Preview: Sonic Speculations

Celeste Oram joins Sonic Speculations to discuss her work, multimedia projects, collaboration, radios and more… To find out more about Celeste Oram please see http://celesteoram.com/ For more information about Oram’s Vera Wyse Munro project https://verawysemunro.nz/ Works: TAUTITOTITO: http://celesteoram.com/TAUTITOTITO Televisionmann: Gulliver’s Travels: https://youtu.be/xaeKRdGJuKw a loose affiliation of alleluias: http://celesteoram.com/Work/a-loose-affiliation-of-alleluias-2019-a-violin-concerto The Young People’s Guide to the Orchestra: https://youtu.be/_hXg6jTShOI For more information on the Sonic Speculations podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/

Dr Leonie Holmes joins the Sonic Speculations podcast to talk a wide variety of music related things including compositional process, personality in music and her newly written piano concerto for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Stephen De Pledge. For more information on the Sonic Speculations podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/ Links: SOUNZ Profile: https://sounz.org.nz/contributors/1052 Piano Concerto Premiere: https://cso.co.nz/events/triumph-over-tragedy Works: Dance of the Wintersmith: https://youtu.be/bT8Vxq7fxss Watershed Time: https://youtu.be/b__liZh__kY Frond: https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/musicalive/audio/201856636/leonie-holmes-frond-from-three-landscapes-for-orchestra Aquae Sulis: https://youtu.be/3hA0lDYumIU Other talks/interviews: Interview with Donald Maurice: https://youtu.be/BqeZcRi2MLU Talk at 2014 Composers Association of New Zealand Conference https://youtu.be/Ja-4G5ViETw

A short bonus episode from my interview with John Psathas where he discusses freelancing, managing commissions and more.

John Psathas shot to worldwide attention when his music was heard at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics. Since then the composer has built a wide ranging network of international collaborators, with his music being performed on all seven continents including Antarctica. In this interview, John discusses how he came to composition, his compositional process, percussion, multimedia musical projects and more. For more information on the Sonic Speculations podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/ For more information about John Psathas please see: https://www.johnpsathas.com/ Links to work discussed: Waiting for the Aeroplane: https://open.spotify.com/track/5gMDsPzKkU7ducGwREZCrn?si=92b63ed59a23487a Between Zero and One: https://www.johnpsathas.com/catalogue-1/2018/1/29/between-zero-and-one-2013 Leviathan: https://www.johnpsathas.com/catalogue-1/2020/3/28/leviathan-percussion-concerto-2020?rq=leviathan Matres Dance: https://open.spotify.com/track/46fTLwbkS9eKBwTvB0Mr3K?si=0dd0264351464883 View From Olympus: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLe6QIpB-jM_Y74doudU4GKIabk7x2B45 Music for the Olympics: https://www.johnpsathas.com/catalogue-1/2018/4/10/athens-2004-ceremonies-2004?rq=olympics Abhisheka: https://youtu.be/WAnDpfHcKLQ No Man’s Land: https://youtu.be/bVQPjdd5JCs

In the very first episode of the Sonic Speculations Podcast Nathaniel Otley talks to composer Eve de Castro Robinson at her home in Tāmaki Makaurau during Aotearoa’s August 2021 lockdown about her career, notation, politics, Len Lye and much more. For more information on the Sonic Speculations Podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/ Links to work discussed: Tumbling Strains: https://youtu.be/rexXNuV3IrY Tipping Point: https://youtu.be/xEIi4qWbXh8 Len Dances: https://open.spotify.com/track/3mdlrOK3ZEPlJTogok3FbF Len Songs: https://sounz.org.nz/resources/17322?locale=en Talks and other interviews: SOUNZ Moments in Time Podcast: https://news.sounz.org.nz/moments-in-time-003/ 2018 Lilburn Lecture: https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/appointment/audio/2018670821/the-lilburn-lecture-2018-eve-de-castro-robinson-on-new-zealand-s-female-composers

A brief introduction to the Sonic Speculations podcast series hosted by Nathaniel Otley. For more information on the Sonic Speculations Podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/