Best ART OF ELECTRONICA Podcasts (2025)

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Outsourcing Ethics: A Robot Speaks Our Violence 18:51

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Send us a text In the podcast episode, Hannah talks to artists Thomas Kvam and Frode Oldereid about their installation Requiem for an Exit - a piece featuring a towering robot delivering a haunting monologue about the darker side of humanity. The piece confronts audiences with the enduring legacy of human violence and the ethical responsibilities h…

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Episode 84 - 'The Notes In Between, Graphic Scores, Mircotones And More' - Adam Ironside 50:55

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In this episode Chris chats with guitarist Adam Ironside about fretless guitar and veerything in between...including the notes in between. Brought to you by Soundstorm. Hear more form Adam here...https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwrOs2x1cy0mRfXfDUPk-FA/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Web of AI: Linking Homes and Battlefields 18:57

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Send us a text In today's episode, we talk to Sarah Ciston about their award-winning project, AI War Cloud Database. The project visualises the links between everyday life technologies and military infrastructure, and reflects on the increasing automation of war. The series is developed in collaboration with Radio Ö1. Host: Hannah Balber Producers:…

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Episode 83 - 'Electronica, DJing and Music Ed' - Dr Jake Williams 1:03:22

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In this episode Chris chats with Dr Jake Williams about DJing, electronic music and music ed. Brought to you by Soundstorm. Read more about Jake and read his journal articles.... www.jfbwilliams.com https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/organised-sound/issue/6BC3CFB6D52E9DDE9EC8A9F187DEF263 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/organised-sound/…

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Making Kin: Cells, Software, Synthetic Selves 36:01

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Send us a text In today’s episode, we are joined by artists Charlotte Jarvis and Zoran Srdić Janežič, and writer, educator, and curator Rick Dolphijn to discuss entities at the intersection of wetware, software, and hardware, and how they challenge our definitions of life, reproduction, parenthood, or care. Resources: Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism A…

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Touching Memories 32:50

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Send us a text In this episode, host Ana Carabelea talks to Yulia Sion, Nuno Correia, and Michael Banissy about the power of haptics and sound in recreating and conveying memories, as a way to build empathy and bridge generational gaps in the digital age. Resources: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen by Michel Chion …

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Episode 82 - 'Arguing the Case' - Bridget Whyte - Music Mark CEO 51:16

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In this episode Chris chats with Bridget Whyte the CEO of Music Mark about Music Education. Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Virtually Real: Writing Transmedia Spaces 41:13

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Send us a text In this episode we talk to Lara Lesmes + Fredrik Hellberg of Space Popular, Pierre Christophe Gam, and Brooklyn J. Pakathi about spaces - private, public, real, virtual, but most importantly transmedia spaces that confuse these definitions and open us to different ways of inhabiting spaces, interacting with one another, performing ri…

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Episode 81 - 'Music Education and Rewilding - Symphony Wood ' - Kari Prince & Gavin Nicol 36:26

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In this episode Chris chats with Kari Prince and Gavin Nicol about their muscal rewilding project. Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Labour in the Greenhouse: Reaping the Fruits of Automation 40:19

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Send us a text Greenhouses are sites of encounter between humans, plants, and machines, as well as socio-economic and geopolitical regimes. Within them, intricate stories of our day-to-day food production are weaved out of both visible and invisible threads. In this episode, we talk to artists Špela Petrič and Penelope Cain, and doctoral researcher…

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Episode 80 - 'The State of Live Music Now' - Mark Davyd (Music Venue Trust) 50:46

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In this episode Chris chats with Mark Davyd of the Music Venue Trust about live music. Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Computation, Improvisation, Narration 37:55

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Send us a text The stories we tell about, with, or for technologies matter. Can we demystify misnomers such as artificial intelligence through storytelling, role-playing, and improvisation? In this episode, we talk to dmstfctn (Francesco Tacchini and Oliver Smith) and Lawrence Lek about how they build narratives around complex computational systems…

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Episode 79 - 'Musical Vulnerability - The Risky Business of Music Education' - Dr Elizabeth MacGregor 45:41

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in this episode Chris chatrs with Dr Elizabeth MacGregor. See her book here.... https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003462279 Musical Vulnerability explores the powerful capacity for music-making both to heal and harm—to celebrate identity and benefit wellbeing, while also revealing shortcomings and causing divisions. Through conversations with teachers an…

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Episode 78 - 'Soundbeam and new ways to play' - Adrian Price and Mike Whitlock 36:50

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In this episode Chris chats with Adiran Price and Mike Whitlock of Soundbeam. https://www.soundbeam.co.uk/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 77 - 'Musician of the Month' - Matt Dix 51:46

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In this episode Chris chats with Matt Dix of Musician of the Month. https://www.musicianofthemonth.co.uk/ . This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 76 - 'Sharpening The Senses' - Wendy Brewin (The Sensory Trust) 54:44

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In this Episode Chris chats with Wendy Brewin of the Sensory Trust (https://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/). This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Love and the City 28:47

