Colleen Bertsch's guest appearances

Colleen Bertsch

Composer Quest: A Songwriting and Music Composition Podcast

Jazz88

Tanchaz Talk Interviews

Ellen Stanley

Brian Laidlaw

George Maurer

Michael McDonald

Richard Johnson

Paul Fraser

Steve Simon

Pat Pattison

James Johnson

Joni Mitchell

Harold Lopez-Nussa

Ella Fitzgerald

Leonard Bernstein

Marc Weidenbaum

John Wright

OwlTail

Colleen Bertsch has a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology with a focus on Transylvanian music, and is the lead violinist of Szaszka.  Interview highlights:       - transitioning from the traditional classical to the village folk world;   - what it takes to be an ethnomusicologist;  - travel adventures in Transylvania on a Fulbright scholarship; and   - the time a group of musicians from Kalotaszeg came to her rescue.    Released on August 21, 2020.   Tanchaz Talk is the world’s only English-language program focusing primarily on Hungarian folk music.  “Tanchaz Talk Interviews” features long-form interviews with a wide range of guests appearing on the program.  More (non-interview) episodes of Tanchaz Talk, featuring a mix of music and stories, are available on www.tanchaz.com and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/kalmanmagyar.  Host Kalman Magyar (Öcsi) is one of North America’s leading Hungarian folk musicians and personalities. Read more at www.kalmanmagyar.com.

Colleen Bertsch has a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology with a focus on Transylvanian music, and is the lead violinist of Szaszka.  Interview highlights:      - transitioning from the traditional classical to the village folk world;  - what it takes to be an ethnomusicologist; - travel adventures in Transylvania on a Fulbright scholarship; and  - the time a group of musicians from Kalotaszeg came to her rescue.   Released on August 21, 2020.  Tanchaz Talk is the world’s only English-language program focusing primarily on Hungarian folk music. “Tanchaz Talk Interviews” features long-form interviews with a wide range of guests appearing on the program. More (non-interview) episodes of Tanchaz Talk, featuring a mix of music and stories, are available on <a href="http://www.tanchaz.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.tanchaz.com</a> and on YouTube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/kalmanmagyar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/kalmanmagyar</a>. Host Kalman Magyar (Öcsi) is one of North America’s leading Hungarian folk musicians and personalities. Read more at <a href="http://www.kalmanmagyar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kalmanmagyar.com</a>.

Colleen Bertsch performs eastern European music. Due to isolating in place, Colleen is staying home a lot now. So she has time to listen deeply to the recordings she made in 2008 while on a trip to the Romanian region of Transylvania. Colleen talked to Phil Nusbaum about her current direction.

Colleen Bertsch Digs Deep Into Her Romanian Research during Covid-19 Times

Ethnomusicologist Colleen Bertsch is in Romania right now through a Fulbright grant to study Transylvanian violinists. I got to Skype with Colleen for this episode of Composer Quest, and we talk about her faithful recreation of Romanian folk music with her band Szászka, and the crazy time signatures (22/16!) she's played with her Balkan band Orkestar Bez Ime.

Transylvanian Ethnomusicology with Colleen Bertsch