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 […]
podcast episodes
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 […]
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 […]
Deliberate Practice Is The Scientific Method Applied To Musicians – It’s Really That Simple – Jason Haaheim | Ep. 78
LISTEN ON – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This week on the podcast, we have a great episode that I hope will keep help guide your practice and practice organization for months to come. Jason Haaheim is the principal timpanist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and we sat down to have a LONG conversation about […]