Episode 107—A Boulanger-ie Jamboree (feat. Heidi Joosten)
For a baked good, you might hit up the boulangerie, but for an exceptional music education? For that, you'd hit up Nadia Boulanger. Award-winning music director and composer, Heidi Joosten, joins to discuss the strengths and shortcomings of this complicated icon of the music industry...and also the strengths and shortcomings of Tar.
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More on Heidi
A reputable musical polymath, Heidi is a Jeff Award-winning music director, a composer, orchestrator, arranger, improviser, pianist, vocalist, and harpist. When she’s not in a rehearsal room, you can find her immersed in multiple composition projects and commissions, collaborating on new musical theatre works across the country, and scouring the globe for the best fried cheese curd with her best friend - her shih-chon, Ruby.
Follow Heidi @HeidiJoosten on Instagram. Or check out her website here.
SOURCES:
Leonard, Kendra. “Mademoiselle Myths.” Kendra Preston Leonard, kendraprestonleonard.hcommons.org/2018/04/05/mademoiselle-myths/. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
+ Grove Online Music Dictionary, which is only available to academics
CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
Original Art: Sarah Cruz
Animations: The Banditry Co.
SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.