skills-and-bones' podcast

Learn the story behind Trombone 101 and the great trombone teacher and musician, Sean Reusch. Make sure to check out his webpage: https://www.trombone101.com/ with many resources for students and teachers alike.

Meet the Vox Cor Trio! Listen and learn about their mission and music they perform. Follow them on Instagram to keep up with the latest.

Jose Leon talks about his new book, life experiences and more. Listen and get to know this amazing person, trombonist, and now author. 

The brass and trombone community are quite amazing with all the resources we have to offer from pedagogical minds all over the world. Just to name a few of the great trombone pedagogical minds with great resources for you to devour for your own practice or studios are Joseph Alessi and the Alessi Music Studios. Brad Edwards has a plethora of resources and texts about the trombone written, created, and composed by him. David Vining and his hive of pedagogues through Mountain Peak Music. Another great resource that popped up over the lockdown of Covid is Slide-School, with the creators Nathan Zgonc and Brian Hecht. If you have not had a chance to join slide-school in any capacity, you should check it out. They bring in the best of the best in the world of trombone to talk about their careers, pick their minds about trombone topics, and the members always have a chance to submit a recording to be critiqued by their guest artist. Please take a listen to this episode and listen to the end to make sure you can take full advantage of your first month’s membership with a discount, just in time for the holiday season.

Two great trombonists and friends team up for a power duo of trombone music and micro-brews. Meet the Brews Brothers, Jemmie Robertson and Bill Mann. We discuss the duo's name, commission projects, and future performances. 

There are many trombone treasures to discover in this interview!

Get to know Dr. Joseph Jefferson a bit in this episode. We learn about his musical influences from growing up going to church to his trombone professors instilling a great work ethic and the eagerness to continue to grow as a person and musician. 

Meet the bass trombonist and composer William Pagan-Perez. It's an exciting discussion about growing up in Puerto Rico playing trombone and finding his voice as a composer through writing his first composition for his recital in graduate school at the University of Utah.

(If you hear a dog barking you're not going crazy, my dog lost her mind during the recording.)

Listen to this episode with Katy Jones, Principal Trombone of the Hallé Orchestra. We chat some about her life and background through becoming a pharmacist to principal trombone of major symphony orchestras in the UK. We go into great detail about the breathing technique, Buteyko. If you want to learn more about this take a listen and also visit her website with many details and resources about Buteyko Breathing and courses she has to offer on the topic. https://katyjonestrombone.co.uk/ 

On one HOT day in July in Salt Lake City at the International Trombone Festival I had the pleasure to catch up and meet Mark Davidson, We chatted about his latest album and he shares some new information hot off the press. Very exciting to sit down and learn a thing or two about his life and trombone - the best combination. 

On this episode of Skills and Bones you will hear from Dr. Tony Baker, Professor of Trombone at the University of North Texas. We discuss his journey to success on both sides of the horn, classical and jazz, with a few other tidbits you may not get from some of his other interviews. 

This episode was recorded live at ECU School of Music, Skills and Bones II, trombone event on March 25, 2023. Matthew J Neff and Bradley Palmer were our guest performing artists and clinicians. Chuck Capps was gracious enough to make the drive from Myrtle Beach to Greenville to join us for this panel.

These three trombonists have three distinct careers in music. Matthew Neff primarily a performing artist playing full-time, Dr. Palmer a professor of music, and Mr. Capps a very successfull band director. These three perspectives are good to hear as a student trying to figure it all out. Personally I loved listening to their stories and perspectives on the various topics presented.

On this epidsode I speak with Dr. Renée-Paule Gauthier from The Mind Over Finger Podcast. I came across all of her resources on her website and podcast episodes and I knew I had to have a conversation with her in hopes that the great things she is doing in her career will rub off on me (at least 1-2 %). Please listen to our talk and most definitely go and listen to her podcast, there are some fabulous episodes with a few trombone greats too. Make sure to check out all of her resources and coachings she has to offer on her webpage. https://www.mindoverfinger.com/ 

Thanks for listening!

Growing up with a parent who is a professional in their field doesn't mean that it is immediate success for their children. On this episode I'm chatting with Gabriel Dimartino about growing up and how his hard work has paid off in his career. We talk about brass topics and embouchures, but not a whole lot on the topic of coffee this time. Watch out for our follow up episode!

Do you ever get nervous before playing. I know I get nervous when taking tests, in a crowded room with many people I don't know. Sometimes nerves have been a killer to a performance, like a degree recital or just get me side-tracked for a few measures and then snap out of it. As I get older things become easier, but after the lock down and COVID, some of those old things returned and I had to work through them again on a small scale. Take a listen to this interview with Dr. Bruce Tychinski and get to know his story as he tells how he dealt and deals with performance anxiety. 

In this episode get to know Austin Pancner. Pancner has some great stories about how he found himself through failures. Along that path which helped mold him to what many followers know him as The Functional Musician.

Take a listen to this episode as we listen to Josh Bynum get in the driver's seat and takes us on a journey that is driven by trombone. 

This epidsode I had the pleasure to interview Dr. Bradley Palmer and discuss the beginning days to the Southeast Trombone Symposium and more. 

Take a listen to this inspirational story with Ganesh Om. This is an interview with Ganesh that discusses how he "got back in the saddle" to play trumpet and that the pandemic (lock down) helped to open those doors again. His passion to play the trumpet is contagious and makes me want to go and practice my trombone right now! 

An interview with the bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, James (Jim) Markey. On this episode we discuss a few facts you may not know about Mr. Markey and how the Suzuki method has impacted his life.

On this epidsode of Skills and Bones I interview Kyra Sovronsky from Salt Lake City, Utah. She has a fabulous career on trumpet there and has also found her passion for Suzuki Brass. She discusses her career and the positive effects of Suzuki on brass students, the community, and how one can get certified to teach the Suzuki Method.