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#18: Freeway Philharmonic: Kathy White Jun 15, 2019

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In this episode, I talk with Kathy White about how she built and maintains her successful career as a freelancer in the Southeast region. Kathy is principal clarinet of the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, and she subs frequently with many orchestras in the area as well. Not only does she have really wonderful advice about how to succeed as a freelancer, she also has really great words about how what a career in music means to her.
Freeway Philharmonic is a series dedicated to interviewing musicians who have built successful freelance careers in order to gain insight and inspiration from their stories.

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#17: Winning the Job: George Goad and Derek Fenstermacher Jun 08, 2019

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In this episode I talk with George Goad and Derek Fenstermacher about their success in recent auditions. George recently won associate principal trumpet with the Montreal Symphony and Derek won principal tuba with the St. Louis Symphony.

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#16: Calvin Falwell Jun 01, 2019

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In this episode I have a conversation with Calvin Falwell, 3rd/Bass Clarinet with the Sarasota Orchestra. We talk about how Calvin has used his desire to make things happen into multiple opportunities for his career and for his life.
Master Engineer - Brandon Jochum

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#15: Starting Over: Changing Your Embouchure with Dr. Matthew Vangjel May 15, 2019

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In this episode, we go into detail about all things related to changing your embouchure on a brass instrument. We aim to give encouragement for anyone going through an embouchure change, as well as a resource for any teachers who might see changing an embouchure as a solution to a students problem, but may not feel equipped to make it work.
Dr. Matthew Vangjel is professor of trumpet at Louisiana State University.
Mastering engineer - Brandon Jochum

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#14: Winning the Job: Ansel Norris and Joe Lefevre May 08, 2019

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In this episode we speak with Ansel Norris, who recently won second trumpet in the Naples Philharmonic and Joe LeFevre, who recently won principal tuba with the Kansas City Symphony about what they think helped them be successful in their auditions.
Mastering engineer - Brandon Jochum

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#13: Lisa Wienhold May 01, 2019

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In this episode I talk with Lisa Weinhold principal flutist of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. We talk about her life growing up, her educational opportunities, as well as her difficulties around the time that the Alabama Symphony went bankrupt in the 1990's. We also discuss her love and passion for dog training, and dig into how she makes sure she's prepared to play her orchestral parts at the highest level every week.

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#12: Carlos Izcaray Part 2: Cancer and Venezuela Apr 22, 2019

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Here is part two of my interview with Carlos Izcaray, music director of the Alabama Symphony orchestra. In this episode, he talks about how he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, and what it was like continuing to work and live life while going through chemotherapy. After that, we go into a pretty in depth discussion on the current state of life in Venezuela. It's hard to listen to a lot of what he talked about. This is a must listen episode!

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#11: Arnold Jacobs and Mindfulness - What They Have In Common Apr 15, 2019

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In this episode, I discuss what the teaching method of Arnold Jacobs, tubist with the Chicago Symphony from 1944-1988, and the practice of mindfulness have in common. At the end, I explain what connections I've made between the two and how I've applied them to my own trumpet playing.
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Music in the episode - Andrew Miller
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Master engineer - Brandon Jochum

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#10: Winning the Job: Nathan Clark and Sam Huss Apr 08, 2019

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Winning the job is a series dedicated to finding out how people who have recently won auditions were successful.
In this episode, we talk with Nathan Clark and Sam Huss. Nathan Clark recently won a position with the Presidents Own Marine Band. Sam Huss recently won principal trumpet with the Richmond Symphony. Both of these players have some really great insight into what made them successful, you do not want to miss this episode!
Mastering engineer - Brandon Jochum

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#9: Carlos Izcaray: Part One Apr 01, 2019

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In this episode, I have a conversation with Carlos Izcaray, music director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. It was a wonderful opportunity to get to speak with him and cover his life from his earliest musical memories to being named music director of our orchestra in Birmingham, Alabama. He gave me so much great content, we actually ran out of time, and so we had to make this part 1 of a two part interview.
Mastering enginner - Brandon Jochum

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