The Music Bubble: Recent Episodes
TheMusicBubble
A podcast that explores human experiences of music performance, scholarship, and listening through a critical lens.
In this episode Jason and Oscar present an introduction to Ethnomusicology, what does it study, how it's related to music practice and musicology and what is its impact on human social and artistic development.
In this episode we go right to the core of the music: music theory.
Theorists, performers, composers , music enthusiasts will help us unpacking the concept of music theory examining it from various perspectives and offering some new insights.
How has the pandemic situation changed the way in which we make music and listen to it?
In this first episode we talk about the importance of live music performance, the increased accessibility offered by streamed music. We review an opera that was produced remotely and finally we consider the point of view of a concert pianist in these tough pandemic times.
The COVID-19 situation is always changing. We recorded this episode in September 2020 and we are aware that things have changed since then.
We decided to launch this project, consisting of a podcast series and website, as a way to discuss music from new and rapidly evolving perspectives. In particular, we want to be able to have, as well as create a space for, more open-minded, inclusive, and engaging, discussions about music and its role in our lives, both historically and in the present day. We want to explore how people listen to music; how they experience it. We also want to delve into the roles of performers, composers, analysts, and audiences, with an initial focus on Western Art/classical music, since this repertoire is our area of expertise, but also incorporating non-Western cultural perspectives through interviews with experts in these fields, as well as discussions on popular music. We want to share the beauty of music making, how it happens, and to demonstrate the interconnectedness of all its parts (both human and musical): from those who compose it, to those to perform it, study it, analyze it, listen to it, have it on in the background.