LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we’re featuring a great episode with a longtime friend of mine, Brian Santero. Brian recently won a position as second/solo trombone with the Copenhagen Phil. Prior to winning that position, he served as the principal trombonist of the New York City Ballet […]
Interview
I Had To Make A Choice: Get My Pilots License or Pursue an Orchestral Career – Mike Roylance | Ep. 89
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, I’m excited to bring you a great interview with Mike Roylance, principal tubist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I first met Mike during the summer of 2010 as a Tanglewood fellow. I fondly remember listening to the orchestra play and being amazed […]
From Finland To The Detroit Symphony – David Binder | Ep. 87
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 […]
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Match.. With My Education! – Trevor Jones | Ep. 84
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we’re featuring Trevor Jones, bassist and founder of the Scholarship Roadmap. Trevor and I met when he interviewed me for a podcast episode, and I thought what he was up to was really cool, so I wanted to return the favor. Getting […]
I Promised Myself The Next Audition Would Be The Last.. – Guy Piddington | Ep. 83
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we’re featuring Guy Piddington, who plays second trumpet with the San Francisco Symphony. I met Guy last summer at a Northwestern alumni event. We didn’t get to talk much there, so I’m really glad I had the chance to finally chat with […]
Balancing The Pittsburgh Symphony, Houghton Horns, and My Family – Mark Houghton | Ep. 82
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we have a really special guest. Mark Houghton is third horn with the Pittsburgh Symphony and co-owner of Houghton Horns in Keller, TX. I’m always excited for the opportunity to sit down with someone I don’t know that well and get to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Spatial Studies For Hitting Things: Because Hitting Things Is What We Do – Josh Jones | Ep. 75
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we have a great episode featuring Josh Jones, the principal percussionist with the Kansas City Symphony. It feels wrong to limit Josh to that one position though – he is also a passionate educator, contributes to the symphony social media accounts, has […]
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 […]