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How Silicon Carbide (SiC) is revolutionising power efficiency
Passion for Technology - November 20, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Electricity plays a key role in sustainable development, because on the one hand a large proportion of the primary energy used remains unused due to conversion losses, and on the other hand new application technologies – for example e-mobility or heat pumps – lead to inc...
Chad Goodman, Part 2: The wave-making, entrepreneurial, and successful conductor, educator and author (and trumpet player!)
Anthony Plog on Music - October 20, 2023 18:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWe begin Part 2 by talking about his time with the San Francisco Ballet and how conducting ballet is so different from conducting orchestras. From there we move on to the New World Symphony and the studying of scores in preparation for rehearsals and concerts, how much time is involved, and the ...
Chad Goodman, Bonus Room: The wave-making, entrepreneurial, and successful conductor, educator and author (and trumpet player!)
Anthony Plog on Music - October 20, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the Bonus Room we discuss Chad's book, "You Earned a Music Degree. Now What?" This is a book that offers many practical and usable suggestions for students graduating from college and wanting to pursue a career in music. It is indeed a working musicians field guide, and we cover many areas of...
Chad Goodman, Part 1: The wave-making, entrepreneurial, and successful conductor, educator and author (and trumpet player!)
Anthony Plog on Music - October 13, 2023 18:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsChad Goodman is, to quote Christina Wallace from Forbes Magazine, "an entrepreneur bringing innovation to classical music." In his young life, Chad has started his own ensemble, the Elevate Ensemble, worked with the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Ballet as a conductor, is a Conducting ...
William Leathers and Carlos Jiménez Fernández, Part 2: Principal Trumpet of the Nashville Symphony and Principal Trombone of the New York City Ballet, both recent graduates and friends from Juilliard
Anthony Plog on Music - October 06, 2023 19:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWe continue our conversation about experiences at Juilliard and then move on to their current jobs: Principal Trumpet with the Nashville Symphony and Principal Trombone with the New York City Ballet, and specifically what they experienced in their auditions for those two orchestras. Would you l...
William Leathers and Carlos Jiménez Fernández, Bonus Room: Principal Trumpet of the Nashville Symphony and Principal Trombone of the New York City Ballet, both recent graduates and friends from Juilliard
Anthony Plog on Music - October 06, 2023 19:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn addition to their new jobs, Will and Carlos have had experiences performing with other major orchestras, such as the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, and the London Symphony. Our talk then turns to the future, with Will talking about his work with the...
William Leathers and Carlos Jiménez Fernández, Part 1: Principal Trumpet of the Nashville Symphony and Principal Trombone of the New York City Ballet, both recent graduates and friends from Juilliard
Anthony Plog on Music - September 29, 2023 22:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsTrombonist Carlos Jiménez Fernández and Trumpeter William Leathers have already had exceptional lives as musicians, even though they just recently graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Juilliard. They already have great jobs as principal players (Will with the Nashville Symphony and Carlos wit...
Amy Sanchez, Part 2: The highly diverse full-time LA freelancer and educator whose sound you've heard in your favorite movies!
Anthony Plog on Music - September 22, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn addition to the classical jobs she plays, Amy has also done some very interesting non-classical jobs, so we go behind the scenes of her recording sessions for Kendrick Lamar and Dave Matthews. Amy also talks about what it was like to be on the session that was a tribute to Henry Mancini, whic...
Amy Sanchez, Bonus Room: The highly diverse full-time LA freelancer and educator whose sound you've heard in your favorite movies!
Anthony Plog on Music - September 22, 2023 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWe begin the Bonus Room with Amy talking about her 99-day trip around the United States visiting and photographing all the national parks during the first year of the Covid pandemic. Her life outside of music is as varied as her freelance life in Los Angeles, so we discuss other projects she's b...
Amy Sanchez, Part 1: The highly diverse full-time LA freelancer and educator whose sound you've heard in your favorite movies!
Anthony Plog on Music - September 16, 2023 15:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHornist Amy Sanchez is a very successful and very busy freelancer living in Los Angeles. But she is so much more than that. In addition to all her various activities as a musician, she has also done a 99 day trip around the United States visiting all the National Parks, has become involved with ...
