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Agile Vocalist

Rachel Medanic

37 episodes

1 month ago

Send us a text Oakland born Alexander Taite has had the passion and talent for music all his life. He started on piano at age 8 and by age 16 had completed high school studies and went on to teaching at Oakland School for the Arts right after college. He's known as an opera and choral singer director throughout the Bay Area and has created a one-man show called Deep River: The Flow of Negro Spirituals Through Time. Alex has sung every season with the San Francisco Opera since 2007 and has dir...

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Send us a text Oakland born Alexander Taite has had the passion and talent for music all his life. He started on piano at age 8 and by age 16 had completed high school studies and went on to teaching at Oakland School for the Arts right after college. He's known as an opera and choral singer director throughout the Bay Area and has created a one-man show called Deep River: The Flow of Negro Spirituals Through Time. Alex has sung every season with the San Francisco Opera since 2007 and has dir...

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Performing Arts

Music Interviews

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Agile Vocalist

From Opera to Negro Spirituals and Beyond with Alexander Taite

Send us a text Oakland born Alexander Taite has had the passion and talent for music all his life. He started on piano at age 8 and by age 16 had completed high school studies and went on to teaching at Oakland School for the Arts right after college. He's known as an opera and choral singer director throughout the Bay Area and has created a one-man show called Deep River: The Flow of Negro Spirituals Through Time. Alex has sung every season with the San Francisco Opera since 2007 and has dir...

7 months ago

1 hour 10 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Folk and the Appalachian Sound with Evie Ladin

Send us a text Evie Ladin, is a dancer, banjo player, singer/songwriter, square dance caller and so much more. Her childhood was rooted in the then emergent world of folk music and dance, and the sounds of Appalachian traditions. Her art brings the light of these many talents together as a performer who can also be experienced as one of three in: Evie Ladin Band. The Band includes percussionist Keith Terry, and instrumentalist Erik Pearson. More about Agile Vocalist, including artist bi...

9 months ago

50 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Banjo, Bass, Body and Band with Evie Ladin and Keith Terry

Send us a text It's often said of living in the city (any city really!) that we can't have nice things. Well, for Oakland, California that's not the case when it comes to Evie Ladin Band. Evie and Keith are 2/3 of the act that explores the depths of banjo, vocals, bass and strings with songs that tug the heart, make you wanna get up and country dance and more. Along with instrumentalist, Erik Pearson, the trio that is Evie Ladin band delights and entertains anyone who can listen and watch. T...

10 months ago

23 minutes

Agile Vocalist

A World of Percussion with Keith Terry

Send us a text A performance art of rhythm, claps, slaps, stomps and sounds that is a feast for the senses--especially if you're actually doing it--is something Keith Terry calls body music. He describes it as music that can be seen and dance that can be heard and in this conversation he shares his journey from drummer to body music master. Keith is the life partner of Evie Ladin who will be featured in later episodes and together they collaborate when they perform as part of the trio called ...

1 year ago

42 minutes

Agile Vocalist

What's Your Frequency? Dive in with Vocalist, Destani Wolf

Send us a text From her current role as a MOTION vocalist and improviser sharing the stage every Monday with Bobby McFerrin in Berkeley to her 3 Grammy nominations Destani Wolf's sound has been on over 40 albums. During the pandemic, this original Cirque du Soleil vocalist delved into sound frequencies and healing--she finishes our episode with a little audio bath of both her sound bowl playing and voice. A rich and delightful episode. More about Agile Vocalist, including artist biograp...

1 year ago

38 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Combining the Performing Arts with Tachíria Flamenco

Send us a text Mx. Flamenco is a dancer, actor, singer and comedienne who shares her unique blend of performance with the San Francisco Bay and beyond. In this conversation we explore the sounds of flamenco as a dance form and how she brings it together in her ongoing series of world premiere collaborations with artists of other genres. Tachíria is working on her one-woman show and finishing her Masters degree after being a working professional flamenco dancer since the age of 14. More...

1 year ago

43 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Part 2 with San Francisco Bay Area Salsa & Latin Musician, Edgardo Cambón

Send us a text Part two with Edgardo covers the power of music that's connected to dance forms, origins of Edgardo's band, Candela, and his eye-opening process of how he used to create original music as he was waiting tables in a restaurant. If you find yourself in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2024, check out Edgardo's newest on Thursday nights at Fame Venue in San Francisco. Come hear the music and dance!Be sure you don't miss part 1 of the conversation here. More about Agile Vocalist...

1 year ago

40 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Salsa and Latin Music Powerhouse, a Conversation with Edgardo Cambón

Send us a text Edgardo Cambón is a Uruguayan-born singer who fell in love with percussion after setting aside guitar and getting early exposure singing as a young boy. As a teacher band leader and Latin music business man now, Edgardo continues to perform. His musical career has taken him throughout South America, Europe, and Africa. Since1986, he's been in high demand in the U.S. In this two-part conversation, we cover his career, his love of music and how he discovered drums by treating hi...

1 year ago

43 minutes

Agile Vocalist

The Language that Connects Us With Poet Ali

Send us a text Poet Ali is a poet, compelling performer, lyricist, performance artist and inspirational speaker whose performances and presentations focus on connection with ourselves and our environments. As a soulosopher and entertainer, he is a inspires us to use our gifts to catalyze self-discovery and well-being. As an Iranian-American, Ali gives talks for both youth as well as adult audiences and his unique form of spoken word stands out and isn't easily categorized. His TED Talk, the ...

