Shara Nova joins Jocelyn to talk about her many and multi-faceted musical endeavors. They discuss music's role in love, loss, family, and why everyone should try to make a joyful musical noise together.

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AwRY

My Brightest Diamond

Bring Me the Workhorse - Golden Star

This is My Hand

All Things Will Unwind

Titration

“III. Resolve” from Carols After a Plague - The Crossing

Death Speaks by David Lang

Earl Harvin - drummer

Chris Bruce - bass

Eighth Blackbird

Philip Glass

Nina Simone

Nico Muhly

Owen Palette

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

yMusic

Zac Rae

Bryce Dessner

Aaron Dessner

Laurie Anderson

Homeland, Joe's Pub Vanguard Artist & Residency

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry at BAM

Texas Conspirare 2022-2023 Hear Me Out Program

MusiCares Article: Client Spotlight: How Shara Nova Amplified Her Career By Keeping A "Wild Belief" In Herself & Other Women

ProTools

Sibelius

Mari Esabel Valverde joins Jocelyn to talk language, unlearning shame, gender, and pathways to excellence for the under-resourced.

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Before Spring

To digte af Tove Ditlevsen | Performed by Matthew Valverde, tenor

Darest, O Soul | Performed by Cantus

Earth, Mother | Performed by the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club

Moonlight Quartet | Performed by Her Ensemble

Border Lines | Text by Yesenia Montilla | Composed for and Performed by Adams State University Chamber Choir

St. Olaf College

European American Music Alliance

Amir Rabiyah, poet

International Orange Chorale of San Francisco

Influences and inspiration:

Claude Debussy

King David, Part III: “The Death of David” by Arthur Honegger

Les Six

Wilhelm Stenhammar

Jean Sibelius

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Edvard Grieg

Siete Canciones Populares Españolas, V. Nana by Manuel de Falla

Resources on Gender Identity:

Video by Chase Ross: “Trans 101: Ep 1 - What is Transgender?”

Graphic by the Trans Student Education Resource: The Gender Unicorn

Graphic by Sam Killerman: The Genderbread Person

Season 2 of Compose Like a Girl will launch later this week!

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