Find out the important answers to your questions that you asked us on social media in a Two Part Episode! You can even hear Matt make fun of Peyden's "sign-off" if you stay all the way until the very end. LOL

Have you ever had a piece of music move you to tears? What about a piece of music that changed the way you thought about the world around you? Well, this week Mirari Brass sit down to talk about the various musical experiences and pieces that helped shape each of our musical decisions and what pieces changed the way we think about our field. 

Ever want to know or what the process is like to commission a new piece of music, especially for your chamber ensemble? Well, then we have the show for you! Check out this great interview by our own Jessie Thoman as she picks the compositional and commissioning minds of world-renown composers, Eric Nathan and Clint Needham! 

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Join us as we pick the brain of our two composers who won our Call for Scores Competition. Aaron Gonzales and Ian Lester share how they came up with their newest compositions, and how they go about approaching composing for brass. 

Ever wonder how long it takes each member of a professional brass quintet to prepare for a concert? Or how can a group like that put together a performance of entirely new music even when they live all over the country? Well, we are here to answer some of those questions. The Mirari Brass sits down to discuss how we prepare for each of our performances, and even how new members, like Peyden, step into a group like this to perform a concert of all new music. Stay tuned all the way to the very end to see if Matt actually gets the tag line on the outro correct (here's a hint - he doesn't LOL). 

Do you ever feel like you just can't practice over a Holiday or Summer Break? Do you ever just feel like, "Oh well I will just catch up on my other activities instead?" Well, Mirari is here to help with that! We want to share some simple steps and thoughts that we use to stay motivated during the Holidays and Summer months so that you are always growing as a musician and keeping yourself ready for when that big audition or gig might come up! 

Do you struggle with maintaining balance between your professional practice/performance and your day-to-day work life? Well, we are here to share some of our personal strategies and thoughts on how to find that balance, and unique ways that those elements of our lives balance themselves out when used in the right perspective. 

We have all struggled at times to find motivation in various areas of our lives, and as a musician, we all know the struggles of staying motivated when things just don't seem to be going our way. Whether that is from the lack of performance opportunities, to feeling like you hit a "brick wall" in your practice sessions. Motivation can take a toll on all of us. Find out how the Mirari Brass Quintet deals with overcoming motivation in their own lives. 

Everyone has high and low points in our personal, professional, and spiritual lives. That journey is what makes us all "human." These obstacles don't have to change a trajectory on our lives or determine our overall happiness in live. Find out what "Ups" and "Downs" have effected the members of the Mirari Brass Quintet and see how we have taken those moments to propel ourselves and each other. 

Come check out a conversation with the two Moms in Mirari Brass as they chat with trumpet performer Jena Vangjel as they discuss what it is like to be a professional brass performer and dealing with the ins and outs of being pregnant and early stages of being a mom in this field.