Rose Room 27: Performing Opera During a Pandemic

Community Garden 1: Analyzing Opera Characters Using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

On our first installment of the Community Garden, we have Lilli Bailey-Duran presenting her research on analyzing opera characters using the Myers-Briggs personality types. She explains that this provides the modern opera singer with tools to better understand characters of the past, who become harder to relate to as time moves forward. Breaking these characters down into a simple personality can help today’s opera singers understand who it is they’re singing as and present meaningful and impactful performances. If you would like to contact The Rose Room, please email us at LamontRoseRoom@gmail.com [LamontRoseRoom@gmail.com]. Bibliography: -Buch, David J. "Fairy-Tale Literature and ‘Die Zauberflöte’." Acta Musicologica 64, no. 1 (1992): 30-49. -Burton, Virgil L. "Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)." Encyclopedia of Small Business, 4th edition III, Vol. 2. 856-858 Detroit, MI: Gale, 2011. -Carlyn, Marcia. "An Assessment of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator." Journal of Personality Assessment 41, no. 5 (1977): 461-473. -Eisen, Cliff and Simon P. Keefe. “Die Zauberflote” in The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia, 540-552. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. -Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Zauberflöte. Vocal score. Kassel, Germany: Bärenreiter, 2007. -Myers & Briggs Foundation, The. “MBTI Basics” My MBTI Personality Type. Accessed February 16, 2020. https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/.

Rose Room 27: Performing Opera During a Pandemic

This week Sara Fortunato interviews Lauren Black and Lilli Bailey-Duran on their experiences with performing The Magic Flute in April 2021, and how different it was performing during a pandemic. They discuss the struggles and successes they had. If you would like to contact The Rose Room, please email us at LamontRoseRoom@gmail.com  Credits: Lilli Baley-Duran-Executive Producer//  Lauren Black- Director of Media, Producer//  Angela Mitchell-Lamont Staff Liaison//  Tommy Dainko- Video Editing Engineer, Audio Engineer//  Austin Kinard- Audio Engineer//  Ethan McGraw- Audio Engineer, writing staff//  Sara Fortunato, Writing//  Dana Portnoy- Outreach, writing//  Preeti Saldanha- Outreach, writing//  Thank you Blake Foster-Wagamon for composing the Rose Room theme song -The Rose Room: Where music and ideas blossom-

Rose Room 26: Tackling Opera Today, Ft. Dr Gillian Gower

On today’s episode of The Rose Room, Tommy Dainko has a conversation with Dr. Gillian Gower. Dr. Gower is a musicologist at Lamont who teaches many classes about Opera history. In this episode, Tommy and Dr. Gower discuss a short history of opera, Dr. Gower's special interests and what brought her to Lamont, and some issues that modern opera companies face in regards to racism, and promoting people that may not deserve the spotlight.  If you would like to contact The Rose Room, please email us at LamontRoseRoom@gmail.com Credits: Lilli Baley-Duran-Executive Producer// Lauren Black- Director of Media, Producer// Angela Mitchell-Lamont Staff Liaison// Tommy Dainko- Video Editing Engineer, Audio Engineer// Austin Kinard- Audio Engineer// Ethan McGraw- Audio Engineer, writing staff// Dana Portnoy- Outreach, writing// Preeti Saldanha- Outreach, writing// Thank you Blake Foster-Wagamon for composing the Rose Room theme song -The Rose Room: Where music and ideas blossom-

Rose Room 25: Learning to Teach Suzuki

On today’s episode of The Rose Room, Tommy Dainko talks to Julia Johnson and Ava Camilo about their experiences in learning how to teach the Suzuki Method. The Suzuki Method is a popular way of teaching children how to play string instruments at a very young age. It is taught similar to how children learn languages.  If you would like to contact The Rose Room, please email us at LamontRoseRoom@gmail.com Credits: Lilli Baley-Duran-Executive Producer// Lauren Black- Director of Media, Producer// Angela Mitchell-Lamont Staff Liaison// Tommy Dainko- Video Editing Engineer, Audio Engineer// Austin Kinard- Audio Engineer// Ethan McGraw- Audio Engineer, writing staff// Dana Portnoy- Outreach, writing// Preeti Saldanha- Outreach, writing// Thank you Blake Foster-Wagamon for composing the Rose Room theme song -The Rose Room: Where music and ideas blossom-

Rose Room 24: Inequalities in Music and Music Education Ft. Sarah Wagner

On today’s episode of The Rose Room, Tommy Dainko takes the mic and interviews Sarah Wagner in his first episode! Sarah is a second year master’s student at Lamont who has a passion for educating people who lack easy access to music learning opportunities. This interview explores her mission and includes outstanding advice for others who may want to work towards addressing these inequalities in music. If you would like to contact The Rose Room, please email us at LamontRoseRoom@gmail.com Credits: Lilli Baley-Duran-Executive Producer// Macy Andrus-Guest Outreach Coordinator and Finance// Lauren Black- Director of Media// Angela Mitchell-Lamont Staff Liaison// Ruby Pucillo- Head Writer// Tommy Dainko- Video Editing Engineer// Grace Ganz- Assistant Audio Engineer// Thank you Blake Foster-Wagamon for composing the Rose Room theme song -The Rose Room: Where music and ideas blossom-