September 13, 2024 • 21 mins
The Future Composers United series is a local, teen-run music workshop for high school students within the Tri-City Area (Fremont, Newark, and Union City).
Founded by Navya Tyagi this year, the group meets once a month to discuss and workshop their compositions (any music genre). Navya hopes that meeting in real life will lead to future collaborations.
FCU have partnered with with the Bay Philharmonic Youth orchestra.
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They will meet up on September 21, 2024 at 5:00PM
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Is that a good feeling?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
It is a good feeling.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Tell me about it.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I did that one time, like I was making this piece
during spring break and I had anidea for it.
And then when I got it down onthe MuseScore Notation online
software and when I heard itplayed, I was like, oh, this is
exactly what I wanted.
I'm like it feels good.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Coming to you straight from Fremont,
california.
This is the Fremont Podcast,dedicated to telling the stories
of the past and present of thepeople and places of the city of
Fremont, one conversation at atime.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
So we are here at Suju's Coffee on Thornton.
Can you tell me your name andthe name of this project?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Okay, my name is Navya Tyagi, and this is called
the Future Composers Unitedseries that I'm hoping will
launch this month.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Tell me a little bit about the group, including what
you're trying to do with it.
What's the point?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Okay, so this group is meant for people who compose
their own music and they want topromote that music to other
people and from my experience Iknow it's a little hard to do
that.
And performing your own music,I think, is really cool to let
other people hear the music andgive feedback about it, and I
(01:26):
have a lot of pieces of my ownthat I haven't completely
finished, but I think it's acool way to get other people's
ideas and you can add more toyour own pieces with other
people's feedback.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Would it be similar to a writer's workshop?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Kind of.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
But for music, of but for music.
Just a completely differentlanguage.
You touched on it a little bit,but what really inspired you to
take this from a minorcomplaint of like I wish I could
, to like forming a group?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I just got really inspired by a performance I saw
online during COVID, where therewas this composer who played a
lot of his works through a likea Facebook live stream, and then
I thought I think I should liketry implementing that and like
for high schoolers, because Iknow there's like a lot of high
(02:22):
schoolers out there who composemusic and they can do.
They can do it on a prettyadvanced level, but like a lot
of them don't get recognized andI just wanted to like open that
up.
Actually, I actually sort ofinspired from like the music
salons that used to exist inlike the 20th century, where
like composers like Chopin andSchumann and they all gathered
(02:45):
out of like public restaurantsor like somewhere else and they
would just like talk about theirmusic composers, like their
musical works and they wouldperform at like local spaces.
That's actually where I thinkmost of this stemmed from.
I wanted to kind of bring thatback.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Let me ask what may seem like an obvious question.
You said that there are a lotof high schoolers who do this
and don't get the exposure.
How are you aware of them?
Like, if they don't getexposure, like, how do you know
about them?
I didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Okay, because at my school we had, like this fine
arts fair and there were a lotof like talented musicians who
were playing their own pieces,but like I and there were a lot
of like talented musicians whowere playing their own pieces
and but like I've never heard ofthem.
So like I think I feel likethere are musicians out there
who want to like promote theirmusic so, as I said at the
beginning, we are here.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Uh, as everyone can kind of hear, we are here at
Suju's Coffee on Thornton.
You, you were here a couple ofdays ago for the initial meeting
.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
How did that go?
So I mean, I don't think a lotof people know about this club
yet, so there weren't that many,but I'm hoping that as time
progresses there will be atleast a few more that join.
It's like a small club rightnow, so it's in its beginnings,
but hopefully it can like expanda little bit what has been some
(04:12):
of the, for you, unexpecteddifficulties about starting such
a sort of ambitious project ohmy god, the communicating with,
like the principles and likegetting them to be on board with
the stuff.
it's still very challenging.
A lot of them, I don't eventhink, have seen my emails about
this program yet, so justreaching out to people these
(04:35):
days it's much harder than Ifeel like it used to be.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
How many people showed up for your first meeting
.
