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John Rubinstein, Part 1: Scoring for Movies and TV to Winning a Tony: A Journey Through Music, Acting, and Hollywood's Golden Age

Anthony Plog on Music - June 23, 2024 00:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Imagine being a multi-talented artist, a composer who has crafted scores for TV and iconic films like Jeremiah Johnson and The Candidate. Now, imagine you're also an acclaimed actor, having graced countless movies and winning a Tony Award for Children of a Lesser God Picture collaborating with l...

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Elias David Moncado, Part 1: International Award-Winning Violist, hailed as 'one of the biggest talents of his generation'

Anthony Plog on Music - June 10, 2024 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Called "one of the biggest talents of his generation," Elias David Moncado, at a very young age, has already had an exceptional career. After winning his first competition at the age of 6, then his first international competition at the age of 8, he went on to win four major competitions after t...

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Frederica von Stade, Part 1: The world-class opera singer, recitalist, concert artist, and philanthropist: Sing from the heart!

Anthony Plog on Music - May 26, 2024 06:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Frederica von Stade has had a fabulous career as an opera singer, recitalist, and concert artist. In her long career, she has performed and recorded internationally, working with major conductors around the world (Karajan, Bernstein, Abbado, to name just a few.) In addition, she has championed t...

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Micah Killion, Part 1: Performer, Researcher, Educator, Arts Administrator, and Former Air Force Band Trumpeter: On Efficient Practice and Learning

Anthony Plog on Music - May 14, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Dr. Micah Killion is a trumpeter who has devoted the past several years to better understanding what constitutes effective practice and learning. Formerly a member of the Air Force Band, he has also been an arts administrator. In addition to his performing and research, he has also been involved...

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Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Part 1: Emmy Award Winning Conductor, Music Director Laureate of the Fort Worth Symphony and Director of Orchestral Studies at Baylor University

Anthony Plog on Music - May 04, 2024 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Miguel Harth Bedoya has been the Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for 20 years and is now their Music Director Laureate. In addition to other Music Director positions he has held, he has also guest conducted major orchestras around the world such as the New York Philharmonic, ...

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Kevin Mayse, Part 1: Trumpet Instructor, Ensembles Director, and Department Chair of the exciting program at Riverside City College

Anthony Plog on Music - April 14, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Kevin Mayse is the wind ensemble conductor, trumpet teacher, and chair of the Department of Music at Riverside City College. Even though RCC is a two year college, what Kevin has been able to accomplish has been exceptional. His wind ensemble not only performs major works but also has a vibrant ...

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Jon Armstrong, Part 1: The Highly-Creative and Innovative Jazz Saxophonist, former LA Freelancer, Bandleader, Composer and current Professor of Jazz Studies and Commercial Music at Idaho State University

Anthony Plog on Music - March 29, 2024 21:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Jon Armstrong is an amazingly versatile performer, composer, educator and thinker. Perhaps that should come as no surprise, since as a young man in his home town in Oregon, Jon not only played in a Buddhist marching band but also worked 12 hour shifts in a diaper factory! After a highly successf...

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Matilda Lloyd, Part 1: The International Trumpet Soloist, Philanthropist and Podcast Host!

Anthony Plog on Music - March 15, 2024 19:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Matilda Lloyd has already had an exceptional career at a very young age. Her first album, Casta Diva, released on Chandos Records, was BBC Music Magazine's Recording of the Month in June of 2023. She will also be a European Concert Hall Organization "Rising Star" for the 2024/2025 season. But in...

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Lynn Larsen, Part 1: Personnel and Orchestra Manager of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Anthony Plog on Music - March 01, 2024 05:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
During the series of conversations I've had with people in the music business over the past 3 1/2 year, I've spoken with guests representing many aspects of music. But I haven't spoken with anybody about the give and take between orchestra management and musicians. So, who better to have on the ...

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Richard Antoine White, Part 1: The highly inspirational Professor of Tuba at The University of New Mexico, Principal Tubist of the New Mexico Philharmonic and Santa Fe Symphony, and author. Listen in to his incredible story!

