Relevant Tones

Written by: Seth Boustead
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • A podcast about the most fascinating time in classical music history: right now. Relevant Tones features interviews with and music by some of the most creative figures in contemporary classical music, themed shows exploring new trends in classical music and frequent live streamed shows featuring conversations and music performances. Hosted and produced by Seth Boustead, Austin Williams, Stephen Anthony Rawson and Matt Dotson.
    Seth Boustead
    Show more Show less
Music
Show more Show less
Episodes
  • Sean Hickey - Sapiens

    Sean Hickey - Sapiens
    Feb 24 2025

    Yuval Noah Harari’s breathtakingly expansive book Sapiens is a monumental achievement that comprehensively summarizes human history, behavior and thought from primordial times to today.

    The book is also the inspiration for a 50-minute piano work by composer Sean Hickey recorded by pianist Vladimir Rumyantsev on Sono Luminus records and available on March 14, 2025.

    Host Seth Boustead talks with Hickey about Harari's book and this fascinating new musical release.

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Shara Nova

    Shara Nova
    Feb 11 2025

    Shara Nova is a composer, vocalist, and producer currently creating from Detroit, Michigan. Shara has released six albums under the monikerMy Brightest Diamond and has composed works for The Crossing, Conspirare, yMusic, Brooklyn Rider, Roomful of Teeth, Aarhus Symfoni, and American Composers Orchestra among many others.


    In 2024 she starred in the Tony Award Winning musical “Illinoise” on Broadway, directed by Justin Peck, co-written by Jackie Sibblies Drury with music by Sufjan Stevens, witha live album released on Nonesuch Records.
    Show more Show less
    58 mins
  • Speaking Instrumentalist

    Speaking Instrumentalist
    Feb 3 2025

    Host Seth Boustead features a variety of pieces by composers who ask the performers to vocalize in some way while also playing their instrument.


    Music by Frederick Rzewski, George Crumb, Daniel Bernard Roumain and Tom Johnson.
    Show more Show less
    1 hr

What listeners say about Relevant Tones

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.ca reviews

Amazon Reviews
No reviews are available