I know you said it was smalland this is all in the fledgling
stage, but how many peopleshowed up for your first meeting
?
I know you said it was smalland this is all in the kind of
fledgling stage, but how manypeople showed up?
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Just one.
There was another person whowanted to show up, but they
couldn't, so it was like twopeople who came for a long
meeting.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Was it a good meeting ?
Yeah, it was a good meeting.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
They seemed pretty enthusiastic.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Tell me about it.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
They seem pretty enthusiastic, tell me about it.
So yeah, like the kid who came,like he makes music, like
online music, but like he seemspretty enthusiastic about this
club, like we were talking aboutwhen we were going to meet and
where we'd meet and we were justdiscussing like dates and
(05:23):
potential, like potentialperformance opportunities
throughout the year, and I thinkit was a pretty good meeting
overall.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Awesome.
I'm going to guess that youhaven't booked anything, but in
terms of just the ideas, wherecan you play here in Fremont?
What brainstorming about whereto play did you come up with.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Fremont, what brainstorming about where to
play did you come up with.
So we're actually thinking ofdoing like a spring performance
opportunity with the BayfieldOrchestra in the spring, yeah,
and then in the winter we'remaybe thinking of doing like a
performance gig with likepartnering with a cafe or some
other place, and I mean weactually already have the church
booked for this like program.
(06:07):
So that's where we'll be havingour first meeting.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Where's the?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
church, Lutheran Church at Maury Avenue Hi.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Christ, the King Lutheran Church at the corner of
Mowry and Peralta.
You mentioned the BayPhilharmonic.
Is that a wish list or do youactually have a contact with the
Bayfield?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
We actually already established a contact.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Tell me about that contact.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
So over the summer I wanted to contact the Bayfield
Youth Orchestra.
So I contacted Carlos Hernandez, the new head of Bayfield Youth
Orchestra Hernandez, the newhead of Bayfield Youth Orchestra
, and we had a long chat aboutit through emails and, like I
contacted other people in thatthread and then so it's gonna be
(06:56):
like, depending on how manypeople in the spring there are
by then, we're hoping to likehave a partner with their like
concert in the spring and where,like Bayfield Orchestra members
can collaborate with ourmembers, and then it could be
like the composer get to performtheir own compositions at that
concert.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
So this is much more than just a few teenagers
hanging out and, you know,hoping to play you really, the
people who join the club reallywill have an opportunity to be
heard.
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This is going to be a difficultquestion because I'm asking
(08:01):
about something that doesn'texist, and those are always hard
.
But if this club is meant, inpart, to help foster community
in the music-composing youthworld, what is lacking Like?
(08:22):
Why does this group need toexist?
Where are you not receivingsupport just without the club?
Speaker 2 (08:35):
I just think in terms of recognition and being able
to have avenues where you canplay I don't it's as a composer
myself who's been trying torelease my own music.
It's not been easy and likegetting promoting that awareness
about like music composers.
It's not very it's very kind ofunheard of.
(08:56):
So it's kind of unheard of.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
What do you feel the difference is between, say, like
an online platform, becauseanyone can post anything online
and then someone can see it.
So you don't lack in that.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
No, no.
What's the difference between,say?
I kind of want to bring thattraditional aspect back a bit.
I think it's much differentplaying in front of actual
people in person rather thanjust via Zoom, meeting online.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Give me your best version of the next year for
this club.
How often are you meeting whoshows up?
How often do you perform?
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Okay, so it would be like we meet once a month,
starting like September 21st at5 pm, and hopefully we can keep
that same day, same time,ideally, and then in the winter
maybe we'll do like aperformance gig and then in
March we maybe we would likedepending on how many people
(10:04):
that are there by then we wouldbe able to like have some idea
of like which compositions orlike which composers we want to
like perform at the BayfieldOrchestra, because, like not
everybody is obviously inclinedto like go out there and like
play in front of like a biggeraudience, like that.
