Fresh Sounds podcast #1: Laura Hawley (March 5, 2021)

“Fresh Sounds” is a podcast series hosted by composer Alex Eddington: casual interviews with today's sound makers working in Canada. This season we are focusing on composers whose practice includes writing for/with young and amateur musicians.

EPISODE 1: Laura Hawley is a Canadian musician known for her distinctive compositional voice, compelling approach to leadership and artistic programming, and multi-faceted community engagement. 

Host Alex Eddington spoke with Laura about collaboration with choirs, music-making in a time of COVID, the value(s) of music education, deep listening, how to survive Edmonton winters, and much more...

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LINKS! 

www.laurahawley.ca

Music by Laura mentioned in the podcast:

Droplets - https://www.procoro.ca/blog/droplets
The Sun is Mine - https://www.laurahawley.ca/catalogue/sun-is-mine-the/ 
Find out more about the Sonic Timelapse project: https://www.sonictimelapse.com/

At the end of the episode, stay for a complete recording of Laura Hawley's piece Absence, performed by Pro Coro Canada under the direction of Michael Zaugg.

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CREDITS:

Hosted, edited and produced by Alex Eddington. Learn more at www.AlexEddington.com

Logo design and administrative support by Stephanie Chua.  

Theme music by Saman Shahi. Hear more of his work at www.samanshahimusic.com

Fresh Sounds is presented by the Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects (ACNMP): www.acnmp.ca

Fresh Sounds #1: Laura Hawley

The Alliance for Canadian New Music Projects (ACNMP) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of Canadian contemporary music. Throughout our history, it has been our mission to encourage teachers to teach Canadian contemporary music, to motivate students to study and perform this music, and to encourage Canadian composers to write music for students of all levels from the most junior to the paraprofessional.

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