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Today, Dr. Jeongseon Choi speaks about her experiences playing with piano. She speaks about how she began to play piano and why she continues to perform and teach piano to this day. A native of S. Korea, Jeongseon Choi, made her first public debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at age eleven. Aft…

Today, Don Baldini speaks about how he changed courses from playing the classical violin to pursuing jazz bass. He also gives advice to younger students, including a "million-dollar piece of advice." Mr. Don Baldini is an accomplished bass player. He has worked with many groups and big names s…

Today, Dr. Joseph Lawson speaks about what it means to be well-rounded as a musician and why it is needed today. Dr. Joseph Lawson has been working in the Metropolitan Opera as the Assistant Chorus Master since 2008. He has also worked with many other groups such as the Pittsburgh Opera. Lawso…

Mark Lawrence talks to us today about his experiences with trombone, piano, and violin growing up and how he decided on pursuing music instead of law. Mark Lawrence is a superb trombone player. He was the principal trombonist of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra from 1974 to 2007. He has al…

Peter Erskine shares stories of him as a young drummer and all the lessons he has learned along the way. Peter Erskine is an American jazz drummer and one of the most versatile and recorded instrumentalist alive. He has been on over 700 albums and has won two GRAMMY awards. He has played in the Sta…

Dave Sporny shares stories about his experiences with music and the trombone. He describes how he did not expect the path that he ended up taking. Professor Dave Sporny is an amazing teacher and trombonist. After obtaining his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Illinois, he b…

Today, WishGranted explains how he started to make beats and how he started to record himself rapping. WishGranted (Kevin Grant) is a rapper and producer from Baltimore, Maryland. His debut album, Wishful Thinking, garnered over tens of thousands of streams and his brand new EP, P.W.R.R, has done t…

Mary Ellen Goree will walk us through on how she became the violin player she is today. Ms. Goree is currently the principal second violin in the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra and the principal second violin in the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. Goree considers herself to have had a lucky…

Chang Liu comes onto the show this week to share his experiences about moving from China to America to pursue a career in music. Chang Liu is a talented violin player. In China, he has studied and taught violin at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China, one of the most prestigious musi…