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For Good Measure, by Ensemble for These Times (E4TT)
Episode 170: Rajna Swaminathan - Part 6
In this week’s episode, we talk to Rajna Swaminathan about her compositional process with specific projects, as well as her experiences at the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. If you enjoyed today’s conversation and want to know more about Rajna Swaminathan, check her out here: https://www.rajnaswaminathan.com/. This episode was originally recorded in January 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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1. Rajna Swaminathan - Part 6 (00:00:00)
2. In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with Rajna Swaminathan, who we spoke to in January 2024. (00:00:22)
3. You spoke earlier about some forms being more open than others. It made me curious what you meant in terms of open forms. I may be being naive here, and it's something very obvious. (00:00:30)
4. You talked about being at the GLFCAM - Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. Talk about that experience a little bit, if you'd like. (00:04:19)
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