Artist Propulsion Lab

Dec 21 2023 16 ep. 32 mins 19

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The Artist Propulsion Lab is WQXR’s program to support emerging and mid-career artists – join them as they explore the environment, health, identity, and music on the Artist Propulsion Lab podcast. Episodes drop biweekly starting Thursday, July 7

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The Elves and the Cello Maker: A Christmas Audio Drama

Dec 21 2023 57 mins

Cellist Zlatomir Fung presents a new audio Christmas audio drama!

Inside "At Ease" with Briana Hunter, Jasmine Barnes, and Rio Cortez

Dec 07 2023 52 mins

This week, mezzo Briana Hunter takes us inside "At Ease," the song cycle she commissioned, with the composer Jasmine Barnes, and poet Rio Cortez.

Meditations on Samuel Barber and John Cage by Alexi Kenney

Nov 16 2023 23 mins

Violinist Alexi Kenney explores the violin music of composers Samuel Barber and John Cage.

Shelley Washington's Eternal Present

Nov 02 2023 32 mins

In September, Shelley Washington premiered her new saxophone quartet, “Eternal Present,” on New Sounds. Now, Shelley takes us inside how she composed it.

A Conversation Across Generations

Oct 19 2023 55 mins

Mezzo Briana Hunter talks with fellow singers Martina Arroyo, Denyce Graves, and Hannah Jones about issues in opera across generations.

A Life Cycle of Grief

Oct 05 2023 27 mins

The Artist Propulsion Lab podcast returns with reflections on grief and music from violinist and composer Curtis Stewart.

Inside "Begin Again" with Steven Banks and Matthew Hepburn

Nov 10 2022 71 mins

At the start of his time with the Artist Propulsion Lab, composer and saxophonist Steven Banks set out to compose a piece of music that explores meditation and mindfulness, and in which the music and meditation were supportive partners. The result is Begin Again, created in collaboration with Ten Percent Happier meditation teacher Matthew Hepburn. Begin Again uses guided meditative

Halfie: A Memoir, by Andrew Yee

Oct 27 2022 52 mins

Cellist and composer Andrew Yee (she/they) presents an audio memoir of identity and belonging through music. For several years, they have been exploring their identity through a recital series called Halfie. This memoir draws on their Halfie recital in the Greene Space, as well as conversations with Andrew, their dad Harry Yee, and their friend, composer and cellist Paul Wiancko. A

Scott Joplin Didn't Die of Opera Failure

Sep 29 2022 16 mins

This episode contains discussions of syphilis. If you are concerned you have syphilis or another sexually transmitted infection, you can find information about sexual health clinics in New York City here. This Composer is Sick wraps up with an exploration of how syphilis affected the life, works, and death of American composer Scott Joplin. Host Emi Ferguson and her guests, Joplin

Bedřich Smetana and the High E of Doom

Sep 15 2022 14 mins

This episode contains discussions of syphilis. If you are concerned you have syphilis or another sexually transmitted infection, you can find information about sexual health clinics in New York City here. There's something strange in the last movement of Bedřich Smetana's String Quartet No. 1, "From My Own Life." In the middle of a lively finale, the quartet breaks off, followed b