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Music Makers is your ultimate backstage pass to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Join host Chelsey Norris each week to hear directly from a DSO Music Maker and discover what makes them tick… Or pluck. Or bow. You get it. These are the stories that don’t make it into the concert programs or social media feeds. This is your chance to meet the real people who make the music happen on stage and off.
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Signup to Generate a PitchMusic Makers is your ultimate backstage pass to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Join host Chelsey Norris each week to hear directly from a DSO Music Maker and discover what makes them tick… Or pluck. Or bow. You get it. These are the stories that don’t make it into the concert programs or social media feeds.
Music Makers is hosted by Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Best Of - Season 1" (13 August 2026, 31 minutes), "Karen Schnackenberg (DSO Principal Librarian)" (28 May 2026, 53 minutes), and "Anthony Blake Clark (DSO Chorus Director)" (14 May 2026, 43 minutes).
Music Makers publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 39 minutes across 13 episodes.
Booking probability for Music Makers is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Music Makers requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Music Makers's contact route on record: verified email.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra hosts Music Makers, an arts podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Episode #13
On today's episode, we're looking back at some of our favorite moments from season 1. Find us on social media @dallassymphony, and be sure to follow Music Makers wherever you’re listening so you never miss an episode.
<p>Each performance at the Dallas Symphony begins long before the musicians play a single note on stage. There’s an entire world of preparation that happens behind the scenes, and today, we’re pulling back the curtain...
Episode #11
<p>Today’s Music Maker is Anthony Blake Clark, director and conductor of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, the all-volunteer official vocal ensemble of the DSO, just in time for our performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8...
Episode #10
<p>This week’s music maker is DSO Principal Viola Meredith Kufchak. </p><p>Have you ever wondered why the viola gets so much hate? As Meredith explains, there’s actually good reason — and it goes all the way back to the...
Episode #9
<p>Meet DSO violinist Jenna Barghouti!</p><p>Jenna grew up in Ramallah, in Palestine’s West Bank, where she began music lessons at just six years old. At the time, she was one of only six students at her conservatory...
Episode #8
<p>Today’s Music Maker is DSO violinist Daphne Volle. </p><p>Daphne has been part of the orchestra since 1996 and has witnessed decades of change—from a new generation of musicians joining the ensemble to the DSO's...
Episode #7
<p>This week’s music maker is DSO’s Composer-in-Residence Sophia Jani, who spoke with us over Zoom from her homebase in Munich ahead of the world premiere of her new Violin Concerto. If you’re listening on February 12...
Episode #6
<p>This week’s music maker is DSO Principal Horn Daniel Hawkins!</p><p>Originally from Chandler, Texas, about an hour-and-a-half southeast of Dallas, Daniel is no stranger to the Texas heat or our famous barbeque. And...
<p>In today’s episode, you’ll meet the DSO’s Assistant Conductor, Shira Samuels-Shragg, who, at the time of recording this interview, had just finished her first season with us. </p><p>A big part of Shira’s job is...
<p>Pour yourself some eggnog and cozy up for this episode of Music Makers because we’re introducing you to the maestro who has led the DSO's holiday concerts for nearly two decades, Lawrence Loh. </p><p>In this very...
<p>In today’s episode, you’ll meet the DSO’s Principal Second Violinist, Angela Fuller Heyde (Barbara K. & Seymour R. Thum Chair)-- “Angie,” to her friends and colleagues. </p><p>Angie and Chelsey cover a lot of ground...
Episode #2
<p>When you know, you know! From the moment she first heard about the harp at just four years old, Emily Levin decided she simply had to play it — and she didn’t stop asking until her parents finally found a teacher...
Episode #1
<p>What if we told you that legendary composer John Cage paid for the birth of one of our musicians? You're intrigued, aren't you? Well, Principal Bassoon Ted Soluri drops this unforgettable fun fact in the very first...
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