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This week on Moveable Do, Steve welcomes composer, conductor, and singer-songwriter Karen Marrolli. With a career spanning sacred music, community outreach, and intimate storytelling, Karen brings a …

This week on Moveable Do, composer Clark Lawlor joins the podcast to share his remarkable return to music after a 20-year hiatus. After initially studying composition at the University of Utah, Clark…

This week on Moveable Do, Steve welcomes internationally acclaimed composer Roxanna Panufnik. From royal commissions to global peace-building through music, Roxanna’s career spans opera, orchestral w…

This week on Moveable Do, Steve launches Season 9 with composer and conductor Ryan Murphy. As Associate Music Director of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Ryan brings artistry, precision, and s…

Season 9 is here! In this special preview episode of Moveable Do, host Steve Danielson welcomes listeners back for another season of composer stories, musical discovery, and creative inspiration. Wit…

Season 8 of Moveable Do officially wraps up with this special bonus episode. Steve thanks each of the guests from this season, shares some stats about the podcast, and talks about the future of Movea…

For the final episode of season 8 of Moveable Do, Steve welcomes renowned composer and conductor Dr. David Dickau. Based in Boise, Idaho, David shares highlights from his impressive career, including…

This week on Moveable Do, composer, arranger, and songwriter Amy Gordon joins the podcast to discuss her melodic yet harmonically surprising choral works. Amy shares how her influences—Debussy, Ravel…

This week, Tunisian-born Canadian-American composer, Karim Al-Zand talks with Moveable Do about his work as a music educator and about the many awards and honors he has received. We also dive a littl…

You will have lot of fun listening to this interview with versatile composer Naomi LaViolette. She talks about the blessing and curse of having perfect pitch and some of the amazing blessings and exp…

This week, we take a trip through visual art and illustration, poetry, lyric writing, music, and faith with the versatile Faith Zimmer. Along her journey, Faith shares lessons learned from studying w…

Bend your ear into the world of electronic music with composer Henry Vega. He talks with Steve about how he got into electronic music, what excites him about the future of electronic music, and advic…

David Klement, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Idaho, joins Moveable Do this week. He talks about his beginning musical career as a boy chorister and all that entails - including a…

This week, Moveable Do is joined by Brittney Benton, a masters student at the Yale School of Music. Brittney and Steve talk about her musical journey and offer advice for other emerging composers. Ho…

Steve gets the chance to sit down with composer and organist, Alvez Barkoskie IV, to talk about creativity and inspiration. Plus, a fascinating discussion of the organ works from William Lloyd Webber…

Join composer Stacey Philipps this week on Moveable Do for a riveting discussion about music, math, culinary arts and more! We get a chance to talk about her two books of rounds and about how to writ…

This week, Moveable Do welcomes the three composers from Raindrop New Music, a collective made up of three Northwest composers: Drew Swatosh, Carolyn Quick, and Lisa Neher. They talk about the endeav…

Steve has an educational experience this week as he chats with composer, Sarah McMahill. They talk about Sarah's work as a Wellness Weaver - myofascial massage therapist, enneagram teacher, and compo…

This week, Steve chats with composer, Jane Kozhevnikova. They talk about growing up and learning music in Russia - even getting into jazz! They dive into her interest in texts and what to do when you…

To start off Season 8 with style, Steve talks to multi-faceted composer and wonderful story teller, Daniel Gawthrop. They talk about his many moves across the country that have informed his creative …