LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, I’m excited to bring you a great interview with David Binder, who plays second trombone with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. David and I went to Northwestern together, so it was really great to reconnect with him and hear his perspective on his […]
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One Of The Best Parts Of My Job Is Helping People See That The Answers They Seek Are Already Inside Of Them – Ashley Hall | Ep. 81
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we have a great episode with Ashley Hall, professor of trumpet and manager of career coaching at the Longy School of Music. Most of you know I’ve recently started taking on clients as a coach to help develop more practice independence, so […]
Being Told I Could Leave School Felt Like Freedom – Keith Benjamin | Ep. 80
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we have a great interview with Keith Benjamin, professor of trumpet at the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC). I’ve heard about Keith for years from my friends who are former students of his. I was so excited to have the opportunity […]
Stay Strong, Be Kind To Yourself, and Never Stop Growing | Ep. 79
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we’re going back to our roots and bringing you another solo episode. It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these, mostly because I’ve shifted a lot of my own solo content to my YouTube channel. I’ve started to try to get […]
To This Day, I Still Have No Idea Why I Couldn’t Play My Instrument For All Those Years – Matt Bronstein | Ep. 76
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we have a great episode with my long time friend Matt Bronstein. Matt currently plays with the Axiom Brass Quintet. Matt’s career has taken him all over, and his audition track record indicates that he was incredibly close to having a full […]
Functional Advice For Musicians Who Want Long, Healthy Careers – Austin Pancner | Ep. 74
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast we have an interview with Austin Pancner, otherwise known as “The Functional Musician”. Not only does Austin play the bass trombone, he has started a business to help musicians develop great physical and mental health habits as well. Many of you know […]
I Don’t Want My Body To Exist When I’m Playing – Micah Wilkinson | Ep. 69
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout Who Do You Think You Are? Micah spoke in this episode about his struggles dealing with imposter syndrome while putting his book of solos together. Wrestling with questions such as, “Will anyone care about this?” and “Who am I to put my stamp on these solos?”, Micah […]
I Went As Slow As I Had To In Order To Play Perfectly – Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez | Ep. 63
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, I’m really excited to bring you an episode that is a bit surreal for me to make. I got a text on February 3rd from a friend saying their friend, Jeremías, had just won the principal second violin position with the Metropolitan […]
Criticism Is Part Of Taking A Risk – It Is Not The Critic Who Counts | Ep. 57
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This weeks episode of the podcast was inspired by Brene Brown’s special “The Call To Courage” on Netflix. I was watching it with Kathleen one night, and she began covering her thoughts on Teddy Roosevelt’s “The Man In The Arena” speech. Every time I hear this epic […]
How We’re Dealing With Our Coronavirus Quarantine – Kathleen Costello and Ryan Beach | Ep. 53
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we’re taking a bit of a departure from our normal schedule of interviews to bring you an honest episode discussing how Kathleen and I are dealing with being quarantined during this time. None of this is really that easy, as you all […]