Billy Short's guest appearances

Billy Short

Double Reed Dish

Greenroom Conversations

Sherry Sylar

Frank Morelli

George Sakakeeny

Ryan Reynolds

Austin Smith

Dave Thomas

Montego Glover

Adam Kantor

Richard Adams

Chris Williams

Alex Davis

Gordon Hunt

Peter Cooper

Ali Ewoldt

Nicholas Daniel

OwlTail

On this episode, we discuss bloopers and Aha moments! For our interview, we are joined by Billy Short, Principal Bassoonist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra! Find Billy on the web at shortbassoon.com!This podcast is brought to you by Singin’ Dog Double Reeds (www.singindog.com), The Southern Oboe Intensive (www.southernoboeintensive.com), Jende Reed Knives (www.jendeindustries.com), and JDW Sheet Music (www.jdwsheetmusic.com/).In this Episode:-Fagotina: https://www.facebook.com/Faagotina/-Billy's Blog: http://www.shortbassoon.com/blog

On this episode, we discuss bloopers and Aha moments! For our interview, we are joined by Billy Short, Principal Bassoonist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra! Find Billy on the web at <a href="http://shortbassoon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shortbassoon.com</a>! This podcast is brought to you by Singin’ Dog Double Reeds (<a href="http://www.singindog.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.singindog.com</a>), The Southern Oboe Intensive (<a href="http://www.southernoboeintensive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.southernoboeintensive.com</a>), Jende Reed Knives (<a href="http://www.jendeindustries.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.jendeindustries.com</a>), and JDW Sheet Music (<a href="http://www.jdwsheetmusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.jdwsheetmusic.com/</a>). In this Episode: -Fagotina: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Faagotina/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/Faagotina/</a> -Billy's Blog: <a href="http://www.shortbassoon.com/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.shortbassoon.com/blog</a>

Episode 9: Billy Short

Principal Bassoonist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Billy Short shares his path to tenure and how he settled into his position.  Playing four different operas a week offers him a variety of repertoire and he tells how the Principal Bassoonists decide their playing schedule.  He talks about; the challenges of playing in an opera orchestra, acoustical challenges of changing venues, managing repertoire practicing, the process for learning new music, reed making and research, how to cultivate time management and practice skills, the process of auditioning and how to cultivate self confidence along the way, the importance of teaching in his career plans, the importance of self reflection in learning, performing and the focus on the process of learning.

Principal Bassoonist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Billy Short shares his path to tenure and how he settled into his position.  Playing four different operas a week offers him a variety of repertoire and he tells how the Principal Bassoonists decide their playing schedule.  He talks about; the challenges of playing in an opera orchestra, acoustical challenges of changing venues, managing repertoire practicing, the process for learning new music, reed making and research, how to cultivate time management and practice skills, the process of auditioning and how to cultivate self confidence along the way, the importance of teaching in his career plans, the importance of self reflection in learning, performing and the focus on the process of learning.

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