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Shelagh Abate is a Broadway veteran who plays the French horn.  She has opened the productions for Disney's Frozen, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Honeymoon in Vegas, Anastasia, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific, and other shows as a principal and a sub.  We talk about "snow calls".  Shelagh talks about the need for a well-stocked tool kit for a pit musician, and how even in Broadway the pit musicians are "smashed in the pit like contortionists!"  Also, for the first time ever(!), we answer listener questions that were posted in advance (around the 40:45 mark).  Check out more about Shelagh at https://shelaghabate.com/  Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter @LifeInThePitPod.  Visit www.davidlanemusic.com/podcast for more info or to send feedback regarding the podcast.  You can also donate through the website.  This podcast is currently ad-free, so all donations are gratefully appreciated.  Please leave a rating and a review.  Thank you for listening.

Shelagh Abate is a Broadway veteran who plays the French horn.  She has opened the productions for Disney's Frozen, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Honeymoon in Vegas, Anastasia, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific, and other shows as a principal and a sub.  We talk about "snow calls".  Shelagh talks about the need for a well-stocked tool kit for a pit musician, and how even in Broadway the pit musicians are "smashed in the pit like contortionists!"  Also, for the first time ever(!), we answer listener questions that were posted in advance (around the 40:45 mark).  Check out more about Shelagh at <a href="https://shelaghabate.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shelaghabate.com/</a> Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter @LifeInThePitPod.  Visit <a href="http://www.davidlanemusic.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.davidlanemusic.com/podcast</a> for more info or to send feedback regarding the podcast.  You can also donate through the website.  This podcast is currently ad-free, so all donations are gratefully appreciated.  Please leave a rating and a review.  Thank you for listening.

42. "A Well-Stocked Tool Kit" - Shelagh Abate: French Horn

TBJ122: Shelagh Abate on playing horn on Broadway, meeting Sting and the importance of networking. She gives us a great overview of life in a Broadway pit and what it takes to get (and stay) there. From her bio: SHELAGH ABATE is unquestionably one of New York’s most sought-after musicians. Shelagh’s love for the horn is almost as old as her love for music itself. Known for her simultaneously warm and assertive sound, her versatility and musical intuition has earned her a place in the lexicon of NYC’s busiest performers. Shelagh has opened more than one dozen Broadway productions. Among them are Mary Poppins, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, South Pacific, Honeymoon in Vegas, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, Anastasia, and most currently Disney’s Frozen. Since arriving in New York in 2006, she has performed regularly with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Mostly Mozart Festival, The American Ballet Theater, The American Symphony Orchestra, The Opera Orchestra of New York, is third horn with the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and has been principal horn of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra under the artistic direction of Jaime Laredo since 1999. During the course of her career, she has been conducted by some of the great musicians of our time; Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, Andre Previn, James Conlon, Gunther Schuller, James DePriest, Robert Spano, Carl St. Clair, John Williams, Marin Alsop, Jaime Laredo, Keith Lockhart, and Placido Domingo, to name a few. Shelagh has established fluency in the commercial realm as well as the classical, having performed as part of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Michel Legrand, the ensembles of Earl McDonald, Gary Morgan, Jamie Baum, John Allmark, John Vanore and Greg Hopkins. Shelagh has recorded, performed live in concert, as well as on televised events with Sting, The Who, Tony Bennett, Rufus Wainwright, Lady Gaga, Barry Manilow, Joni Mitchell, Trey Anastasio, Club d’Elf, Josh Groban, Brian Wilson, Linda Ronstadt, and most recently with the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Chamber music has been at the very core of Shelagh’s success as a musician. A winner of the Coleman Competition (2000), and a founding member of the award-winning Triton Brass (Fischoff, Lyon &amp; Concert Artist’s Guild, 2005), Shelagh has collaborated with her world-class and longtime colleagues in order to achieve what is only artistically possible through such an intimate medium. Together they have shared their gifts with many thousands of others through live performances, recordings, and through education. Shelagh will be returning as faculty with Triton Brass to the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for their 2019 season. She also served as faculty for more than a decade with the renown Atlantic Brass Quintet International Summer Seminar.  Through these summer programs, Shelagh is proud to have influenced, shaped and enriched the lives of many dozens of tomorrow’s musicians. Shelagh is an Artist in Residence at Boston College, and The Boston Conservatory of Music where she has performed and conducted clinics and masterclasses on a regular basis since 2003. Shelagh’s early musical influences include extensive study with the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Richard Sebring, Toronto Symphony’s principal horn Neil Deland, and renowned pedagogue and performer Laura Klock. She has been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and with The National Repertory Orchestra. Shelagh holds a B.A. from Boston College, an M.M. from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she was a recipient of the Howard W. Lebow Scholarship, and an Artist Diploma from The New England Conservatory of Music, where she was a Walkenier Scholar. Shelagh is proud to be a Stephens Horns artist, playing one of the very first horns handcrafted by Stephen Shires https://www.stephenshorns.com.   In this fun and lively discussion, we cover:  In the Lexicon! Fun with pronunciations Amhad Rashad Baseball cards Erasers and jewelry Going to school with Andy Bove Trent Austin's bio writer Playing on Broadway eight times a week Playing Disney's Frozen Name-dropping  How playing on Broadway works Dealing with repetition How the sub pool works and how to get started as a player Dormant subs Networking The impact of social media on networking Jeff Nelsen Be nice Pit orchestra size and the state of the industry Horn job pool on Broadway Horn writing rant Horn: The Cornstarch of the Orchestra Triton Brass Working with Sam Pilafian Playing with famous people from Trey Anastasio to Barry Manilow and Sting Being married to Tony Kadleck Facebrace  LINKS:  Shelagh's site Triton Brass Vermont Symphony Orchestra  Want to help the show? Here are some ways:  Unlock bonus episodes galore by becoming a Patreon patron. We just launched a brand new Brass Junkies newsletter! It will change your life. Like, it's life-changing! Subscribe today to stay in the loop on all things Brass Junkies! Help others find the show by leaving a rating and review on  iTunes or  Apple Podcasts. Show us some love on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Show some love to our sponsors: The brass program at The Mary Pappert School of Music at  Duquesne University and Parker Mouthpieces (including the Andrew Hitz and Lance LaDuke models.) Buy Pray for Jens and The Brass Junkies merch at The Brass Junkies online store! Tell your friends!  Expertly produced by Will Houchin with love, care, and enthusiasm.

