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I believe that everything that I do, the through

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line is storytelling. So whether I'm using words

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or whether I'm using music, whether I'm creating

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the music or interpreting the music, I believe

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that we should be taking on a journey and we

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should. be experiencing a mood or a series of

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moods or something that is going to speak to

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us, the listener. And obviously it has to speak

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to me before I can try to translate that to the

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listener. Yeah, I think that that is definitely

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the through line is just I want to express ideas

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or tell a story in some way. This season finale

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episode of The Pianopod will move you and leave

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a lasting impact throughout the summer. I had

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a pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Maria Thompson

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Corley, a Juilliard -trained pianist, composer,

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novelist, poet, and educator whose work challenges

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the traditional boundaries of classical music.

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In collaboration with Juneteenth LP and Celebration

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of Juneteenth, this powerful conversation explored

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creativity across disciplines and what true inclusion

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really means. Not just representation on paper,

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but lasting. joyful presence in the classical

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music world. I mean, the true inclusion would

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be when we're not thinking about this anymore.

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And it's not that we're not thinking about it

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anymore because we don't want to think about

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it or we're ignoring it. There's no willful ignorance

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involved or blissful ignorance. It's just we

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don't have to think about it anymore because,

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I mean, it's just like the obvious thing that

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should have happened in the first place is happening.

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Now, will that happen? You know? I mean, we can

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hope we get to the point where, like I said,

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we're not thinking about it anymore. And everybody's

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like, that's equity. And diversity is because

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there are a diversity of people. And you say

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there's no one who inherently doesn't belong.

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So that's where the diversity comes in. When

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you have these disproportionate things and inclusion,

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of course, is part of that. Don't miss this grand

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season finale episode, The Fullness of Being.

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maria thompson corley on art inclusion and creative

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legacy tonight tuesday june 17th at 8 p .m eastern

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time on our youtube channel the audio episode

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will also be available on your favorite podcast

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platforms see you tonight