(10:25):
So it just depends, but like,hopefully, if there are enough
people, by then we would be ableto like select which works
would move forward and be ableto be played at the Bayfield
Orchestra concert in like May orJune.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
How long have you been playing music?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Since I was four.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
And what do you play?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
A lot of things like Chopin Debussy sometimes.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
And what's your preferred instrument?
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Piano.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Do you play any other instruments?
Speaker 2 (10:58):
No, but I've composed like one or two works that have
strings in it, but I don't playstrings.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Have you performed any of your works ever for an
audience?
Speaker 2 (11:08):
I have, but it hasn't been like it's been at my
school or like at like localsenior homes, hasn't been that
like any like.
Oh, I have performed one timeat the Young Recitalist.
I remember being extremelynervous there because, like, the
mayor was there too, so then,but it was fun, I really liked
(11:29):
it what stood out for you.
I think just like how big thataudience was and like it wasn't
just like people at my school,it was like a lot of different
people of like different agesfrom like different cities too,
I think.
So that was pretty cool andlike I got a lot of compliments
(11:51):
after that, so that was nice.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
What's your next step in terms of the administrative
side of this group?
What's the next like heavylifting thing that you feel you
need to do to make this grouphappen?
Speaker 2 (12:05):
I think we need to just publicize this as much as
we can for this meeting and justget the word out there, get any
interested students to come andactually attend this first
meeting, even if they aren'tcompletely sure.
If this is something like theywant to do for the rest of the
(12:25):
year, they can like at leastgive this a try for this first
meeting um.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
You're a student yeah uh, how much are the schools
encouraging music and how muchis it outside of school like a
tutor or something like thatthat your parents have hired or
something?
Speaker 2 (12:43):
I mean, my school does encourage music but I don't
think they encourage composing.
They definitely encourage.
There's a school band in myschool and they're really good
and they play a lot of coolpieces, but I don't think I've
actually seen, I haven't seen mymusic teacher promote the idea
(13:06):
of making your own music.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Like.
What kind of musiciancomposition can join the group?
Speaker 2 (13:15):
All types, Like it doesn't have to be just like
piano or like we're actuallylike you can have like a violin
composition I don't know atrumpet composition like all
types of instrumentals and likeeven vocal vocalists are welcome
, and some people actually havesome music stored online and
that's also something we're opento.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
So classical, but also jazz and also rock and roll
and EDM and hip-hop beats andanything.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
What do you think the through line is on all of those
things?
The what?
Well, what's the connectivetissue between someone who's
producing, say, a beat to haverap over and the person who's,
you know, producing someclassical music piece for
violins and cellos and pianosand things?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I mean, it's still the act of making your own music
.
So it doesn't matter like whattype of music it is, like you're
still trying to make, expressyourself, or, like you, if you
enjoy like the music you'remaking, like everybody's sharing
, hopefully, that same processof like you making your own
music, you're enjoying it andthen you get to like hear how it
(14:37):
sounds.
Maybe you had like a vision inyour head and now when you
actually play it, it sounds kindof like what you wanted.
So I think everybody's kind ofunited in that way is that a
good feeling?
it is a good feeling tell meabout it.
I did that one time, like I wasmaking this piece during spring
break and I had an idea for it.
And then when I got it down onthe MuseScore notation online
(14:59):
software and when I heard itplayed, I was like, oh, this is
exactly what I wanted.
I'm like it feels good.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
That's great.
Why is music important?
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Why is music important Music?
I think it relieves you fromtensions.
It's not stressful, at leastfor me.
It's something I can just sitdown at the piano or something
and I can just do whatever.
There's no rules like, oh, youcan't do this, you can do
whatever.
There's like no real, there'sno like rules, like, oh, you
can't do this, you can dowhatever you want.
(15:36):
And like composing allows youto be free in that way, like
it's you, it's like your ownmusic, you can do what you want
with it.