TBJ122: Shelagh Abate on playing horn on Broadway, meeting Sting and the importance of networking. She gives us a great overview of life in a Broadway pit and what it takes to get (and stay) there. From her bio: SHELAGH ABATE is unquestionably one of New York’s most sought-after musicians. Shelagh’s love for the horn is almost as old as her love for music itself. Known for her simultaneously warm and assertive sound, her versatility and musical intuition has earned her a place in the lexicon of NYC’s busiest performers. Shelagh has opened more than one dozen Broadway productions. Among them are Mary Poppins, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, South Pacific, Honeymoon in Vegas, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, Anastasia, and most currently Disney’s Frozen. Since arriving in New York in 2006, she has performed regularly with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Mostly Mozart Festival, The American Ballet Theater, The American Symphony Orchestra, The Opera Orchestra of New York, is third horn with the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and has been principal horn of the<a href="http://www.vso.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Vermont Symphony Orchestra</a> under the artistic direction of Jaime Laredo since 1999. During the course of her career, she has been conducted by some of the great musicians of our time; Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, Andre Previn, James Conlon, Gunther Schuller, James DePriest, Robert Spano, Carl St. Clair, John Williams, Marin Alsop, Jaime Laredo, Keith Lockhart, and Placido Domingo, to name a few. Shelagh has established fluency in the commercial realm as well as the classical, having performed as part of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Michel Legrand, the ensembles of Earl McDonald, Gary Morgan, Jamie Baum, John Allmark, John Vanore and Greg Hopkins. Shelagh has recorded, performed live in concert, as well as on televised events with Sting, The Who, Tony Bennett, Rufus Wainwright, Lady Gaga, Barry Manilow, Joni Mitchell, Trey Anastasio, Club d’Elf, Josh Groban, Brian Wilson, Linda Ronstadt, and most recently with the 2019 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Chamber music has been at the very core of Shelagh’s success as a musician. A winner of the Coleman Competition (2000), and a founding member of the award-winning<a href="http://www.tritonbrass.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Triton Brass</a> (Fischoff, Lyon &amp; Concert Artist’s Guild, 2005), Shelagh has collaborated with her world-class and longtime colleagues in order to achieve what is only artistically possible through such an intimate medium. Together they have shared their gifts with many thousands of others through live performances, recordings, and through education. Shelagh will be returning as faculty with Triton Brass to the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for their 2019 season. She also served as faculty for more than a decade with the renown<a href="http://www.atlanticbrassquintet.com/summer-seminar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Atlantic Brass Quintet International Summer Seminar</a>.  Through these summer programs, Shelagh is proud to have influenced, shaped and enriched the lives of many dozens of tomorrow’s musicians. Shelagh is an Artist in Residence at Boston College, and The Boston Conservatory of Music where she has performed and conducted clinics and masterclasses on a regular basis since 2003. Shelagh’s early musical influences include extensive study with the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Richard Sebring, Toronto Symphony’s principal horn Neil Deland, and renowned pedagogue and performer Laura Klock. She has been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and with The National Repertory Orchestra. Shelagh holds a B.A. from Boston College, an M.M. from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she was a recipient of the Howard W. Lebow Scholarship, and an Artist Diploma from The New England Conservatory of Music, where she was a Walkenier Scholar. Shelagh is proud to be a Stephens Horns artist, playing one of the very first horns handcrafted by Stephen Shires <a href="https://www.stephenshorns.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.stephenshorns.com</a>.   In this fun and lively discussion, we cover: <ul> <li>In the Lexicon!</li> <li>Fun with pronunciations</li> <li>Amhad Rashad</li> <li>Baseball cards</li> <li>Erasers and jewelry</li> <li>Going to school with Andy Bove</li> <li>Trent Austin's bio writer</li> <li>Playing on Broadway eight times a week</li> <li>Playing Disney's Frozen</li> <li>Name-dropping </li> <li>How playing on Broadway works</li> <li>Dealing with repetition</li> <li>How the sub pool works and how to get started as a player</li> <li>Dormant subs</li> <li>Networking</li> <li>The impact of social media on networking</li> <li>Jeff Nelsen</li> <li>Be nice</li> <li>Pit orchestra size and the state of the industry</li> <li>Horn job pool on Broadway</li> <li>Horn writing rant</li> <li>Horn: The Cornstarch of the Orchestra</li> <li>Triton Brass</li> <li>Working with Sam Pilafian</li> <li>Playing with famous people from Trey Anastasio to Barry Manilow and Sting</li> <li>Being married to Tony Kadleck</li> <li>Facebrace</li> </ul> LINKS: <ul> <li><a href="https://shelaghabate.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shelagh's site</a></li> <li><a href="https://tritonbrass.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Triton Brass</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.vso.org/artist/760/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vermont Symphony Orchestra</a></li> </ul> Want to help the show? 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TBJ122: Shelagh Abate on playing horn on Broadway, meeting Sting and the importance of networking