Conductors' Brew

This week the crew discusses all the stuff to consider when auditioning for a graduate conducting program.

Makeever joins us to discuss Beethoven's Symphonies 1 and 2 in our first episode celebrating the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. Also, Matt gets super nerdy with his coffee siphon.

Working with a community orchestra can be an important part of a conductor's career. This week we're joined again by Matthew Makeever to dive into many of the aspects of being a music director of a v…

Ashkan Tabatabaie, Brandon Horrocks, and Matthew Makeever return to the front yard for a nerdtastic discussion of famous fifth symphonies, from Beethoven to Prokofiev.

Dr. Charles Gambetta joins us to lay out his Embodied Conducting method and the Laban Movement System it's based on.

Matt gives us an overview of the COVID studies. 

This week we traveled to the Salt Lake Symphony's outdoor rehearsal and talked with director Dr. Robert Baldwin to discuss how his Covid plan is going.

From the Zoom classroom to rehearsing under the big top, Matthew Makeever returns to walk us through the first week of school at the University of Utah. We also discuss what to consider when choosing…

Not surprising we had more to say. So here's a bonus episode of Rep-a-palooza.

Conductors Brandon Horrocks and Matthew Makeever join us in the front yard as we journey through some of our favorite orchestral rep.

This week our guest Dr. Emily Nelson, co-founder of Utopia Early Music, brings her expertise in historically informed performance to our show. We discuss Dr. Nelson's approach to period performance, …

We bring on the University of Utah’s Director of Orchestras Dr. Robert Baldwin to discuss how universities have had to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in order to prepare for the fall 2020 seme…

We feature Iranian born composer Ashkan Tabatabaie, who shares his insight on collaborating with conductors and orchestras. We dive into the challenges and opportunities that arise when premiering a …

In our premier show we discuss the COVID-19 crisis and it’s effect on our orchestras. We talk about the shutdown’s impact on performances, as well as on the music classes we teach. We explore the cha…

Our guest Brandon Horrocks gives us a graduate student perspective on studying to be a conductor in the time of COVID. We explore the world of non-profit organizations with Brandon, who is former Vic…

We are two Salt Lake City based conductors working everyday to navigate the path of a career in classical music. With the help of our guests, we explore the challenges and joys of a variety of musica…