Lunar Module with Madeline Clara Cheng - Part 1

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Episode 133: Lunar Module with Madeline Clara Cheng - Part 1
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In this week's episode, we continue our Lunar Module, a mini-series with the E4TT/ Luna Composition Lab Call for Scores winners and commissioned composers. Today we are joined by Madeline Clara Cheng, who we spoke to in May 2024. If you enjoyed today’s conversation and want to know more, check out her music here: https://madelineclaracheng.wixsite.com/music.
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Intro music: “Trifolium” by Gabriela Ortiz, performed by E4TT (Ilana Blumberg, violin; Abigail Monroe, cello; Margaret Halbig, piano), in SF, CA on January 29, 2022
Outro music: “Lake Turkana” by Marcus Norris, performed by E4TT (Margaret Halbig, piano), in SF, CA on October 15, 2021
Transcription courtesy of Otter.ai.
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1. Lunar Module with Madeline Clara Cheng - Part 1 (00:00:00)

2. In this week's Lunar Module episode, we are joined by E4TT Luna Composition Lab, call for scores winner and commissioned composer Madeline Clara Cheng, who we spoke to in May 2024. (00:00:38)

3. Please tell me about yourself, who you are, where you grew up, your background in music, where you're going next, or where you think you're going next, and what's important to you. (00:00:57)

4. I am sorry to hear about your aunt that's really hard, and your own injury too. A lot of stuff in a young life. You want to talk about the injury, or... (00:05:07)

5. What are you doing as an intern for them (American Ballet Theater)? What kind of internship is it? (00:08:02)

6. Circling back, there's a term you used a couple of times that I think most of our listeners will know what it means. But just in case, you talked about STEM centric. Can you elaborate, define, you know, tell the folks listening what you meant. (00:10:05)