Ep. 14 - Regina Harris Baiocchi

My guest today is the multitalented, multifaceted composer, author, and poet Regina Harris Baiocchi: https://reginaharrisbaiocchi.com/ We talk about her work as a writer and a composer, her Haiku Festival (and its connection to Gwendolyn Brooks’s legacy), her composer collective 6Degrees Composers, and much more. The podcast ends with four live recordings of her works: “Pentasketch” from Sketches for Piano Trio, performed by the Lincoln Trio; the 3rd movement from her piano duo Hummingbird, performed by Winston Choi (primo) and Kuang Hao Huang (secondo); “Dream Weaver,” performed by Susan Warmington, voice, Matana Roberts, sax, and Ester Hana, piano; and “Ask Him,” performed by Roberta Thomas, voice, Ester Hana, piano, Ben Willis, bass, and Michael Adams, drums. You can read a transcript of this interview here: https://megsnewmusicblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/17/transcript-of-podcast-with-regina-harris-baiocchi/ Regina’s music appears on these and other CDs: -Kaleidoscope: Music by African-American Women: “Piano Etude #2” by Regina Harris Baiocchi, Helen Walker Hill, piano: https://www.amazon.com/Kaleidoscope-Music-African-American-Margaret-Bonds/dp/B000004AF2 -Soul of a Singer: “Legend of John Henry,” by Regina Harris Baiocchi, Robert Sims, baritone: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Singer-Robert-Sims/dp/B01LXAWHYD -Good News Falls Gently: lyrics and titles by Regina Harris Baiocchi, music by Patricia Morehead: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Falls-Gently-PATRICIA-MOREHEAD/dp/B0055T96DS -journeys, places, stories, by Tunnel Six, poetry read by Regina Harris Baiocchi: https://tunnelsix.bandcamp.com/album/journeys-places-stories -Lifescapes: one woman’s journey, Rae-Myra Hilliard, soprano: opera excerpts—Godmother’s Lesson; How It Feels to be Colored Me; and I am Not Tragically Colored, 3 arias by Regina Harris Baiocchi: https://www.amazon.com/Lifescapes-Womans-Journey-Rae-Myra-Hilliard/dp/B01AQX505K -unto thee i burn, Eileen Strempel, soprano, e. e. cummings songbook, 6 songs by Regina Harris Baiocchi: https://www.amazon.com/Unto-Thee-Burn-Settings-Composers/dp/B01M33NR53 -Where Freedom Rings: Azuretta, by Regina Harris Baiocchi, Jodi Gandolfi, piano, et al.: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D5952LK/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_TBPaFbWD4DWYY You can hear additional pieces on YouTube: Miles Per Hour (MPH): David Koch, solo trumpet: https://youtu.be/lekAawkcZVg Azuretta: Samantha Ege, solo piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64s4ffSNGxI Tightrope: étude #3 for piano: Marianne Parker, piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=-4Y65evsxEE&app=desktop I Hear Voices (I. Sometimes I hear voices, II. Peacework, III. Ain’t through with me yet): Douglas Buchanan and the Choir of St. David, SATB, piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceuYFHUIYXk