Conductors' Brew

To celebrate Flag Day, we take an extended nerd moment on flags, of course. Plus, we discuss patriotic concerts and wind band music.

The crew is back to talk film scores and our favorite movie music composers.

The crew is back together to talk Brahms on the 125 anniversary of his death. Gab a bowl of Raisin Brahms and join us.

The College Orchestra Directors Association conference returned last month for the first time since the start of Covid. In this episode we discus the conference and how the organization stayed relevant during the pandemic with out-going CODA President Kimcherie Lloyd. Also, Larry interviews the students of the Washington and Lee University’s Instrumental Conducting Mentorship Pro

This episode we crank up the Conductors Brew time machine and whisk ourselves to the past to visit some of our favorite composers. Along the way we also get sucked into the Internet wormhole of technical difficulties. The time machine needs work.

This month we talk about keeping work, school, and the challenges of life as a musician in perspective.

We’re back for season 2 of the show! We discuss our new format and look ahead to another season with COVID-19.

We conclude our first season with a nerdy voyage through the music of Star Trek. Plus the crew discusses our favorite symphonies and looks back on our first year.

To deepen our understanding of music we go straight to the source and read the writings of prominent critics and composers. Plus Brandon brings the jokes.

User Experience (UX) professional Jess Vice joins the crew to continue our discussion on the concert experience.