Episode 28: Keeping Collaboration Real with Bea Goodwin & Felix Jarrar

We are so thrilled to welcome two amazing creators to the podcast today! They are incredible artists in their own right, but also make a dream composer/librettist team!

Bea Goodwin is a librettist and director, and Felix Jarrar is a pianist and a very prolific composer. They both wear many hats as producers, coaches… you name it, they do it!

Our conversation with them is so rich with priceless information:

  • About Collaboration being the operative word in crafting your career
  • How to find collaborative partners and keep them
  • Insight on commissioning new works
  • How to collaborate in the audition room

And there’s more than we can possibly list! We hope you enjoy!

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Notable Mentions from the Episode

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Music from this episode: 

Basic Implosion and Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.com
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


My So-Called Opera Life is produced and hosted by Elise Mark and Marcelle McGuirk and is edited by Joshua Wise.