Join me as I talk with astrid [Seamus] hubbard flynn about being a composer-flutist and incorporating equity into artistic practice as white musicians.
Resources mentioned:
Alex Temple's article Composers Performers and Consent: https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/composers-performers-and-consent/
Resmaa Menakem's book My Grandmother’s Hands: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781942094470
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Guest Bio: astrid hubbard flynn (b. 1999, they/them), from Saint Paul, Minnesota, is a composer, flutist and noise-maker whose mediums range from staff notation to electronics to text-based and graphic-based improvisation. astrid is currently pursuing a B.A. in Music at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where they have studied composition with Kristina Warren, Wang Lu and Eric Nathan. Outside Brown, they have also studied with Libby Larsen, Abbie Betinis and Edie Hill. As a music educator, astrid has designed discussion sections on popular music, facilitated introductory aural skills lab sections, and helped organize concerts through Brown's student-run composer organization, Fermata. astrid's music has been performed by professional ensembles such as Minnesota's Zeitgeist, New York's YarnWire and Switzerland's Kukuruz Quartet, and at summer festivals such as Minnesota's Source Song Festival and Maine's Atlantic Music Festival.
Join me as I talk with astrid [Seamus] hubbard flynn about being a composer-flutist and incorporating equity into artistic practice as white musicians.
Resources mentioned:
Alex Temple's article Composers Performers and Consent: https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/composers-performers-and-consent/
Resmaa Menakem's book My Grandmother’s Hands: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781942094470
Subscribe to Classical Schmassical: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKHLhYNkfCuZs6lu-7a3-wQ
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/Qc7mnVbB
Follow Classical Schmassical: https://www.facebook.com/ClassicalSchmassical
Guest Bio: astrid hubbard flynn (b. 1999, they/them), from Saint Paul, Minnesota, is a composer, flutist and noise-maker whose mediums range from staff notation to electronics to text-based and graphic-based improvisation. astrid is currently pursuing a B.A. in Music at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where they have studied composition with Kristina Warren, Wang Lu and Eric Nathan. Outside Brown, they have also studied with Libby Larsen, Abbie Betinis and Edie Hill. As a music educator, astrid has designed discussion sections on popular music, facilitated introductory aural skills lab sections, and helped organize concerts through Brown's student-run composer organization, Fermata. astrid's music has been performed by professional ensembles such as Minnesota's Zeitgeist, New York's YarnWire and Switzerland's Kukuruz Quartet, and at summer festivals such as Minnesota's Source Song Festival and Maine's Atlantic Music Festival.