<p>Emerging flautist, educator and researcher Eliza Shephard talks about growing up regionally, the extended flute, her bold recording project and being Ensemble Offspring’s 2022 Hatched Associate Artist.<br/><br/>Eliza Shephard is a vibrant performer and fervent contemporary musician in Melbourne. She is a specialist on the Glissando Headjoint, and a highly sought-after chamber musician. She is a semi-finalist for the ABC Young Performers Award and a finalist of the Freedman Fellowship 2021. Eliza is passionate about amplifying the voices of female musicians and composers, as showcased through her recording project ‘March of the Women’.  <br/><br/>Eliza Shephard: <a href='https://elizashephard.com/'>https://elizashephard.com/</a><br/>__________<br/><br/><b>– Discussed in this episode –<br/>• </b>ABC Young Performers Award: <a href='http://youngperformersawards.org/'>http://youngperformersawards.org/</a><br/><b>• </b>Freedman Fellowship: <a href='https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/'>https://sima.org.au/freedman-music-fellowships/</a><br/><b>• </b>Virginia Taylor: <a href='https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/taylor-virginia'>https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/taylor-virginia</a><br/><b>• </b>Teresa Rabe: <a href='https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/teresa-rabe'>https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/teresa-rabe</a><br/><b>• </b>Australian National University (ANU): <a href='https://www.anu.edu.au/'>https://www.anu.edu.au/</a><br/><b>• </b>Robert Dick: <a href='http://robertdick.net/'>http://robertdick.net/</a><br/><b>• </b>The Australian National Academy of Music  (ANAM): <a href='https://anam.com.au/'>https://anam.com.au/</a><br/><b>• </b>Richard Tognetti: <a href='https://www.aco.com.au/the-orchestra/musicians/richard-tognetti'>https://www.aco.com.au/the-orchestra/musicians/richard-tognetti</a><br/><b>• </b>Simone Young: <a href='https://www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/simone-young'>https://www.sydneysymphony.com/musicians/simone-young</a><br/><b>• </b><em>The Glissando Headjoint</em> – Eliza Shephard: <a href='https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/393197/Shephard,Eliza_Final%20Thesis_redacted.pdf?sequence=1'>https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/393197/Shephard,Eliza_Final%20Thesis_redacted.pdf?sequence=1</a> <br/><b>• </b>Greg Pattillo: <a href='http://www.pattillostyle.com/'>http://www.pattillostyle.com/</a><br/><b>• </b><em>Three Beats for Beatbox Flute </em>– Greg Pattillo: <a href='https://store.payloadz.com/details/2515986-music-classical-three-beats-for-beatbox-flute.html'>https://store.payloadz.com/details/2515986-music-classical-three-beats-for-beatbox-flute.html</a> <br/><b>• </b>March of the Women: <a href='https://elizashephard.com/march-of-the-women'>https://elizashephard.com/march-of-the-women</a> <br/><b>• </b>Wirripang: <a href='https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/'>https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/</a> <br/><b>• </b><em>Mungala</em> – Brenda Gifford: <a href='https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/gifford-brenda-mungala/35636'>https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/gifford-brenda-mungala/35636</a> <br/><b>• </b>Claire Chase: <a href='http://www.clairechase.net/'>http://www.clairechase.net/</a><br/><b>• </b>Ned McGowan: <a href='https://www.pearlflute.com/artists/ned-mcgowan'>https://www.pearlflute.com/artists/ned-mcgowan</a><br/>__________<br/><br/>Opening music: <em>Heaven Only Empty </em>(2014) – Damien Ricketson<br/>Closing music: <em>Light for the First Time </em>(2017) – Bree van Reyk<br/><br/>The Offcast is hosted by Claire Edwardes OAM, and produced and edited by Ben Robinson.<br/>Ensemble Offspring: <a href='https://ensembleoffspring.com/'>https://ensembleoffspring.com/</a></p>