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Three In A Bar

London based musicians Seb Philpott (trumpet) and Verity Simmons (cello) meet musicians, music industry insiders and music enthusiasts for informal, insightful and lighthearted chats. We delve into their musical backgrounds, careers or in some cases, specifically avoid talking about music at all.


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Update frequency
every 11 days
Average duration
67 minutes
Episodes
164
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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126. Thomas Lubitz - The future of the trumpet with Yamaha Atelier Hamburg‘s finest

126. Thomas Lubitz - The future of the trumpet with Yamaha Atelier Hamburg‘s finest

Episode 126 features Senior technician at Yamaha Atelier Hamburg Thomas Lubitz. What Thomas doesn’t know about the trumpet isn’t worth knowing as we discover when Verity and Seb meet him at Legendary…

01:12:00  |   Mon 28 Oct 2024
125. Steve Pretty - King of the Conches

125. Steve Pretty - King of the Conches

This week on TIAB we’re thrilled to have the multi-talented Steve Pretty join us for a chat that’s as eclectic as his musical life to date!


Steve, the mastermind behind the Hackney Colliery Band, take…

01:45:48  |   Wed 23 Oct 2024
124. Ellie Consta - breaking boundaries with Her Ensemble, style advice, delegation and the TIAB merch saga continues…

124. Ellie Consta - breaking boundaries with Her Ensemble, style advice, delegation and the TIAB merch saga continues…

Hello lovely listener, here we are again. We promised you an episode by the end of the week, and by jove, here it is.


This episode we sit down with the brilliant Ellie Consta, violinist, composer, and…

01:23:07  |   Sun 29 Sep 2024
123. Arsha Kaviani - bringing piano virtuosity into the 2020s

123. Arsha Kaviani - bringing piano virtuosity into the 2020s

This week’s guest is virtuoso pianist, composer and improviser Arsha Kaviani.

Arsha joined Seb and Verity for a chat ahead of the release of his debut studio album Accents and Echoes (see link below).…

01:13:11  |   Mon 16 Sep 2024
122. Hoosiers, Bears, fighting and Shackleton with Paul Frith

122. Hoosiers, Bears, fighting and Shackleton with Paul Frith

This week, Seb and Verity are joined by composer, arranger, keyboard player with the Hoosiers, long time Bear’s Den collaborator and old mate Paul Frith.


In true Three In A Bar style this episode is f…

01:22:26  |   Fri 09 Aug 2024
121. Monique Clare - extreme cello, teaching the unteachable and tales of rap royalty

121. Monique Clare - extreme cello, teaching the unteachable and tales of rap royalty

This week’s episode was a total pleasure to record as we are joined by Australian cellist, singer and songwriter Monique Clare.


Monique is currently on a European tour and will be appearing at the Cam…

01:18:30  |   Mon 22 Jul 2024
120a: Seb's mediocre guitar, Verity's face acting and planning for the big PTA Winter Disco

120a: Seb's mediocre guitar, Verity's face acting and planning for the big PTA Winter Disco

Here's a little catch up between your two co-hosts, as it had been a minute since they had last spoke. All a nice warm up really before tomorrow's blistering episode with Monique Clare. It's loose ch…

00:41:40  |   Sun 21 Jul 2024
120. Prepared piano problems, an acting debut and Cheltenham chat with Clare Hammond

120. Prepared piano problems, an acting debut and Cheltenham chat with Clare Hammond

This week we headed back online to chat to internationally acclaimed concert pianist and film star Clare Hammond (ok, ok, maybe it was one film but she was playing a young Dame Maggie Smith so come o…

01:01:12  |   Mon 08 Jul 2024
119. Oliver Zeffman - Classical Pride ‘24

119. Oliver Zeffman - Classical Pride ‘24

We’re back!!! We’ve missed you all….but what a way to kick off this season of TIAB than with none other than Artistic director and founder of Classical Pride Uk Oliver Zeffman.


Oliver is an internatio…

00:50:52  |   Mon 01 Jul 2024
118. Q&A: Would we ever move out of London? Do we own our instruments? And will Seb ever get a round in again?

118. Q&A: Would we ever move out of London? Do we own our instruments? And will Seb ever get a round in again?

More questions from you and answers from us. Could we live anywhere other than London? Do we own our instruments? And what have we each started deoing recently that has changed our lives?


