The Horn Call Podcast

Episode 19: Johanna Lundy

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My guest for this episode of The Horn Call Podcast is Johanna Lundy, Assistant Professor of Horn in the Fred Fox School of Music at The University of Arizona, and Principal Horn of the Tucson Symphony. Johanna is also a member of the IHS Advisory Council and IHS Treasurer. Join us for a conversation about careers in (and out of) music, and the amazing skills that musical training teaches you.

Episode Highlights

  • Studying with Richard Deane in high school
  • Studying at Oberlin
  • Aspen and Brevard Music Festivals in the summer
  • Grad study at New England Conservatory
  • You have to take a lot of auditions to be successful
  • Moving to Arizona from New England
  • Jobs outside of music
  • Teaching opportunities – classroom teaching – managing a classroom is drastically different than private lessons.
  • Working in development while also playing in the Tucson Symphony
  • Running a non-profit is really hard!
  • “Musicians have amazing skillsets.”
  • For job searches, it’s “Can you figure out how to do the job,” not “Do you already know how to do the job?”
  • “Working with young people is really inspiring.”
  • Why a music degree is really awesome, no matter what it leads to.
  • Balancing a teaching and orchestra job.
  • A lot of musicians would learn a lot from holding a day job. We forget how much stuff is taken care of for us.
  • Explaining what musicians do to non-musicians – “working on deadline.”
  • Band directors work so hard!
  • IHS AC Council Member and Treasurer
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