Moira Smiley’s mystical, soulful music will tug at your heartstrings. Her roots as a folk musician with training in classical music (her first instrument was the piano) have been broadened by her world travels and she is as much a composer and an arranger as she...
Makiko Hirata was trained as a classical pianist from an early age. Now an international pianist and a recording artist with ten released albums, Dr. Makiko calls herself “Dr. Pianist” and is on a mission to use the arts for climate action and to promote the power of...
Thank you so much for joining part 2 of my conversation with music-thanatologist, writer and poet, Jennifer Hollis: To listen to this episode as a podcast, search for Agile Vocalist wherever you get your podcasts. Jennifer Hollis and her harp. Listen to Jennifer sing...
It’s not common to think about the performing arts when you think about the end of life. Enter music-thanatology, a little known field where trained, accredited practitioners play harp music and sing in medical settings for terminal patients. Listen as I explore...
