Ep 25 - Cheryl Durongpisitkul

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This is Mirko Guerrini, and I welcome you to the Jazz Transcription Clinic, a monthly interviews podcast where we talk with accomplished jazz doctors about their lives, careers and personal transcription secrets. 

On this episode of the Jazz Transcription Clinic Podcast, Mirko Guerrini interviews the guest jazz doctor: CHERYL DURONGPISITKUL

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Listen to Cheryl''s answers to the questions below: 
00:00 Introduction
09:50 Why do you transcribe?
11:06 How do you choose the solos you transcribe?
24:20 What do you expect to bring home with a transcription?
32:30 What is your methodology?
41:34 Do you write it down?
45:50 How do you practice your transcriptions?
48:42 How do you incorporate ideas into your solos?
53:32 Who was the most difficult player you transcribed?
56:20 Which transcription you've done is your favourite?

Cheryl is a talented composer and saxophonist known for her innovative style and ability to weave captivating narratives through her work. Cheryl released her debut album, Follow Me Through The Red Ash, in 2017 to critical acclaim. She co-leads the JazzLab Orchestra and has released two albums, Menagerie (2018) and Pink Milk (2021) with collaborative trio Koi Kingdom.

Cheryl is a dynamic artist in the Australian jazz landscape, dedicated to pushing boundaries in jazz and contemporary music performance and composition. She has attended the prestigious Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music and participated in masterclasses with New York-based record label New Amsterdam. She received the SIMA Young Composer Award in 2019 and premiered her work Critical Point at the Sydney Women’s Jazz Festival and was nominated for the Freedman Jazz Fellowship in 2020. She has also received commissions from the Monash Art Ensemble (A Pinky Promise, 2022 premiere as part of Melbourne International Jazz Festival) and Homophonic (In Full Splendour, 2023 premiere as part of Midsumma Festival).

Cheryl says of her role as MIJF’s 2023 Take Note Jazz Leader:

“I am incredibly grateful and humbled to be named the Take Note leader in 2023. Being awarded Take Note will give me the opportunity to compose my next large-scale work – a deeply personal project that has been percolating over the last 3 years.

“Cultivating diverse spaces within our community is a passion of mine and I am excited to be working with the Melbourne International Jazz Festival to carve out more opportunities for those that may not fit the status quo. I look forward to working with and empowering students to create music in safe and inclusive spaces in the hope of developing a place where they all feel they can belong within their own communities.”
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