The Musician's Journey Podcast

"When they go back and analyze their practice for the past two weeks, what they mean was 'Every single bit has at some point gone like a dream, and I was hoping to play all those dreams lined up one after the other' and that's not how a performance works!" Being a cellist often goes hand in hand with being a cello teacher. Here we talk about how our cello practice and our teaching

She is singing and playing a drum with her foot while playing her cello. How did Diletta Fosso's journey in music begin? The songs featured in this episode are: 7 years (Lukas Graham) Makeba (Jain) and Counting Stars (One Republic)

Everybody's story is different - why does someone spend countless hours on making cover videos for Instagram? Why not choose a job with a steady income? In this episode, Ragnhild talks with Madeleine Ladore -a cellist who has been working on her business only for a few years but who has managed to grow a loyal following. "People like to hear the music that they like." Madeleine Lad

Have you heard of the music box? Could a nebula in space have anything to do with a composer's research? In this episode, Ragnhild talks with Wilma Pistorius -a cellist, composer and Alexander Technique teacher who is based in Amsterdam. As a composer today, how do you make connections? Wilma talks about her approach to this, being herself on the introverted side and would be happy

Kaja Draksler has spent the past several years composing, rehearsing, touring and recording. Early in 2023 she became a mother and thus a new chapter has begun. The featured music: 'Trboje' from the album Zürich Concert with Punkt.Vrt.Plastik 'Danas, Jučer Sutra' from the album Out for Stars with Kaja Draksler Octet 'Away!' from the album In Otherness Oneself Kaja's Website https

In this episode, Ragnhild talks with one of her cello students about learning the cello as an adult.

Emi Ferguson has many legs to stand on: a busy concert schedule as a flutist, albums recorded, being a faculty member of The Julliard School, and now releasing a book co-authored with Nicholas Csicsko. Is there room for more books about composers? Yes. 'Iconic Composers' is not just children friendly, but it sticks out in the way that it features lesser known female composers and c

If I'm not at all aware of how my thoughts are treating me, I'll be a ball bouncing between the thoughts as they please. I then leave my state of mind at any given time in the hands of my thoughts. Do I want to do that?

Pop, rock, jazz, -many of these other music genres use chords more than the written out music we find in sheet music.

I'm going to skip ahead a little bit today, and talk about what you can expect if you want to join an orchestra.