Three In A Bar (Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons)

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In this first episode, Seb and Verity chat to bassist/bass guitarist Phil Donnelly. Conversation ranges from how he started in the profession to Nashville... and Pizza Express. Phil talks about his discomfort in ‘gig chat’ which leads to a discussion on potential (and probably inadvisable) new ways for Phil to present himself in performances.

Thanks to Barney Philpott (@barnabyphilpott) for his trombone (and euphonium) playing on the theme tune.

Reference links

IG: @donnelly.phil

Twitter: @Phil_Donnelly

http://www.phildonnelly.com

http://www.annameredith.com

https://www.americanyoung.com

https://laineywilson.com

https://www.abandoman.com

https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com

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With the absence of any major objections, Seb and Verity are back for a second episode. This week, they chat with violinist supremo and all round fantastic person, Jackie Hartley. They discuss her extensive orchestral career and her transition into the world of pop and film sessions, as well as the trials and tribulations of depping in the West End.

Reference notes

Everything Will Be Alright - Old Dirty Brasstards

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Emerging West End star Rodney Vubya joins Seb and Verity for a chat in episode 3 of the podcast. They start their meeting with a round of gift giving, an idea that didn’t last very long. Rodney talks about the joys and pitfalls of outdoor theatre, auditioning and Seb is coerced into rapping.

In the last part of this episode, Seb, Verity and Rodney reconvene via Zoom to discuss lockdown life and some current viewing recommendations.

LINKS

Rodney Vubya

https://www.globalartists.co.uk/artists/details/rodney-vubya/

Samuel Black Photography

http://www.samuelblackphotography.co.uk

James Holmes

http://helensykesartists.co.uk/artists/james-holmes/

Opera North

https://www.operanorth.co.uk

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

https://tinyurl.com/y7782yem

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Episode 4 features Seb and Verity’s first entirely remote chat with international conductor and musical revolutionary, Charles Hazlewood. 

They discuss everything from the position of orchestras in the 21st century, snogging and dying at Glastonbury, and elks mating in Canada.

Seb and Verity reconvene at the end to compare notes on their own personal highs and lows in the 500th week of lockdown.

LINKS

Charles Hazlewood Website

https://www.charleshazlewood.com/

Charles' Ted Talks

https://www.ted.com/speakers/charles_hazlewood

Paraorchestra

http://paraorchestra.com

Charlotte Harding

https://www.nonclassical.co.uk/charlotte-harding

Hannah Peel - Tainted Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6oybwzBOY

Lloyd Coleman

http://lloydcoleman.net

Gareth Churchill

https://www.garethchurchill.co.uk

Hannah Kendall

https://hannahkendall.co.uk

BANFF

https://www.banffcentre.ca

Caroline Bowditch

www.carolinebowditch.com

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Bang! That’s the sound of episode 5 sliding into your week. On this episode, Seb and Verity chat to multi-instrumentalist, song writer and orchestrator Jonny Abraham. He talks about his work as bassist and flugelhorn player for Public Service Broadcasting, orchestrating for the BBC Proms, the process of writing his own music and seeking inspiration from outside the arts.

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SHOW NOTES

Jonny's Twitter

@PSB_JFA

Jonny's Instagram

@psbjfabraham

The Race For Space - Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall

Bastille ReOrchestrated - Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

New Old Dirty Brasstards Songs (produced by Jonny)

Everything Will Be Alright

Wonderwall

Planes - Professor Penguin - Bandcamp

Public Service Broadcasting

Gethin Pearson

Ralph Pelleymounter

To Kill A King

Paul Epworth

Badly Drawn Boy

The Multi-Story Orchestra

Chris Stark

Andrew Sheps

Bryan Cranston's Advice on Auditions

Born Standing Up - Steve Martin

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This week, Seb and Verity invite West End star Laura Baldwin into cyberspace for a virtual catch up. They talk about Laura’s role as Cynthia Weill in the "Beautiful" tour and her disappointment at it being cut short by the darned pandemic. They also discuss all things Waitress, engaging with her fans and personalised merchandise. Laura chats about working with Kelsey Grammar and they debate hard hitting issues like who has the greater struggle when nature calls... those on stage or those in the pit.

Twitter: @LauraBaldwin92

Instagram: @laurajean.baldwin

Laura Baldwin - Stage Faves

When He Sees Me (Waitress) - Laura Baldwin

West End LIVE 2018: Eugenius

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It’s lucky Episode Number 7, and this week award-winning writer, composer, actor and comedian Vikki Stone joins Seb and Verity for a chat. 

Vikki talks about her new musical and concept album, #ZoologicalSociety. They discuss writing to deadlines, zoom choir rehearsals and the ‘millennial whoop’. They also take a detour to chat about marathon running, including Vikki's world record attempt dressed as a dog.

