Category Archives: Podcasts
Pedro de Alcantara: Author, Cellist, Alexander Technique Teacher
Cellist Pedro de Alcantara is the author of Indirect Procedures: A Musician’s Guide to the Alexander Technique, published by the Oxford University Press and translated into French, German, and Japanese; The Alexander Technique: A Skill for Life, published by Crowood Press; and the novels Befiddled and Backtracked, published by Delacore Press (an imprint of Random [...]
Susan Bruckner, Piano Teacher
Susan Bruckner is a pianist and teacher with degrees from the Eastman School of Music, the New School for Music Study founded by Frances Clark, and the San Francisco Conservatory. She has done extensive research on learning styles and brain research pertinent to musicians and is author of the book, The Whole Musician. She is [...]
Dr. Preeti Raghavan, Researcher
Preeti Raghavan, M.D., joined the faculty of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City in 2002. Her clinical interests include the treatment of individuals with brain injury, and the rehabilitation of neurological and orthopedic disorders. Her area of specialty is the rehabilitation of motor control in the upper-extremity in [...]
Dr. Alice Brandfonbrener: Doctor, Researcher
Alice Brandfonbrener received her BA from Wellesley College and her MD from Columbia University. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Feinberg Medical College of Northwestern University as well as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has as served as Adjunct Assistant Professor at Northwestern Music [...]
Tim Mueller, pianist
Pianist Timothy Mueller and his wife Kimberly moved to Madison, Wisconsin from New York City two years ago, just in time for the birth of their son Aidan. Since then Tim has started a piano studio on the west side of Madison, and has served as music and choir director at Lakeview Lutheran Church on [...]
Samantha George, Violinist
Currently Associate Professor of Violin at Lawrence University, Samantha George served as Associate Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from 1999-2008 and as Acting Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for the 2002-2003 season. Her previous posts have included Assistant Concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony, Core Concertmaster of the Hartford Symphony, and Guest Concertmaster appointments [...]
Madeline Bruser, Piano Teacher
Pianist Madeline Bruser has performed as soloist with the San Francisco and Denver Symphony Orchestras. She has conducted seminars and workshops at the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, the University of Southern California, the Music Academy of the West, the MedArt World Congress on Arts and Medicine, and college music departments and music [...]
Joseph Arnold, Violinist
Joseph Arnold has been playing violin since he was five years old. He grew up studying classical and fiddle music, and graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 2006 with a BA in Jazz Studies. He has extensive experience playing with many different kinds of groups, including orchestras, small string ensembles, indie rock bands, jazz bands, blues [...]
OluShola Cole: Improvisation, Movement, and Life
OluShola Cole is a Connecticut based performer, musician and singer/song writer. As a national performer with Broadway’s percussive sensation Stomp and artistic collaborator with various artists, including Harmonious Soul, RubyFruit and Bobby McFerrin, Ms Cole is inspired by music, improvisation, performance and teaching. She has appeared on various national and international talk shows including Otro [...]
Tammy Brackett, music publicist and public relations guru
This interview with Tammy Brackett comes just in time for tour season! Tammy Brackett is the owner of Moonstruck Promotions and provides publicity and public relations services to recording and touring musicians. She was a touring and performing musician for 25 years and has been in the music business as a booking agent, tour manager, [...]