1 year ago

40 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Learn How to Unleash Your Agile Vocalist, The Podcast Turns Three!

Send us a text 21 Guests and 27 episodes later, Agile Vocalist has hit its three year mark (which is kind of amazing for a podcast). Thank you to my season 3 guests: Cellista, Alphabet Rockers, Rob Jensen and Warren Trezevant, Sonic Runway creators, sound healer & instructor, Melissa Felsenstein, taiko artist Janet Koike, and carillonist, Simone Browne for their amazing sound and arts stories in season 3! Listen to this epsiode to learn how to get yourself listener gifts to unleash your ...

1 year ago

4 minutes

Agile Vocalist

The Mysterious Carillon with Simone Browne

Send us a text The sounds of bells in towers is a common experience to many around the world. But the reality is there is an entire profession devoted to carillons-- actual lever and pedal instruments making the sounds of bells you hear. Carillons exist all over the U.S., Europe and other parts and are commonly heard from the top of towers and built structures. This interview features Simone Browne, professional carillonist and UC Berkeley student who shares how she found the profession and ...

1 year ago

32 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Taiko Beat of Collaboration with Janet Koike

Send us a text Janet Koike is the Founder of Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda, California. She is also the Artistic Director of Maze Daiko ensemble. In this episode she shares her journey from textile fashion design to tap dance to playing taiko, the Japanese drum. Janet's experiences bringing remind us all of the alluring power of sound, how artists are ambassadors for new paradigms, and the power of community that can be created when you bring performing art forms together. Note: ...

1 year ago

41 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Sound Healing with Melissa Felsenstein

Send us a text Have you ever pondered what it might be like to experience a moment of tranquility amidst the chaos of daily life? Melissa Felsenstein, the founder of Innersounds Meditation, reveals how sound healing can be your haven. Melissa used this therapeutic technique to conquer her personal battles with anxiety and depression, but she's also refined it into a unique formula to certify a new generation of sound practitioners. Sound healing has many benefits including healing the nervou...

2 years ago

1 hour 1 minute

Agile Vocalist

Visualizing Sound with Rob Jensen and Warren Trezevant, Creators of Sonic Runway

Send us a text What does it take to synchronize light and sound? Co-creators Rob Jensen and Warren Trezevant, talk about their work creating Sonic Runway, an art installation conceived at Burning Man. Sonic Runway immerses the spectator in colorful synchronized visuals that animate the speed of sound. Hear the story behind their meticulous creation process, making the exhibit first for Burning Man in 2003 and how its success grew to transform it into a traveling exhibit to sites around the U...

2 years ago

30 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Liminal Space: Summer Frequencies

Send us a text What did you do this summer? What's left still to experience? Better yet, what did you hear? July is a liminal space and time to dive into the creative. This summer soundscape is an annual season pause so you can listen to July. Traveling through California, Oregon, and landing in Washington at performing arts family camp, you're invited to come along for the auditory ride. Catch up with any Agile Vocalist episodes you may have missed now as new episodes start rolling ou...

2 years ago

6 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Hip Hop for Change with Grammy-Winning Alphabet Rockers

Send us a text In 2007, Tommy Soulati Shepard and Kaitlin McGaw formed Alphabet Rockers to make music that makes change. This episode discusses how they met, the wide variety of their performing backgrounds and how they, 3 professional children artists and a host of other artist collaborators use hip hop to put a child's experience at the heart of its message. The Alphabet Rockers mission is to create music that disrupts racism, educates and fills children and adults with messages of h...

2 years ago

47 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Taking Cello to New Vibrations with Cellista

Send us a text Exposed to cello at an early age, Cellista broke away from her classical cellist training to follow her calling to create and collaborate with other art forms including beatboxers, spoken word artists, dancers, and musicians. Her work continues to reflect on and engage the cultural circumstances she experiences around her and she produces what she calls stage poems inspired by French Realists that include pillars of music, film, dance and literature. Liner notes and more...

2 years ago

30 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Grace Note: Season 2 Wrapped and You!

Send us a text Season 2 has concluded. This episode is how you can (wherever you are!) share in the podcast festivities (listening, sending me an email). Listen as I review the guests we had over the past year, sing you a little song, and recognize some of the amazing people who've supported me in this journey. Season 3 is coming! Listen and then send me an email- this podcast is now big enough that I don't know who you are. Really! Tell me what you do while you listen. Be honest you podcast...

2 years ago

7 minutes

Agile Vocalist

From the Mississippi Delta to the Board of the Grammys with Chelle Jacques

Send us a text Chelle Jacques is a career musician, bandleader, educator and more. In this episode she shares the story of her recently launched Daughters of the Delta Project featuring the musical contributions from the women artists of Louisiana we so rarely hear about. She also shares how she got involved with The Recording Academy, best known for producing the annual Grammy Awards. She now serves in a leadership position with the organization's California/Colorado chapter. Hear about the...

2 years ago

35 minutes

Agile Vocalist

Animal Sounds: Metamorphosis and Frida

Send us a text I talked to Frida the parrot as she was on exhibit as part of a larger an immersive art experience. This Agile Vocalist episode dives into animal sounds and share a one-of-a-kind recording of my interactions with a parrot I went to “interview.” Our interactions proved some of the most varied from any she’d had with other humans, and it marveled her owners, the hosts and artists at San Francisco’s Gregangelo Museum. Liner notes and more are available at: https://agilevoca...

2 years ago

10 minutes