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SHOW NOTES

Twitter: @vikkistone

Instagram: @vikkistone

Facebook: Vikki Stone

Website: http://www.vikkistone.com/

Listen to #ZoologicalSociety

Vikki's Brian Cox Song

Vikki's Phillip Schofield Song

The "Millennial Whoop"

London Musical Theatre Orchestra

Simon Nathan

Katie Mulgrew

BEAM

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1/1 Singing Bowl (Ascension) - Jon Hopkins

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Seb and Verity have resisted the urge to hot foot it up to Durham and are back for episode 8. This week’s guest is violinist and arranger extraordinaire, Michelle Taylor-Cohen. 

Recorded in a bustling Royal Festival Hall foyer, they discuss Michelle’s ingenious methods to reimagine pop tracks for strings and her role as the "Fifth Beatle" in the Estilo String Quartet.

They take a nostalgia trip back to London 2012 and have a digression about tv sports theme tunes.

Towards the end of the podcast, Seb and Verity catch up with Michelle via Zoom to find out how she’s been filling her lockdown days and quiz her on an exciting project she’s been working on.

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SHOW NOTES

Twitter: @violinmichelle

Instagram: @violinmichelle

Buy Michelle's Sheet Music

Cohen Ensemble

Street Orchestra

Reasons To Be Cheerful Podcast (Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd) - "Live At Abbey Road: Fixing Music Education"

The General - Haiku Salut

ESTILO QUARTET RELEASES

Marriage In An Orange Grove (Apple Music/Spotify)

Alternative Tracks (Apple Music/Spotify)

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This week Seb and Verity have a hotline to Canada to chat to critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Basia Bulat.

Basia talks all about her fantastic new album "Are You in Love?", which was partly recorded at Joshua Tree and led to some integral collaborations with both the wind and desert dust.

They chat improvising at festivals, Bach and Basia indulges Verity’s new found love of the autoharp by demonstrating a few of her favourites.

Towards the end of their conversation, Basia performs the title track from her new album... it’s a stunning rendition and not to be missed.

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SHOW NOTES

Twitter: @BasiaBulat

Instagram: @basiabulat

BASIA BULAT'S WEBSITE

"ARE YOU IN LOVE?" - APPLE MUSIC / SPOTIFY

JIM JAMES

MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

AUTOHARPS

BASIA BULAT AT SERVANT'S JAZZ QUARTERS, LONDON

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Celebrations are on at Three In a Bar HQ as they reach episode 10, and what better way to mark this milestone than with a chat to Puerto Rico’s finest, Ektor Rivera.

Seb and Verity catch up via zoom with singer/dancer/actor/artist Ektor at his LA home. He earns serious guest points early on declaring his new found love for London, having travelled there for the first time last year to play Juan Peron in Evita at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. 

During their conversation Ektor chats about his time on Broadway, a house visit from J-Lo and returning to Puerto Rico for an exciting new production of ‘In The Heights’, as well as a major solo art exhibition in St Juan.

Seb and Verity delve deep into Ektor’s past, unearthing some excellent anecdotes involving a cassette tape, a Polaroid, Emilio Estefan and some questionable dreadlocks.

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SHOW NOTES

Twitter: @EktorRivera

Instagram: @ektorrivera

EKTOR RIVERA WEBSITE

EKTOR RIVERA ART

EKTOR AND JENNIFER LOPEZ - QVIVA THE CHOSEN

JENNIFER LOPEZ SUPER BOWL 2020

INFO ON HURRICANE MARIA

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In the third of their transatlantic trilogy, Seb and Verity chat to composer, arranger and multi instrumentalist Kelly Pratt.

Kelly talks touring and orchestrating for David Byrne and St. Vincent, Beirut and Father John Misty. They chat about favourite festivals (remember them?!) and great venues. 

Verity tries to get Kelly to dish the dirt on the different character traits of musicians around the world whilst he tries to remain diplomatic.

Kelly talks about his solo projects, including a homage of sorts to a much derided album from his childhood... Jimmy Buffett’s "Songs You Know By Heart". One of the tracks is entitled "Cheeseburger in Paradise". Nuff said.

Kelly offers some excellent advice on composing for film and TV and he gives some great suggestions for the Three In a Bar Spotify playlist. Click the link below to listen.

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SHOW NOTES

Twitter: @sirkellypratt

Instagram: @sirkellypratt

KELLY PRATT'S WEBSITE

KELLY PRATT ON BANDCAMP

LOVE THIS GIANT (DAVID BYRNE AND ST VINCENT) - NPR MUSIC LIVE

FATHER JOHN MISTY - "THINGS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO KNOW BEFORE THE REVOLUTION" (LIVE AT ELBPHILHARMONIE, HAMBURG)

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Breaking news... this week, novice podcasters Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons invite journalist, interviewer, reviewer and broadcaster Jude Rogers for a chat.

