VoiceBox
By The VoiceBox Team
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Podcast Description
VoiceBox is a weekly public radio series and multimedia project dedicated to exploring the art of singing and the best of the vocal music scene from the Bay Area and beyond.
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VoiceBox Live: Drinking/Songs | Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, VoiceBox, the Fill A Steins men’s a cappella ensemble and beer cicerone Sayre Piotrkowski present an interactive exploration of the ancient .. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medieval Madonnas: Anonymous 4’s Susan Hellauer on chant | The roots of much western music today lie in the haunting sacred vocal music of Medieval Europe. Join Susan Hellauer, a member of ... | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Turntable Fable | Peter Varshavsky of Porto Franco Records and Avi Ehrlich of Silver Sprocket Records present a candid view of the highs and lows of running a ... | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Real Glee | College a cappella experts Charlie Forkish, Bill Hare, Deke Sharon, Mickey Rapkin and Will Tarpeh exchange thoughts on the current state of the booming college ... | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Renaissance Man | Stanford music professor Jesse Rodin discusses the luminous polyphonic style of the great Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez and what it means to truly “know” .. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Zen and the Art of Singing: On the relationship between riding waves and singing songs | There’s more to the relationship between surfing and singing than Beach Boys songs in praise of surf culture. Join chorus director and surfing enthusiast Bob .. | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Swinging the Latin American Songbook | Venezuelan vocalist Jimmy Kansau takes listeners on a journey through the music of early to mid 20th century Latin America and the Caribbean. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Great VoiceBox Choral Music Showcase | Bay Area Choral Director founder Helene Whitson explores some of the best choral music CD releases of the past year. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Viva Flamenco! | Carola Zertuche, artistic director of San Francisco’s Theatre Flamenco, and Nina Menendez, artistic director of the Bay Area Flamenco Festival, chart the impact .. | 3/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weill’s Voices | Stanford Music Professor Stephen Hinton discusses the vocal music of Kurt Weill and the singers who have helped to seal the German composer’s .. | 2/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Singing and the Brain | Concetta Tomaino, executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function in New York and Indre Viskontas, a Bay ... | 2/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beyond Cultural Borders | Monika Jalili, an American vocalist specializing in the Persian repertoire, and Briget Boyle, a singer of Irish extraction who is a member of ... | 2/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Harmonic Landscapes | Chloe, Erika and Rachel Tietjen of the T Sisters, an Oakland-based singing group, together with vocalist Melody Walker, talk about how voices can ... | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rapper’s Delight | Melissa Czarnik, an emcee and poet from Milwaukee, and her producer, Eric Mire, chat about the musicality of rap. (playlist) | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elements of Badness | Composer and blogger Brian Rosen discusses the worst songs in the world and what makes them so bad. (playlist) | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bay Area Bombshells | Matt Lombardi and Jamie Freedman of Hear It Local, an online resource that connects artists, venues and audiophiles, curate a program featuring some ... | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Walking in a Winter Singalong Land: On the Joys of Singalong Cinema | The holiday season wouldn’t be the same without a trip to the local movie theatre for a Singalong Sound of Music or Singalong West Side .. | 12/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Innate Chemistry: How singers communicate with their bands | When you’re the one standing in front of the mike, it’s easy to feel like you’re the center of the universe. But communicating .. | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Songs of America: Thomas Hampson on the Great American Songbook | Song is deeply ingrained in this country’s cultural identity. The celebrated American baritone Thomas Hampson joins VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman for a discussion about how .. | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Songsmiths from Across the Border: The Bay Area Latino singer-songwriter scene | The Bay Area boasts performances by a wealth of brilliant singer-songwriters from central and southern America. Join Carlos Disdier and Nairem Morales, the forces behind ... | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wild Women of Song: The great female composers of the jazz era | Many of the pop cannon’s most treasured vocal music standards were penned by women composers in the first half of the last century. .. | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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It Takes Two, Baby: On the relationship between speaking and singing | Every voice specialist knows that if you want to sing healthily, you first have to be able to speak healthily. Join VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman ... | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eurovox: The EU A Cappella Scene | The United States tend to dominate the pop a cappella scene these days thanks to the appeal of TV shows like The Sing Off and ... | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hardly Strictly Singing: Warren Hellman on bluegrass vocals (and then some) | The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival has become a favorite annual event on the Bay Area cultural calendar, attracting a top-tier lineup of vocal artists from ... | 9/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Local Vocal: Bay Area singer-songwriter showcase | The Bay Area is packed with brilliant singer-songwriters, but many of us aren’t aware of the talent right here on our doorstep. As part of .. | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Siberian