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VoiceBox is a public radio and podcast series dedicated to exploring the art of singing and the best of the vocal music scene.

VoiceBox host and producer Chloe Veltman is a British, San Francisco-based singer and arts journalist. Chloe is a member of the 32-member International Orange Chorale, the a cappella vocal quintet Full Fathom Five and contributes arts coverage to many media organizations including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, American Theatre Magazine, BBC Classical Music Magazine, Gramophone Magazine and NPR, to name a few. She served as the associate producer of - and a script-writer for - the radio component of NPR's latest Keeping Score classical music documentary series, and serves as the Berkeley Symphony's resident dramaturg.

Thanks to Chloe Veltman and her staff KUSC is making each program available as a podcast around the time of its broadcast on KUSC.  Also, because we're so excited about this program, each week we'll make available as a podcast one non-classical program. Click on the podcast links below each program date to get that week's podcast.

Program Listing

January 28, 2012
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Lorraine Forever: On the Peerless Voice of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson  
The magnificent American mezzo soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who had strong ties to the Bay Area, and died at a young age in 2006, is beloved by classical music industry insiders, but isn’t as well known to the broad public as she ought to be. Hard on the heels of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s CD release of Hunt Lieberson’s interpretations of Handel arias and Les Nuits D’ete by Berlioz recorded in the 1990s, Philharmonia Baroque’s music director, Nicholas McGegan, joins VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman for a profile of this unforgettable vocalist.

February 11, 2012
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Prodigal Talent: On forging a career as a promising young singer  
Everyone loves a child prodigy story. But the careers of young singers have to be carefully nurtured in order for their voices to survive in the long haul. On the upcoming edition of VoiceBox, the acclaimed lyric soprano Danielle de Niese joins VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman in the studio for a discussion about how young singers can launch successful careers…and maintain them without going the way of Julie Andrews of Britney Spears.

February 18, 2012
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Maestras Unveiled: Women Composers of the Baroque
Over the past decade, the early music ensemble Magnificat has taken a special interest in music written by women during the Baroque such as Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Isabella Leonarda, Barbara Strozzi and Francesca Caccini. Warren Stewart, the artistic director of the Magnificat early music ensemble, joins VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman for a discussion about how these composers practiced their art in the face of cultural restrictions on the creative expression of women and produced eloquent masterpieces.

March 10, 2012

The Great American Songbook :Thomas Hampson      

March 17, 2012

Angelic Cherubs?: On training boys to sing beautifully  
Vienna isn’t the only place where boys sing like angels. The Bay Area and other parts of this country boast some formidable choruses made up of talented young male singers. Kevin Fox, the founding artistic director of the Pacific Boychoir Academy based in Oakland joins VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman for a chat about the defining characteristics of boys’ voices and the ins and outs of training them en masse.

March 31, 2012
Dynamics in (choral) singing – Vance George (Director Emeritus, San  Francisco Symphony Chorus)     

April 7, 2012
Medieval Chant – Marsha Genesky of Anonymous 4    

April 14, 2012
Opera Choruses