"Have they lost their minds?" we hear you ask. It's like Leyton Orient taking on Real Madrid. Luckily for them, Jude is both encouraging and forgiving and has countless tales to tell from her years interviewing and reviewing pop stars and musicians.

Amongst other things, they discuss Mercury Award panel disagreements, interviewing Justin Timberlake on honeymoon (Jude's, not Justin's) and guests, both rude and delightful.

Jude offers excellent advice on getting the most out of an interviewee (all carefully noted). She introduces Seb and Verity to new artists and bands, many of which are featured on the Three In A Bar Spotify playlist. You heard it here first!

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SHOW NOTES

Twitter: @juderogers

JUDE ROGER'S WEBSITE

JUDE ROGER'S GUARDIAN LOCKDOWN PLAYLISTS FOR EVERY MOOD

JUDE'S MICHAEL STIPE EXIT INTERVIEW

MERCURY PRIZE

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Thirteen, unlucky for some? Not at Three In A Bar because their guest this week is award winning composer and saxophonist Charlotte Harding.

Charlotte chats to Seb and Verity about her collaborations with BalletBoyz, Paraorchestra and Onyx Brass. The term ‘Orchestral Synthesizer’ gets bandied about by Verity - don’t worry, Charlotte clarifies what she’s wanging on about!

There is misinformation about clubbing, discussions on dance music, leg warmers and some shocking discoveries about mutes.

Yet again, Seb and Verity commit to a cause they will struggle to see through (see presents for guests). This time it’s starting a campaign for Charlotte to play ‘The Local Hero’ as Newcastle United run on to the pitch at St. James’ Park. When will they learn?

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Show notes

Twitter: @_ceharding_

CHARLOTTE HARDING’S WEBSITE

MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE’S WEBSITE

CONVO 2019

THEM/US BALLETBOYZ PREVIEW

THE LOVE UNLIMITED SYNTH ORCHESTRA, GLASTONBURY 2019

KRAFTWERK RE:WERK

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Here come the bears!

This week Seb and Verity are joined by Kevin Jones, one half of British folk rock band Bear’s Den.

The release of this podcast coincides with the launch of Bear’s Den’s latest album Fragments.... It’s almost as if they had planned it!

Recorded in late 2019, Kev talks about the band’s recent tours, from European stadiums supporting Neil Young to driving a land rover venue to venue around the wilds of Scotland.

They discuss set design - with or without the inclusion of glitter canons, recording and leaving a bit of his heart in Seattle. They also share notes on the dubious origins of the Turbo Negroni.

Want to know what links Bear’s Den with Trumpton, a sewing group and Josiah Booth? Listen on......

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Show notes

Twitter: @bearsdenmusic

Instagram: @bearsdenmusic

Facebook: Bear’s Den

Bear’s Den Website

Bear’s Den - Above the Clouds of Pompeii (Fragments Version) Live at EarTH

Bear’s Den + Paul Frith - Fuel On The Fire - Fragments

Bear’s Den - As the Crow Flies: A Return to the Highlands and Islands

Phil Ek’s Website

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This week Seb and Verity are joined by freelance cellist, Rachael Lander.

Rachael discusses her battles with alcohol addiction and anxiety, which led to an extended break from playing and consequently entering recovery - all whilst in her early twenties.

Since then, Rachael has returned to playing and has an extremely successful career working extensively in the West End, orchestral freelancing and as a session player. She credits her time in Raven string quartet for her return to music, finding a love for performing again... although a certain egg throwing incident brought these endeavours to an abrupt end.

Rachael is a patron of Music Support charity (see link below). She is a truly inspirational person and her openness about issues that for years have been taboo throughout the music industry make a refreshing change.

Regardless of whether you have suffered with addiction and anxiety, Rachael’s experiences and coping strategies are beneficial listening for all.

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Show Notes

Instagram: @rachaellander84

Rachael’s website

Music Support Charity

Musician’s Union Support, Health and Well-being pages

Rachael’s Guardian article

Alcoholics Anonymous

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It’s episode 16 and it sure is a sweet one as today’s guest is trombone behemoth and recently appointed head of brass at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Amos Miller.

Amos chats to Seb and Verity about online final recitals and his huge respect and excitement for the next generation of brass players passing through the conservatoire. He also tells them about his former lives as a psychology student (very useful) and a violinist (not so much).

Amos talks about his internationally acclaimed quintet, Onyx Brass and their exciting upcoming projects, one of which involves previous Three In A Bar guest, Charlotte Harding. He also chats about Royal Ballet Sinfonia - with whom Amos is principal - and his renewed love for Swan Lake.

They discuss Amos’ fantastic photography, which he somehow manages to fit into his packed schedule! Listen on to discover why it’s suggested Amos should form a band with an artist, a hiphop Dj and an Amish farmer....

