UNMUSICAL

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 8 of the Unmusical Podcast, today with guest Monica Curro.   A little about today's guest: "Violinist Monica Curro has been Assistant Principal 2nd Violin of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 1998, and was previously a core member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. She is a founding member of acclaimed ensemble PLEXUS, which since launching in 2014 has commissioned and premiered more than 110 new works. Monica was a member of the Board of Directors of the Australian Youth Orchestra for 9 years. She has tutored regularly for AYO, and has taught at various tertiary institutions. Monica is currently joint Artistic Director of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival in Southwest Victoria, with Stefan Cassomenos." (https://shorturl.at/duCFR).   UNMUSICAL is a podcast by Emma & Vincent and hosted by classical saxophonist Dr Emma Di Marco. Please 'Rate, Review, and Subscribe' if you enjoyed today's episode - these simple acts provide the greatest support and allow us to create future seasons of free content.   You can contact the podcast at: [email protected]  [email protected]  Facebook: Emma & Vincent Instagram & TikTok: @emmaldm1 Instagram & TikTok: @emmaandvincent YouTube: @EmmaDiMarco

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 7 of the Unmusical Podcast, today with guest Mark Walton. A little about today's guest: "Mark Walton is highly respected in the Australian music scene, and is known as a leading clarinet and saxophone performer, teacher and music advocate. Mark has been Chair of Woodwind and a lecturer in clarinet and saxophone at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for several years. He has written, compiled or edited over one hundred music publications, many of which have become standard woodwind teaching repertoire." (https://au.yamaha.com/en/artists/m/mark_walton.html).   UNMUSICAL is a podcast by Emma & Vincent and hosted by classical saxophonist Dr Emma Di Marco. Please 'Rate, Review, and Subscribe' if you enjoyed today's episode - these simple acts provide the greatest support and allow us to create future seasons of free content.   You can contact the podcast at: [email protected] [email protected] Facebook: Emma & Vincent Instagram & TikTok: @emmaldm1 Instagram & TikTok: @emmaandvincent YouTube: @EmmaDiMarco

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 6 of the Unmusical Podcast, today with guest Claire Edwardes OAM.  A little about today's guest: "From the set of Play School to the mainstage of the Sydney Opera House, internationally acclaimed powerhouse Claire Edwardes is ‘the sorceress of percussion’ (Canberra City News). The only Australian to win the 'APRA Art Music Luminary Award’ four times and recently awarded an OAM for her services to Australian music, Claire leaps between her role as Artistic Director of Ensemble Offspring and concerto performances with all of the Australian orchestras." (http://www.claireedwardes.com/about2). Please visit Repertoire Lists for a comprehensive list and audio and video links to the over 50 new works written in collaboration with Claire. Also check out this Australian percussion solo list recently collated for the Australian Music Centre, plus this important new list of percussion solo works by female composers. UNMUSICAL is a podcast by Emma & Vincent and hosted by classical saxophonist Dr Emma Di Marco. Please 'Rate, Review, and Subscribe' if you enjoyed today's episode - these simple acts provide the greatest support and allow us to create future seasons of free content.   You can contact the podcast at: [email protected] [email protected] Facebook: Emma & Vincent Instagram & TikTok: @emmaldm1 Instagram & TikTok: @emmaandvincent YouTube: @EmmaDiMarco   

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 5 of the Unmusical Podcast, today with guest Simon Hewett. A little about today's guest: "Simon Hewett is the QYO Director of Music and Conductor of the Queensland Youth Symphony. After completing a Bachelor of Music at the University of Queensland (First Class Honours and a University Medal), Simon received a German Government Scholarship and finished his studies in conducting at the Hochschule für Musik ‘Franz Liszt’ in Weimar, Germany. He made his debut at the Sydney Opera House in 2003. In 2012 he was awarded a Green Room Award for Best Conductor of an Opera. In 2005 Simon was appointed as Kapellmeister and Assistant Music Director to the Hamburg State Opera. He was Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Opera from 2011 to 2016, and has appeared as a regular guest conductor at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Paris Opera and Vienna State Opera. Simon was appointed Principal Conductor of the Hamburg Ballet in 2008, and since then he has appeared with the Hamburg Ballet at the Salzburg Festival, the Spoleto Festival, in the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Moscow and Australia." (https://www.qyo.org.au/conductors/simon-hewett) UNMUSICAL is a podcast by Emma & Vincent and hosted by classical saxophonist Dr Emma Di Marco. It explores the lives of the people who make classical music and shows the not-very-musical moments that make an exceptional career. Please 'Rate, Review, and Subscribe' if you enjoyed today's episode - these simple acts provide the greatest support and allow us to create future seasons of free content. You can contact the podcast at: [email protected] [email protected] Facebook: Emma & Vincent Instagram & TikTok: @emmaldm1 Instagram & TikTok: @emmaandvincent YouTube: @EmmaDiMarco

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 4 of the Unmusical Podcast, today with guest Josh Hyde.  A little about today's guest: "One of the leading saxophonists of his generation, Joshua approaches music-making fearlessly, interpreting music from the renaissance through to the most extreme and experimental new music of today." (https://joshuahyde.com/bio). UNMUSICAL is a podcast by Emma & Vincent and hosted by classical saxophonist Dr Emma Di Marco. It explores the lives of the people who make classical music and shows the not-very-musical moments that make an exceptional career. Please 'Rate, Review, and Subscribe' if you enjoyed today's episode - these simple acts provide the greatest support and allow us to create future seasons of free content. You can contact the podcast at: [email protected] [email protected] Facebook: Emma & Vincent Instagram & TikTok: @emmaldm1 Instagram & TikTok: @emmaandvincent YouTube: @EmmaDiMarco