Building New Music from the Ground Up with Mendel Lee LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today's episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline, Tyler is joined by composer Mendel Lee. New Orleans-based composer, artistic entrepreneur, VCCA Fellow, and NPN Take Notice Fund grantee, Mendel Lee has built a creative practice that moves fluidly between writing music and building the infrastructure to support it. Since leaving his long tenure as

Letting the Music Find Its Own Way with Dai Fujikura Photo credit: Edgard Yamaguchi LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today's episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline, Tyler is joined by composer Dai Fujikura . Born in Osaka and based in London since moving to the UK at fifteen, Dai Fujikura is one of the most prolific and wide-ranging composers working today. Winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale, the Ivor Novello and

Unlearning Restriction and Expanding into Creative Freedom with Shuying Li Photo credit: Lauren “Elle Jaye” Jenkins LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today's episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline, Tyler is joined by composer Shuying Li . Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as "vivid, dramatic" and described by The Seattle Times as "a real talent," Shuying Li writes bold, emotionally charged music that blends rich colors wit

Composing from Intuition, Image, and Expanded Possibility with Jessica Ackerley LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today's episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline, Tyler is joined by guitarist and composer Jessica Ackerley. Described by Wire Magazine as "one of the most exciting guitarists to have emerged from the free music scene in recent years," Jessica Ackerley has built a distinctive voice across 25 releases as a bandleade

Building Community and Finding Balance in Music with Nicky Sohn LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today’s episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline , Tyler is joined by composer Nicky Sohn . Nicky's music is jazz-inflected and rhythmically driven, with vivid, colorful orchestration that tends to win over a room. Her work spans orchestral, chamber, ballet, and vocal repertoire, and has been performed by the St. Louis Symphony, the

Listening Across Place and Process in Music with Christopher Stark LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today’s episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline , Tyler is joined by Christopher Stark . Christopher’s music is deeply rooted in the landscapes of the American West, shaped by his upbringing in rural Montana and informed by a sensitivity to sound, space, and place. A Guggenheim Fellow and Rome Prize recipient, his work has been

Expanding Music from Personal History into Narrative Possibility with Anuj Bhutani LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today’s episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline , Tyler is joined by composer, performer, vocalist, and producer Anuj Bhutani . Described by PATRON Magazine as “a force multiplier with more talents than time,” Anuj creates music that moves between visceral grooves, meditative textures, narrative depth, and a flui

Rebuilding Music through Sincerity, Transparency, and Trust with Kurt Rohde LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today’s episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline , Tyler is joined by composer, violist, and educator Kurt Rohde (they/he). Kurt lives and works in San Francisco on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land. Their practice is animated by the question of how “failure” and “catastrophe” can be folded into the pursuit of beauty. They s

Sound, Movement, and Self-Permission with Sugar Vendil Photo credit: Titilayo Ayangade LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today’s episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline , Tyler is joined by composer–pianist–choreographer Sugar Vendil , an interdisciplinary artist based in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn). Beginning as a classical pianist, Sugar spent nearly a decade honing her voice; today her kinesthetic, improvisatory practice integrat

Stepping Into Radical Individualism in Composition with Annika Socolofsky Photo credit: Xuan Films LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer On today’s episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline , Tyler is joined by composer and avant-folk vocalist Annika Socolofsky . Annika’s music erupts from the embodied power of the human voice, moving between orchestral works, folk ballads, and unabashed Dolly Parton covers. Her “feminist rager-lullabies

Embodying the Fullness of Self in Music with Michael Frazier (c) 2025 Tanya Rosen-Jones Photography LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify |...

Nurturing a Musical and Visual Ecosystem with Beyza Yazgan Photo credit: Zac James Nicholson LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube...

Returning Earth to the Hand through Clay with Sinclaire Marie LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast |...

Writing Music That Creates Sensations with Charly Daniels Photo credit: Rafael Arriaga. LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube |...

Introspection, Text, and Symbolism in Composition with Caterina Schembri Photo credit: Néstor Romero Clemente LISTEN Apple Podcasts |...

Letting the Story Lead the Music with Nicolás Lell Benavides Photo credit: Maggie Beidelman LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube...

Embracing Humor and Mystery in Music with Graeme Shields LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer...

Building Confidence through Creative Growth in Composition with Yue Song Photo credit: Laura Sheeran. LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify |...

Archiving Life through Experimental Film with C. Jacqueline Wood LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast |...

How Fun Can Fuel a Composing Career with Marc Mellits LISTEN Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Music | Acast | Deezer...