Conductor George Marriner Maull and the Discovery Orchestra are teaching audiences to...Listen to Music!In a time when we tend to hear music in the background, we’ve lost (or never learned) the skill of listening to music. How many of your audience members are reading the program notes or lost in thoughts about green beans? Probably most of them. Today we are learning how to teach our audience to listen.Listen to the full, unabridged episode for free in our Patreon community at patreon.com/podiumtimepodToday we discuss:The origin of the Discovery Orchestra, an orchestra that exclusively performs educational concerts (2:25)The format of the Discovery Concerts and how Maestro Maull teaches audiences how to listen to classical music (12:19)How learning to listen well through classical music enhances all the music that audiences listen to (23:23)The most effective pieces Maestro Maull has found for teaching audiences to listen (36:00)Maestro Maull’s closing advice, billboard, and hidden gems (45:49)Visit the Discovery Orchestra at DiscoveryOrchestra.org, and watch their broadcasted Discovery Concerts on Amazon Video.Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

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PT107: Teaching Your Audience to Listen, with George Marriner Maull

David Itkin joins us this week on Podium Time. Maestro Itkin is the Director of Orchestras at the University of North Texas, Music Director of the Abilene Philharmonic, and Conductor Laureate of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.Today we discuss the stories behind his first book, Conducting Concerti, and why it’s critical to learn how to accompany a soloist well. We also discuss the many drawbacks of focusing your study on just musicality or conducting technique. Finally, David gives us a sneak peek of his new book planned for 2022. The book features a curriculum for learning and practicing crucial conducting excerpts.Today we discuss:Why David Itkin wrote a book about Conducting Concerti, and why what we’re really good at is often what we used to be really bad at. (05:09)Navigating the psychology of preparing a concerto with the soloist and orchestra. (09:43)The most common issues that David Itkin has to fix with workshop participants, and how to be prepared to get the most out of your session with a conducting teacher and ensemble. (19:44)How the conducting program at UNT is designed to prepare a conductor to enter the professional world by including preparation for Pops and Education concerts for conducting students. (33:30)A conducting workshop between two covers: A sneak peek of David Itkin’s new book of advanced musical and technical issues in the orchestral repertoire, including a reduction of each example for use in the classroom. (42:38)Hidden Gems and Final Advice. (56:07)Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

PT106: "Technique Precedes Music-Making," with David Itkin

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10 Lessons from Interviewing over 100 Conductors on Podium Time

Today we&apos;ve got a special crossover episode of the podcast featuring The Classical Gabfest. After one of their hosts appeared on Podium Time (Kensho Watanabe, PT102), they invited Jeremy on to play a game at the beginning of this episode. Following that is a full episode of the Classical Gabfest featuring stories on Curtis entering the Arts Management game, Glenn Gould&apos;s program on "How Mozart Became a Bad Composer," and an interview with composer Dale Trumbore. They round it all off with the Classical Mixtape, where each host shares their suggested listening for this week.I really hope that you enjoy this episode of the podcast and will go subscribe on your preferred podcast platform. You can find all their episodes at https://cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269--This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum with Jeremy D. Cuebas of the Podium Time podcast, and then we move on to our three topics:CURTIS WADES INTO THE ARTIST MANAGEMENT GAMEFacebook announcementGLENN GOULD’S “HOW MOZART BECAME A BAD COMPOSER”https://youtu.be/1pR74rorRxs DALE TRUMBORE ON “STAYING COMPOSED”Dale TrumboreBuy the bookCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistDaleReena Esmail, Piano Trio, mvmt. 3WillSchnittke, Concerto for Mixed Chorus, mvmt. 1KenshoHaydn, String Quartet in D major, No.5, mvmt. 4. FinaleTiffanyLiszt, “Consolation” No. 3THINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram--Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

Who Hurt You, Glenn? The Classical Gabfest

This PT Mini Episode covers the basics of score study. What it is, why we do it, and the simple two-step process to preparing your music.Let us know what you think of these mini episodes. What do you want to hear more of? What should we cover? Reach out on social media or through the contact page on our website.--Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

Score Study Basics

Last week&apos;s Pt Mini Episode discussed regularly checking up on how your conducting is doing and generating a list of things to work on. This week, we talk about how to actually make changes to your conducting in any situation.Let us know what you think of these mini episodes. What do you want to hear more of? What should we cover? Reach out on social media or through the contact page on our website.Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order.Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

