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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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...
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...
Latest Sounds
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.
California Sound Artists Celebrated in Three Years of Agile Vocalist
February 2024 marked three years (and three seasons) of Agile Vocalist. Amid all the things that have happened since February 2021 when the podcast launched, it's a lot to be thankful for and leaves much room to celebrate! Clink your goblets of cocktails and mocktails...
Sound Lighthouse: Discovering Carillon with Simone Browne
Simone Browne is Law student at UC Berkeley who fell in love with carillon playing while at the University of Chicago. In this episode, she sheds interesting perspective on this little-known instrument so many of us have heard but haven't realized is actually an...
Singing in Cars: The Appeal of Mobile Karaoke
It’s worth nothing how much of a raging success James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke continues to be. Why is singing in the car so common? Music therapist, Lyndie Walker says cars are a place we can dive into the music we most resonate with and music activates every part of...
Taiko Beat of Collaboration with Janet Koike
Janet Koike is the Founder of Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda, California. She is also the Artistic Director of Maze Daiko Ensemble. In this episode, she shares her journey which started with success as a textile fashion designer to playing taiko, the Japanese...
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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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