Topical reflections on music
By Alexandra Fol
Languages: English, français
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Topical reflections on musicMay 15, 2020
Le sauvetage de l'orgue italien Wilhelm, op. 129
This episode, mostly in French, will put you you up to date to the moving of the historical Italian organ Wilhelm op. 129 from Très Saint-Rédempteur to Sainte-Catherine de Sienne this year. You are going to hear from the following contributors: Aldéo Jean, former titular organist at the now closed parish of Très-Saint-Rédempteur; Karl Raudsepp and Mark Altosaar, Estonian born and Canada based organ builders who are coordinating the move, Julien Girard, president of the Montréal chapter of the Friends of the Organ association, and Rev. Jean-Pierre Couturier, pastor of Sainte-Catherine de Sienne parish, who imagined the entire operation and who inspired his community to save this instrument.
Congratulations to the Sainte-Catherine de Sienne community and to Rev. Couturier for their willingness to save the instrument and their leadership. Video montage to come. Follow the parish on facebook! www.facebook.com/paroissesaintecatherinedesienne
Écrire pour choeurs amateurs - trois voies compositionnelles à explorer
Cet épisode solo est adapté de ma conférence que je donnerai virtuellement en format video lors du congrès national Podium 2022, coproduit par Choral Canada et Choirs Ontario. Vous pouvez visionner la vidéo en cliquant ICI
Interview with Canadian organist Gabrielle Tessier
Dr M. R. Massoud, music teacher at the Harbor Science and Arts Charter School
Dr Michal Raymond Massoud on teaching music to kids, fostering their passion, improvisation and composition
Dr E. Doolittle in composition, teaching and zoomusicology ENG
Dr C. Jacques: from academia to the business world ENG/FR
Entrevue bilingue avec la Dre Claudine Jacques
Interview with Swiss jazz musician and artist Anicia Kohler
Click HERE to visit Anicia Kohler's internet home!
Interview with Dr Moe Touizrar: topics in orchestration, consilience and ethics
For Dr Touizrar's research, click HERE
Interview with / Entrevue avec Jeffrey Stonehouse
Flutist Jeffrey Stonehouse, co-founder and director of Ensemble Paramirabo, Montréal, QC
Interview with Salvatore Corrente, one of the most experienced piano tuners and technicians in Québec
For impeccable - and affordable! - piano maintenance, call him at 514-235-5835
Interview with Clio Montrey
Interdisciplinary artist and world creator Clio Montrey addresses various aspects of her art, writing, music making and outreach.
Clio Montrey; Gravity Wing; Instagram; Patreon; TransCoding project; What if? Blog
Interview with / Entrevue avec Sébastien Ouellet ENG/FR
Bilingual interview with Sébastien Ouellet, opera singer and liturgical musician from Québec
Résumé de la séance d'information du Conseil des arts du Canada: 25. III 21
Séance d'information sur le programme Explorer et créer
Un message pour mes cher.e.s auditrices/teurs! :-) A message for my dear listeners! :-)
Interview with Mexican composer and teacher A. Paola Santillán Alcocer
A. Paola Santillán Alcocer talks about her international experiences both as student and as teacher. Our interview culminates with a detailed description of her pedagogical approach in teaching young composers. A conversation over Zoom, her insights and descriptions shed light on music education in Mexico!
Recognizing musical instruments: partial and complete excavation finds, and depictions on Thracian cultural objects
In this solo episode, I present my research, published in "Recognizing musical instruments: partial and complete excavation finds, and depictions on Thracian cultural objects". The full article can be found HERE
Interview with / Entrevue avec Dr Marc-Antoine d'Aragon
In this bilingual episode, Canadian artist Dr Marc-Antoine d'Aragon talks about his multifaceted career and interconnected activities as singer, producer, recording engeneer and career facilitator. Fondateur de Studio Tourneson, Opéra Op et d'autres compagnies et OSBL, le Dr Marc-Antoine d'Aragon illumine les coulisses de sa carrière de chanteurs, producteur et ingénieur de son.