Anthony Plog on Music - February 16, 2024 23:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Richard Antoine White (RAW Tuba) is principal tubist with the New Mexico Philharmonic, principal tuba of the Santa Fe Symphony, and a full professor of tuba at the University of New Mexico. But for more reasons than those, he has been an inspiration for those of us familiar with his life and wor...

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Katharina Kegler, Part 1: The Versatile Piano Pedagogue and Dozentin at the Freiburg Hochschule für Musik

Anthony Plog on Music - February 02, 2024 23:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
I first met pianist Katharina Kegler in 1992 when I auditioned for the position of trumpet professor at the Freiburg Musik Hochschule. Katharina was assigned to me as the accompanist for the short concert I would have to play and, unbeknownst to me, it was her first service since being hired at ...

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Lower Brass Days: St Mary's Music School (Edinburgh & Elgin)

Bold as Brass Podcast - January 28, 2024 16:00 - 40 minutes
In this brief return episode tubist Jonathan Gawn and euphonium player and improviser (and previous pod guest!) Martin Lee Thomson tell us about their involvement with the Lower Brass Days in partnership with St Mary's Music School. More event info below: There will be a series of free Lower...

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David Bilger: Former Principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Trumpet Professor at Northwestern University and the Curtis Institute of Music

Anthony Plog on Music - January 20, 2024 00:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Trumpeter Dave Bilger has had a stellar career as both a performer and also as an educator. He was principal trumpet with the Dallas Symphony, and following that, principal trumpet with the Philadelphia Orchestra for many years. In addition to the 27 years he's taught at the Curtis Institute of ...

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Andreas Neubronner, Part 1: The multi-Grammy Award winning recording producer of the San Francisco, London, Vienna (and more!) Symphonies

Anthony Plog on Music - January 05, 2024 21:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Andreas Neubronner is a record producer and engineer who has won 8 Grammy awards. He has recorded great orchestras around the world and is known for his recordings of the Mahler Symphonies with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, his work with Baroque and Ren...

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Nick Norton: The inspirational, huge-hearted former Principal Trumpet of the Utah Symphony

Anthony Plog on Music - December 24, 2023 06:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In his thirty-eight years with the Utah Symphony, Nick Norton experienced all aspects of what it means to be an orchestral trumpet player. He began his career with the orchestra as second trumpet and after nine years auditioned for, and won, the newly vacated position of principal trumpet. Towar...

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Bill Williams: International Trumpeter, Former Dean of the New World Symphony, and Optimal Performance Coach!

Anthony Plog on Music - December 12, 2023 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Bill Williams is a musician who has had a stellar career as a symphony musician, chamber musician, and soloist. But in addition to his performing, he is also a consultant with a wide range of clients, including elite performers and institutions, focusing on the tools needed to perform well consi...

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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 ratings
In 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...

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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 ratings
We 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 ...

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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 ratings
Chad 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 ...

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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 ratings
We 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...

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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 ratings
In 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...

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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 ratings
Trombonist 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...

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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 ratings
In 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...

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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 ratings
We 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...

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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 ratings
Hornist 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 ...

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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 ratings
A 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...

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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 ratings
In 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...

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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 ratings
Aaron 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...

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Goodbye, for now.

Bold as Brass Podcast - August 17, 2023 17:59 - 8 minutes
It's not a midweek extra episode, I'm afraid, folks. As you'll hear, I've loved every single second of running Bold as Brass Podcast. I've made great friends, professional connections, and kept myself busy when things were tough (looking at you, Covid). Running it as a one-person operation a...

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Samuel Blaser

Bold as Brass Podcast - August 13, 2023 16:30 - 30 minutes
In this episode trombonist Samuel Blaser tells us about developing an early interest in music at the age of 2, we hear about his travels to study and work, and we get to hear his opinions on the Berio Sequenza. www.samuelblaser.com/ facebook.com/samuel.blaser @samuelblasermusic Facebook: B...