Ep 75-Jonathan Sheffer on Providing Meaningful Experiences

Composer/conductor Jonathan Sheffer's career covers classical, opera, dance, and film and television. His compositions includes works for orchestra, solo piano, concertos, two musicals, the opera, Blood On The Dining Room Floor, and scores for television, Hollywood, indie and documentary films. He founded the Eos Orchestra in New York, Red {an orchestra} in Cleveland, and conducted [...]

Ep 74-Julia Torgovitskaya & Jennifer Rosenfeld on Awakening Your Business Brain

Julia Torgovitskaya, President of iCadenza & CEO of Cadenza Artists Management, is a trained opera singer who relates first-hand to the ever-changing challenges facing performing artists. She has extensive consulting experience, and her writings have been published in international publications. Having earned a Master of Science in Executive Leadership from the University of San Diego, [...]

Ep 73-Garth Sunderland on Producing Concerts

Garth Edwin Sunderland is director of the Lost Dog New Music Ensemble in New York City, and producer of the Nørgård in New York Festival. A composer and interdisciplinary artist, his work encompasses the fields of music, dance, and theater. He also serves as Vice President of Project Development for the Leonard Bernstein Office, in [...]

Ep 72-Arthur Breur on Websites & Online Presence

Arthur Breur is a composer & business owner in Portland, Oregon. He has been composing for more than three decades & received his degree in piano performance from Millikin University. He started his web design & development company in 2001 in Tampa, Florida, & has helped hundreds of customers plan, build, & maintain their online [...]

Ep 71-Patricia Leonard on Fundraising 101

A native of Boston, Patricia Leonard’s early musical training began with piano studies. She received a degree in Composition from The Boston Conservatory of Music. Principal composition teachers include Larry Thomas Bell and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Del Tredici. Ms. Leonard is the recipient of the 2015 Opera America Prize for her latest work MY [...]

Ep 70-Sean Perrin on Adding Value as a Living Composer

Sean is an active teacher and performer on both clarinet and percussion, is the host of the clarineat.com podcast, and is the founder of Rubbato Music, Inc. He has played with numerous local ensembles, including the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Red Deer Symphony, and Bow Valley Chorus, and has appeared on stage with pop acts including [...]

Ep 69-Victoria Bond on Essential Business for Composers

A major force in 21st century concert music, Victoria Bond leads a dual career as composer and conductor. Her compositions have been praised by the New York Times as "powerful, stylistically varied and technically demanding," and her conducting has been called “impassioned” by the Wall Street Journal and “full of energy and fervor” by the [...]

How To Find People That Will Listen To Your Music

A guest blog post by William Tate. William was featured in Ep 54 of the Composer on Fire podcast. This post was originally posted on the How To Be A Music Success blog. Do you ever get this strange feeling that someone is watching you? Maybe I’m crazy (don’t answer that), but I do. I [...]

Ep 68-Whitney George on Why You Need Your Own Ensemble

Whitney George is a composer and conductor who specializes in the use of mixed media to blur the distinctions between concert performance, installation art, and theater. Utilizing a wide variety of material including literary texts, silent film, stock footage, and visual arts, George's compositions are characterized by an immersive theatricality that thrives on collaboration in [...]

Ep 67-Michael J. Evans on Being Relevant and Socially Active

Michael J. Evans is an American composer based in Washington, D.C. He has recorded with the wonderful pianist Karolin Rojahn, as well as the Kiev Philharmonic, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Moravian Philharmonic. He recently recorded his anti-concerto for Bassoon with the winner of the 66th Prague Spring International Music Competition, Jan Hudeček. His [...]