Express: The art of Tuvan throat singing | Tuvan throat singing is an ancient vocal art form that hails from Siberia. Join the acclaimed Tuvan ensemble Huun Huun Tur for a discussion about ... | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Choral Almanac: Bay Area midsummer chorus showcase | Boasting more than 500 choirs, The Bay Area is agog with choral ensembles. As part of an ongoing series celebrating the local choral scene, join ... | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forever Young: A Guide to long-term vocal health for singing children | Children love to sing. But sometimes they can fall into bad habits if they don’t have parents or teachers to help them figure out how .. | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Don’t Let Your Ears Deceive You: On the art of ventriloquism | Believe it or not, ventriloquists used to be a popular fixture on the radio airwaves. Chloe Veltman welcomes playwright and theatrical impresario Sean Owens, ventriloquist ... | 8/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Angelic Cherubs?: On training boys to sing beautifully | Vienna isn’t the only place where boys sing like angels. The Bay Area and other parts of this country boast some formidable choruses made up .. | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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One Night Stand: The art of presenting classical music recitals | The process of bringing a star recitalist to town for a concert is as thrilling as it is complex. Ruth Felt, the founder and president ... | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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We Are Family: Families that sing together | Music history and culture is full of famous singing families, from the von Trapps to The Jackson Five. Join singing siblings Jennifer and Laurie Hall ... | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hawaii Song-O: On the Art of Hula Singing | In Hawaiian Hula, singing and dancing going hand in hand. Join Patrick Makuakane, director of Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, a hula a hula ... | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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School’s Out, Choir’s In: Two High School Choral Teachers Discuss their Calling | High school choruses are the place where many kids get their musical education. And with TV shows like “Glee” whipping up enthusiasm for group singing .. | 6/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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State of the Choral Union: American choruses now and tomorrow | Choral singing is a pursuit of millions of people in this country, though the art form gets little mainstream attention. Ann Meier Baker, President and ... | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Women Singing Low: On female tenors and basses | Shakespeare praised women with low voices for good reason. Join the deep-souled songstress Melanie DeMore and VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman for a celebration of some ... | 5/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vocal Instrumentalists: On the art of combining instrumental and vocal chamber music | Composers are increasingly asking vocal groups to accompany themselves on a variety of instruments. David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Little Match Girl Passion is a case .. | 5/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lorraine Forever: On the peerless voice of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson | The magnificent American mezzo soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who had strong ties to the Bay Area, and died at a young age in 2006, is ... | 4/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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As Good as the Original: On translating operas into English | The art of opera translation is subtle yet crucial. Get it right, and the audience feels like they’re experiencing the work with as much richness .. | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stage Scribe: On composing songs for musical plays | The sign of a great musical play is humming a song you heard at the theatre three days previously. Join theatre composer Dave Malloy and ... | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Trains, Planes and Automobiles: The art of staying healthy on the road as a touring vocalist | Traveling is part of everyday life for professional singers. But touring can be challenging to vocalists from a health perspective. VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman invites ... | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Second Coming: The Success of show tunes in the pop music world | Many songs from the world of musical theatre go on to enjoy successful second lives on the pop charts. Theatre journalist Chad Jones joins VoiceBox ... | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Holy Melisma!: A composer’s guide to the development and practice of ornamentation in singing | Ornamentation has been a staple of vocal music for hundreds if not thousands of years. Join composer and writer Brian Rosen and VoiceBox host Chloe ... | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wired For Sound: Danny Lannon & Rob Pera of the Frail on Electropop Vocals | Singing electronic rock and dance music requires particular skills from a vocalist. Vocalist Danny Lannon and guitarist Rob Pera, of the San ... | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Multitasking Vocalist: Singers who accompany themselves on the piano | Learning to play the piano while singing isn’t easy. It requires years of practice and the ability to multitask, rather like playing a drum-kit. Join .. | 3/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boogie Woogie Bugle Bash: Celebrating KALW’s 70th anniversary with songs that came into being in ‘41 | Founded in March 1941, San Francisco's KALW appeared on the airwaves in a year that was rich in melody. VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman takes a ... | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lieder Alive! Workshopping the German art song | Alongside arias from operas, lieder, a type of art song developed in Germany in the 19th century, are a beloved staple of a classically-trained singer’s .. | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 47 Episodes |
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