Through My Ears Quarantine Edition

The UC Santa Barbara Department of Music hosted a special quarantine edition of the department’s new podcast, Through My Ears, as an Instagram Live via the department’s Instagram account on December 3, 2020. The live interview was hosted by mezzo-soprano and Doctor of Musical Arts candidate Kelly Guerra with Dr. Sarah Gibson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Music Composition in both the UC Santa Barbara Department of Music and the College of Creative Studies. They discussed the importance of creating music during lockdown, Dr. Gibson’s use of improvisation in her compositional practice, and the creative freedom her piano duo HOCKET allows her to have.

Listen to the podcast now on all major platforms, including Spotify, Anchor, and Apple Podcasts. The interview is also available in its original format as an Instagram Live on the Department of Music’s Instagram (@ucsbmusicdept).

This podcast was produced by Connor Long and the UC Santa Barbara Department of Music. Intro and outro music was recorded at the Kerr Hall Sound Studio, performed by music major Kaitlin Webster-Zuber.