Official Trailer ✅ for Season 4 Episode 4 feat. Dr. Nnenna Ogwo -- Pianist/Founder of Juneteenth LP

14 Oct 2023 · 2 min

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This content was created by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This content was uploaded by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This is a YouTube trailer (Official Trailer for Season 4 Episode 4) posted October 14, 2023 promoting an episode of The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song featuring concert pianist/educator and founder of Juneteenth LP (metadata names Dr. Nnenna Ogwo; the excerpt names Dr. Nana Ogwuoh). In the excerpt two speakers discuss Juneteenth LP — a music collective of mostly classically trained musicians of the African diaspora whose mission is to introduce audiences to classical music by African diaspora composers using more familiar genres as a gateway — and speak about the ensemble's hoped-for impact (opening listeners' ears, minds, and hearts) and the importance of the arts. The clip closes with a promotional announcement to tune in Tuesday, October 17 at 8 PM Eastern and a call to subscribe/follow The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. Metadata indicates this is a YOUTUBE content item titled "Official Trailer ✅ for Season 4 Episode 4 feat. Dr. Nnenna Ogwo -- Pianist/Founder of Juneteenth LP."

What exactly is Juneteenth LP?
We are a music collective of classically trained, mostly classically trained musicians of the African diaspora. Our mission is to introduce people to classical music by African diaspora composers, but the gateway is more familiar music to them. So we play music of all genres. Oh, you know, there are these two sort of very distinctly different styles. People were really, really receptive to the music that I was playing, but I think that they were not just receptive to what we were playing, they were receptive to the fact that I talked about the music and I talked about how the music spoke to me and I invited the audience to engage with, you know, what did they hear? One of the things that people ask me a lot is, what is the impact you want your ensemble to have? And then what is the impact you think it actually does have? I would say that what I want is for it to open people's ears. You know, open people's minds and open people's hearts. I just want people to feel something, and I want people to know that this music that is considered very elite and rare and, you know, all of those things, that actually they have a cultural history with it as well. Like, it is not something that they have to be on the outside looking in. The arts sustain us, and they sustain us sort of spiritually, spiritually, you know. It's not food and it's not shelter and it's not clothing, but it's pretty darn important and we need it in our lives to sort of feel whole.
Tuning in this Tuesday, October 17th at 8 PM Eastern for an enlightening conversation with concert pianist, educator, and founder of JuneteenthLP, Dr. Nana Ogwuoh, on The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song or wherever you listen to your podcast. Make sure to hit subscribe or follow The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song with Yukimi Song with Yukimi Song. Find all the necessary links in the description. Catch you this Tuesday.