The classical side of Michael G. Ronstadt

March 26, 2024 00:08:58
The classical side of Michael G. Ronstadt
Nathans & Roncast
The classical side of Michael G. Ronstadt

Mar 26 2024 | 00:08:58

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You know Michael G. Ronstadt’s alternative folk side, but do you know he’s classically trained, with a master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music? Check out this piece, which we bet you’ll like.
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[00:00:06] Speaker A: Hey, welcome to another mini episode of. [00:00:09] Speaker B: The Nathan's and Roncast. This is one of your hosts, Michael. [00:00:13] Speaker A: G. Ronstadt, and I'm happy to bring to you something that's a little bit. [00:00:17] Speaker B: Selfish and self promo oriented. [00:00:21] Speaker A: But if you know my music in the folk world and and you may not have heard the other sides of what I do, one of my backgrounds is that I have a master's degree. [00:00:31] Speaker C: In cello performance from the University of. [00:00:33] Speaker A: Cincinnati, and I went to the University of Arizona for my undergraduate. That being said, I am a classically trained musician and I do, like composing. [00:00:42] Speaker C: Works for solo cello, so I wanted to feature one of my own compositions that I just released officially on all the various platforms. It's called Echinopsis pakanoi. [00:00:53] Speaker A: I was trying to find the scientific name for a night blooming cirrus or maybe a grandfather cactus. I can't remember which cactus, but somehow I found the San Pedro Cactus and it sounded really cool, so I kept it. This piece of music you can get. [00:01:10] Speaker B: Physically from southweststrings.com that's located in Tucson, Arizona, but they sell internationally and you. [00:01:17] Speaker A: Can get the sheet music for solo cello. So if you know any young cello players or cello players who are professional. [00:01:24] Speaker B: Who want to perform this piece or. [00:01:26] Speaker C: Learn it or take it to their teacher, please go get a physical copy. [00:01:29] Speaker A: If you want to buy the PDF. [00:01:31] Speaker B: You can go to shakeandearthmedia.com and on. [00:01:34] Speaker A: Top of that, you can go listen. [00:01:36] Speaker B: On all the usual digital platforms without any further delay. [00:01:39] Speaker A: I'm going to play Echinopsis Pakanoi for. [00:01:42] Speaker B: Solo cello, written by me, Michael G. Ronstadt. [00:01:45] Speaker A: I hope you enjoy and thank you for letting me take this selfish outing to share with you my classical side. Thank you so much for listening to. [00:08:06] Speaker B: The Nathans and Roncast. [00:08:08] Speaker A: If you want to find out more. [00:08:09] Speaker B: About me or Aaron Nathans, go to nathansandronstat.com. [00:08:14] Speaker A: And you can also find our music all over the digital world. We put it out there. [00:08:18] Speaker B: We hope you enjoy it. [00:08:19] Speaker A: The next big episode is going to feature the amazing composer, cello player, guitar player, and all around Renaissance person of a musician and artistic creator, Kenneth D. Stewart. And he's going to talk about twelve tone music. If you don't know what that is, you're going to so take a listen to the episode and I think you will be thoroughly entertained. Thank you so much for supporting us. Go to Nathan's Ann Ronst.com and check us out. If we're playing live, please come to our shows.

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