The Brass Junkies 73: Weston Sprott, Trombonist for the Metropolitan Opera
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This was one of my favorite episodes we've ever done of The Brass Junkies. Weston Sprott, Acting Principal Trombone of the Metropolitan Opera, is as thoughtful a human being as you will ever find. We talked about his incredible career and also went into the diversity issues still facing the industry today. A lot of food for thought.
And the story of him running into one of his heroes, Wynton Marsalis, on the streets of New York City and what went down is worth the whole download!
From the show notes:
TBJ73: Trombonist Weston Sprott on Performing with the Metropolitan Opera, the Diversity Issues Facing the Industry and Running Into One of His Heroes on the Streets of New York
Weston Sprott is the Acting Principal Trombone of the Metropolitan Opera and has appeared with major orchestras all over the world.
In this episode, we cover:
- His gig
- What the best subs have in common
- Coming up in TX
- Teaching
- Best student characteristics- “They do what I tell them to do”
- The acidic, dry and awesome John Rojak
- His website and resources
- Diversity issues in classical music
- Meeting Wynton Marsalis
- The McGurk Effect
- The Sphinx Organization
You can check out the complete show notes including all links mentioned during this episode over at Pedal Note Media.