Heidi Joosten | Substack
Composer | Conductor | Performer | Sheet Music Wizard | Orchestrator | Arranger | Cheese Snob | Dog Mom | Dad Joke Enthusiast | Currently conducting the national tours of the music from "The Witcher 3...
Hey - I'm terrible at participating on this site, but I am on Substack now so I can get off Facebook but my mom doesn't have to deal with the constant barrage of, "What is Heidi up to now?" If you're into it, would love to see you there. If not, keep on keepin' on <3
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12.09.2025 05:32 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Heyo - who here is connected to the choral + wind ensemble depts. at their respective universities (especially the religious ones with holiday/Christmas concerts)?
I've got a banger of a choral *ADVENT* piece with either piano, piano + brass quintet, or WE accompaniment just for your fall needs.
07.07.2025 21:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Looking forward to chatting with you tomorrow!
24.04.2025 19:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Someone get Ben Wikler an Old Fashioned STAT
02.04.2025 04:06 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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01.04.2025 14:26 โ ๐ 6288 ๐ 2927 ๐ฌ 50 ๐ 89
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01.04.2025 15:01 โ ๐ 28044 ๐ 8925 ๐ฌ 476 ๐ 310
Me: Everything is so awful. Am I going to lose my healthcare? Should I be leaving the country?
The microplastic spoon in my brain: Be still, my child. Be calm. Send another email. Drink a Diet Coke. Watch The White Lotus Sundays at 9.
27.02.2025 13:22 โ ๐ 2719 ๐ 312 ๐ฌ 40 ๐ 9
I cannot tell you how much this message meant to me - thank you SO much <3 I hope you enjoyed your conducting workshop!
23.02.2025 18:01 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
All right yโall - whereโs the hope at? Where are the stories of good? Where are the lists of action items we can take to make things even a little better? Iโm making the daily calls to my congresspeople but thatโs doing absolutely nothing to assuage my anxiety. Whaddya got? Lay it on me
21.02.2025 01:04 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
19.02.2025 18:44 โ ๐ 15385 ๐ 3086 ๐ฌ 212 ๐ 213
Iโve got six flights in the next two weeks. Very this.
18.02.2025 00:49 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
10.02.2025 15:26 โ ๐ 117436 ๐ 21329 ๐ฌ 3729 ๐ 1100
Beyoncรฉ Finally Wins Album of the Year for 'Cowboy Carter' at the 2025 Grammys
Beyonce won Album of the Year for 'Cowboy Carter' at the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Beyoncรฉ has finally won Album of the Year at the #GRAMMYs. Itโs better late than never, but the win still feels palpably overdue.
"I just feel very full and very honored. It's been many, many years," the singer said.
03.02.2025 05:19 โ ๐ 431 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 3
Oh this seems the most fun, and I would also like to participate!
26.01.2025 17:21 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
LETโS GOOOOOOOOO
15.01.2025 00:13 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Iโm just a girl, standing in front of my local pub, begging them to adjust their rules so my dog can come in and hang with me.
Yeah I know why the rules are there, but they havenโt met my dog.
14.01.2025 20:43 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Wait so explain this to me like Iโm five - did he really get away with 34 felony counts with no punishment, or is it not over yet?
10.01.2025 15:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
lol how does anyone actually successfully use Ableton in a theatrical setting without wanting to die
05.01.2025 07:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
How Women Composers Were CUT from Music History
It's a matter of choice whether to include women composers or cut them.
***New Newsletter***
Itโs not difficult to include women composers in historyโthere were so many. We just have to CHOOSE not to cut them.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahfri...
20.12.2024 19:27 โ ๐ 49 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 4
Man, I wish Midwest had a "I just wanna hang out with my nerdy music friends for 2 hours in the exhibit hall but I don't have time to do anything else" price point. Any seasoned attendee here have a hack for that sort of thing? Preferably for Thursday?
17.12.2024 22:52 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Hiya friends - v busy at the moment, so I don't have time to just play in the sandbox. Where are your best resources to become a whiz quickly at both Dorico and Ableton? Plug your friends with tutorials/YT channels if the vids aren't incredibly long. xoxo thank you!
02.12.2024 01:22 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I guess I'm back! I'm Heidi - I'm a composer, pianist, harpist, theatrical music director, and currently in a season of life where I'm working a lot in film + orchestra live events. What did I miss, where are the fun people hanging out, and who wants to make some art?
27.11.2024 22:30 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Hey friends - hands up if you're a composer going to Midwest or know a composer going to Midwest?
If this information is helpful to you, I have ~400 18in. coils of varying diameter if you need any scores bound and your local print shops won't do a tabloid-size bind. Hit me up and we'll connect!
02.11.2023 19:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
And as always please hire me to conduct and write things for you because I want to have a great time doing all the things with everyone, and especially this ensemble of incredible women.
29.08.2023 17:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I didn't get any pictures at the venues. There was no photo of all of us in our concert dresses. There's no record of me even being a part of this. And I am in my FEELINGS about it.
Other musician friends, how have you coped with type of devastated feeling before?
29.08.2023 17:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Real terror is deciding if you want to sound like a local (which you were for 23 years) or a tourist (which you are now) when pronouncing "bag tag" at the MSP airport.
23.08.2023 11:18 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I'm not at all negating the work of folks who have completed that coursework. Of COURSE you've earned your accolades. No one can or should take them away from you. BUT, not all of us have the resources/time to give up EVERYTHING for a degree like that. Shouldn't we be allowed at least SOME security?
14.08.2023 02:55 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Can someone please explain to me why the barrier to health insurance at a university teaching job is a terminal degree and not if you're a good teacher? Explain it to me like I'm five years old how and why that one extra piece of paper is SUCH a gatekeeper. I'm listening to understand.
14.08.2023 02:52 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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