How can art foster a deeper meaning of complex social issues? What are the benefits to placing art making at the center of community initiatives? In this episode of CMA Talks, Olivia Cosío and Renate Rohlfing of Sounds That Carry—a creative impact firm that helps organizations develop programs to connect with their communities—answer these questions as they discuss Sounds of Houston, CMA’s creative placemaking and oral history project. Developed with support from The Wallace Foundation, Sounds of Houston paired musicians with resident narrators to collaboratively create sonic memoirs, which aimed to preserve narratives, soundscapes, and music in Houston communities significantly affected by climate change.
To read more about Sounds of Houston, including a full report and project findings, visit: https://chambermusicamerica.org/community-engagement/
To learn more about Sounds That Carry, visit: https://www.soundsthatcarry.com/
Music featured in this episode:
• “An Ongoing Fight” composed by Aris Kian Brown; narrated by Tangi Smith
• “Time” composed by Jalen Baker; narrated by Nichole Redus
• “We Are the New Americans” composed by Austin Lewellen; narrated by Belay Andarge & Zed Minale
• “The Storms We Work” composed by Chelsea de Souza; narrated by Jaime Alvarado
This episode of CMA Talks is supported by the Wallace Foundation: wallacefoundation.org
Guests: Renate Rohlfing & Olivia Cosío
Produced for Chamber Music America by Orchid McRae & Jenny Ouellette
Hosted by Jenny Ouellette
Theme Music by Orchid McRae
Cover Art by Jared Cavazos
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How can art foster a deeper meaning of complex social issues? What are the benefits to placing art making at the center of community initiatives? In this episode of CMA Talks, Olivia Cosío and Renate Rohlfing of Sounds That Carry—a creative impact firm that helps organizations develop programs to connect with their communities—answer these questions as they discuss Sounds of Houston, CMA’s creative placemaking and oral history project. Developed with support from The Wallace Foundation, Sounds of Houston paired musicians with resident narrators to collaboratively create sonic memoirs, which aimed to preserve narratives, soundscapes, and music in Houston communities significantly affected by climate change.
To read more about Sounds of Houston, including a full report and project findings, visit: https://chambermusicamerica.org/community-engagement/
To learn more about Sounds That Carry, visit: https://www.soundsthatcarry.com/
Music featured in this episode:
• “An Ongoing Fight” composed by Aris Kian Brown; narrated by Tangi Smith
• “Time” composed by Jalen Baker; narrated by Nichole Redus
• “We Are the New Americans” composed by Austin Lewellen; narrated by Belay Andarge & Zed Minale
• “The Storms We Work” composed by Chelsea de Souza; narrated by Jaime Alvarado
This episode of CMA Talks is supported by the Wallace Foundation: wallacefoundation.org
Guests: Renate Rohlfing & Olivia Cosío
Produced for Chamber Music America by Orchid McRae & Jenny Ouellette
Hosted by Jenny Ouellette
Theme Music by Orchid McRae
Cover Art by Jared Cavazos
In this episode, we speak with Melody Buyukozer Dawkins from Slover Linett Audience Research (https://sloverlinett.com/) on the new qualitative report, “A Place to Be Heard, A Space to Be Held: Black Perspectives on Creativity, Trustworthiness, Welcome, and Well-Being” (https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/pages/a-place-to-be-heard-a-space-to-feel-held-black-perspectives.aspx) The wide-ranging discussion includes background information on the creation and execution of the study as well as key takeaways for ensemble music professionals to use in their own work.
We also listen to a selection from "Pillar III" from Andy Akiho’s Seven Pillars performed by Sandbox Percussion.
Program Notes:
The article “Close Listening,” is featured in the Spring 2022 issue of Chamber Music Magazine. Read the article online: https://www.chambermusicamerica.org/close-listening
The score from the featured Pillar III selection is featured in the Summer 2022 issue of Chamber Music Magazine.
Produced for Chamber Music America by Nichole L. Knight and Orchid McRae. Theme music by Orchid McRae.
Melody Buyukozer Dawkins appears courtesy of the Wallace Foundation.
Seven Pillars was created with support from CMA’s Classical Commissioning Program with generous funding from the Mellon Foundation.
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How can art foster a deeper meaning of complex social issues? What are the benefits to placing art making at the center of community initiatives? In this episode of CMA Talks, Olivia Cosío and Renate Rohlfing of Sounds That Carry—a creative impact firm that helps organizations develop programs to connect with their communities—answer these questions as they discuss Sounds of Houston, CMA’s creative placemaking and oral history project. Developed with support from The Wallace Foundation, Sounds of Houston paired musicians with resident narrators to collaboratively create sonic memoirs, which aimed to preserve narratives, soundscapes, and music in Houston communities significantly affected by climate change.
To read more about Sounds of Houston, including a full report and project findings, visit: https://chambermusicamerica.org/community-engagement/
To learn more about Sounds That Carry, visit: https://www.soundsthatcarry.com/
Music featured in this episode:
• “An Ongoing Fight” composed by Aris Kian Brown; narrated by Tangi Smith
• “Time” composed by Jalen Baker; narrated by Nichole Redus
• “We Are the New Americans” composed by Austin Lewellen; narrated by Belay Andarge & Zed Minale
• “The Storms We Work” composed by Chelsea de Souza; narrated by Jaime Alvarado
This episode of CMA Talks is supported by the Wallace Foundation: wallacefoundation.org
Guests: Renate Rohlfing & Olivia Cosío
Produced for Chamber Music America by Orchid McRae & Jenny Ouellette
Hosted by Jenny Ouellette
Theme Music by Orchid McRae
Cover Art by Jared Cavazos
