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 8 – An Interview with Walker Burroughs: How American Idol has helped to shape my vocation and vision
This time a year ago, twenty-one-year-old Walker Burroughs began a months-long process of auditioning and being chosen as a finalist in the 2019 Season of American Idol. The challenge was quite a ride for this young Birmingham native who is a music education major at...
Episode 7 – From Insecurity to a Singing Community: How becoming part of SAYC changed our lives
Four San Antonio Youth Chorale students - Laura Ramirez, Pierce Haddad, Grace Mack, and Shep Berry - tell their stories about how they found their ways into SAYC. Each has a very different story, and each had to overcome a sense of insecurity in order to become a part...
Episode 6 – From YouthCUE to the Metropolitan Opera and Back, Part 2 (David Portillo)
In this episode, Metropolitan Opera tenor David Portillo discusses his youth choir friendships and how the experiences of singing choral music as a child and teenager shaped his passion, his work ethic, and his joy for his vocation. David's love for the art goes...
Episode 5 – From YouthCUE to the Metropolitan Opera and Back, Part 1 (David Portillo)
In the first of a two-part interview with YouthCUE alumnus and Metropolitan Opera tenor David Portillo, Randy asks David to tell the stories of his time growing up in church, singing in school choir, and embarking onto his challenging path as a professional operatic...
Episode 4 – What Teens Get from Joining a Youth Choir
Students become involved in youth choirs for a variety of personal reasons. Ask one student why she or he sings, and you will receive a variety of answers from the same teenager. If we hope to become successful as student choir directors, it is critical that we...
Episode 3 – Holy Histories, Furthered Futures
SAYC students again join host Randy Edwards to discuss how participation in student choir changes life for the better, but not just life in the present. The group discusses how directors can help students connect to a deeper holy history and how that connection will...
Episode 2 – From Performer to Teacher
In today's episode, host Randy Edwards and six of his SAYC students discuss why the YouthCUE byline morphed in the early years from "For youth choir directors who care" to "Radically impacting the lives of youth." The shift may seem insignificant, but it was a...
Episode 1 – Getting Started
Host Randy Edwards is joined by six high school students as they discuss the advantages of singing in a faith-based community choir. Meet Noah Upton, Laura Ramirez, Pierce Haddad, Leah Mayes, John Pradia, and Macy Drew - all members of the San Antonio Youth Chorale...
CUEcast Episode 0 – Introduction to CUEcast – September 2, 2019
Randy Edwards, Founder & Artistic Director of YouthCUE, and host of CUEcast, introduces himself to the listeners. Randy gives us an idea of what to expect with the upcoming episodes, which will be delivered to your podcast server every other Tuesday. Episode...
