Utah Music Professionals Interviews

Interview with Becky Fullmer: Violin Missionary

Listen to a conversation with violin missionary Becky Fullmer in the Orchestra at Temple Square. While no members of this group are paid, they play at a professional level.
What we cover:
How does learning music mirror the gospel of Jesus Christ?
What pieces do members of the Orchestra at Temple Square prefer to play?
How do members of the orchestra support each other?
Is the Orchestra at Temple Square really a type of mission call?
Starring: BECKY FULLMER, CAMI SHASKIN
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Background Music:
Poor Wayfaring Stranger, arranged by Jay Althouse, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Adagio from Sonata No. 1 in G Minor by Bach, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from “Messiah” by Handel, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Prelude by Bach, performed by Bryn Boogert
Menuetto from Symphony No. 40 by Mozart, performed by DAS ORCHESTER TSUMUGI, IMSLP.org
Winter & Lovely Piano Song, freepd.com
Shenandoah, arranged by Jay Althouse, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
 
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Interview with Mary Griffin: Violin Missionary

Listen to a conversation with violin missionary Mary Griffin in the Orchestra at Temple Square. While no members of this group are paid, they play at a professional level.
What we learn:
How do Orchestra at Temple Square musicians feel about not getting paid?
How can faith play a role in music?
What can I share with my students about faith and music?
Why do members of the Orchestra at Temple Square donate so much of their time?
What does it mean to see someone as a child of God?
Starring: MARY GRIFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Background Music:
“O, Lord, as I View the Heaven,” composed and performed by JOSEPH COOK, with vocal soloist APRIL KERR
Simple Gifts, traditional, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Be Still My Soul, melody by Jean Sibelius, arranged by Randen Heywood, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, performed by US ARMY STRINGS, IMSLP.org
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, performed by CHIARA BERTOGLIO, IMSLP.org
Chaconne from Partita No. 2 by Bach, musopen.org
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Interview with Patrick Coffin: Audio Engineer

Learn about filming, performing, and editing, including differences between cellphones and professional camera equipment and first steps in improving audio and color in video editing.
Starring: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN, ROO SIMMONS
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Background Music:
"Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Baroque Duet performed by CARYN BRADLEY & CRAIG HANEMANN
Romance by Johan Svendsen, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Caazapa by Agustin Barrios Mangore (musopen.org)
Cradle Hymn performed by CARYN BRADLEY
Danse sacree et danse profane by Claude Debussy, performed by United States Marine Band (IMSLP.org)
Equinox, composed and performed by CRAIG MINER
Waltz in A Major by Franz Liszt (musopen.org)
Concerto in D Major by Franz Anton Hoffmeister, performed by CARYN BRADLEY
"Midnight Tale" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
The Green Bushes, traditional Irish music, performed by CARYN BRADLEY
 
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Interview and Performances with String Trio Members

Learn about neuroscience in learning, the benefits of chamber music, conducting goals, and hear a variety of compositions. We discuss playing multiple instruments and what musicians really bring to a gig. Featuring the Tooele String Trio.
Starring: CAMI SHASKIN, JOCELYN SCIORTINO-SHADES, KATRINA DVORACHEK
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Background Music:
Selections from Trio in G Major by Hadyn
Piano Trio No. 1 by Andrew Swan
 
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Interview with Jared Campbell: Music Therapist

Learn all about a career as a music therapist: experiences in the field and the training that is required. Includes  he difference between music used in a therapeutic sense and music therapy from a certified therapist, education required to be a music therapist, all the settings a music therapist can work in, and using or not using a primary instrument and why.
 
Starring: CAMI SHASKIN, NATHAN SHASKIN, ROO SIMMONS
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Background Music:
German Dance by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Broken Sonata, pixabay.com
Baroque Duet, performed by CARYN BRADLEY & CRAIG HANEMANN
Kalimba Relaxation by KEVIN MACLEOD, incompetech.com
Largo from Concerto in G Major by Georg Philippe Telemann, performed by CARYN BRADLEY
Baroque Duet, performed by CARYN BRADLEY & CRAIG HANEMANN
Arabesque by Claude Debussy, performed by LUIS KOLODIN, IMSLP.org
Canon by Johann Pachelbel, performed by CARYN BRADLEY & CRAIG HANEMANN
Opportunity Walks by KEVIN MACLEOD, incompetech.com
Adagio in G Minor by Tomaso Albinoni, musopen.com
Andante (Cantilena) from A Major Concerto by George Goltermann, performed by BRYN BOOGERT
 
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Interview with Donna Fairbanks: University Professor

Learn how college grading aids progress, if majoring in music is worth it, and when it's acceptable to "fire" a student. Also, hear reasons for becoming a teacher, how music changes the brain, etc.
 