All this and…

00:27:44  |   Thu 25 Apr 2024
117. Q&A: Least favourite instruments, booking holidays and one of the more exciting discussions you're likely to hear today about pensions

117. Q&A: Least favourite instruments, booking holidays and one of the more exciting discussions you're likely to hear today about pensions

What is our least favourite orchestral instrument? And why is it the oboe?

How do you plan anything as a freelancer? What happens if you book a holiday and then a load of nice work comes in - what do …

00:30:42  |   Tue 16 Apr 2024
116. Time efficiency, grumbling stomachs, ghosts and Happy Valley With Ben Foster

116. Time efficiency, grumbling stomachs, ghosts and Happy Valley With Ben Foster

Quiz question for you - what links Torchwood, Thunderbirds, Happy Valley & Mog? We’ll tell you what…some seriously great scores courtesy of this week’s guest Ben Foster.


Ben is a BAFTA winning compose…

01:24:12  |   Mon 08 Apr 2024
115. How do you run an arts centre? With Artistic Director of Les Arts Valencia, Jésus Iglesias Noriega

115. How do you run an arts centre? With Artistic Director of Les Arts Valencia, Jésus Iglesias Noriega

Join us this week for a zencast to sunnier climes as we chat to Artistic Director of Les Arts, Valencia Jésus Iglesias Noriega.


Jésus has been doing brilliant work at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía - t…

01:01:45  |   Mon 18 Mar 2024
114. Seb goes through his packing list for tour

114. Seb goes through his packing list for tour

You join your two hosts on a car journey between Plymouth and Bath, just over a week into the Rob Brydon tour 2024. What better time than now to discuss in detail Seb's list of items he has packed fo…

00:49:22  |   Mon 11 Mar 2024
113a. PART 2: Playing with Foals, sampled instruments and Gypsy tarts with Kentish badman Jeremy Pritchard, bassist from Everything Everything

113a. PART 2: Playing with Foals, sampled instruments and Gypsy tarts with Kentish badman Jeremy Pritchard, bassist from Everything Everything

What? Another podcast with the thoroughly excellent Jeremy Pritchard? Oh yes….we couldn’t pack it all into one episode so here’s an extra slice where we chat to Jeremy about his time on tour with Foa…

00:27:22  |   Thu 07 Mar 2024
113. PART 1: Everything Everything bassist Jeremy Pritchard on hair bleaching, AI and weird waistcoat phases

113. PART 1: Everything Everything bassist Jeremy Pritchard on hair bleaching, AI and weird waistcoat phases

In this week’s episode we are joined by bass behemoth (yep, it’s been too long since we used that word) and Everything Everything band member, Jeremy Pritchard.


Jeremy dropped in for a chat ahead of t…

01:07:30  |   Mon 04 Mar 2024
112. Embarrassing Moustaches, Tears and Greyfriars Bobby

112. Embarrassing Moustaches, Tears and Greyfriars Bobby

Greetings from sunny Edinburgh! This week’s episode finds Seb & Verity on the Scottish leg of the Rob Brydon tour enjoying the delights of Edinburgh…


Join them on a walking tour - not necessarily one …

01:01:14  |   Mon 26 Feb 2024
111. Rachael Lander: Life as a musician with ADHD

111. Rachael Lander: Life as a musician with ADHD

In this week’s episode we welcome back the brilliant Rachael Lander to chat about her recent ADHD diagnosis.


Rachael is cellist on the West End production of Frozen and is a busy freelancer & session …

01:18:16  |   Mon 19 Feb 2024
ENO in crisis: what on earth is going on? With Coco Azoitei

ENO in crisis: what on earth is going on? With Coco Azoitei

In light of the recent announcements of redundancies in the Orchestra and Chorus at ENO and the extraordinary circumstances surrounding them we felt compelled to record an episode to chat through wha…

00:27:30  |   Sat 17 Feb 2024
110. Q&A: How much vomit, favourite interviews and what we would say to our 20 year old selves

110. Q&A: How much vomit, favourite interviews and what we would say to our 20 year old selves

In this, the first of our regular Q&A episodes, we asked listeners to send in their questions, to which we gave answers. You know how it works, we don't need to explain the concept to you, do we? Jus…

00:43:00  |   Mon 12 Feb 2024
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