Rachel Bade-McMurphy of Imagine Jazz

For this week's episode, Rachel Bade-McMurphy—jazz musician, composer and music advocate—is in the Rogue Heart Media studio to talk about, among other things, her new project, the Glass Bead Orchestra.The Glass Bead Orchestra is 10-piece ensemble that received a prestigious and very competitive Chamber Music America grant for women and minority bandleaders.The group debuts in its full incarnation this weekend (Aug. 10) at the Hamilton Studio's popular Listening Room. After that, they head to Washington State University to record a full-length album.Rachel outlines all that the CMA grant is enabling them to do, how the project ties into her advocacy and appreciation initiative Imagine Jazz and what it has to do with a Hermann Hesse novel.Along the way, we get into topics like the local jazz scene, women in jazz as well as spirit animals.Another heartfelt round of thanks to our episode sponsor, the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, where you can catch the nationally touring exhibition Preston Singletary: Raven & The Box of Daylight.