Aaron Williamon and Jason Evans, Part 2: Cutting edge research in the psychology of performance at the Royal College of Music in London.
Anthony Plog on Music - September 08, 2023 18:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsA large portion of this second part of our conversation deals with performance psychology and dealing with Covid and the groundbreaking research Aaron is doing at the Royal College. In discussing that research we do a deep dive into distributed simulation, where students can perform before a sim...
Aaron Williamon and Jason Evans, Bonus Room: Cutting edge research in the psychology of performance at the Royal College of Music in London.
Anthony Plog on Music - September 08, 2023 18:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the Bonus Room, we first discuss the difference between stress and distress. And then we discuss how to relieve distress in performance situations, with Jason talking about “flipping the script.” Dorico Professional music notation and composition software from Steinberg. Download a free 30-t...
Aaron Williamon and Jason Evans, Part 1: Cutting edge research in the performance psychology at the Royal College of Music in London
Anthony Plog on Music - September 02, 2023 06:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAaron Williamon is Professor of Performance Science at the Royal College of Music in London and is joined in our conversation by Jason Evans, who is head of the brass faculty at the Royal College and also principal trumpet with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Together we tackle the subject of perfor...
Daniel Spreadbury, Part 2: Blending Music, Literature, and Tech into a Fast Paced Career in Notation Software Development
Anthony Plog on Music - August 11, 2023 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn Part 2, Daniel talks about the beginnings of working for Steinberg and their culture. He then goes over the initial years of building Dorico from the ground up and the shift in focus once the product was available to the world. He discusses innovation and the goal of not just "building a fast...
Daniel Spreadbury, Bonus Room: Blending Music, Literature, and Tech into a Fast Paced Career in Notation Software Development
Anthony Plog on Music - August 11, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the Bonus Room, Daniel talks about the tight-knit nature of his team and how he views the success of a product. He discusses balancing priorities while still keeping an eye toward the future and what he thinks about the potential of tech advancements on the future of notation software. He bri...
Daniel Spreadbury, Part 1: Blending Music, Literature, and Tech into a Fast Paced Career in Notation Software Development
Anthony Plog on Music - July 31, 2023 23:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWhen I first began the podcast, producer Eddie Ludema and I thought our main goal would be to dig deeply into what makes a great musician, and we had many fascinating interviews in that vein. But as time progressed, we noticed that our interviews were with subjects that didn’t concern themselve...
The Seraph Brass, Bonus Room: The Powerful and Elegant, World-Renowned Brass Ensemble.
Anthony Plog on Music - July 07, 2023 18:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAn important aspect of any chamber music group is repertoire, so we talk about how Seraph Brass chooses theirs and how they go about rehearsing before and during a tour. We end with a discussion of a concert done the night before our conversation... a work by Anthony DiLorenzo (Chimera) performe...
The Seraph Brass, Part 2: The Powerful and Elegant, World-Renowned Brass Ensemble.
Anthony Plog on Music - July 07, 2023 18:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThe members of Seraph Brass are entrepreneurs in addition to being musicians, and we begin Part 2 by discussing the workshops they give on entrepreneurship. We then move on to touring and what it is like to play in different countries with varying cultures. We close this part with a discussion o...
The Seraph Brass, Part 1: The Powerful and Elegant World-Renowned Brass Ensemble.
Anthony Plog on Music - June 28, 2023 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsSeraph Brass is in its ninth season and began as a group dedicated to "elevating and showcasing the excellence of female brass players and highlighting musicians from marginalized groups both in personnel and in programming." It is a group consisting of five to six core artists, along with a gro...
Digital Condition Monitoring – Interview with Armin Wallnöfer
Passion for Technology - June 20, 2023 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Data is at the core of digitalisation. The same also applies for digital drive train technology. So, what else can you do with it besides just controlling the motor? We’ll talk about this hot topic with our guest, Armin Wallnöfer, who is leading the Smart Lab for ABB’s M...
