Jared interviews John Romero, newly appointed principal trombone of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. They discuss audition preparation techniques, what it’s like behind the screen on the committee, and weigh the pros and cons of having a completely blind audition process. A few more tangents and laughs in between tie up this last interview of 2018!

Our host Wynton continues the Up In My Head series! Wynton talks about how to find identity and happiness as a musician by accepting that you can be a musician and still pursue other nonmusical ventures simultaneously and successfully.

In this next installation of the Up In My Head series, violinist Simone Porter discusses an interpretive process that looks to literature as an optic for comprehension and expansion.