CUEcast is the weekly podcast of YouthCUE.
Released every Tuesday morning at 6AM Central, each episode is packed with information and inspiration for student choir leaders, music educators, ministers, teenage singers, parents of youth choir kids, YouthCUE alumni, YouthCUE donors, and all other interested parties.
Episodes include interviews
with composers, directors, music educators, student choir singers, youth ministers, professional artists, YouthCUE alumni, YouthCUE program participants, and more. Often, musical excerpts are included designed to inspire and inform listeners of new anthem resources.
You may listen to each episode for free here on the website, but it’s much easier to take advantage of the subscription to CUEcast by activating the “Podcast” app (usually purple) on your smartphone or iPad. Here’s how … it will take you less than one minute, and it’s totally free!
Instructions to subscribe to CUEcast
- Find the Podcast app
- Touch the app icon, which will send you inside the app
- Look for “magnifying glass” to find the search feature.
- Search for: CUEcast
- CUEcast logo will appear. It’s cyan-colored.
- Touch CUEcast logo.
- Find “Subscribe” and simply touch the word “Subscribe.”
- That’s it. You’re all set!
- When you have subscribed, the app will automatically drive new episodes to this same place (under the purple Podcast app on your device) to listen to the episodes at your convenience. Episodes will sit and wait for you until you have the chance to listen. Also, the app will allow you to access all past episodes by touching “All Episodes.”
- Select the episode you’d like to hear and enjoy.
Episode 38 – Adolescent Sanctuaries, Pt 3 – The Spirit of Liberty
Pamela Dunagan again joins Randy for a continuation of the discussion of Adolescent Sanctuaries. In this episode, the continued dialogue will revolve around equipping directors to help students stake out their own private safe places to enrich them and see them...
Episode 37 – Katy Lundeen: A Delightful Duet Between Science and Music
Katy Lundeen directs a youth choir in San Diego, but her day job is in a large Japanese pharmaceutical company. Her area of expertise (other than directing student choirs) is in neuroscience biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases; which means she searches for and...
Episode 36 – Erin Kirn: A YouthCUE Alumna Describes the Front Lines of the COVID Pandemic
In this episode, a YouthCUE alumna talks about her experience in youth choir and how it has prepared her to be on the front lines battling COVID-19. Erin Kirn was part of her youth choir from the start of 7th grade through the summer following her senior year of high...
Episode 35 – A Special Tribute to the Life of Babs Baugh
Babs Baugh was a world-class stateswoman with a heart of gold, a talented musician, a dedicated fan of the arts, and a philanthropist to many deserving causes. She always seemed to have time to minister to friends who were hurting or listen to anyone who needed to...
Episode 34 – Elaine Hagenberg on the Phenomenon “O Love”
Elaine Hagenberg is a powerful new voice in church music. Although she has only been a full-time composer for 24 months, Elaine has already blessed the world with a colorful array of elegant choral compositions. One need only to Google “O Love” to discover how...
Episode 33 – Heather Sorenson: Writing Music That Expresses Universal Feelings
Heather Sorenson is one of the bright luminaries in church music today. Creating fresh choral settings of texts ancient and contemporary, Heather’s compositions seem to capture the essence of singers’ emotions from the first read through. In this interview, Randy will...
Episode 32 – Preston Edwards: This Is the Kind of Person I Want to Be
YouthCUE Vice-President, Preston Edwards, turns thirty-five years old today, meaning he is now age-eligible to become President of the United States. In this special birthday interview, father (Randy) and son (Preston) discuss some of what it means to be an official,...
Episode 31 – Mark Hayes: The Creative Process Through Good Times and Bad
Mark Hayes, one of the most prolific church music composers of our generation, discusses with Randy how he approaches music composition during normal days as well as the uncertain times of COVID-19. For the past 40 years, Mark has invested his efforts full-time into...
Episode 30 – Sanctuary, Part 2
Pam and Randy pick up where they left off discussing how choir directors can help their students build their own personal sanctuaries. Safe spaces are very important for all teenagers, but for some they are absolutely critical. The pandemic clamor, the relentless...
Episode 29 – God Has Work for Us to Do
In this powerful interview, James Wells, Director of Music and Director of Student Choirs at Brentwood United Methodist Church, Nashville, tells a compelling story about taking his students inside the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago. It’s a riveting...
