "I Don't Want Your Love" by Marcus Norris
  • Should Biden Drop Out? Polls Say Yes! 
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Opus 236

7/13/2024

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Loki Karuna chats with Dr. Tammy L. Kernodle about Black music as American music, her work highlighting classical Black women of decades past, and what it means to serve an industry that's built to serve whiteness, no matter who (or what) is on stage. 
  • Dr. Tammy L. Kernodle
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (by Julia Perry)
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (perf. Nina Simone)
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Opus 235

5/24/2024

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Loki chats with Elizabeth Chang about the intersections of performing and teaching, and highlights her latest album, "Sonatas and Myths". Loki also offers a glimpse into the challenge of meeting people where they are toward the goal of systemic change within the classical music industry, and showcases how he's been engaging the challenge of diverse perspectives as a barrier to forward motion. 
  • Elizabeth Chang
  • "Sonatas and Myths"
  • Violin Sonata No. 1, Sz. 75: III. Allegro, Bela Bartok
  • Mythes, Op. 30, M29: No. 2, Narcisse, Karol Szymanowski

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Opus 234

5/12/2024

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Loki Karuna wishes everyone a Happy Mother's Day, shares his dialogue with Michele Fowlin who is a two-time Howard graduate and the Artistic Director of the Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir, celebrates Joy Guidry's recent release, "AMEN", and speaks on the power of intentional spending. 
  • AMEN by Joy Guidry 
  • Michele Fowlin
  • Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir
  • Revelations 7:16-17 by Joy Guidry
  • "Hallelujah" Feat. The Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir
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opus 233

5/10/2024

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Loki Karuna chats with Maestro Kwamé Ryan who has been recently appointed as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony. Loki offers updates on his travels and work, and offers thoughts on the recent drama at the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. 
  • Kwamé Ryan
  • "Portrait of Trinidad" - National Steel Symphony Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Henri Dutilleux : Symphony No. 2 "Le Double" conducted by Kwamé Ryan
  • Sister Souljah Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (11/11/2015)
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Opus 232

3/28/2024

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Loki Karuna returns after a month-long hiatus to offer words of encouragement to those dealing with difficult times, to share his conversation with Hana S. Sharif, Artistic Director of the Arena Stage, and to unpack the concept of "running from your karma". 
  • The Arena Stage
  • Hana S. Sharif Introduction
  • Unknown Soldier Promo
  • Lars-Erik Larsson: Concertino for Trombone and String Orchestra, Op. 45, feat. Weston Sprott
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Opus 231

2/16/2024

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Johnathan Gibbs returns to TRILLOQUY to offer updates as the newest member of the New York-based Dessoff Choirs. Loki and Johnathan return to the discussion of Handel and Negro Spirituals in honor of Black History Month, highlight the intersectional culture of Asian- and Afro-Americans, and address the challenge of burnout while working to shift classical music's status quo. 

**Hear Loki and Johnathan's continued dialogue in episode 2 of "The Boys Are Black In Town" (available 2/23/24)
  • Sanctuary Road: No. 6, Run I (Live - Oratorio Society of New York Chorus and Orchestra)
  • The Dessoff Choirs
  • The Boys Are Black In Town, ep. 1
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Opus 230

2/2/2024

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Loki Karuna shines a light on some of the Black history of Winston-Salem, NC, chats with Brian Cole, Chancellor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and reacts to his recent trip to Detroit for the annual Sphinx conference.
  • Armenta (Hummings) Dumisani
  • Minister Louis Farrakhan performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
  • Brian Cole
  • Duo for Violin and Cello (Jessie Montgomery)
  • Sphinx Connect​
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Opus 229

1/25/2024

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Loki Karuna shares a few words following his live "New Blue Sun" experience, chats with Joe LaRocca about the benefits (and challenges) of being a multi-instrumentalist, and expounds on a controversial statement by the late Langston Hughes.
  • "New Blue Sun" by André 3000
  • Joe LaRocca
  • "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" 
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OPus 228

1/18/2024

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Loki Karuna offers a brief reaction to the film "American Fiction" as it relates to arts funding, chats with James Daly about "The Powerful Piano", and previews his upcoming reaction to Spike Lee's "Bamboozled". 
  • Frederic Chopin - Ab Major Etude 'Aeolian Harp' (perf. James Daly)
  • James Daly/San Ramon Academy of Music
  • The Powerful Piano
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Opus 227

1/11/2024

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Loki Karuna affirms his evolving feelings on George Gershwin, chats with Lara Downes about her latest project, "Rhapsody in Blue: Reimagined", and shares his 2024 resolution to strive toward absolute freedom.
  • Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined
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Opus 226

12/14/2023

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Loki highlights words by the late Kwame Ture, chats with Parisian violinist and arts activist Marina Chiche, and responds to the historic appointment of Kwame Ryan as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
  • "La Création du Monde" by Darius Milhaud
  • Elaine Brown and Kwame Ture Interview (1993)
  • Marina Chiche
  • La Marseillaise par la violoniste Marina Chiche
  • Charlotte Symphony Makes History, Names a Black Conductor as its New Music Director
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Opus 225

12/7/2023

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Loki offers support and a call to action in light of recent news from choral director Alysia Lee, chats with Dr. Marques L. A. Garrett about the tradition and future of Black choral music, and spills some Bernstein tea. 
  • Dear TMEA
  • Music Education is in Hot Water (X Thread)
  • Message from Alysia Lee
  • Dr. Marques L. A. Garrett
  • "Say Her Name" by Alysia Lee
  • "Sit Down, Servant" arr. Dr. Marques L. A. Garrett
  • Classical Musics Suicide Pact

