What's the MATA? A Festival Built with Grit with Pauline Kim Harris and Jessie Cox 592j1i

Great conversation with Executive Director of Mata Festival Pauline Kim Harris and featured composer Jessie Cox. Music at the Anthology (MATA) celebrates its 27th Annual Festival with performances at the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn from June 11th to 14th 2025 Titled Intergalactic Infinity: Music Between Spaces, the festival promises to be an incredible few days of sounds, creativity and imagination, that will blow your mind. The episode serves as a way to dive in into the world of MATA, the process of curating a festival of this caliber, and a behind the scene view into the creative process of composers, their source of inspiration, their grit, how they view the future of music and a lot of fun topics you will love! We cannot wait for you to learn more about MATA Thanks for listening and please Subscribe, Rate and Review the Podcast. A lot of work goes into bringing Down the Pit to you, and we would to know your thoughts on how we are doing! To become a Down the Pit er for as little as $0.99/month, please visit ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/down-the-pit⁠⁠⁠ Visit tonebase.com for some amazing online courses and lessons for Violin, Piano, Cello, Flute, Guitar, etc. The best online platform with hundreds of instructional videos and lessons for musicians of all levels! Check it out and use Promo Code ⁠⁠⁠SAMI-30⁠⁠⁠ at Checkout for a 14-day FREE trial and 30% off for a yearly subscription. Sign up TODAY! Thanks to our corporate sponsor ⁠⁠⁠U.S. PAVE⁠⁠⁠ for their continued ! We are on Instagram/TikTok/Twitter @downthepit_pod Facebook: Down the Pit Podcast Co-hosts: Sami Merdinian: ⁠⁠⁠@samimerdinian⁠⁠⁠  Ian Loew: @lunchmeat1836 Producer: Sami Merdinian Mata Festival 2025 For tickets and es click HERE Guests: Pauline Kim Harris - https://www.paulinekimharris.com/ Jessie Cox - https://www.jessiecoxmusic.com/ ⁠⁠Please this podcast for more interviews!⁠⁠ 421l34