Noam Lemish on Mentors, Bhutan & His Juno-Nominated Album “Twelve”

Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman

04/13/25

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How did Noam Lemish’s experience living in Bhutan influence his outlook? A lot of Noam’s creative life is inspired by bridging cultures and being open to possibility, and you’ll be hearing some music from some of his many projects as well as hear his reflections on teaching and learning. It was fascinating to learn about his mentors including George Marsh and W.A. Mathieu, and how he started collaborating with so many incredible artists including the oud player and guitarist Amos Hoffman. I really wanted to shine a light as well on his fantastic Juno-nominated album Twelve, which is comprised of six original compositions for chamber jazz orchestra, and all the music you’ll be hearing is linked in the show notes. Dr. Lemish is a Professor at York University in Toronto, Canada and you can learn more about him on his website.

Like all my episodes, you can watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on all the podcast platforms, and I’ve also linked the transcript to my website

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(00:00) Intro

(02:30) album Twelve

(06:38) clip from Song for Lia

(08:01) Bhutan

(20:08) album Twelve

(23:58) clip from Rebirth, recording process

(27:05) W.A. Mathieu

(35:07) Transcultural Jazz

(37:56) Amos Hoffman, album Pardes

(40:53) Ishal Elohay

(43:37) Noam’s music education in Israel

(46:27) other episodes, ways to support this project

(47:19) York University, Jewish Music series

(41:34 )Soveit Jewry, Anna Shternshis

(56:07) clip from Between Utopia and Destruction

(58:04) access to emotions through music, improvisation

(01:01:59) Erlebnis 16

(01:04:55) George Marsh

(01:11:16) about Beethoven 7th Visit to Romania with clip, Lemish Klezmer history

photo: Dahlia Katz

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Juliana Soltis: Cello, Women Composers & Forgotten Music Stories

April 6, 2025

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Juliana Soltis is an innovative cellist who has done extensive research to connect listeners with some forgotten stories of classical music. In this episode we talked about her recent album American Woman which features cello and piano music of women composers; you’ll hear Juliana’s insights into the lives of Mary Howe, Amy Beach, Margaret Bonds, Helen Crane, Dorothy Rudd Moore and Florence Price and hear excerpts from this album which Juliana recorded with the wonderful pianist Ruoting Li. Many listeners will be familiar with Juliana’s playing as a Baroque cellist, and it was fascinating to hear about how the French relinquished their beloved viol relunctuantly to the Italian cello. I really love Juliana’s recording of the complete Suites for solo cello of J.S. Bach and you’ll hear some music from her album Going off Script: the Ornamented Suites for cello.

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(00:00) Intro

(02:37)the greyhounds, American Woman album

(05:16) archives New York Public Library, Helen Crane

(10:42) clip of Ballade Fantasque by Howe

(12:20) Mary Howe

(16:51) racist divide between Black and white composers

(20:47) clip of Troubled Water by Margaret Bonds

(22:12) baroque cello

(33:57) Courante J.S. Bach Solo Suite in G major

(37:14) creating Going off Script: the Ornamented Suites for cello

(37:43) other episodes

(38:36) the art of ornamentation, recording the Bach album

(43:45) lessons with Catharina Meints Caldwell

(48:33) connecting with audiences, using social media

(56:37) clip of Dirge and Deliverance by Dorothy Rudd Moore

(58:00) Kermit Moore, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Amy Beach

(01:04:23) Berceuse by Beach

(01:10:25) 3rd Idyll op. 51 by Helen Crane

(01:19:01) how athletic training helps with performance nerves

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April 20, 2025

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97m

Lawrence English is a brilliant artist, composer and curator based in Australia. In this wide-ranging interview, Lawrence spoke to me about many topics, touching architecture, philosophy, field recordings, running a record label, and emerging biotech. One of his many projects is the record label Room40, which is celebrating 25 years, and punctuating this podcast are some clips from some of Lawrence’s albums, including Even the Horizon Knows it’s Bounds, Shell Type, and Observation of Breath. You’ll fine several links in the show notes so you can explore each project more fully.

Like all my episodes, you can watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on all the podcast platforms, and I’ve also linked the transcript to my website where you'll also find all the separate links for the albums featured in this episode.

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