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Opus 224

11/30/2023

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Loki pays his respects to the late Daisaku Ikeda, chats with Johnathan Gibbs about recent "classical" experiences as they relate to race and culture, and shares his continued journey of self-care as it related to the Thanksgiving holiday. 
  • Daisaku Ikeda, Who Led Influential Japanese Buddhist Group, Dies at 95
  • X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act I, Scene 2, Pool Hall, "Shoot your shot!"
  • Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2 - "And then shall your light break forth"
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Opus 223

11/16/2023

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Loki celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Classical Black Podcast, chats with Nick and Zach from the ensemble, Invoke, about their latest genre-bending album, and brings a famous TV moment featuring James Baldwin into the general dialogue of diversifying orchestras in the United States. 
  • To Podcast or Not to Podcast? Reflections from the Hosts of “Classically Black”
  • Invoke
  • "Dustbowl" from Evolve & Travel
  • "Evolve & Travel" from Evolve & Travel
  • James Baldwin on the status quo
  • League of American Orchestras Diversity Data
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Opus 222

11/9/2023

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Loki takes a look at the perspective income of a conductor who's encouraging his orchestra to perform "conductorless", chats with Maestro Kellen Gray about his latest recording of orchestral music by Black composers, and highlights the concept of Human Revolution as it applies to his life and activism, in general. 
  • Music Director Urges Musicians To Go Conductorless
  • Minnesota Orchestra Financial Information
  • Kellen Gray
  • African American Voices II
  • Concerto for Orchestra: I. Toccata. Allegro moderato (Ulysses Kay)
  • Worship: A Concert Overture (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) 
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Opus 221

11/2/2023

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Loki celebrates his discovery of the Turtle Island Quartet, chats with Rachel Barton Pine and Earl Maneein about their latest metal-inspired violin concerto recording, and shares the dissonance he's feeling regarding the Metropolitan Opera's presentation of "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X". 
  • Turtle Island Quartet
  • Earl Maneein
  • Rachel Barton Pine
  • "Dependent Arising"
  • "Dependent Arising": I. Grasping at the Self
  • "Dependent Arising": III. Gaté, gaté paragaté parasangaté,...
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Opus 220

10/26/2023

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Loki shares news about the Metropolitan Opera's decision to platform a public reading of the Autobiography of Malcolm X, interviews pianist Althea Waites, and connects some of Malcolm X's words to a current DEI initiative being executed across the American orchestral landscape. 
  • Marathon Reading of The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley
  • Althea Waites, pianist
  • "Flamenco" by Margaret Bonds
  • "Tangamerican" by Margaret Bonds
  • Inclusive Stages Initiative 
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Opus 219

10/19/2023

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Loki shines a light on his recent discovery of "A Soulful Celebration" on Handel's "Messiah", chats with renegade neo-classical pianist, BLKBOK, and talks money as it relates to inflation and concert attendance. 
  • "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from Soulful Celebration
  • BLKBOK
  • "What is Truth" by BLKBOK
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Opus 218

10/12/2023

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Loki offers updates on the drama at WCPE-FM and the Cleveland Institute of Music, shares his dialogue with June Carryl, the writer behind a new opera dedicated to the life of Oluwatoyin Salau, and speaks to the violence in the Middle East.
  • North Carolina Radio Station Won’t Ban Met Opera Broadcasts After All
  • Carlos Kalmar Put on Leave of Absence by Cleveland Institute of Music
  • June Carryl
  • "Say Her Name" by Alysia Lee
  • The Story of Oluwatoyin Salau
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Opus 217

10/5/2023

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Loki responds to WCPE-FM's decision to forego "controversial" opera broadcasts, chats with Maria Manuela Goyanes, Artistic Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre, and encourages activists and change makers to push through the tiring work of shifting societal status quo. 
  • North Carolina radio station declines to broadcast 6 Met opera performances over objections to content
  • X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X: Act III, Scene 5, Audubon Ballroom
  • Maria Manuela Goyanes/Woolly Mammoth Theatre
  • Kiss of Fire (Louis Armstrong)
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Opus 216

9/27/2023

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Loki highlights the struggle between the students of the Cleveland Institute of Music and Maestro Carlos Kalmar, chats with pianist Jorge Federico Osorio about his new album, "Conciertos Románticos", and speaks to how the critique of interracial dating has come into his life by way of classical musicians. 
  • Inside the Crisis at CIM
  • "Conciertos Románticos"
  • "For the Boys"
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Opus 215

9/20/2023

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Loki shops for Metropolitan Opera tickets, chats with flutist Brandon Patrick George about his new album, "Twofold", and addresses recent police violence against a band director in Alabama. 

Buy "Twofold" by Brandon Patrick George
"Afro Blue" at the Rainbow Room feat. Imani Winds
Alabama band director tased by police for not stopping his students' performance
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Opus 214

9/13/2023

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Loki responds to the Philadelphia Orchestra musicians' rejection of a new contract, speaks with President and CEO of Wolf Trap, Arvind Manocha, and shares Bodhisattva wisdom from his weekend at a Black Buddhist retreat in Florida. 

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians’ Contract Negotiations Stall: https://theviolinchannel.com/philadelphia-orchestra-musicians-contract-negotiations-stall/
Illharmonic Orchestra - Hip-Hop’s Love Ballad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcFH07BvgA
“You Are The Best Thing” - Ray LaMontagne (Ampd Quartet Cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-QQqedCQcU 
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