Hogtown Hangs

What leads someone to becoming an agent? How do you educate an army of music students to understand that talking to audiences, presenters and concert bookers is important?  

We had a great chat with agent, educator and conference veteran, Andrew Kwan about how to move your career forward, and put on the best possible show. 

How does a youth orchestra pivot online, then offline, then back online?  

Welcome to Season 2 of Hogtown Hangs!

Ep.1 of this season features Rebecca Lane, violinist and Founder/Director of the Lane School of Music in Toronto (previously Upper Beaches Music School). We chatted with Rebecca about her experience making the move from “hamster wheel” freelancer to full time entrepreneur and educator, building a music school from scratch, starting the Powerhouse Musicians Facebook community, and hosting a kids music podcast with her daughter.

For this edition of Hogtown Hangs, we sat down with our dear colleague Steve Woomert to chat about his audition and experience as Associate Principal Trumpet of the TSO, his time at Northwestern University and the Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory, and the album for two trumpets and piano that he recorded with his father Barton.

On the latest episode of Hogtown Hangs, we sat down for a chat with New World Symphony horn fellow Scott Leger. We talked about launching his Youtube channel and building his audience, NWS series that he performed on and produced, recording tips for brass players, and some questions from our fans.

What do performers and pro wrestlers have in common? Have you ever wondered about the world of wrestling?  

Alessandro Del Bruno is the Godfather of Ontario Indie Wrestling, the reigning Cross Body Pro Wrestling Internet Champion and defending NSW Heavyweight Champion!

In 2017 Jay, Tristan and Ian drove across the country to showcase at Contact East.  Now we take a brief look back at some of the more memorable moments from that fateful 4000km trip. 

We talked with the two newest members of the Hogtown Brass, Michael Barth and Brayden Friesen.  

After talking with Mike and Brayden about joining the Hogtown Brass, some career highlights and the role that education plays in their careers we do a quick round of Rapid Fire "Get To Know You".  Is cereal soup? Is a hotdog a sandwich?

In this new series, we have short discussions with people that we've worked with in the past.  

Funny stories, cracking wise and reminiscing on the before times!!  

We're back from a little hiatus!  Thanks for sticking around with us. 

We had a great time talking with Tim and Allison about the origins of the Copper Street Brass, why they relocated to the Midwest in 2008, educational programming, non-traditional brass quintets, and what their holiday season has to offer.