Episode 4: Doris Mattingly on Continuity and Interruptions in Music

We Interrupt - A Podcast

We generally think of interruptions in the context of human conversation. One voice, speaking words, interacting with another. Music is another form of conversation, with instruments (including voices) interacting and purposefully building upon one another, melodies to harmony to counterpoint and fugue. In this podcast, we talk with piano teacher and professional accompanist Doris Mattingly about her perspectives on interruption. We journey through the interruption of the COVID pandemic on teaching and how she has adjusted her listening in “virtual studio” lessons. We explore what interruption means during a lesson, and also listen to music – Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Beethoven, Bartók, Bach – to understand how musical interruptions may be the same and different as those in spoken conversation. Join us for an audio feast! To learn more about We Interrupt this Podcast and to suggest people we should talk to and topics we should explore, please see our webpage at: https://www.weinterrupthis.com or contact us on twitter at @HaakYak. Information about Doris and her piano studio is at https://www.mattinglystudio.com/.