Like there's no like likestructure or anything you have
to follow necessarily.
So and I think music brings alot of people together, like you
said earlier, like this is likea different language, but like
(15:59):
it's a language everybodyunderstands.
Everybody listens.
A lot of most people listen tomusic and like when there's
music, some everybody reallylikes it.
Like brings them all together,so brings them all together.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
I have one more question, but before I ask it,
tell me something that theaudience would want to know,
like give me when is your nextmeeting.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Okay, our next meeting will be on September
21st at 5 pm at the LutheranChurch.
There will be.
On the flyer there's a link tolike RSVP for this meeting.
So if you're interested, pleasejoin.
And this is for all high schoolmusicians who compose music.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Awesome, and we will have all of those links in the
show notes below this episode.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Okay, okay of those links in the show notes below
this episode.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Okay, to end, I was just wondering recommend to me
the best piece of music thatyou've heard, no matter what it
is.
I just said piece of music, butit could be a pop song.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
What's the best music ?
Speaker 1 (17:10):
you've heard recently .
You just heard it and you'resuper jazzed about it and you
want to share it with the world.
Can't stop telling people aboutit.
What is it?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Okay, so I listen to a lot of Emily Bear's music and
I feel like one of her pieces iscalled the Bravest Journey and
it's so good, Like it's one ofthe best pieces of music I've
ever heard it like it, it pulls,like it strikes your heart I
don't know how else to explainit like you feel very
(17:44):
emotionally moved when you hearit and it's beautiful what's
that?
Speaker 1 (17:49):
what's that little moment in the song?
If there is one that reallyjust just gets you, there's
always something.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
I think when it starts transitioning from like
the beginning part of the musicto like the main chorus, that
transition is like indescribablybeautiful.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Is there anything else that you would like the
audience to know about Anythingthat I've missed?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Yeah, if you're a musical composer of any type,
any genre, please considerjoining.
We'd love to have you.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Well, thank you very much for your time today.
I hope this group like takesoff.
I hope people take you up onthe offer.
It sounds like a nice one.
We'll we'll do what we can toget people, to get people to
join.
Well, thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
When I was in high school in the mid nineties, we
had a ton of bands among thestudents, among my friends, and
basically no place to play.
We played once in Irvington inthe space that is now made-up
theater.
Before it was a theater.
We went out of town to play atthe Hayward Hempery and back in
Fremont we had to book thesenior center at night in order
(19:14):
to play.
And as we graduated and wentinto college, some of my friends
, who are better advocates thanI was, worked with the city and,
among many other decidingfactors was one of the reasons
that we now have a teen center.
I'm not saying my class did it,but we certainly influenced its
(19:36):
existence, and so now I'm a bigfan of any time teenagers get
together and try to make thingshappen in this city.
Right after our interview, naviawrote and wanted me to mention
that the Future Composers UnitedClub is open to people outside
of Fremont.
She said that she really wantsto make connections with fellow
(19:58):
musicians and she knows thatthat's hard to do outside of
your own city unless you're partof a larger orchestra or band.
She wanted this group to bemore than just a bunch of people
talking about their work, butalso a networking opportunity.
She wants the club to createlonger-lasting connections and
(20:23):
possibly some quartets and triosand duos that wouldn't exist if
the club didn't exist.
And, as she mentioned, in theinterview.
Yeah, a lot of that could happenonline, but I'm guessing a
teenager her age probably spenta decent chunk of her
(20:44):
adolescence on Zoom calls duringCOVID and I think she's valuing
in-person meetings more than,say, someone a little younger or
someone a little older Ifyou're in high school.
And this does sound interesting, there's a link in the show
notes.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
It would be like we meet once a month, starting like
September 21st at 5 pm.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
A thank you again to Navya for spending time with me
interviewing in the coffee shopand a special thank you to her
mom for waiting outside in thecar.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
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Speaker 2 (21:39):
Oh my god, that was kind of bad.
