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Podcast website: LeahRoseman.com

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Podcast website: https://www.leahroseman.com/
Musicians' Perspectives: I am a violinist and podcaster. This interview series features a really interesting mix of musicians, talking about their lives and careers, with perspectives on overcoming challenges, and finding inspiration and connection through a life so enriched by music. Most episodes have a "tiny desk vibe" with performances from my gue

sts in many different styles of music. They are all available as both video and podcast, with the transcripts published to my blog. Please share this series, this page, and any specific interviews you have enjoyed!

09/07/2025

What are other creative outlets for you? This can be a hard question for musicians, because music can be so all-encompassing! Sometimes I have to prompt my podcast guests, because of course just about anything can be a creative outlet, activities we all engage with every day.

For me, this podcast is a major creative outlet! I have to carefully fit this into a full life as a violinist.
Questions about balance…that’s for another post!

Do you like this new series giving you some behind-the-scenes context?
Let me know in the comments!

Listen to Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman on your preferred platform, linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/about

02/07/2025

Olcay Bayir is a wonderful British singer-songwriter of Kurdish Alevi origin from Turkey. She shares with us the challenges of immigrating in her teens, and how she has been able to follow her own musical path. In this podcast we are featuring clips from several songs on her 2024 album “Tu Gul i” as well as from her earlier projects, in several different languages. Olcay’s beautiful voice and compelling musical arrangements bring a powerful re-invention to timeless Anatolian folk traditions. You’ll find both her Bandcamp page and website linked in the show notes.
You’ll also learn about
*Alevi culture
*how her opera studies helped her
*how she honours Anatolian women
This link takes you to all the podcast platforms, the video on YouTube and the transcript:
https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/olcay-bayir

28/06/2025

Now released to Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman:
Joel Styzens is a composer and multi-instrumentalist whose career as a drummer was transformed due to sudden hearing damage. He talked to me about dealing with the physical and psychological effets of hyperacusis and tinnitus, the beauty of hammered dulcimer, and you’ll hear clips from his first 2 albums Relax Your Ears and Resonance.
He’s a music educator who loves to help students to make discoveries on their own and we spoke about Joel’s passion for all kinds of artistic expression, and his positive recent experience at the Ragdale Artist residency.
Joel’s personal story is so inspiring, and his music is so beautiful; please check out his albums (which are linked in the show notes of the episode).
You can listen to this on your podcast player, watch the YouTube or read the transcript; everything linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/joel-styzens

photo: Sarah Boudreau

26/06/2025

My orchestra National Arts Centre Orchestra | l'Orchestre du Centre national des Arts. Livestream tonight and it will stay up on their website: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/39163

19/06/2025

Amanda Martinez writes and records mostly in Spanish, the language of her Mexican dad who biked all the way from Mexico to Canada, and you’ll learn how Amanda’s recent album Recuerdo helped her process her grief going through the illness and death of her father.

You’ll also hear:
• Amanda’s experiences acting in roles including My Little Pony, Kim’s Convenience and Rosie’s Rules
• how she changed careers, and why she pursued science and business
• advice about the importance about talking about mental health
• her personal tips for living a full and fullfilled life
• inspiring trips to Namibia and South Africa
• how studying science helps her memorize lines!

I was introduced to Amanda by Kellylee Evans, who told me that not only was Amanda a wonderful singer, but that she had a beautiful and fascinating personal story as well.
I couldn't agree more! (Thanks Kellylee!)
Like all my episodes, you can listen on your preferred podcast platform, watch the captioned video on my YouTube, or read the transcript, all linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/amanda-martinez

17/06/2025

I wanted to share with you that according to the Listen Notes score, my podcast Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman is now in the top 5% worldwide! Their Global Rank is the ranking of 3,580,459 podcasts, for all regions, languages and genres.
This encourages me because I put so much energy, time and money into this project to amplify the voices of these my musical guests who inspire listeners worldwide with their creativity, insights and wisdom, and their personal stories across a fascinating diversity of life paths, all deeply connected to the power of music.

This is my way of helping the world be a more tolerant and beautiful place.
https://www.leahroseman.com/about
I got into podcasts because I’ve always loved the intimacy of the medium. However, I didn’t do any research, and jumped right in, in May 2021. It’s a good thing that I didn’t do the research before, because I wouldn’t have had the courage to start!

Please reach out if you want suggestions for past episodes; consider telling your friends, and if you could support the show directly that would be amazing. https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman

10/06/2025

Heather Taves is an acclaimed Canadian pianist, also a composer, improviser, educator and writer.
She spoke to me about her unique and inspiring Beethoven Journey, her popular weekly blog which she started in 2023 , paired with performances of all of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas.
You’ll learn about:
*Knowing Beethoven as a person
*Heather’s fascinating research about many women that were connected to Beethoven, including piano builder Nanette Streicher and performer Dame Myra Hess
*Developing creativity in teaching music
*Mentors including pianist Gil Kalish and writer Diane Shoemperlen
*Experiences travelling around the world by herself

You watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on many podcast platforms, or read the transcript, everything linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/heather-taves

photo: Terry Manzo

07/06/2025

Such a memorable concert in Osaka! Career highlight! Thanks National Arts Centre Orchestra | l'Orchestre du Centre national des ArtsNational Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts

07/06/2025

Archive highlight, originally released in 2023: Renée Yoxon is a trans non-binary singer, songwriter, jazz musician, and trans voice teacher.
Renee shares some beautiful and inspiring performances from their albums, as well as stories from life as a disabled person and how their disability and chronic pain has guided the direction of their career. We talk about their musical development, and their experiences both bad and good as they navigated their musical education (after finishing a degree in physics!). Renée explains the kind of work they do with trans vocal exploration and we dive into all kinds of topics in the usual tangential style of this series. Podcast release (original video linked below as well) https://episodes.fm/1577769717/episode/YzE5OWZjYTktYmFhNS00ZGExLTkxYzEtMjNjOTZiZjY2ZWUx
Video and Transcript too: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/rene-yoxon

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