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Send us a text What happens when our public behaviour is constantly monitored? Do we still hug, kiss, or allow ourselves to be vulnerable in public, does it stop us from being at our worst? In this episode, we talk to artist Noemi Iglesias Barrios and Guggenheim curator Noam Segal about surveillance systems in the public space and why we might want…

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Operational Hoaxes 33:15

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Send us a text It’s easy to discard fakes and hoaxes as misinformation. But that might be too abrupt an ending to a discussion about the aesthetics of non-fact and the role of synthetic images in our visual landscape. In this episode, we talk to Martyna Marciniak and Jussi Parikka about synthetic images and their relationship to the material realit…

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HOPE #8: Which Rules do we need in the Metaverse? A Conversation with Micaela Mantegna 21:52

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From 5 to 7 September, the Ars Electronica theme symposium served as a platform to explore innovative solutions to social challenges such as the climate crisis, the energy transition and the influence of artificial intelligence. Micaela Mantegna from Argentina appeared at the Prix Ars Electronica Forum on 7 September. She is a lawyer, video game en…

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The Limelight | September 7th 2024 | CJLO 1690 AM Montreal 1:48:35

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On September 7th 2024, I was a guest on CJLO's Underground Hip-Hop show THE LIMELIGHT sharing tracks from old school OGs releasing new albums and the new shit from the MCs keeping Hip Hop alive and bringing it into the future.

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HOPE #7: Are you ever afraid of Failure? A Conversation with Agnes Aistleitner Kisuule 19:00

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Ö1 editor Hannah Balber spoke to Agnes Aistleitner Kisuule, who appeared at the Ars Electronica Festival as part of the S+T+ARTS (Science, Technology and Arts) Day conference. Born in Upper Austria, she is a partner and co-founder of ‘First Circle Capital’, a venture capital company that invests in African fintech start-ups.…

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Episode 75 - 'Creative Freedom For All' - Jack Grace 48:01

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In this episode Chris chats to Jack Grace about music education. This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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HOPE #6: How technologically advanced is Africa? A Conversation with Russel Hlongwane and Amy Louise Wilson 21:50

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The winners of the first S+T+ARTS Prize Africa will be on show at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz 4 to 8 September. With this prize, the European Commission honours projects that contribute to the positive development and digital transformation of the cultural sector in Africa. South African artists Russel Hlongwane, Amy Louise Wilson and Fran…

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HOPE #5: How are Technology and Power connected? A Conversation with Vladan Joler 19:12

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Every year, the European Commission honours innovative projects at the interface of art, technology and science which contribute to economic and social innovation with the S+T+ARTS Prize. The main prize in the category ‘Artistic Exploration’ goes to Serbian scientist Vladan Joler and US researcher Kate Craword for their project ‘Calculating Empires…

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HOPE #4: Which Lies is the Oil Industry telling Us? A Conversation with Beatie Wolfe 19:30

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One of the key events on the annual Ars Electronica Festival is the presentation of the Golden Nicas of the Prix Ars Electronica, which will again be awarded to artists from all over the world. The main prize in the category ‘New Animation Art’ goes to the British conceptual artist, singer-songwriter and activist Beatie Wolfe for her video project …

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HOPE #3: How creative is AI? A Conversation with Paul Trillo 20:27

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The winners of the annual Prix Ars Electronica, which honours outstanding achievements in the field of international media art, take centre stage at every Ars Electronica Festival. This year, for the first time, an award for 'AI in Art' was part of the competition. The first winner in this category, US director and video artist Paul Trillo, is know…

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HOPE #2: What does Earth taste like? A Conversation with masharu 21:04

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At the Ars Electronica Festival 2024, visitors can experience new works created within the framework of the European Media Art Platform, such as the project 'Compost as Superfood' by masharu from the Netherlands. masharu has a doctorate in mathematics and a degree in photography. One of masharu's great passions, which has also brought the native Ru…

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HOPE #1: How do you design a Festival? A Conversation with Gerfried Stocker 16:00

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Gerfried Stocker is a media artist and an engineer for communication technology and has been artistic director and co-CEO of Ars Electronica since 1995. The title of this year's Ars Electronica festival is “HOPE - who will turn the tide”. For the artistic director, hope in this context is 'not the belief that things will somehow work out, but the t…

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There's Hope at the Edges of Power 36:26

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Send us a text In today's episode, we talk to Meredith Whittaker of Signal and artist Calin Segal about what surveillance and the concentration of power in the hands of a few tech companies mean for society. We discuss the context that made it possible for these companies to capture data without regard for privacy and use it to produce new social, …

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Episode 74 - 'Choirs in the Corporate World and Much More' - Sandie Wood 37:32

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In this episode Chris chats to Sanide Wood about music education. This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 73 - ‘Social Media as a Music Educator and More’ - Vaughan Fleischfresser 36:35

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In this episode Chris chats to Vaughan Fleischfresser about music education. This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Regendering Technology 33:05

