NYC based violist Nick Revel joins me to chat about structuring practice, new thinking in scale study, and all kinds of other nerdy shit. Some links: Nick's website: https://www.nickrevel.com/ Grammy-nominated PubliQuartet: https://www.publiquartet.com/ Quick link to Dragon Scales: https://www.nickrevel.com/dragonscales Nick's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revelnick ..read more

Many of you will recognize the name of this installment's guest: Joel Dallow; cellist in the Atlanta Symphony and founder of the Cello Sherpa podcast. Here's his website! https://www.thecellosherpa.com/#/ Here's an example of the BEMER device he mentioned (not a promotion). https://bemergroup.com/en_US/human-line/home Atlanta Symphony Orchestra website: https://www.aso.org ..read more

Join Wendy and me for a chat about women composers. Wendy Velasco is an absolute BOSS in the Los Angeles string scene, and gave me real encouragement early on in my career. She is a treasure, and I have so much respect for everything she does in service of the music community. Wendy's database: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mQJEl1FRyiXGEk7b8sxZx-4ixsJtCNDtAz1B_KYS94s/edit#gid=391158875 The Boulanger Initiative: https://www.boulangerinitiative.org/ https://emilywright.net/new-podcast-women-composers-with-the-wonderful-wendy-velasco/ If you'd like to get in touch with her, contact me a ..read more

Noa Kageyama's (MM, PhD) blog Bulletproof Musician has been essential reading for a lot of us since it began. It was such a treat to sit down and chat with Noa about how he got started, studying with Shinichi Suzuki, challenging the Gladwellification of performance psychology data, and so much more. Find his blog here: https://bulletproofmusician.com/start-here/ You can enroll in courses (live cohorts and asynchronous learning) here: https://bulletproofmusician.com/courses ..read more

Listen to this episode to hear Emily become an immediate and fervent fangirl of the two women behind PopperEtudes.com. Katie Tertell and Ailbhe McDonagh's insightful, fun, and helpful video tutorials for each of the 40 studies comprising Popper's High School are available now! Highly, highly recommended. Useful links: Popper Tutorials! http://PopperEtudes.com Katie's Website: http://KatieTertell.com Ailbhe's Website: http://AilbheMcDonagh.com Appalachian Chamber Music Festival: https://www.appalachianchamber.org/ Content warning: some light swearing and an unfortunate but impossible to edit ou ..read more

John Hanifin is an old soul with a new album, called Clean House. Come eavesdrop on our conversation about formative experiences, cello philosophy, and general music nerdery. John's Website: http://johnhanifin.com Clean House on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/20hbg4XG3zdWlEf8Xx75vl Listen to Clean House and collabs on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/john-hanifin/1576046652 Today's episode is sponsored by The Cello Sherpa podcast. Seriously, one of the best podcasts out there. https://www.thecellosherpa.com ..read more

This episode, I chat with pioneering Navy pilot and aspiring cellist Karen Brasch. Audio note: I am working on sound dampening in the new house! I understand that it sounds like a cave- thank you for your patience ..read more

I'm joined by two wonderful adult learners today to talk about life, learning, and their journeys with the cello. Today's episode is sponsored by Benjamin Whitcomb's new series of books exploring chords and their function for violin and cello. Check them out here! https://bookshop.org/contributors/benjamin-whitcomb Tamarack Arts summer programs here! http://tamarackarts.org/enroll ..read more

Last week, I had the chance to talk to a wonderful emerging cellist in Sweden, Ragnhild Wesenberg. I feel like she’s a bit of a hidden treasure: certainly not the most famous cellist on the internet, but one of the most thoughtful, original, and interesting. Listen to our conversation and when people mention her in a few years, you can say, “Oh yeah, I knew about her in 2022”. Ragnhild Eskeland Wesenberg resources! Website: https://www.ragnhildwesenberg.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063680665678 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celloragnhild/ Contact: ragnhild@w ..read more

My friend and colleague Eric Sheaffer comes on to chat about his journey on the instrument and all things teaching, learning, and playing. Eric had an early start at music but got serious about the cello at what some would consider to be a "late" age. Now a thriving performer, he is proof yet again that there are lots of ways to make music the focus of your life. Link to the transposed Bach 4th Suite: https://yuriyleonovich.com/blogs/musings/posts/hommage-to-gaspar-cassado Tamarack Arts: http://www.tamarackarts.org ..read more