TO BE AN ARTIST with Drew Alexander Forde | That Viola Kid
In today's Podcast I am speaking with Drew Alexander Forde aka ThatViolaKid. He is one of my major Inspirations for starting this podcast. Website: http://thatviolakid.com/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/faking-notes-podcast/id1467641031 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatViolaKid Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatviolakid/ If you wanna support please donate at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ToBeAnArtist Every little helps!! About Drew: Violist Drew Alexander Forde, known online as ThatViolaKid, has a reputation not only as an accomplished performer but also as one of classical music’s most recognizable online brands. Profiled in outlets like Thrillist, WNYC, the Detroit Free Press, and Strings Magazine, he was named “one of the titans of Classical Music Instagram” by National Sawdust Log and was called “the future of our field” by Sphinx Organization president Afa Dworkin. Alongside Juilliard friend Trevor Bumgarner, Drew co-hosts Faking Notes Podcast. A podcast for artist entrepreneurs, it was touted by Sam Walder, CEO of Trala, as the “door to the music community.” Read full bio at: http://thatviolakid.com/about-1 About Petra: PETRA IS AN INDEPENDENT DANCE ARTIST AND TAP DANCER BASED IN LONDON. SHE STARTED HER CAREER AS A FREELANCE DANCER WORKING ON BBC1, THE ONE SHOW: SKY1, LUIE SPENCE’S SHOW BUSINESS; ELLEN KENT PRODUCTION, AIDA AS WELL AS VARIOUS MUSIC VIDEOS AND LIVE EVENTS. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF SOLELY WORKING FOR OTHER PEOPLE SHE STARTED CREATING , PRODUCING AND PERFORMING HER OWN WORK AS WELL. HER FIRST OUTINGS AS A CREATOR, DANCER, PRODUCER INCLUDE: “CHARLIE: MY MESSAGE TO HUMANITY“, LAKE STUDIOS BERLIN AND THE SOLO THEATRE SHOWCASE “SOLO ROULETTE” AT THE BLUE ELEPHANT THEATRE IN NOVEMBER 2018 PERFORMING “DELIVER ME” A THEATRE AND DANCE PIECE WHICH COMBINES SPOKEN WORD AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE. SHE IS CURRENTLY THE RESIDENT DANCER AT RÉSONANCES PERFORMANCES, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION OF IMPROVISED MUSIC, POETRY, DIGITAL ART AND LIVE PAINTING LED BY AURELIE FREOUA AND SUPPORTED BY THE VORTEX JAZZ CLUB. PETRA HAS BEEN THE FIRST TAP DANCER NAMED IN JAZZWISE MAGAZINE’S: RISING JAZZ ARTISTS SECTION IN: WHO TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2020. SHE HAS MAINLY STUDIED TAP UNDER JASON SAMUELS SMITH AND DERICK GRANT WHO NOT ONLY TAUGHT HER THE DANCE STYLE BUT ALSO INSPIRED HER TO STUDY THE ROOTS OF THIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART FORM IN JAZZ MUSIC AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY. SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO FREE IMPROVISATION BY CLEVELAND WATKISS AT THE FREEDOM OF ART LOFT JAM AND IMMEDIATELY FOUND HERSELF AT HOME. PETRA IS COMMITTED TO HONOR THE LINEAGE AND HISTORY OF TAP DANCE WHILE FINDING HER PLACE IN IMPROVISED MUSIC AND JAZZ, CONSTANTLY HUNGRY TO LEARN AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ART FORMS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS.