By Kevin Gobetz John Degnan, second horn What makes music special to you? Music brings people together. It introduces us to new places, people, and stories! What is the most exciting/thrilling musical experience you’ve had and what made it so?
Meet Our New Musicians – Jason Karlyn, John Lee, Max Opferkuch, Evan Pasternak
By Kevin Gobetz Jason Karlyn How did your audition process change throughout your life and how would you advise an aspiring musician? Everyone responds differently to the demand of performing excerpts alone- an incontrovertibly awkward task for musicians used to
Come Guess Me This Riddle: What Beats Pipes and Fiddle?
A Tag Team Interview Between Principal Horn Ben Jaber and Violist Wanda Law Hi all, Wanda and Ben here! We sat down and had a conversation about our involvement in Traditional Irish Music, where we set out to answer a
Meet Our New Musicians: Aaron Blick, Kevin Gobetz, Lily Josefsberg
Aaron Blick What has been your most inspiring musical motivation over your career? There’s something about the feeling of producing a big, booming acoustic sound, especially in the low register of the bass, that has inspired me for a long
Meet Our New Musicians: Xiaoxuan Shi, Cherry Choi Tung Yeung
Xiaoxuan Shi What makes music special to you? To me I feel music is a media to connect myself with the outer world. What drew you to your instrument? Was it your first choice?When I was 5, my parents took
Meet our New Musicians, Rodion Belousov and Aaron McCalla
Rodion Belousov Upbringing/Roots/Family I grew up in a very musical family, music has been around me from a very young age. Even though my parents aren’t musicians, they both have backgrounds in music – my mom plays piano, my dad