Music Works

1.5: Teaching, performing & recording under COVID with Steve Stirling

In this episode, Katie, talks to French horn player, Steve Stirling, on his experiences of teaching online, rehearsing and performing under socially distanced conditions, and how the industry has to rethink the model by which musicians are remunerated for music-streaming. If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls

1.4: Valuing your skills as a musician, with a business mindset

Business coach, Jessica Fearnley, talks about how musicians can build a business mindset and still be their authentic selves. She and Katie also share their thoughts on the compromises being a woman and a parent impose on both one's personal and professional sense of self. "You need to find that inner fierceness...find that side of yourself that you've been sort of squashing down or that you've put to one side, because that is actually what you bring to the table. That's how you that's how you find your most passionate energy." If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls

1.3: Beyond Covid - education and inclusivity with bassonist, Prof. Fraser Gordon

In this episode Katie talks to RPO principal contra-bassoonist and former board member, Fraser Gordon, about the need to reform funding for the arts post-Covid, his commitment to music education and how classical music could feel more accessible to the non-expert listener. If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls

1.2: Belonging vs Fitting In - inclusivity & the creative process with composer Ella Jarman-Pinto

In this episode we talk to composer Ella Jarman-Pinto about her own podcast: "Beyond the Chameleon - Conversations on Belonging in the Creative Media Industries" and how important it is to have conversations about how those who are often excluded and oppressed can have a voice and be recognised in the arts. We also look at Ella's creative process in creating the jingle for the Music Works podcast.
 If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls

1.1: A Manifesto for Classical Music

Meet the team behind the Music Works podcast at Polyphony Arts: Katie, Margaret and Graziana, and find about the conversations we shall be having to answer our big question: what is going on the classical music industry and how does it impact both musicans themselves - artists - and the organisations that they work for? If you enjoy this conversation, please subscribe, check out our other great episodes, and even better leave us a review. You can also follow us on social media and sign up to our mailing list at www.polyphonyarts.com/mailing-list  for updates and news about Music Works and Polyphony Arts. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls

Music Works trailer

Listen here to the trailer for Polyphony Arts's new podcast for and about the future of the classical music industry. Industry expert, Katie Beardsworth, describes what motivated her to launch these conversations with fellow professionals from across the music business and sets out her vision for this innovative series. Producer: Virtual Concert Halls