Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This episode of “Winning the Job” features Chris Smith. Chris recently won the principal trumpet position with the San Diego Symphony. While most of these episodes feature two musicians, Chris’ episode features just him. That is because Chris had so many thoughts about not only his audition, […]
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Barbara Butler – ep. 23
Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout I’m so happy I’m finally able to release this episode! I originally planned for it to be released on December 1st, but once I got the episode recorded, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to wait that long! In the beginning, I selfishly wanted to […]
Jeff Lewandowski and John Romero – ep. 21
Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout On this episode of “Winning the Job”, we’re featuring Jeff Lewandowski and John Romero. Jeff recently won a position with the United States Army Field Band, and John recently won principal trombone with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Congrats to them both! I’ve been friends with Jeff since […]
I Didn’t Win, and That’s OK – ep. 19
(This is the list from the 2019 Chicago Symphony principal trumpet audition) Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout This episode was interesting for me to put together. Half of me feels like I’m making a big deal out of nothing. There are thousands of people who have taken an audition and haven’t advanced, […]
George Goad and Derek Fenstermacher – ep. 17
Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout On this installment of “Winning the Job”, we’re featuring George Goad and Derek Fenstermacher. George recently won associate principal trumpet with the Montreal Symphony and Derek won principal tuba with the St. Louis Symphony. Congrats to them both! I’ve known George for a number of years now. […]
We Talkin About Practice? – v 2.0
This post is part one of a two part blog. To read part two, click here. On January 15th, I posted an article outlining a method of practice that I was following that incorporated progression principles of powerlifting (say that three times fast..) on my blog. If you haven’t had a chance to see that, […]
Dean Haist – ep. 07
Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout When I was thinking of freelancers that I knew that would make a great episode for my “Freeway Philharmonic” series, Dean Haist was one of the first names that came to mind. Being from Lincoln, NE, I’ve known Dean for almost my entire musical career. I did […]
Jim Sullivan – ep. 06
(Jim and his husband Troy) Listen on – iTunes Spotify Google Play Buzzsprout When a person comes up with an idea for anything, for it to succeed, they have to believe in it even if other people can’t see it or don’t believe it. There are countless stories of successful people who didn’t give up […]
Winning the Job – ep. 04
This edition of winning the job features both Jeff Strong and Tyler Lindsay. Jeff recently won the third trumpet audition with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Tyler won a position with the Presidents Own Marine band. Congratulations to both of them! I’ve known Jeff for a couple of years now. I first met him at […]
We Talkin About Practice?
For this example, I chose the Ballerinas Dance from Petrouchka. If its your first time going through this template, I might recommend trying it as is, so you get an idea of what works, and how you might adjust it for your own playing. Ultimately, the important part is that we approach learning in three […]