Jörg Widmann, Part 2: World Recognized Composer, Clarinetist, and Conductor - Current Composer-in-Residence for the Berlin Philharmonic!
Anthony Plog on Music - June 15, 2023 02:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn Part 2, we continue our discussion about composition, including aspects such as revision, notation, writing in bursts rather than with a regular schedule (and why composing for very long hours is a joy), separating composing from clarinet and conducting, dealing with being writer's block, and...
Jörg Widmann, Bonus Room: World Recognized Composer, Clarinetist, and Conductor - Current Composer-in-Residence for the Berlin Philharmonic!
Anthony Plog on Music - June 15, 2023 02:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsJörg Widmann is also recognized as an internationally acclaimed clarinet soloist, so we begin the Bonus Room by talking about that aspect of his career. We also discuss further how he balances his schedule between composing, clarinet, and conducting (spoiler alert... he really doesn't!), and the...
Jörg Widmann, Part 1: World Recognized Composer, Clarinetist, and Conductor - Current Composer-in-Residence for the Berlin Philharmonic!
Anthony Plog on Music - May 31, 2023 18:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsJörg Widmann is one of the most versatile and fascinating classical artists in the world today. He is one of the world's most recognized modern composers, with premiers by major orchestras around the world. He has also appeared as a clarinet soloist with many of the world's top ensembles. As a c...
Anne Midgette, Bonus Room: Former Music Critic and Reviewer for the Washington Post & New York Times
Anthony Plog on Music - May 24, 2023 01:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the Bonus Room we discuss the idea of using social media to build a career in music, and from there we move on to the subject of the interpretation of Baroque music... authentic instruments and phrasing vs. modern instruments and phrasing. And we end with Anne's optimistic take on the future ...
Anne Midgette, Part 2: Former Music Critic and Reviewer for the Washington Post & New York Times
Anthony Plog on Music - May 21, 2023 20:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsPart 2 of our discussion deals with the books "The King and I", and "My Nine Lives". We talk about what it was like to work with Herbert Breslin and Leon Fleisher, both towering but very different figures in the music business. This leads to a short discussion about interpretation, and we end wi...
Anne Midgette, Part 1: Former Music Critic and Reviewer for the Washington Post & New York Times
Anthony Plog on Music - May 07, 2023 01:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAnne Midgette was the music critic for the Washington Post for eleven years, and for seven years before that was a regular contributor to the New York Times. She is the author of two books on music, The King and I, about the relationship between Luciano Pavarotti and his manager, Herbert Breslin...
Jock Ellis, Bonus Room: America's Jazz/Rock/Studio/Classical Trombonist - and Voice Over Expert!
Anthony Plog on Music - April 17, 2023 03:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the Bonus Room, I ask Jock about perhaps the most unusual aspect of his career ... doing voice overs for commercials, cartoons, and the like. And Jock was happy to give me some examples of what different cartoon characters might sound like. So this Bonus Room is quite different from Bonus Roo...
Jock Ellis, Part 2: America's Jazz/Rock/Studio/Classical Trombonist - and Voice Over Expert!
Anthony Plog on Music - April 17, 2023 03:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsJock transitioned to jazz and rock and moved to San Francisco during the height of the hippie movement. We talk about improvisation and the difference between "playing licks" and "riding the crest of the wave." Part 2 ends with Jock talking about two of the iconic band leaders he played with ......
Jock Ellis, Part 1: America's Jazz/Rock/Classical Trombonist - and Voice Over Expert!
Anthony Plog on Music - April 11, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsJock Ellis has had a remarkably diversified musical (and non-musical) life. I first met Jock while we were in our teens playing in the American Youth Symphony and we have been friends to this day. But we have gone in different musical directions, with me staying in classical and Jock going in t...
Carol Jantsch, Part 2: The Inspirational and History Making Orchestral and Solo Tubist
Anthony Plog on Music - March 28, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn the second part of our conversation, I ask Carol about the role of the tuba in the brass section and also the orchestra, and how her interpretation changes when playing with the different brass instruments, and how she adapts for different styles. Carol has premiered solo works by Michael Da...
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