No, that was great.
This is a Muggins Media Podcast.
Is that a good feeling?
Speaker 2 (00:03):
It is a good feeling.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Tell me about it.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I did that one time, like I was making this piece
during spring break and I had anidea for it.
And then when I got it down onthe MuseScore Notation online
software and when I heard itplayed, I was like, oh, this is
exactly what I wanted.
I'm like it feels good.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Coming to you straight from Fremont,
california.
This is the Fremont Podcast,dedicated to telling the stories
of the past and present of thepeople and places of the city of
Fremont, one conversation at atime.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
So we are here at Suju's Coffee on Thornton.
Can you tell me your name andthe name of this project?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Okay, my name is Navya Tyagi, and this is called
the Future Composers Unitedseries that I'm hoping will
launch this month.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Tell me a little bit about the group, including what
you're trying to do with it.
What's the point?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Okay, so this group is meant for people who compose
their own music and they want topromote that music to other
people and from my experience Iknow it's a little hard to do
that.
And performing your own music,I think, is really cool to let
other people hear the music andgive feedback about it, and I
(01:26):
have a lot of pieces of my ownthat I haven't completely
finished, but I think it's acool way to get other people's
ideas and you can add more toyour own pieces with other
people's feedback.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Would it be similar to a writer's workshop?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Kind of.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
But for music, of but for music.
Just a completely differentlanguage.
You touched on it a little bit,but what really inspired you to
take this from a minorcomplaint of like I wish I could
, to like forming a group?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I just got really inspired by a performance I saw
online during COVID, where therewas this composer who played a
lot of his works through a likea Facebook live stream, and then
I thought I think I should liketry implementing that and like
for high schoolers, because Iknow there's like a lot of high
(02:22):
schoolers out there who composemusic and they can do.
They can do it on a prettyadvanced level, but like a lot
of them don't get recognized andI just wanted to like open that
up.
Actually, I actually sort ofinspired from like the music
salons that used to exist inlike the 20th century, where
like composers like Chopin andSchumann and they all gathered
(02:45):
out of like public restaurantsor like somewhere else and they
would just like talk about theirmusic composers, like their
musical works and they wouldperform at like local spaces.
That's actually where I thinkmost of this stemmed from.
I wanted to kind of bring thatback.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Let me ask what may seem like an obvious question.
You said that there are a lotof high schoolers who do this
and don't get the exposure.
How are you aware of them?
Like, if they don't getexposure, like, how do you know
about them?
I didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Okay, because at my school we had, like this fine
arts fair and there were a lotof like talented musicians who
were playing their own pieces,but like I and there were a lot
of like talented musicians whowere playing their own pieces
and but like I've never heard ofthem.
So like I think I feel likethere are musicians out there
who want to like promote theirmusic so, as I said at the
beginning, we are here.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Uh, as everyone can kind of hear, we are here at
Suju's Coffee on Thornton.
You, you were here a couple ofdays ago for the initial meeting
.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
How did that go?
So I mean, I don't think a lotof people know about this club
yet, so there weren't that many,but I'm hoping that as time
progresses there will be atleast a few more that join.
It's like a small club rightnow, so it's in its beginnings,
but hopefully it can like expanda little bit what has been some
(04:12):
of the, for you, unexpecteddifficulties about starting such
a sort of ambitious project ohmy god, the communicating with,
like the principles and likegetting them to be on board with
the stuff.
it's still very challenging.
A lot of them, I don't eventhink, have seen my emails about
this program yet, so justreaching out to people these
(04:35):
days it's much harder than Ifeel like it used to be.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
How many people showed up for your first meeting
.
I know you said it was smalland this is all in the fledgling
stage, but how many peopleshowed up for your first meeting
?
I know you said it was smalland this is all in the kind of
fledgling stage, but how manypeople showed up?
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Just one.