How to Fix your Conducting

Today we talk with conductor Damien Crutcher, Co-Founder and CEO of Crescendo Detroit, about how he adapted the best parts of El Sistema to make a difference in his community and how you can engage your students in a deeper way through collaborations between educators and performers. Today we Discuss:00:51 Damien’s work with the Detroit Symphony, and how he’s building a program to get an instrument in the hands of any kid who wants one12:49 How Damien adapted the best parts of El Sistema to make a difference in his community through Crescendo Detroit24:50 How to enhance the impact of music education by incorporating performance-focused guest teachers and showing young musicians what is possible40:05 And Introduction to H. Robert Reynolds, the Dean of Wind Band Conductors, and how he brought Damien to the next level as a conductor and musician52:55 Detroit Style Pizza, and all the best places to eat in the city57:42Hidden Gems and Final AdviceHidden Gems:Kevin DayAdolphus HailstorkValerie ColemanOmar ThomasOf Our New Day BegunCome SundayFind this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

PT105: Showing Young Musicians What’s Possible, with Damien Crutcher

Today we&apos;re talking about how to keep improving as a conductor long after you&apos;ve left school. By running a regular checkup, you can identify what bad habits are getting in your way.Let us know what you think of these mini episodes. What do you want to hear more of? What should we cover? Reach out on social media or through the contact page on our website.Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

Your 10,000 Mile Checkup

In this first experimental episode of the podcast, we seek clarity by asking what we&apos;re trying to say at any point in our study, rehearsal, or performance.Let us know what you think of these mini episodes. What do you want to hear more of? What should we cover? Reach out on social media or through the contact page on our website.Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order.Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

Finding Clarity: What are you Trying to Say?

Today we&apos;re excited to speak with conductor Carl Topilow all about his new book, The Orchestral Conductor&apos;s Career Handbook. We cover his advice for young conductors and musicians wanting to start conducting, how to make sure you&apos;re ready to win an audition, and how to pick the best school for you.Get 30% off Carl&apos;s new book when you pre-order it with the code here.Today we discuss:05:21 Introduction to Carl’s new book; The Orchestral Conductor’s Career Handbook 08:38 Advice on where young musicians should start their journey to conducting19:24 How to pick a program that’s right for you, and the factors that can bring forward or hold back an auditioning conductor38:54 Advice for some of Carl’s favorite people: young musicians and fresh graduates50:21 The most important lessons that Carl learned from other conductors and teachers1:00:24 Hidden Gems and Final adviceHidden Gems:Moritz Moszkowski - Suite for Two Violins and Piano in G Minor, Op. 71https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzV_ikDQiwY (original w/ score)https://youtu.be/4qjGwV2DfnQ (Carl’s arrangement)Franz Berwald - Symphony No.3 in C-major "Sinfonie singulière" (1845)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0G1Z9dwyPURozsa: Theme,Variations and Finale - Bernstein - NYP 1943https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0fpNSKVisoRezso Kokai – Four Hungarian Dances for Clarinet and Orchestrahttps://youtu.be/8mGy8fPJ0zI (Carl’s arrangement)Bela Kovacs – Homage to Carl Maria von WeberAlexey Shor - Verdianahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-EFAw7yR7YFind this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

PT104: Common Sense and Working with People: Carl Topilow on Advice for Beginning Conductors, Standing out in Auditions, and How to Pick the Program that’s Right for You

Today we talk with conductor Kenneth Woods about expanding our understanding of Gustav Mahler by delving into the context and reactions to his world at Colorado Mahlerfest, why we must be more intentional in programming significant works from composers, and how we can gain a deeper understanding of a composers’ relationship to their music by how they revised it.Kenneth is the Artistic Director of Colorado Mahlerfest, the English Symphony Orchestra, and the Elgar Festival. He sat down with us all the way back in 2019 in anticipation of the 2020 Mahlerfest, but as you can probably guess that never happened! So after holding onto this episode for a year and a half we’ve finally decided that it’s the right time to release it, and I’m so glad that we were able to.We discuss:How the purpose of the Colorado MahlerFest has evolved as Mahler grew from an unknown voice to a staple of the symphonic repertoire (9:25)What’s special about MahlerFest, and why Ken flies halfway around the world to lead it each year (17:02)Creative fundraising, and how MahlerFest has developed from a local event to an International Festival (28:29)The best 2nd symphonies, and why classical music lists can be a great tool for attracting new audiences (35:49)The 21st Century Symphony Project and commissioning significant new works (45:09)How performing multiple symphonies by a single composer gives us an intimate view of their outlook on life (56:22)What we can learn from comparing how Schumann and Mahler revised their symphonies (1:03:00)Hans Gal: more than just the guy who edited the Brahms symphonies (1:13:11)Our job as conductors presenting unfamiliar composers to audiences (1:24:21)Mentioned:Mahlerfest Schedule: https://mahlerfest.org/whats-on/ESO Digital: https://www.eso.co.uk/digital/Podium Time Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodiumTimePodFind this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

