Ursula Kwong-Brown - Part 4

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Episode 125: Ursula Kwong-Brown - Part 4
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In this week’s episode, we talk to Ursula Kwong-Brown about the therapeutic benefits of choral singing and how she incorporates singing into her compositional process. If you enjoyed today’s conversation and want to know more about Ursula Kwong-Brown, check her out here: https://www.ursulakwongbrown.com/. This episode was originally recorded in February 2024.
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Intro music: “Trifolium” by Gabriela Ortiz, performed by E4TT (Ilana Blumberg, violin; Abigail Monroe, cello; Margaret Halbig, piano), as part of “Below the Surface: Music by Women Composers,” January 29, 2022
Outro music: “Lake Turkana” by Marcus Norris, performed by E4TT (Margaret Halbig, piano), as part of “Alchemy,” October 15, 2021
Transcription courtesy of Otter.ai.
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Producer, Host, and E4TT co-founder: Nanette McGuinness
Co-producer and Audio Engineer: Stephanie M. Neumann
Podcast Cover Art: Brennan Stokes
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Curious to hear a little music from our guest Ursula Kwong-Brown, who we spoke to in our most recent episode, check out the world premiere of the work she just wrote for us, which we are performing on our season opening concert November 8.

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Capitoli

1. Ursula Kwong-Brown - Part 4 (00:00:00)

2. In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Ursula Kwong-Brown, who we spoke to in February 2024. (00:00:35)

3. It sounds like you've done a lot of choral work. And I think you mentioned you were a choral assistant at, when you were at Cal? (00:00:43)

4. You mentioned I remember this from when we talked earlier that you'd had trouble with your breath, and had to work on that. Do you want to talk about that? (00:05:14)