Hip-BoneMusic presents BONE2PICK

Bone2pick is back up and running with a fantastic sit down featuring one of the most respected and in demand bass players on the international jazz scene, the great Jay Anderson. Jay generously shares his thoughts and memories of growing up in Southern California, his early professional years with Woody Herman and Carmen McRae, his many years anchoring the bass chairs of the Grammy

Hip-Bone Music and bone2pick are proud to present an important and enlightening interview with two of Broadway’s most respected musicians, musical director extraordinaire Julie McBride and top call NYC French hornist Judy Yin-Chi Lee. Julie and Judy sit down with Michael at Maestra Music headquarters in Manhattan to discuss their exceptional careers, working together at Moulin Ro

Hip-Bone Music is back and kicks off our 2023 season with an energizing sit down featuring one of today’s true virtuoso trombonists, Mr. Peter Steiner. Peter touches on growing up in Bolzano, Italy, studying in Austria and eventually at the Juilliard School, performing with the Vienna Philharmonic, NY Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, and becoming the premier tr

Hip-Bone Music hits the road for a bone2pick sit down at the 2022 Shirespalooza event in Holliston, MA. Shot in front of a live audience at the newly expanded S.E. Shires factory, the interview features two stars of the Shires family – director of Sales and Marketing Samantha Lane and product specialist Alexis Smith. Sam and Alexis discuss their individual roles in the company, t

Hip-Bone Music proudly kicks off our summer season with a dynamic sit down featuring one of the world’s preeminent trombone teachers, Professor Mark Lusk. Filmed at Penn State University during the 31st annual Fruhling Posaunen festival, Mark touches on a myriad of interesting and important topics including how he built the PSU low brass department into one of the nation’s prem

Bone2pick proudly presents an inspiring and enlightening sit down with one of the first couples of brass and jazz, Ms. Kiku Collins and Mr. David Gibson. Two of the most in-demand brass players on the international music scene, Kiku and David graciously share the ups and downs of their incredible journey as musicians and as a couple. A rare look inside two extraordinary careers. En

Hip-Bone Music is proud to release this month’s bone2pick interview with trombone virtuoso Lisa Albrecht. Lisa graciously discusses a variety of topics and highlights from her illustrious career including the early years in the San Antonio Symphony, becoming the first woman appointed to the brass section of the New York Philharmonic, returning home and joining the Rochester Philh

Hip-Bone Music kicks off our 2022 bone2pick season with an insightful sit down featuring the two trombone professors at the prestigious Eastman School of Music, Mark Kellogg and Larry Zalkind. Mark and Larry discuss their illustrious careers as teachers and performers, how to build and nurture a successful program, developing solid relationships with students and administrators ali

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Hip-Bone Music welcomes one of New York’s most in-demand, most versatile and most virtuosic drummers, the great Jared Schonig, to our bone2pick series. Jared has recently released an astounding 2 CD set entitled Two Takes volume 1: Quintet & volume 2: Big Band. Featuring an all-star cast of New York’s finest musicians, Two Takes is already garnering critical acclaim and strong