Lunar Module with Sage Shurman - Part 2

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Episode 131: Lunar Module with Sage Shurman - Part 2
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In this week's episode, we continue our Lunar Module, a mini-series with the E4TT/ Luna Composition Lab Call for Scores winners and commissioned composers. Today we are joined by Sage Shurman, who we spoke to in June 2024. If you enjoyed today’s conversation and want to know more, check out her music here: sageshurman.com.
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Intro music: “Trifolium” by Gabriela Ortiz, performed by E4TT (Ilana Blumberg, violin; Abigail Monroe, cello; Margaret Halbig, piano), in SF, CA on January 29, 2022
Outro music: “Lake Turkana” by Marcus Norris, performed by E4TT (Margaret Halbig, piano), in SF, CA on October 15, 2021
Transcription courtesy of Otter.ai.
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1. Lunar Module with Sage Shurman - Part 2 (00:00:00)

2. In this week's Lunar Module episode, we continue talking to E4TT Luna Composition Lab Call for Scores winner Sage Shurman, who we spoke to in June 2024. (00:00:38)

3. Are there other aspects of music that interest you, although we've kind of talked about it some, but you know, going forward, you're still playing the piano, you're writing musicals, one of which is a rock send up. So what other aspects of music... (00:00:50)

4. You've mentioned your Luna mentor. Do you have any other mentors or interests or influences you'd like to share with us? (00:06:02)

5. I grew up, from first grade on, in Texas, in Houston. And I went to Cornell. And I remember their saying, and I experienced it to some extent, that kids from the south and the west and the Midwest find going to college on the East Coast can be tricky... (00:08:48)