The Music at Pitt Podcast
Welcome to The Music at Pitt Podcast. Produced and hosted by Philip Thompson, the podcast features insightful conversation with University of Pittsburgh Department of Music faculty, students, and alumni on any aspect of music you can imagine and probably some you haven't.
Podcasting since 2025 • 9 episodes
The Music at Pitt Podcast
Latest Episodes
Emma Lebo Explores New Discipline Music
The Music at Pitt Podcast has been on hiatus while Pitt has been transitioning to remote learning, but we’re back and recording from the Lawrenceville Offices of the Department of Music (aka my home studio) and conducting interviews over zoom. ...
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Award Winning Composer Wang Xinyang
Our guest for this episode of the Music at Pitt Podcast is composition and theory doctoral candidate Wang Xinyang. Born in Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, China, Wang Xinyang is a composer of classical music, currently based in Pittsburgh. He...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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Larissa Irizarry on Adriana Mater, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Janelle Monáe
Our guest for this episode of the Music at Pitt Podcast is musicology doctoral student Larissa Irizarry. Larissa is receiving significant recognition for her research into 21st-century opera and 1970s rock where she explores depictions of gende...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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Lily Turner on Teaching a Machine to Play Like Mark O'Connor
Our guest for this episode of the Music at Pitt Podcast is Lily Turner, a freshly minted Pitt graduate from Blacksburg, Virginia. As a student at Pitt she was a double major in Computer Science and Music, specifically pursuing the Global and Po...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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Composer Devon Tipp Discusses Their Recent Work
Our guest for this episode of the Music at Pitt podcast is Devon Tipp. A PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, Tipp’s music draws influence from their Japanese and Eastern European roots, experiences as a jeweler and painter, and studi...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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