Imagination Radio

Imagination Radio

Imagination Radio investigates the ways we search for meaning through music and life, and why people are compelled to create. Produced by Contemporaneous and hosted by co-artistic directors David Bloom and Dylan Mattingly, this podcast explores the boundless imagination in every walk of life — from BASE-jumping to neuroscience, and cartography to music — in search of what drives each of us to venture into the unknown.

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May 28, 2020 10 mins
This bonus episode features two songs from the heart of The Two Halves, Finnegan Shanahan's lush and driving record: The Giant Sleeps and the title song The Two Halves. The Two Halves was released by New Amsterdam Records in 2016 and features Shanahan performing with Contemporaneous. You can find the whole thing on Bandcamp, iTunes, and Spotify. Imagination Radio Episode 3 takes a deep dive into the story and inspirations of The T...
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An 1852 railroad map of Contemporaneous member Finnegan Shanahan's native Hudson Valley sparks his imagination, and into his genre-defying debut album, he pours not only his own story but the story of growing up. Written for Contemporaneous and featuring Shanahan singing and playing violin, guitar, and keyboard, The Two Halves is inspired by the composer’s experience of coming of age, particularly symbolized by the train that took...
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December 21, 2018 9 mins
This bonus episode features a complete live performance of New Geometry, Katherine Balch’s captivating work for instrumental ensemble. This is the world premiere of the revised version of the piece, performed by Contemporaneous live at Roulette in Brooklyn, New York in April of 2017. Imagination Radio Episode 2 takes a deep dive into the story and inspirations of Balch’s piece, and even gives a physicist’s perspective on the music...
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Drawing influences from sources as diverse as Virginia Woolf, fractal geometry, and the theater, discovery is the catalyst for composer Katherine Balch's creativity, and her music is a deeply personal expression of the wonderment she feels in experiencing the new. Thomasina Coverly, a precocious 13-year-old character in Tom Stoppard’s play Arcadia, breezes through her geometry exercises, but she is disappointed by the limitations ...
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What possibilities emerge when we begin to question the tacitly accepted — and easily overlooked — limits that govern who we can be and what we can do? Composer Samuel Adams, rock climber/BASE jumper Steph Davis, and arts leader Ed Yim all push past traditional limitations in their everyday lives by writing music that reaches new emotional depths, scaling cliffs and flying off of them, or making a platform for artists to create wi...
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November 11, 2018 2 mins
Imagination Radio investigates the ways we search for meaning through music and life, and why people are compelled to create. Produced by Contemporaneous and hosted by co-artistic directors David Bloom and Dylan Mattingly, Imagination Radio explores the boundless imagination in every walk of life — from BASE-jumping to neuroscience, and cartography to music — in search of what drives each of us to venture into the unknown. The f...
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