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Send us a text In this episode, we look at the historical entanglements of technology and gender. Made in the image of their (often male) designers, technologies end up serving and reproducing patriarchal systems. How can technology finally "undergo a sex change" to overcome its current gender inscriptions? What political imaginaries make that poss…

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Episode 72 - ‘The Fascinating World Of The Peripatetic Music Tutor’ - Peter Stones 39:52

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In this episode Chris chats to Peter Stones about the world of the Peripatetic music tutor. This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 71 - ‘A.I. In Music Education Pt2’ - Gary Charles 42:49

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In this episode Chris chats to Gary Charles about AI, music and music education. This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 70 - 'A.I. In Music Education Pt1' - Gary Charles 38:02

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In this episode Chris chats to Gary Charles about AI, music and music education. This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 69 - 'How To Not Get Left Behind' - Jonny Amos 37:53

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In this episode Chris chats to producer and music educator Jonny Amos about the music industry and music education. This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 68 - 'How To Self Publish A Music Book' - James Shipway 1:23:12

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In this episode Chris chats to James Shipway about self publishing your own music book. You can find out more about James from the links below. This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here... https://longy.edu/ Find out more about James here...https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/ and https://headstockbooks.com/ and https://www.…

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Truth Preachers 32:02

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Send us a text The changes in how information is collected, produced, and disseminated leave their mark on the way information is consumed. This episode unpacks the qualitative shifts the algorithmic dissemination of information has brought to the media landscape and how in turn that affects citizens and their engagement with the democratic process…

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The Limelight | February 10th 2024 | CJLO 1690 AM Montreal 1:43:23

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On February 10th 2024, I was a guest on CJLO's Underground Hip-Hop show THE LIMELIGHT sharing tracks from last year and some old school jams.

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Episode 67 - 'Pure Musiking, Commodification and Mental Health' - Adam Ficek 38:07

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In this episode Chris chats with Adam Ficek, psychotherapist and musician (Baby Shambles). This episode is sponsored by Longy School of Music; find out more here...https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Truth Makers (Part II) 27:58

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Send us a text In this episode, we discuss how the data sets used in machine learning adopt hegemonic discourse and existing biases and, what’s more, amplify them, and we talk to some of the people out there who are fighting back. Our guest is Angie Abdilla - a palawa woman, founder, and director of Old Ways, New, whose methodology Country Centred …

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Truth Makers (Part I) 42:32

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Send us a text In this episode, we discuss how machine learning and artificial intelligence adopt hegemonic discourse and existing biases and, what’s more, amplify them, and we talk to some of the people out there who are fighting back. Our guests are Kasia Chmielinski (they/them) - Co-Founder of the Data Nutrition Project, an initiative that build…

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Episode 66 - 'The Psychology of a Music Teacher' Dr Liz Mellor 1:00:45

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In this episode Chris chats to Dr Liz Mellor about the psychology of being a music teacher. This is our first episode with new sponsor Longy School of Music; find out more here...https://longy.edu/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 65 - 'The Power of Music Festivals' Elderflowerfields Festival - Dax Debice 30:53

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Thank you to our Sponsor Faber Music. Visit https://www.fabermusic.com/education and use Podcast1 at the check out for money off. This podcast is brought to you by Soundstorm. Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 64 - 'An Honest Reflection On Music Ed Now' Phil Castang 1:02:26

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Thank you to our Sponsor Faber Music. Visit https://www.fabermusic.com/education and use Podcast1 at the check out for money off. This podcast is brought to you by Soundstorm. Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Data Lords 26:12

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Send us a text In this episode, we unpack the ownership and production of data that feeds today's hungry algorithms. What has thus far been described as a process of extraction reveals itself more and more as production. We talk to artist, filmmaker, and writer Hito Steyerl and award-winning journalist Karen Hao about the hidden labour behind the s…

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Episode 63 - 'Unorthodox Approaches' Jon Hart 56:18

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Thank you to our Sponsor Faber Music. Visit https://www.fabermusic.com/education and use Podcast1 at the check out for money off. This podcast is brought to you by Soundstorm. Check out Jon Hart's music at https://www.jonhartmusic.com/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Intro Episode 7:22

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Send us a text In this short episode, host Ana-Maria Carabelea introduces The Digital Deal Podcast (currently Art Is Not a Thing) and the reasons and visions that drive it. The Digital Deal Podcast is part of the European Digital Deal a three-year investigation into the accelerated and often unconsidered adoption of new technologies and their impac…

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Episode 62 - 'The Inherent Generosity of Music' Jack Pepper 43:57

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Thank you to our Sponsor Faber Music. Visit https://www.fabermusic.com/education and use Podcast1 at the check out for money off. This podcast is brought to you by Soundstorm. Find out more about the Music For Youth Proms here... https://www.mfy.org.uk/get-involved/prom-2023/ Send us a textBy Chris Woods

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Episode 61 - 'International Insights' Chris Koelma 37:31

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Thank you to our Sponsor Faber Music. Visit https://www.fabermusic.com/education and use Podcast1 at the check out for money off. This podcast is brought to you by Soundstorm. Send us a textBy Chris Woods