🍃 Loose Leaf Transmissions – Weekly Dispatch

Hey friends, I hope this note finds you well!

This week on micro/Maker, I’ve got two episodes that dig into what it means to grow into your creative identity, and to share it with others along the way.

First up, Hannah Boissonneault reflects on her journey from film scoring dreams to a love of concert music and live performance. She opens up about the challenge of balancing different pursuits – band life, composing, performing – and how she’s come to embrace all of it as part of a unified artistic voice.

Then, Phong Tran shares how writing with performers isn’t just collaboration but a way of shaping a shared artistic identity. He talks about a pivotal learning moment with pianist Miki Sawada and how it reframed his ideas of virtuosity, labor, and care in the creative process.

As always, these are short listens designed to spark some reflection – whether you’re commuting, cooking, or just taking a moment to yourself.

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micro/Maker 037: Reframing Creative Phases (featuring Hannah Boissoneault)

Hannah Boissonneault reflects on her journey from film scoring dreams to concert music and performance, and how she’s embraced her many pursuits as part of one evolving artistic identity.

micro/Maker 038: Letting Emotion Lead the Process (featuring Phong Tran)

Phong Tran shares how deeply collaborative writing with performers shapes his music, including a key lesson with pianist Miki Sawada that reframed his views on virtuosity, labor, and care.

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🔜 Coming Up Soon

On the next music/Maker, I’m joined by composer and educator Michael Frazier, whose work blends jazz, hip-hop, birdsong, and improvisation into a musical language full of depth and feeling.

We talk about how embracing his cultural identity became central to his artistic voice, how jazz phrasing shapes his sense of time, and why writing music that feels personal has been key to his creative confidence.

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More soon, and I’m looking forward to sharing Michael’s episode with you next week!