There was another person whowanted to show up, but they
couldn't, so it was like twopeople who came for a long
meeting.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Was it a good meeting ?
Yeah, it was a good meeting.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
They seemed pretty enthusiastic.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Tell me about it.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
They seem pretty enthusiastic, tell me about it.
So yeah, like the kid who came,like he makes music, like
online music, but like he seemspretty enthusiastic about this
club, like we were talking aboutwhen we were going to meet and
where we'd meet and we were justdiscussing like dates and
(05:23):
potential, like potentialperformance opportunities
throughout the year, and I thinkit was a pretty good meeting
overall.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Awesome.
I'm going to guess that youhaven't booked anything, but in
terms of just the ideas, wherecan you play here in Fremont?
What brainstorming about whereto play did you come up with.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Fremont, what brainstorming about where to
play did you come up with.
So we're actually thinking ofdoing like a spring performance
opportunity with the BayfieldOrchestra in the spring, yeah,
and then in the winter we'remaybe thinking of doing like a
performance gig with likepartnering with a cafe or some
other place, and I mean weactually already have the church
booked for this like program.
(06:07):
So that's where we'll be havingour first meeting.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Where's the?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
church, Lutheran Church at Maury Avenue Hi.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Christ, the King Lutheran Church at the corner of
Mowry and Peralta.
You mentioned the BayPhilharmonic.
Is that a wish list or do youactually have a contact with the
Bayfield?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
We actually already established a contact.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Tell me about that contact.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
So over the summer I wanted to contact the Bayfield
Youth Orchestra.
So I contacted Carlos Hernandez, the new head of Bayfield Youth
Orchestra Hernandez, the newhead of Bayfield Youth Orchestra
, and we had a long chat aboutit through emails and, like I
contacted other people in thatthread and then so it's gonna be
(06:56):
like, depending on how manypeople in the spring there are
by then, we're hoping to likehave a partner with their like
concert in the spring and where,like Bayfield Orchestra members
can collaborate with ourmembers, and then it could be
like the composer get to performtheir own compositions at that
concert.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
So this is much more than just a few teenagers
hanging out and, you know,hoping to play you really, the
people who join the club reallywill have an opportunity to be
heard.
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This is going to be a difficultquestion because I'm asking
(08:01):
about something that doesn'texist, and those are always hard
.
But if this club is meant, inpart, to help foster community
in the music-composing youthworld, what is lacking Like?
(08:22):
Why does this group need toexist?
Where are you not receivingsupport just without the club?
Speaker 2 (08:35):
I just think in terms of recognition and being able
to have avenues where you canplay I don't it's as a composer
myself who's been trying torelease my own music.
It's not been easy and likegetting promoting that awareness
about like music composers.
It's not very it's very kind ofunheard of.
(08:56):
So it's kind of unheard of.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
What do you feel the difference is between, say, like
an online platform, becauseanyone can post anything online
and then someone can see it.
So you don't lack in that.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
No, no.
What's the difference between,say?
I kind of want to bring thattraditional aspect back a bit.
I think it's much differentplaying in front of actual
people in person rather thanjust via Zoom, meeting online.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
Give me your best version of the next year for
this club.
How often are you meeting whoshows up?
How often do you perform?
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Okay, so it would be like we meet once a month,
starting like September 21st at5 pm, and hopefully we can keep
that same day, same time,ideally, and then in the winter
maybe we'll do like aperformance gig and then in
March we maybe we would likedepending on how many people
(10:04):
that are there by then we wouldbe able to like have some idea
of like which compositions orlike which composers we want to
like perform at the BayfieldOrchestra, because, like not
everybody is obviously inclinedto like go out there and like
play in front of like a biggeraudience, like that.
(10:25):
So it just depends, but like,hopefully, if there are enough
people, by then we would be ableto like select which works
would move forward and be ableto be played at the Bayfield
Orchestra concert in like May orJune.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
How long have you been playing music?
