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On this episode, Inwood Art Works On Air welcomes Calliope Brass, five of New York City’s most accomplished–and busiest–horn players. Calliope Brass is dedicated to creating evocative, story-driven musical experiences for every audience. Listeners may recognize them from “What’s Your Story?,” the interactive cross-curricular workshop they’ve presented at over a dozen schools in and around New York; their concert premiere of a 5-movement work by Faye-Ellen Silverman; or the many videos they’ve produced in recent months. They’ve just released their very first album, Rose Strewn Course, and their 3rd Annual Benefit Concert is coming up on October 22nd.

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Jamie Ignao hails from Greenock, Scotland, but his musical career began at Walt Disney World, in Florida, where his tenor voice got him noticed by a member of the Central Florida Lyric Opera. Two years later, in 2013, he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in The Remarkable Theater Brigade’s production, “Opera Shorts.” Since then he’s sung Arturo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Le Remendado from Bizet’s Carmen, and Ralph Rackstraw in Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore, among other roles. Beyond that, Jamie is an accomplished guitarist and rock vocalist well-known to uptown music fans for his bear-hug embrace of musical genres, from pop to metal. That love is at the center of “Ashley and Jamie’s Acoustic Show,” the Facebook live show Jamie and Ashleigh present every Saturday evening from 8-11 EST. Be sure to check out Jamie’s other bands as well: Hey Buddy, Coyote Love, and Dance Floor.

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In this Artist Spotlight episode, Aaron talks to actor-dancer Ximena Salgado. Ximena is a multifaceted artist from Peru, where she appeared in a number of dramatic and musical theater roles at a young age. She’s danced with the Balmir Latin Dance Company throughout the United States, and in 2015 she was crowned the National Salsa Champion of Peru (soloist category), one of her many accolades. Here in New York City she co-founded (and is the artistic director of) Rumbamena, a professional dance company that celebrates and honors “Latin Rhythms and values such as joy, freedom, empathy and resilience.” Earlier this year, Rumbamena were crowned World Samba Champions at the World Salsa Summit.

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David Anzuelo is a professional actor, director, martial artist and fight director. He’s also a member of Labyrinth Theater Company and Rising Phoenix Repertory, and he’s the founder of Unkle Dave’s Fight House, a collective of fight and intimacy directors working to bring a unique approach to fight-choreography and sexual stage violence. Aaron talks to David about all of that and much more!

Learn more about David at davidanzuelo.com and unkledaves.com. If you’re interested in Origen of Alexandria and the historical roots of white supremacy, you can find the article David mentions here.

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This week Inwood Art Works On Air Live N’ Local welcomes opera singers Lori Phillips and Mary Phillips. Soprano Lori Phillips debuted at the Metropolitan Opera as Senta in Der Fliegende Holländer in 2010, which was also the year she appeared (in a role debut) as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre with the Hawaii Opera Theater. Since then she’s performed to tremendous accolades throughout North America and Europe. Mezzo-soprano Mary Phillips has performed most of the mezzo roles in Wagner’s Ring cycle, including Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde for Dallas Opera and Schwertleite in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Die Walküre. In 2012 she received a Grammy for her solo work in the Met’s recording of Wagner’s Der Ring Des Niebelungen. Mary has sung throughout North America and Europe, including Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and the Library of Congress.

Incidentally, Lori and Mary are not just sisters, but identical twins.

For this episode Aaron is joined by Gordon Ostrowski, recently retired stage director and assistant dean at the Manhattan School of Music.

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Many New Yorkers know painter and illustrator Elissa Gore from her paintings depicting the natural beauty of Inwood (viewable on her blog at www.elissagore.net) or from the many plein air sessions she has led in Inwood Hill Park. Elissa has been painting professionally for over twenty-five years, and today her work hangs in many private homes and over seventy public collections. In this episode of Inwood Art Works On Air, Aaron joins Elissa at the Amore Cafe and Juice Bar in Inwood to talk about her work, her background in medical and botanical illustration, architecture, and much more!

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This episode of Inwood Art Works On Air Live N’ Local welcomes Inwood’s Kirsten and Keith Chambers. Kirsten is a soprano who joined the Metropolitan Opera first as a cover of Isolde in Tristan und Isolde and then, this past season, for Die Walküre. Kirsten is known especially for her portrayal of the title role of Salome, which she’s sung not only at the Metropolitan Opera but at the Opera Hong Kong and the Florida Grand Opera as well. Keith Chambers is the founder, artistic director, and principal conductor of New Amsterdam Opera. He has conducted hundreds of performances of nearly fifty operas, for dozens of companies throughout North America and Europe, and he conducts himself daily as Kirsten’s husband. You can find out more about Kirsten and Keith at www.kirsten-chambers.com and www.keith-chambers.com.

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Desiree Abeyta wrote, directed, and produced An Invitation To Tea, a recipient of this year’s inaugural Inwood Art Works Filmmaker Fund Award. Her work reflects a love of magical realism, and she’s one of very few filmmakers setting out to explore that rich literary tradition from a feminine perspective. Follow Desiree on Instagram at @chatonjolie.

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Kevin Delaney is a veteran of New York’s post-punk and singer-songwriter scenes, but these days he writes and records, as he puts it, “on a solitary iMac in the wilds of northern Manhattan.” Kevin sings, and he plays acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, bass, and harmonica. He even fakes it on keyboards. He’s recorded two albums, Pause for Effect and Himalayan Moon, which Smother Magazine called “excellent, stirring, a must-have, and compelling.”

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Watch for new Inwood Art Works On Air episodes! Live N’ Local episodes drop the first Thursday of each month, and Artist Spotlight episodes drop two weeks later. Subscribe so you don’t miss a thing! And please, show local artists (and us!) some love by leaving some stars and a review on Apple Podcasts.

Inwood Art Works On Air is produced by Inwood Art Works. If you would like to support this this podcast by setting up a $2 to $20 monthly tax-deductible donation to Inwood Art Works please visit www.inwoodartworks.nyc/support/donate-now. If you would like to feature your small business and support Inwood Art Works On Air by sponsoring an episode, contact us. Corporate and neighborhood small business sponsorships are available; email info@inwooodartworks.nyc for more info.

Inwood Art Works On Air is made possible with funds from the NYSCA Electronic Media and Film Grant Program, in partnership with Wave Farm: Media Arts Assistance Fund, and the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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