Contributors

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Host

Nanette McGuinness

Hailed in the press for her "creamy golden tone" and "glorious soprano" across a repertory that ranges from 1600 to the present, soprano, E4TT co-founder and Artistic Executive Director, and FGM co-producer and host, NANETTE MCGUINNESS is a passionate advocate of music by living composers and women artists who has performed operas, concerts, and recitals in twelve languages on two continents in over 25 operatic roles with the Silesian State (Czech Republic), Opera San Jose (Opera in the Schools), and West Bay, Pacific Repertory, Trinity Lyric, and Livermore Valley Operas, among others. Solo concert engagements include Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, Nuits d’étés (Berlioz), Stabat Mater (Rossini), Requiem (Fauré), Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn), Vesperae Solennes (Mozart), and Handel’s Messiah. Chamber Music Magazine called "Fabulous Femmes," her debut CD of music by women composers "perfect for the song recital lover.

https://nanette.biz
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Editor

Stephanie M. Neumann

"For Good Measure" co-producer and Audio Engineer, STEPHANIE M. NEUMANN is a composer, saxophonist/vocalist, educator, conductor, and audiovisual editor/artist. She has earned an MA in Music Composition at Mills College, BA in Music at Miami University-Oxford, and Certificate from The Recording Workshop. Her recent audiovisual projects include working on Ensemble for These Times' concert visual and "For Good Measure" podcast, and GLFCAM’s “Bahlest Eeble Readings” virtual premieres. As a composer, she has written electroacoustic and contemporary works premiered by performers such as Ensemble for These Times and flutist Brice Smith via the #GLFCAMgigthruCOVID initiative. She’s also a current member of Sl(e)ight Ensemble and has explored multiple genres, performing with a variety of instrumental/vocal ensembles, collaborations, and solo projects.

https://stephaniemneumann.com

Guests

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Guest

Nina Shekhar

NINA SHEKHAR is a composer and multimedia artist who explores the intersection of identity, vulnerability, love, and laughter to create bold and intensely personal works. Described as “tart and compelling” (New York Times), “vivid” (Washington Post), an “orchestral supernova” (LA Times), and a “rare composer who opens our ears a little wider each time” (Chicago Tribune), her music has been commissioned and performed by the New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Eighth Blackbird, International Contemporary Ensemble, JACK Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, The Crossing, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Her work has been featured by the Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art... (full bio: https://www.ninashekhar.com/about)

https://www.ninashekhar.com/
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Guest

Ursula Kwong-Brown

URSULA KWONG-BROWN is a composer, sound designer and arts technologist, originally from NYC but recently located to Los Angeles. Described as “atmospheric and accomplished” by The New York Times, her work has been performed in the United States, Europe, and Asia in diverse venues including Carnegie Hall, le Poisson Rouge, Miller Theatre, the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.  Honors include ASCAP and NACUSA awards, a Berkeley Symphony Composer Fellowship and grants from Chamber Music America and the Sloan Foundation. Ursula received her B.A. in Music & Biology from Columbia University, and her Ph.D. in Music Composition & New Media from the University of California, Her scores are published by Ursa Minor Music.

https://www.ursulakwongbrown.com/