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Since I was four.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
And what do you play?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
A lot of things like Chopin Debussy sometimes.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
And what's your preferred instrument?
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Piano.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Do you play any other instruments?
Speaker 2 (10:58):
No, but I've composed like one or two works that have
strings in it, but I don't playstrings.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Have you performed any of your works ever for an
audience?
Speaker 2 (11:08):
I have, but it hasn't been like it's been at my
school or like at like localsenior homes, hasn't been that
like any like.
Oh, I have performed one timeat the Young Recitalist.
I remember being extremelynervous there because, like, the
mayor was there too, so then,but it was fun, I really liked
(11:29):
it what stood out for you.
I think just like how big thataudience was and like it wasn't
just like people at my school,it was like a lot of different
people of like different agesfrom like different cities too,
I think.
So that was pretty cool andlike I got a lot of compliments
(11:51):
after that, so that was nice.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
What's your next step in terms of the administrative
side of this group?
What's the next like heavylifting thing that you feel you
need to do to make this grouphappen?
Speaker 2 (12:05):
I think we need to just publicize this as much as
we can for this meeting and justget the word out there, get any
interested students to come andactually attend this first
meeting, even if they aren'tcompletely sure.
If this is something like theywant to do for the rest of the
(12:25):
year, they can like at leastgive this a try for this first
meeting um.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
You're a student yeah uh, how much are the schools
encouraging music and how muchis it outside of school like a
tutor or something like thatthat your parents have hired or
something?
Speaker 2 (12:43):
I mean, my school does encourage music but I don't
think they encourage composing.
They definitely encourage.
There's a school band in myschool and they're really good
and they play a lot of coolpieces, but I don't think I've
actually seen, I haven't seen mymusic teacher promote the idea
(13:06):
of making your own music.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Like.
What kind of musiciancomposition can join the group?
Speaker 2 (13:15):
All types, Like it doesn't have to be just like
piano or like we're actuallylike you can have like a violin
composition I don't know atrumpet composition like all
types of instrumentals and likeeven vocal vocalists are welcome
, and some people actually havesome music stored online and
that's also something we're opento.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
So classical, but also jazz and also rock and roll
and EDM and hip-hop beats andanything.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
What do you think the through line is on all of those
things?
The what?
Well, what's the connectivetissue between someone who's
producing, say, a beat to haverap over and the person who's,
you know, producing someclassical music piece for
violins and cellos and pianosand things?
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I mean, it's still the act of making your own music
.
So it doesn't matter like whattype of music it is, like you're
still trying to make, expressyourself, or, like you, if you
enjoy like the music you'remaking, like everybody's sharing
, hopefully, that same processof like you making your own
music, you're enjoying it andthen you get to like hear how it
(14:37):
sounds.
Maybe you had like a vision inyour head and now when you
actually play it, it sounds kindof like what you wanted.
So I think everybody's kind ofunited in that way is that a
good feeling?
it is a good feeling tell meabout it.
I did that one time, like I wasmaking this piece during spring
break and I had an idea for it.
And then when I got it down onthe MuseScore notation online
(14:59):
software and when I heard itplayed, I was like, oh, this is
exactly what I wanted.
I'm like it feels good.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
That's great.
Why is music important?
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Why is music important Music?
I think it relieves you fromtensions.
It's not stressful, at leastfor me.
It's something I can just sitdown at the piano or something
and I can just do whatever.
There's no rules like, oh, youcan't do this, you can do
whatever.
There's like no real, there'sno like rules, like, oh, you
can't do this, you can dowhatever you want.
(15:36):
And like composing allows youto be free in that way, like
it's you, it's like your ownmusic, you can do what you want
with it.
Like there's no like likestructure or anything you have
to follow necessarily.
So and I think music brings alot of people together, like you
said earlier, like this is likea different language, but like
(15:59):
it's a language everybodyunderstands.
Everybody listens.
