The Dream Feed: Musicians on Motherhood

#5: Aiyun Huang Interview

Toronto-based, Taiwanese-born percussionist Aiyun Huang talks about her career, her passion for new music theatre, and how a good dose of humor and a child’s sense of perspective and play inform her work. Many wise words of wisdom from on the field, 15-years into the process of  being a musician-parent! / Episode Notes: ·  Aiyun Huang’s website: https://www.aiyunhuang.com [https://www.aiyunhuang.com/] ·  Steve Schick book: "The Percussionist’s Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams [https://www.amazon.com/Percussionists-Art-Different-Eastman-Studies/dp/1580462146]": tinyurl.com/percussionists-art [https://tinyurl.com/percussionists-art] ·  Aiyun’s article “Percussion Theatre: The Drama of Performance [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-percussion/percussion-theater/0A603E3968A4BA9EC449F77A61AFFD97]”, published in The Cambridge Companion to Percussion: tinyurl.com/percussion-theatre [https://tinyurl.com/percussion-theatre] ·  “L’art Bruit”, by Mauricio Kagel, password: UofT2017: https://vimeo.com/212248938 [https://vimeo.com/212248938] ·  “Windward”, by David Bithell, for bass drum, interactive animation, electronic sound, and computer controlled lighting: https://vimeo.com/279531839 [https://vimeo.com/279531839] ·  “The Ice is Talking”, by Vivian Fung for solo percussion and electronics: https://youtu.be/WJMFwH_1t5I [https://youtu.be/WJMFwH_1t5I] ·  “Le corps à corps”, by George Aperghis: https://vimeo.com/126673422 [https://vimeo.com/126673422] ·  N.B. this interview was recorded December 2020.

#4b: Chloé Dominguez/Zosha Di Castri B-Side Duo

This B-side episode features a duo made collaboratively at a distance between Montreal-based cellist Chloé Dominguez, and host Zosha Di Castri in NYC, followed by a discussion about the process. Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts for their generous support. / Episode Notes: * Studio Piccolo, Montréal: https://www.studiopiccolo.com/EN/ * To see photos of Chloé's roadmap and a sketch from Zosha's notebook, see  project website [http://www.zoshadicastri.com/projects#/the-dream-feed/]: www.thedreamfeedpodcast.com

#4: Chloé Dominguez Interview

Montreal-based cellist Chloé Dominguez talks chamber music, work with composers and other artists, and her love of Baroque cello, while juggling three kids. Her secret super powers? -- rooting music in pleasure, having a supportive partner and family, and going with the flow. / Episode Notes: ·  Chloé Dominguez’s website: www.chloedominguez.info [https://www.chloedominguez.info/] ·  CIRMMT [ https://www.cirmmt.org]: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media, and Technology: www.cirmmt.org  [ https://www.cirmmt.org] ·  Corps Secrets [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CidsPsmSnl8Visual artist collaboration] – Duo for cello and dancer; choreographed by Isabelle Van Grimde; composed by Sean Ferguson, performed by Chloé Dominguez and Elijah Brown: youtu.be/CidsPsmSnl8 ·  Impact of Quebec’s Universal Low-Fee Childcare Program on Female Labour Force Participation, Domestic Income, and Government Budgets [https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/atkinson/UserFiles/File/News/Fortin-Godbout-St_Cerny_eng.pdf], by Pierre Fortin, Luc Godbout, and Suzie St-Cerny: tinyurl.com/utoronto-article ·  The Pandemic Created a Childcare Crisis. Mothers Bore the Burden [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/17/upshot/women-workforce-employment-covid.html?searchResultPosition=3], New York Times, by Claire Cain Miller, May 17, 2021: tinyurl.com/nytimes-childcarecrisis ·  Artist/Mother [https://artistmotherpodcast.com] community & podcast: www.artistmotherpodcast.com ·  Close/Close [https://soundcloud.com/james-ocallaghan/close-close]; for solo cello, electronics & ensemble, by James O’Callaghan, performed by Chloé: soundcloud.com/james-ocallaghan/close-close ·  Graham Sommers Competition [https://www.mcgill.ca/gsc/events], September 2021, featuring Chloé performing new piano trios: www.mcgill.ca/gsc/events // This project was made possible by a generous grant from the Canada Council for the Arts [https://canadacouncil.ca].

#3b: Alice Teyssier/Zosha Di Castri B-Side Duo

Listen to the new collaborative duo between French-American soprano/flutist Alice Teyssier and host Zosha Di Castri on this B-side episode, followed by a chat about their creative process and the evolution of the project over the course of several months.

#3: Alice Teyssier Interview

French-American soprano and flutist Alice Teyssier discusses her experience becoming a mother as a musician, including the artistically revealing period of “in-between” experienced in the late days of pregnancy, which inspired her Thresholds project. / Episode Notes: ·  Alice Teyssier's website: https://www.aliceteyssier.com [https://www.aliceteyssier.com/] ·  Thresholds project: https://www.aliceteyssier.com/thresholds.html [https://www.aliceteyssier.com/thresholds.html] ·  Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil, Gérard Grisey (with Alice singing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ69BApIozg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ69BApIozg] ·  Composing and Motherhood, essay by Emily Doolittle, New Music Box: https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/composing-and-motherhood/ [https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/composing-and-motherhood/] ·  The Last Days of Pregnancy: A Place of In-Between, by Jana Studelska, Mothering: https://www.mothering.com/threads/the-last-days-of-pregnancy-a-place-of-in-between.1619798/ [https://www.mothering.com/threads/the-last-days-of-pregnancy-a-place-of-in-between.1619798/] ·  Bradley Scott Rosen, Minor Rose hair salon, Gramercy Park: https://www.minorrose.com [https://www.minorrose.com/] ·  Special news since this episode was recorded: we are happy to announce that Alice and Bradley will be welcoming their second child to the world this Fall! // This project was made possible by a generous grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.