Starring: DONNA FAIRBANKS, CAMI SHASKIN
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Background Music:
Romance in F Major by Beethoven, performed by CAMI JACKSON
Moment Musical by Franz Schubert, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Swanee, composed and performed by GEORGE GERSHWIN, IMSLP.org, Public Domain
Sonata in E Major, 1st and 3rd mvmnts, by Cesar Franck, performed by DONNA FAIRBANKS & HSIANG TU
Patience Party from FreePD.com
Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff, performed by CAMI SHASKIN
 
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Interview with Kelly Richardson: Composer

Learn from a modern composer. Learn about today's best music notation software, learn about John Williams and his advice for how to be like him, listen to details about the old career of music transcription, hear how to impress a teacher as a kid, and enjoy other compelling stories about life as a composer.
 
Starring: CAMI SHASKIN, KELLY RICHARDSON, ROO SIMMONS
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
 
Background Music:
“Snow Angel” composed and performed by JOSEPH COOK“Autumn,” 3rd mvmt, from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, performed by CAMI SHASKINFur Elise by Beethoven, IMSLP.org, performed by LUIS KOLODINGavotte by Jean-Philippe Rameau, performed by CAMI SHASKINAquarium by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by KEVIN MACLEOD, incompetech.comViolin and Piano Ambient Music on pixabay.comAndante from Concerto in C Major for Oboe and Orchestra, performed by ADVENT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, freemusicarchive.comA Very Brady Special, freePD.comEtude No. 11 in E Minor by Fernando Sor, performed by Ramon Leon Egea, IMSLP.org
 
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Interview with Cami Shaskin: Series Producer

Learn about effective and ineffective teaching, Cami's favorite pastimes, and what Cami's students have taught her. Corresponding video available for purchase at https://training.camishaskinviolin.com/courses/cami-shaskin.
Starring: CAMI SHASKIN, NATHAN SHASKIN, ROO SIMMONS
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Background Music:
The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss II, Performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Largo from Symphony No. 9 "New World" by Anton Dvořák, Performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Morning Mood from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 by Edvard Grieg, musopen.org
Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 by Edvard Grieg, musopen.org
Waltz aus dem Ballet Die Amazonen by Franz Liszt, musopen.org
Concerto No. 2, 3rd mvmt, by Friedrich Seitz, Performed by CARYN BRADLEY
"Flirting with Death" from Violin Concerto No. 2 by Andrew Swan, Performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Presto from Concerto in G Major by Georg Philipp Telemann, Performed by CARYN BRADLEY
Concerto No. 3 in G Major "Brandenburg" by Bach, IMSLP.org
 
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Interview with Jayne Galloway: Piano Accompanist

Find out how a piano accompanist can make a big difference in a violin studio and about this pianist's great experience. Corresponding video available for purchase at https://training.camishaskinviolin.com/courses/jaynegalloway.
Starring:
JAYNE GALLOWAY, CAMI SHASKIN, ROO SIMMONS
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Background Music:
Nigun from "Three Pictures of Chassidic Life" by Ernest Bloch, Performed by CAMI JACKSON & JAYNE GALLOWAY
Andante sostenuto from Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major by Franz Schubert, Performed by Luis Kolodin, IMSLP.org
Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza from Sonata No. 3 in C minor by Edvard Grieg, Performed by CAMI SHASKIN & JAYNE GALLOWAY
Scherzo-Tarantella by Henryk Wieniawski, Performed by CAMI JACKSON (age 17) & JAYNE GALLOWAY
Intermezzo by Manuel Ponce, Performed by JAYNE GALLOWAY
 
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Interview with Gerald Elias: Performer, Author

Learn about life as a professional symphony musician and music mystery series author.  Corresponding video available for purchase at https://training.camishaskinviolin.com/courses/geraldelias.
Starring: GERALD ELIAS, CAMI SHASKIN
Editors: PATRICK COFFIN, CAMI SHASKIN
Background Music:
Tales from the Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss II, musopen.org
March from "Love for Three Oranges" by Sergei Prokofiev, Performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major by Bach, IMSLP.org, Performed by
A FAR CRY ORCHESTRA
Sicilienne by Maria Theresia von Paradis, Performed by CAMI SHASKIN
Minuet by Luigi Boccherini, Performed by CAMI SHASKIN & BRYN BOOGERT
 
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