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Anchored in Music & Community: Finding My Place Without Ancestral Roots
I was born in the United States, where ancestry is often a casual identity marker for long-assimilated immigrants. Even as early as elementary school, peers will ask, “What are you?” The expected answer isn’t “human” or “American,” but rather something like “Polish and Italian.” It is a unique shorthand for heritage, even as many of…
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Spinning Plates & Holding Space: Valentine’s Day Livestream
Dear friends, I haven’t written in a while. The past eight months have demanded more of me than I ever anticipated—managing the #MeToo style sexual harassment situation in our community has taken all my mental and emotional energy. But I feel like I’m finally stepping up (or more like leveling up, Yu-Gi-Oh style) into the…
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Reflect. Celebrate. Optimize: A Year in Review with Maggie Cocco Music
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The Cab Driver
For a moment yesterday I found myself a captive audience, having unwittingly provoked the cab driver. He asked where I was from, and I’d followed up by asking how he liked living in this city. His response was sharp: he’d loved it when he moved here twenty years ago, but now it was “ruined” by…
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Keep your heart good in the bad times
I have struggled with words for many months now. I’ve questioned how to share my life and art with you when every small win has seemed too trivial to mention and every loss has felt too monumental to burden you with. Running what feels like a local chapter of the Me Too movement in a…
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Folk this.
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Maggie Cocco on Terry’s Songwriter Show
Did you say, “tune into Wellington Access Radio 106.1 fm right now for NEW and LIVE @scienceforsociopaths on Terry’s Songwriter’s Show“ ??? Tune in now, at your leisure online at accessradio.org.nz, or follow Maggie Cocco Music on YouTube for the pending upload! Special thanks to Amy at Access Radio for hooking me up with this interview…
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Show Annoucement: Maggie Cocco’s Science for Sociopaths at Orphic Gallery, Whanganui
The Development Tour for song cycle Elodie continues! Join me and painters Taneth & Arwyn at the Theatrium at Orphic Gallery, Whanganui NZ . For a truly unique experience, Maggie Cocco’s Science for Sociopaths’ multimedia performances feature artist collaborators and audience participation. These bespoke performances showcase local visual artists and encourage audiences to engage with the…
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Livestream Maggie Cocco’s Science for Sociopaths at Sofar Sounds Wellington
Surprise! I played a secret show at Sofar Sounds Wellington! Sofar Sounds is a global music community that connects artists and audiences at secret music-centered shows in 400 cities around the world. Maybe there’s one near you! Sign up to get selected to attend a secret show in your city here. Our secret show was in…
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Tending to Tornadoes
Two rejections this week. I hear criticisms of the harms social media causes for the charmed impressions it gives as we compare ourselves to one another. I’ve shared a few wins lately, so I thought I’d balance it out with a bit of the happenings that wouldn’t usually make my feed. I’ve received two rejections…
