Alex Lacamoire is the award-winning orchestrator, arranger and conductor for the hit musical Hamilton. This hip hop homage to the revolutionary US statesman Alexander Hamilton - which was created by L...Show More
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epekilis recommended:Jun 24th, 2020
I had no idea the musical director/arranger for “Hamilton” suffers from serious hearing loss since childhood. People can prevail over all kinds of hardships to achieve greatness. This is the second podcast I’ve heard in recent weeks about a brilliant musician suffering with hearing loss. I just sc...Show More
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mmJun 24th, 2020
@epekilis This is the one! Beethoven's Silent Symphony from HISTORY This Week: https://podyssey.fm/episode/id8553856-Beethoven's-Silent-Symphony-HISTORY-This-Week
aliceko recommended:Jun 26th, 2020
Wow. When I saw the title of this episode I wouldn't believe it. How could Alex Lacamoire, the musical director of one of the most brilliant pieces of art ever created have hearing loss?!?! This was an amazing narrative storytelling podcast interwoven with musical clips from In The Heights and Hamil...Show More
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epekilisJun 26th, 2020
@aliceko Yes my daughter was triumphant about his pick for favourite - it’s hers too. And “Who Lives, Who Dies Who Tells Your Story”. Honestly not my favourite.
mm recommended:Jun 22nd, 2020
@aliceko @epekilis Hamilton
epekilisJun 24th, 2020
@mm Just finished the episode on my evening dog walk. The debut listen for my new $30 knock-off AirPods. Great episode. 😊
epekilisJun 24th, 2020
@mm I was thinking about this episode all evening. This episode was great for two reasons. The first was the very moving personal story about Lac the arranger and his motivating triumph over the social isolation and insecurity that came with hearing loss. The second was his analysis of the creative...Show More
alicekoJun 26th, 2020
@epekilis I had no idea about the squeaky door and I swear, every new tidbit of Hamiltion just adds more depth to this brilliant work. I got chills... I cannot wait until next Friday July 3rd for its release on Disney Plus! @epekilis this is such an accurate quote: "Hamilton is the gift that just ke...Show More
epekilisJun 26th, 2020
@aliceko @mm Hah! Yes to the Disney +. My daughter FINALLY found a reason to get us to sign up for that thing. We have informed her that it’s just for the free preview month so we can watch on July 3, but she is eternally hopeful.
alicekoJun 30th, 2020
@epekilis Check this out! :-) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCByOMJnhNq/?igshid=1678b7ploivxj cc @mm
epekilisJun 30th, 2020
@aliceko @mm 👍