Agile Vocalist
An Odyssey Into SoundAgile Vocalist is a podcast and blog about sound and the work of sound creators. It is for anyone willing to give themselves space to be curious, creative, and to explore the connection between sound and our humanity.
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How the Arts Help Us Navigate the Now
Agile Vocalist is a podcast featuring sound creator stories that will inspire you to look to the arts to navigate today’s challenges. In light of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on women’s rights to an abortion and freedom of prayer and expression, you likely feel strong emotions. These artists stories will inspire with questions to ask to get through these challenging times.
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Support Agile Vocalist Artists on Giving Tuesday 2021
Focus your giving on the arts for Giving Tuesday in 2021. This is a list of the organizations that support the guest artists of Agile Vocalist, the podcast about sound and the arts.
England’s Angel for Gospel Music with Opal Louis Nations
Opal Louis Nations is a British singer, author, illustrator and passionate fan of American gospel music. In this podcast he shares decades of wisdom promoting and supporting gospel music (soul). Listen for the history of the African American experience you may not know.
Music: An Accompaniment to Life, Culture, Work & Feelings with Vidya Srinivasan
Vidya Srinivasan shares her life growing up in India and learning Carnatic music – as well as how to perform it from a very early age. At a career crossroads in graduate school she chose science over the arts for reasons you might not expect.
An Indian Classical Voice for Modern Times with Vidya Srinivasan
Vidya Srinivasan learned a love of music and performing so well at an early age that she had equal interests in pursuing music vs. technology once it came time to choose a career. Her journey as a female Indian classical music singer, always narrated by music, as she left India to study the sciences and live in the U.S. is an inspiring story about the power of music as a tool to process life and transitions.
Agile Vocalist’s First Year in Your Ears
Agile Vocalist’s highlights on one year in existence including more than 1600 listens across podcast and YouTube platforms. This labor of love and tribute to the arts is growing!
Masters of Engagement: Justin James on the Art of Being a DJ
The craft of being a DJ means understanding what motivates people to loosen up, have a good time and bathe in music. Justin James shares some of the secrets as well as demonstrates his techniques in this episode.
Support Agile Vocalist Artists on Giving Tuesday 2021
Focus your giving on the arts for Giving Tuesday in 2021. This is a list of the organizations that support the guest artists of Agile Vocalist, the podcast about sound and the arts.
ABOUT
Agile Vocalist is an exploration into the world of sound. It is stories of creatives whose lives and work touch what we hear. It’s a podcast and blog, sprinkled with occasional compact audio memoir (short sound stories). Agile Vocalist is for people who are curious, creative, and who believe sound nurtures our humanity. Watch the highlight video here!
Agile Vocalist is created with love by Rachel D. Medanic
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