Greetings from Heartland Sings! The Heartland Voice podcast will be taking a quick break while we prep for our 28th Season. We will be back in September! While you wait, head on over to heartlandsings.org or call (260) 436-8080 to pick up your season tickets now! Thanks for listening!

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Misión:
Heartland Sings inspira a personas de todas las edades y habilidades a través de experiencias culturales y de entretenimiento, con programas educativos y vinculación con la comunidad. Heartland Sings está cambiando vidas a través de la canción.
Vision:
Heartland Sings is a mission-driven performing arts institution that fosters an appreciation for the vocal arts, inspiring audiences and artists through exceptional cultural and entertainment experiences, educational programs, and community outreach.

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Host: Dr. Wagner Mauricio Pástor

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A few months ago we enjoyed live music with Hannah and Elijah Denecke. We share a few ideas about music, trips, and love.

Biographies
The Deneckes could have met as toddlers in Western New York; instead, they fell in love as teenagers in Western Illinois. Since then, they’ve roamed and rambled to Florida, New Jersey, and Indiana. The Deneckes are musical pilgrims on life’s lonesome highway. In April 2023, they released their debut album: lady of the gardens. In September 2023, they released an EP of old American tunes: pilgrim songs from the sacred harp. The Deneckes have performed their original music in a variety of venues throughout North America. After finishing a residency at St. Gertrude's Monastery in January 2024, Hannah Porter Denecke has written several new songs (two of which we hear on this episode of Heartland Voice). Help us make our next album come to life! All of the details can be found at our website: https://www.thedeneckes.com/ournextalbum
Dr Hannah Denecke likes to write words and music, and for you to read or hear them. She is a singer/songwriter and musicologist currently residing in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Hannah completed the PhD in Musicology at Florida State University in April 2023. Hannah enjoys over-extending metaphors.
Dr Elijah Denecke is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Purdue University Fort Wayne, Dr. Elijah Denecke was previously employed as adjunct trumpet instructor at the College of Central Florida (Ocala, FL), as well as teaching assistant for Dr. Christopher Moore at Florida State University. He now maintains an active performing career across the United States with many professional orchestras including the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Boise Philharmonic, Ocala Symphony Orchestra, Gainesville Symphony Orchestra, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Knox-Galesburg Symphony Orchestra, the Gainesville Brass Quintet, and the Prairie Wind Ensemble. Additionally, he has performed with the Tallahassee Swing Band and the Garden State Jazz Orchestra, as well as with notable jazz musicians Wayne Bergeron, Randy Brecker, Marshall Gilkes, Dave Pietro, Doug Stone, and Steve Lippia. Denecke also performed and traveled with Chicago-based Ska's the Limit for three years. In 2015 the band opened for a sold-out crowd in the Castle Theatre (Bloomington, IL), sharing the stage with popular ska band Reel Big Fish. continue ...
Music
Who is She and Open your Sacred Heart by Hanna and Elijah Denecke recording live at Heartland Sings Studios.

INVEST IN OUR MISSION

Misión:
Heartland Sings inspira a personas de todas las edades y habilidades a través de experiencias culturales y de entretenimiento, con programas educativos y vinculación con la comunidad. Heartland Sings está cambiando vidas a través de la canción.
Vision:
Heartland Sings is a mission-driven performing arts institution that fosters an appreciation for the vocal arts, inspiring audiences and artists through exceptional cultural and entertainment experiences, educational programs, and community outreach.

Links and Social Media:
Heartland Sings.org
Instagram
YouTube
Host: Dr. Wagner Mauricio Pástor

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Today, April 22, we had a conversation about Dr. Jonathan Young and his journey as a well rounded artist with experience in percussion, voice, and his main instrument the piano.

"Dr. Jonathan Young is an active pianist, composer, teacher, conductor, and accompanist. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance at the University of Kansas, studying with Dr. Steven Spooner. Career highlights include performing Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody with the Purdue Fort Wayne Orchestra, advancing to the final round of the American Prize for Solo Piano - Professional Division in 2021, the establishment of the American Liszt Society's Northern Indiana Chapter in 2021, working as coach/accompanist at Opera in the Ozarks in Summer 2018, attending the Bel Canto Summer Academy in Germany as a collaborative pianist in 2016, and performing solo piano at Haydn’s Esterhazy Palace in Austria through the Classical Music Festival in 2013. In concerto performances, Dr. Young has performed Mozart's Piano Concerto in C Minor with the Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra and Mozart's Piano Concerto in D Minor with the Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony Orchestra. He is an avid performer of chamber music, vocal, instrumental, and choral music. He also served as vice president of KU’s Collegiate Chapter of MTNA. Jonathan currently serves as Lecturer of Piano at Purdue University - Fort Wayne and maintains an active piano studio at the Community Arts Academy." (Young, J., 2024)


Music:
Piano Recording by Dr. Young
Rondeña from Iberia Book 2, composed by Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909).

Enjoy Dr Young Recital HERE!

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Misión:
Heartland Sings inspira a personas de todas las edades y habilidades a través de experiencias culturales y de entretenimiento, con programas educativos y vinculación con la comunidad. Heartland Sings está cambiando vidas a través de la canción.
Vision:
Heartland Sings is a mission-driven performing arts institution that fosters an appreciation for the vocal arts, inspiring audiences and artists through exceptional cultural and entertainment experiences, educational programs, and community outreach.

Links and Social Media:
Heartland Sings.org
Instagram
YouTube
Host: Dr. Wagner Mauricio Pástor

Donate to Heartland Sings