A Podcast from the Margins of American Music
THE RELACHE CHRONICLES is a podcast about musicians residing in what we call “the Margins of American Music.” In these 30-to-45-minute episodes, we’ll play recordings – primarily by The Relache Ensemble from Philadelphia – of complete musical works plus commentary by composers, performers, and others with insight to the music. Throughout the podcast, we’ll discuss the guest composers’ processes, how they utilized current and past technologies and how the acoustical properties of a given space informed the creation and performance of a musical work. Finally, we will discuss how the composers’ relationship with the musicians brought the music to life.
THE RELACHE CHRONICLES is a podcast about musicians residing in what we call “the Margins of American Music.” In these 30-to-45-minute episodes, we play recordings – primarily by The Relache Ensemble – of complete musical works plus commentary by composers, performers, and others with insight to the music.
Throughout the podcast, we’ll discuss the guest composers’ processes, how they utilized current and past technologies and how the acoustical properties of a given space informed the creation and performance of a musical work.
Finally, we will discuss how the composers’ relationship with the musicians brought the music to life. Episodes feature music by John Cage, Robert Ashley, Joe Kasinskas, Pauline Oliveros, Guy Klucevsek, Eve Beglarian, Fred Ho, Phill Niblock, Romulus Franceschini, Bill Duckworth, Lois v Vierk, and an overview of the New Music America Festival 1987 – Philadelphia, and the expansive residency/performance project named Music in Motion.
THE RELACHE CHRONICLES is produced, directed, and edited, by Arthur Stidfole with Joseph Franklin, Joe Kasinskas, and Arthur Sabatini. Throughout their careers, they have been performing musicians, composers, executive and artistic directors, university teachers, radio hosts and authors, dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Episode Nineteen - Music in Motion Part 3
The Virtual Concert was developed by composer-educator Mark Weber for Music in Motion. Mark and the team discuss the creation The Virtual Concert and the tools he created to compose a work for the Relache Ensemble while sharing those tools with the audience, both in person and virtually. Two works of Mark’s will be played, Disconnect IV, and Asphalt Grooves.
Recent Episodes
Episode Eighteen - Music in Motion Part 2
A total of thirty composers participated in Music in Motion. One of those was Mary Ellen Childs whose work “Parterre” was written for the Relache Ensemble.
Episode Seventeen - Music in Motion Part 1
Mexican composer, Arturo Marquez (seen above with Joseph Franklin and Eduardo Soto Millán) collaborated with the Relache Ensemble while in residence at Arizona State University West in Phoenix. Together they created a work titled Octeto Malandro.
Episode Sixteen - Lois V Vierk
This episode features a work Lois composed for the Relache Ensemble in 1992 titled “Timberline.” Hear a conversation with Lois, Laurel Wyckoff, Joe Kasinskas and Joseph Franklin as they discuss her influences and some of the events that led to her creating “Timberline.”