A lot of most people listen tomusic and like when there's
music, some everybody reallylikes it.
Like brings them all together,so brings them all together.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
I have one more question, but before I ask it,
tell me something that theaudience would want to know,
like give me when is your nextmeeting.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Okay, our next meeting will be on September
21st at 5 pm at the LutheranChurch.
There will be.
On the flyer there's a link tolike RSVP for this meeting.
So if you're interested, pleasejoin.
And this is for all high schoolmusicians who compose music.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Awesome, and we will have all of those links in the
show notes below this episode.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Okay, okay of those links in the show notes below
this episode.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
Okay, to end, I was just wondering recommend to me
the best piece of music thatyou've heard, no matter what it
is.
I just said piece of music, butit could be a pop song.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
What's the best music ?
Speaker 1 (17:10):
you've heard recently .
You just heard it and you'resuper jazzed about it and you
want to share it with the world.
Can't stop telling people aboutit.
What is it?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Okay, so I listen to a lot of Emily Bear's music and
I feel like one of her pieces iscalled the Bravest Journey and
it's so good, Like it's one ofthe best pieces of music I've
ever heard it like it, it pulls,like it strikes your heart I
don't know how else to explainit like you feel very
(17:44):
emotionally moved when you hearit and it's beautiful what's
that?
Speaker 1 (17:49):
what's that little moment in the song?
If there is one that reallyjust just gets you, there's
always something.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
I think when it starts transitioning from like
the beginning part of the musicto like the main chorus, that
transition is like indescribablybeautiful.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
Is there anything else that you would like the
audience to know about Anythingthat I've missed?
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Yeah, if you're a musical composer of any type,
any genre, please considerjoining.
We'd love to have you.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
Well, thank you very much for your time today.
I hope this group like takesoff.
I hope people take you up onthe offer.
It sounds like a nice one.
We'll we'll do what we can toget people, to get people to
join.
Well, thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
When I was in high school in the mid nineties, we
had a ton of bands among thestudents, among my friends, and
basically no place to play.
We played once in Irvington inthe space that is now made-up
theater.
Before it was a theater.
We went out of town to play atthe Hayward Hempery and back in
Fremont we had to book thesenior center at night in order
(19:14):
to play.
And as we graduated and wentinto college, some of my friends
, who are better advocates thanI was, worked with the city and,
among many other decidingfactors was one of the reasons
that we now have a teen center.
I'm not saying my class did it,but we certainly influenced its
(19:36):
existence, and so now I'm a bigfan of any time teenagers get
together and try to make thingshappen in this city.
Right after our interview, naviawrote and wanted me to mention
that the Future Composers UnitedClub is open to people outside
of Fremont.
She said that she really wantsto make connections with fellow
(19:58):
musicians and she knows thatthat's hard to do outside of
your own city unless you're partof a larger orchestra or band.
She wanted this group to bemore than just a bunch of people
talking about their work, butalso a networking opportunity.
She wants the club to createlonger-lasting connections and
(20:23):
possibly some quartets and triosand duos that wouldn't exist if
the club didn't exist.
And, as she mentioned, in theinterview.
Yeah, a lot of that could happenonline, but I'm guessing a
teenager her age probably spenta decent chunk of her
(20:44):
adolescence on Zoom calls duringCOVID and I think she's valuing
in-person meetings more than,say, someone a little younger or
someone a little older Ifyou're in high school.
And this does sound interesting, there's a link in the show
notes.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
It would be like we meet once a month, starting like
September 21st at 5 pm.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
A thank you again to Navya for spending time with me
interviewing in the coffee shopand a special thank you to her
mom for waiting outside in thecar.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
Be sure to subscribe wherever it is that you listen,
so you don't miss an episode.
I'm Gary Williams.
Scheduling and pre-interviewsby Sarah S.
You can find everything we make, the podcast and all of our
social media links atthefremontpodcastcom.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
Oh my god, that was kind of bad.
No, that was great.
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