Jocelyn Hagen shares conversations with composers as a part of Compose Like a Girl, an initiative that amplifies female-identifying and gender-expansive composer, helps conductors diversify their concerts, and works toward more equality in music programming and commissioning.
In this episode, Jocelyn talks with Aviva Jaye about her piece City Trees and her multi-faceted artistic life.
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Aviva Jaye
City Trees with text by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Shara Nova / My Brightest Diamond
Dessa
Arthur Moon
MƆɹNIŊ [MORNING//MOURNING] by Gelsey Bell
Chicago Children’s Choir/Uniting Voices Chicago
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
15 Oct 2026
Choral Bonus Series: Marybeth Kurnat
In this first of five Choral Bonus Series episodes ahead of Season 3 in 2027, Jocelyn talks with Marybeth Kurnat about their meet cute, how her piece for the sake of your journey came to be, and what’s next.
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Marybeth Kurnat
for the sake of your journey
Capela dos Ossos poem by Padre António da Ascenção
True Concord Voices & Orchestra
St. Charles Singers
withonevoice
Upcoming:
La Caccina premiere of Thanks for Sharing
Windy City Performing Arts premiere of 11:59PM
Consonance: Chicago Choral Artists performance of This is Christmas Morning!
28 Aug 2026
Abbie Betinis: Composing Through the Seasons of Life With Craft and Style
In this episode, Jocelyn talks with composer and her long time close friend, Abbie Betinis. They talk about their entwined education history, how they charted their own paths through motherhood and composition, and discuss how they approach and recognize craft and style in music.
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A Blessing of Cranes with poetry by Michael Dennis Browne
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight Rhapsodos
American Suzuki Foundation
St. Olaf College
University of MN Twin Cities School of Music
European American Musical Alliance
Peter Hamlin
Judith Lang Zaimont
Nadia Boulanger
Philip Lasser
Stephen Paulus
"Examining Shifts in Repertoire Programming Practices: Pre- and Post-Pandemic" by Mark Helms, published in the September 2025 issue of the Choral Journal (Vol. 66, No. 2, p. 6).
Having it All by Corrine Low
On Being with Krista Tippett: Alice Parker – "Singing Is the Most Companionable of Arts"
The Answering Voice: The Beginnings of Counterpoint by Alice Parker
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