La qualité de son de cet épisode est supérieure à celle de tout les épisodes précédents, car il a été enregistré dans un des locaux de Studio Tourneson, à McMasterville, QC.
Interview with / Entrevue avec Lucie Mayer | bilingual episode
Lucie Mayer, singer, teacher, translator and political activist (Québec solidaire), talks about the intersectionality aspects of culture, art, social justice, issues surrounding handicapped artists, and Universal Basic Income
Entrevue avec / Interview with Jean-Pierre Couturier | bilingual épisode bilingue FR/ENG
Jean-Pierre Couturier, fondateur et propriétaire de Disques Benedictus, ancien directeur général du Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, ancien président de LAUDEM, l'Association des musiciens liturgiques du Canada, président actuel de la conférence des prêtres italiens de Montréal. Baryton/compositeur/organiste/administrateur des arts
Pour commander la première oeuvre originale composée dans la langue Mohawk / to order the first original work written in the Mohawk language:
Canada and rest of the world: Disques Benedictus - order online and follow up with an e-mail to disques.benedictus@gmail.com CAN $ 25,75 (shipping included)
To pay in Euros from the European Union: Libreria del Santo 14,25 Euros
To order by phone in French or English: +1-514-596-1559, Bertrand Foucher Bélanger (one of the Canadian physical location distributors)
Interview with US composer Dr Dennis Báthory-Kitsz
Interview with US composer Dr Dennis Báthory-Kitsz. To learn more about him and his music, please, click HERE
The painted trumpets in the Kazanlak tomb: parallels with Tutankhamun’s trumpets, instrumental and performance hypotheses 2/
The painted trumpets in the Kazanlak tomb: parallels with Tutankhamun’s trumpets, instrumental and performance hypotheses 1/
Dr Matthew Lane: L'enseignement à distance et l'emplacement historique de la musique électronique
Entrevue avec le Dr Matthew Lane, inventeur d'un logiciel d'enseignement assisté, compositeur, enseignant, organiste et cheff de choeur. Épisode en français. Visionnez la vidéo sur sa base de données (en anglais) ICI.
Transcriptions, arrangements and new music: Alexander Straus-Fausto
A member of the youngest generation of organists, Alexander Straus-Fausto has done a number of orchestral transcriptions in the search of new repertoire and new audiences. At almost 24 minutes, this episode is my podcast's longest to date and includes two organ performances by Mr. Straus-Fausto: Ravel, 4th mouvement of "Ma mère, l'Oye", and "Interludes pour orgue" by Alexandra Fol. Please, visit his website at https://www.alexanderstrausfausto.com/ to learn more about this young virtuoso.
Derrière les coulisses, avec I. Goldschneider, 2/2
Éthique, programmation, finances - un retour avec Isak Goldschneider, directeur d'Innovations en concert
Derrière les coulisses, avec I. Goldschneider, 1/2
Premier de deux épisodes d'entrevue avec Isak Goldschneider. Présentation. Restez des nôtres pour les questions approfondies lors du deuxieme épisode.
Harmony and the art of living together: a music metaphor 2/
For the published article bearing the same name, please, click HERE
Harmony and the art of living together: a music metaphor 1/
For the published article bearing the same name, please, click HERE
Homo Universalis, a path still relevant today
Original article found HERE
Music between ontology and aesthetics
Unpublished essay. For citation, please, use this link
Beauty and Perfection – an Eternal Artistic Paradox
This article was first published in "The Phonograph" newspaper in Montreal, Canada. Issue of April 2009. p. 20
Spotlight on composer Anthony Green 3/
Third and last part of the interview with Anthony Green
Spotlight on composer Anthony Green. 2/
Anthony Green, American composer and producer
Spotlight on composer Anthony Green. 1/
Anthony R. Green, American composer
Ontological topics of music composition 8/
Article by Alexandra Fol Ontological topics of music composition and cited literature.
