Welcome back to part three of MOC #10 Shaniee Kennedy’s interview in our COVID Self-Isolation Series!Are you struggling and looking for that light at the end of the tunnel? Listen to hear episode discuss her testimony and fait...

Welcome back to part two of MOC #10 Shaniee Kennedy’s interview in our COVID Self Isolation Series!Listen to this episode to hear Shaniee share the best and hardest things that come with being a music educator. From performing in the cla...

Welcome back to our COVID Self-Isolation Series. Happy World Teacher Day! Meet MOC (musician of color) #10: Shaniee Kennedy!Shaniee Kennedy is a music educator, clarinetist, arts advocate, community servant, and former Miss California Ic...

Ixya Herrera is a Mexican music singer and daughter of Chicano activist/professor, renowned harpist, and Nahuatl Scholar Fermin Herrera. She has sung in both Spanish and Nahuatl all around the U.S. and Mexico. She is one of Mexican music’s star...

Ixya Herrera is a Grammy-nominated Mexican music singer and daughter of Chicano activist/professor, renowned harpist, and Nahuatl Scholar Fermin Herrera. She has sung in both Spanish and Nahuatl all around the U.S. and Mexico. She is one of Mex...

Long time no podcast! Welcome back as Notes From Her resumes interviewing women of color musicians! In this episode, we continue where we last left off with Grammy-nominated Mexican singer Ixya Herrera.Ixya discusses how her career start...

Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode I, Xochitl...

Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode I, Xochitl He...

Notes From Her is the podcast that encourages women and others to embrace their inner multicultural melody and will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is en...

Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode I, Xochitl He...

Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. The series is entitled Voices From the Streets of the Black Lives Matter Movement. In this episode I, Xochitl He...

Notes From Her will be having an interruption in its normal podcast style to report on the Black Lives Matter movement and revolution. These are the interviews and soundbites that I, Xochitl Hernandez, reported on and gathered on May 31, 2020 at S...

Meet MOC #9: Mexican Music singer Ixya Herrera! ⁣In addition to being a vocalist, Ixya is also the daughter of renowned harpist, and Nahuatl Scholar Fermin Herrera. She has sung in both Spanish and Nahuatl all around the U.S. and M...

Welcome to PART THREE of Dr. Zanaida Robles’s interview. Listen to hear Dr. Robles talk about the importance of musicians knowing their WORTH $$$, reasons and ways that she is an advocate for diversity and inclusion as a music educator, and the im...

Hey everyone! Welcome to PART TWO of Dr. Zanaida Robles’s interview where she shares how she is teaching during COVID-19. Also, it’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Teaching is already a challenge enough, now with virtual education in self-isolation, ...

Welcome to PART ONE of Dr. Zanaida Robles itnerview. The fellow CSUN Alum and CSU Long Beach/USC graduate is a fierce advocate for diversity and inclusion in music education and performance. She is passionate about using music as a tool for empowe...

Welcome to PART THREE of Raehann’s interview. In this episode, Raehann gets real with the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-isolation on her personal and professional singing life. She expresses how she is coping and also provides insight ...

This is Part 2 of Raehann’s interview where she provides great insight and advice on how an opera singer builds their career, gets gigs, and makes a profitable living with national and international singing competitions, young artist programs, and...

Long time no podcast MOCs! We are in the middle of the world pandemic of COVID-19; therefore, Notes From Her is airing a special Season 2: Self-Isolation Edition! In Season 2’s first episode, I interview international opera star Raehann Bryce Davi...

Notes From Her's season 1-episode 7 features MOC Maria Elena Altany an opera singer who performs primarily for The Industry LA. In this episode, Maria Elena speaks on how music and singing saved her and why it is an important means of survival. Do...

Notes From Her's season 1-episode 6 features MOC Leyla Hoyle Guerrero. Leyla is a reputable and prolific studio recording artist in the Spanish and English music industry. She is also a worship leader at Shepherd Church Woodland Hills location. Li...

Notes From Her's season 1-episode 5 continues Suzanna's interview with Part 2! You heard her speak on her background, now Suzanna speaks on her road to the biggest opera house in the US-the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and staying true to h...

In Notes From Her's season 1-episode 4, I sit down to interview Mexican-American international opera star, actress, broadcast television host, radio host, teacher and arts advocate Suzanna Guzman. In this episode Part 1 of a 2 part interview, Suza...

In Notes From Her's season 1-episode 3, I sit down to interview 2019 Miss America Nia Imani Franklin! Listen to Nia's story to hear her talk about what it means for a young, Black opera singer/composer to be Miss America. She gives insight concern...

In Notes From Her's season 1-episode 2, I sit down to interview composer Juhi Bansal! Listen to hear Juhi talk about being born in India and raised in Hong Kong, as well as her road to becoming a musician, and composition techniques for composers....