Carissa Klopoushak: Violinist, Vocalist, Artistic Director, and her story of a family steeped in Ukrainian music

In Episode 2 of Conversations with Musicians, I speak with the versatile violinist, singer, and Artistic Director Carissa Klopoushak. She shares some of her musical journey with us, and we have a wide-ranging conversation that also includes some beautiful music.

Like all my episodes, this is also a video, and this link will bring you to the transcript and bonus episodes:

https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e2-s1-carissa-klopoushak

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Links to Carissa's band and other projects are on her website: http://www.carissaklopoushak.com/Ironwood String Quartet's recent performance (Beethoven, Montgomery, Danish String Quartet arrangements): https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/27905 Her band: Tyt i Tam Sama Piu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO3-u... A clip from the MacKay Concert Series recital (with Alexandru Sura and Thibault Bertin-Maghit) Tykha Voda (Ukr. folk song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcYle... Carissa is the Artistic Director of: https://www.chamberfest.com/about/

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