In this episode: conclusion and further avenues of study
Ontological topics of music composition 7/
Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics in music composition and cited literature
In this episode: problems of understanding musical ontology
Ontological topics of music composition 6/
Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics in music composition and cited literature
In this episode: types of signs, a composition as an active semiotic network
Ontological topics of music composition 5/
Article by Alexandra Fol Ontological topics in music composition and cited literature
In this episode: semiotics vs. symbolism
Ontological topics of music composition 4/
Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics in music composition and cited literature
In this episode: types of processes; some semiotic considerations
Ontological topics of music composition 3/
Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics in music composition with cited literature
In this episode: The role of and the relationship between Art and Craft in a composition; types of sonic ideas and temporal conceptualizations
Ontological topics of music composition 2/
Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics of music composition Full bibliography and citations available in the article
In this episode: Art and Craft - the ontological imperatives. Description and comparison
Ontological topics of music composition 1/
Article by Alexandra Fol: Ontological topics of music composition
What I will address in this series of episodes; premises of my philosophical theory
Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 6
The culmination of my 6 part series: I propose an 11-point proposed code of ethics for freelance independent professional musicians.
Literature used for this episode:
Beets, S. Douglas. “Personal Morals and Professional Ethics.” Business and Professional Ethics Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, 1991, pp. 63–84., doi:10.5840/bpej199110211.
The page 63 quote to which I referred to goes as follows: “In complying with a professional ethics code, some practitioners may be constrained by the ethics rules, which prevent certain acts that might be performed if the code did not exist. Other practitioners may comply with conduct rules by following their personal moral standards which may be more restrictive than the professional code or may coincide with the occupational norms. Such an association between personal morals and professional ethics may be attributable to many explanatory criteria, such as practitioners' beliefs that the rules benefit the profession and society, or the eventual absorption of the code into individuals' personal morals through long-term compliance and familiarity.”
“Ethics Codes Collection.” The Music Code of Ethics (1947) | Ethics Codes Collection, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, ethics.iit.edu/ecodes/node/5036. Accessed on November 8th, 2019
Cropanzano, Russell, Barry Goldman and Robert Folger. “Deontic Justice: the Role of Moral Principles in Workplace Fairness.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, vol. 24, no. 8, Dec. 2003, p. 1022., doi:10.1002/job.228
Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 5
Differences between justice and faireness.
Articles quoted in this episode:
Goldman, Barry, and Russell Cropanzano. “‘Justice’ and ‘Fairness’ Are Not the Same Thing.” Journal of Organizational Behavior, vol. 36, no. 2, Feb. 2015, doi:10.1002/job.1956.
Beets, S. Douglas. “Personal Morals and Professional Ethics.” Business and Professional Ethics Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, 1991, doi:10.5840/bpej199110211
Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 4
Unaware, semi-aware and aware consumers; ethical considerations; Depressing case studies. Articles quoted in this episode:
Weijters, Bert, Frank Goedertier and Sofie Verstreken. “Online Music Consumption in Today’s Technological Context: Putting the Influence of Ethics in Perspective.” Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 124, no. 4, 2013, pp. 537–550., doi:10.1007/s10551-013-1892-y.
Cuadrado, Manuel, Maria José Miquel and Juan D. Montoro. “Consumer Attitudes Towards Music Piracy: A Spanish Case Study.” International Journal of Arts Management, vol. 11, no. 3, 2009
Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 3
The third part of this episode series talks about accessibility of recorded music. Missing the boat on ethical applications.
Bibliographical reference of the quoted article:
Sorum, Niklas. “Ethical Consumption Applications as Failed Market Innovations: Exploring Consumer (Non) Acceptance of ‘Quasi’ Market Devices.” Journal of Cultural Economy, 2 Sept. 2019, doi:10.1080/17530350.2019.1629990. Accessed on November 8th, 2019 through https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17530350.2019.1629990
Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 2
PayPal, paid calls for scores, the moral positive and the ethical negative of performing for free
Technology & music: ethical & moral issues. Part 1
Ethics vs Morals; Three game changing recent technological developments