PT103: The Power of a Premiere, with Kenneth Woods

How do we become better conductors? How do we become better people? And how can we be sure that we’re ready to make the most of every lucky chance that we get? These are the questions we discuss and answer in this interview with conductor Kensho Watanabe. We talk about the most important lessons about music and life that Kensho learned from working under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and how to apply them to build the habits of excellence and connection in everything that we do. This week we discuss:Kensho’s path to becoming a conductor, and how having a solid support system is critical when you take the step into a career that’s not guaranteed (02:48)The “lucky breaks” that Kensho took advantage of and how his hard work helped introduce him to Yannick Nézet-Séguin (18:33)How Kensho came to play violin with the Philadelphia Orchestra before he was the assistant conductor, and how much you learn from playing under a conductor rather than just observing (30:15)Lessons about music and having the courage to make your concerts bloom, rather than just confirming the rehearsals (40:23)How Kensho learned from Yannick to be the most positive, encouraging, and supportive person in the room (45:11)How to become better at talking and connecting with people (53:30)Identifying the students that are worth investing in, and how to truly become a better conductor (1:08:25)Hidden Gem and Final Advice (1:24:09)Viet Cuong: Extra(ordinarily) Fancy - Concerto for Two OboesKensho’s podcast, the Classical Gabfest (1:26:45)Support the podcast, join our family, and get exclusive extra videos at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order.Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

PT102: How to be the Most Positive, Encouraging, and Supportive Person in the Room, with Kensho Watanabe

 Today we&apos;re talking with Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director of Chicago Sinfonietta, about enhancing your rehearsals with Rehearsal Language, how she led the orchestra to win a MacArthur Award for their Theatrical and Diverse Programming, and how her Project Inclusion Conducting Fellows learn and prepare for a professional conducting career. This interview was originally recorded for the PT100 Livestream Extravaganza to raise money for the Conducting Fellowship through Chicago Sinfonietta. This is the full interview, including over 30 minutes that were cut from the livestream presentation. Please support Project Inclusion and learn more at https://www.chicagosinfonietta.org/education/project-inclusion. Today we discuss:Chicago Sinfonietta and the Project Inclusion Program (6:15)Who should apply to the Conducting Fellowship and what Mei-Ann is looking for in a conducting applicant (15:50)Rehearsal Language and Auditioning with confidence for Professional Orchestra (21:12)The most important lessons that Mei-Ann learned from her teachers, including Frank Battisti, Marin Alsop, Donald Runnicles, and Robert Spano (41:17)How Chicago Sinfonietta won a MacArthur Award for their theatrical and diverse programming (49:04)Project W and Mei-Ann’s Hidden Gem composers (55:36)Final Advice (1:08:50) Check out everything that Chicago Sinfonietta has to offer, including Project Inclusion, their virtual Membership, and their recordings for Project W on Spotify. Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

PT101: "Polishing the Potential in Young Conductors," with Mei-Ann Chen

Welcome to the Podium Time Episode 100 Extravaganza! This episode was originally streamed through our Facebook page on February 20th to celebrate our 100th episode and to raise money for the Project Inclusion Freeman Conducting Fellowship through Chicago Sinfonietta. This episode features live QnA with Jeremy, Luke, and of our most popular guests, some of our earliest conducting clips, the history of Podium Time, and messages from the Podium Time family.Please head to the Chicago Sinfonietta to make a donation in support of Project Inclusion:https://www.chicagosinfonietta.org/donate/This week we discuss:Clips, QnA, Conducting Videos, and History (8:10)Live Sessions with past favorites:Thomas Taylor Dickey (59:11)Kevin Noe (1:18:28)Carolyn Watson (1:39:17)The Podium Time Blues (by Mark Mandarano) (1:56:48)Tito Muñoz (1:59:04)Brett Mitchell (2:19:06)Final QnA (2:41:09)Find this and all other episodes at PodiumTimePod.com. Subscribe and download Podium Time on your favorite podcast player and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @PodiumTimePod. You can also join our Facebook Group, the Podium Time Inner Circle to ask questions and continue the conversation after every episode. Want to send us an email? Use the contact page on our website! If you’d like to support the podcast monetarily and get bonus content, consider joining our Patreon community at Patreon.com/PodiumTimePod. If you’re in the market for a new baton, use our promo code “PodiumTime” at Pagubatons.com for 20% off your first order. Support the show (https://patreon.com/podiumtimepod)

PT100: LiveStream Extravaganza

The Podcast for Conductors and Students. On Podium Time we interview professional, established, and emerging conductors and conducting teachers from orchestras, symphonies, ballets, operas, and bands around the globe. We dig into the weeds of score study, rehearsal, leadership, musicianship, education, classical and contemporary composers, and all the things that they don't teach us in school. Classical music perspectives from the podium and the classroomPlease visit PodiumTimePod.wordpress.com to view our show notes and blog posts.

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