This week, Ray Riccomini (2nd trumpet, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) sits down with me to talk music. We cover growing up in a household of musicians, differing teaching styles, music students these days, putting down the instrument for another profession (and then picking it back up again), handling the day-to-day rigors of an orchestra lifestyle without losing the love for music.

You can go hear Ray play almost any day of the week at the Met at Lincoln Center:

http://www.metopera.org/Season/2015-16-Season/?

OR on any of dozens of the Met HD broadcasts in over 2,000 cinemas worldwide.

For more information: http://www.metopera.org/Season/In-Cinemas/