Agile Vocalist
An Odyssey Into Sound in the Performing ArtsAgile Vocalist is a podcast and blog about sound in the performing arts. It features the stories of artists with a California connection who work and create in sound.
Agile Vocalist is a way for performing arts lovers to be curious, get inspired by creative careers, and to explore how sound connects all of us to our humanity.
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From Opera to Negro Spirituals and Beyond with Alexander Taite
Oakland, California 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...
From Opera to Negro Spirituals and Beyond with Alexander Taite
Oakland, California 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...
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Something is always within earshot when it comes to the performing arts. Agile Vocalist brings an auditory lens to artist stories and creative work. Feel the inspiration an awe when you listen to the artist wisdom and ideas behind what they are creating and transforming in the world through their work.
From Opera to Negro Spirituals and Beyond with Alexander Taite
Oakland, California 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...
Folk and the Appalachian Sound with Evie Ladin
First and foremost a dancer, Evie Ladin's early years were steeped in the folk music and dance traditions as they were coming into being. Thanks to her family exposure, Evie grew up not knowing much else and used her late teen and college years to study, travel to...
Banjo, Bass, Body and Band with Evie Ladin and Keith Terry
String musicianship (banjo, Baby!), vocals, strong Appalachain and folk heritage from Evie Ladin mashes up with Keith Terry's Texas-raised percussion turned bass roots in a musical act (powered by life partnership) called Evie Ladin Band. It's often said of living in...
A World of Percussion with Keith Terry
From starting off in Texas as a young kid whose talents as a drummer were nurtured to later coining the term "body music" to reflect the sounds and actions of the art form that fuses sight, sound and rhythmic claps, slaps, and footwork, Keith Terry is a legend in the...
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Agile Vocalist is a podcast and blog about sound and the performing arts with a California connection. It explores the careers of artists and creative people whose work manifests in the performing arts and through what we hear. Agile Vocalist is for people who value history, inspiration and who are curious about the transformative power the performing arts have to connect us with our own humanity.
Agile Vocalist is created and produced by Rachel D. Medanic on land of the Ohlone people. Agile Vocalist offers Shuumi in thanks.
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