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Show Notes

Twitter: @Amos_Miller

Instagram: @amosjdmiller

Amos’ Biography

Onyx Brass

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Royal Ballet Sinfonia

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We interrupt our regular broadcasts for a round the table chat with violinist and yoga guru Cat Parker. Think of this as interval drinks or a post concert catch up if you will.....

Recorded back in January in a bustling kitchen in East Dulwich, Cat talks to Seb and Verity about a whole host of things including her experiences living in Paris and what led her there, future plans to potentially set up a yoga retreat In a rural French Idyll and bribing local mayors.

Cat talks about training as a yoga teacher and encountering various interesting and sometimes bonkers takes on it around the world. She does a great job of selling the benefits of Yoga to even the perennially unbendy Verity and Seb discusses having revelations whilst doing hip rotations in Mayo Park.

They catch up in mid July via zoom as Cat is in the process of house selling. She talks about uncovering old photos, videos and potential spy equipment....Cat also looks forward to moving on and finding a country pad that is part Jilly Cooper part The Archers. They discuss unearthing old repertoire through lockdown and attempting to relearn with varying success.

At the very start of the interview there is a brief cameo from fellow violinist wunderkind, Millie Ashton who drops by to make a fish finger sandwich.

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Show notes

Instagram: @catparkerviolin

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Warning, this episode contains unprecedented levels of Sid James style cackling emanating from Verity...brace yourselves.

It’s episode 18 and look who’s dropped in to welcome them to the age of maturity....it’s none other than Hoosiers front man, Irwin Sparkes. Irwin also wears a magnificent new metaphorical hat for his solo alter ego White Tail Falls, releasing his album Age of Entitlement back in May to critical acclaim.

Irwin chats about making his first album - the process starting back in 2016, writing for other artists, the highs and lows of being in a commercially successful band and navigating panel shows....made harder when a famous comedian nicks your gags (he’s not bitter).

They talk about his stint at the Edinburgh Festival, existential crisis brought on by live streaming and Irwin impressively scatters some high class self referencing throughout the podcast. He tries to draw Seb and Verity into a clangfest but neither will break the unspoken code.

There is the usual hard hitting journalism we’ve become accustomed to on Three In A Bar with discussions about how Eastenders and Coronation Street are negotiating the Corona Virus crisis and which is better, brass or strings?

At the end of the podcast, Irwin gives a beautiful performance of Fake News and Body Weight from his new album.

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Show notes

Instagram: @irwinsparkes

Twitter: @IrwinofSparkes

White Tail Falls’ Website

Hoosiers Website

Irwin’s appearance on Never Mind The Buzzcocks

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It’s episode 19 and who better to complement a hot summer’s day than the perennially radiant, Laura Bangay.

Musical director/keyboard whiz/accordion hater Laura chats to Seb and Verity having had an extended period of Covid-19 lockdown isolation. They find out what she’s been doing to combat boredom, including a new found passion for kickboxing.

Laura talks about her extensive work as a children’s MD, including a joyous five year stint on Matilda and most recently on the brand new musical The Boy In The Dress. There is a nod to her childhood self, who’s mind would have been blown at the prospect of working with Robbie Williams!

They discuss Laura’s roll as an MD - a position in which women are still very much in the minority and suggest ways to rectify this imbalance.

Laura also talks about nightmares caused by misfiring clicks, her turbulent relationship with the accordion and the potential for being bankrolled by her successful protégés....the latter may have or may not have been an idea perpetrated by Seb and Verity.

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Show Notes

Twitter: @laurabangay

Instagram @laurabangay

Laura’s web page

”Bread and Roses” from Pride, Musical direction-Laura Bangay

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As Three In A Bar hits it’s twenties now seemed like a good time to try out a spot of blind dating. Introduced to us by the fabulous Michelle Taylor-Cohen (see episode 8), this week’s guest is composer, arranger and lyricist Shane Cullinan.

Shane chats about his ensemble Tonic Fold and some of their early gigs, including the first Nottingham Pride - entitled Pink Lace, a show following a naked man covered in ultraviolet baby teats and a vomiting flautist. Since then the gigs have got rather more glamorous and have led to collaborations with the likes of David McAlmont, Rachel Tucker and Kathy Burke.

They discuss Shane’s critically acclaimed oratorio, The Pieta, a beautiful piece set in Manchester and depicting a mother’s devastation at the loss of her son to street crime. Shane talks about some of the techniques he employed in the process of writing and scoring this as well as writing the libretto.

Seb and Verity ask Shane about working with Kathy Burke again, writing the music for her West End production of Lady Windermere’s Fan. Included in the score are fan breakbeats and funk bassoon...words you never thought you’d hear together.

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Show notes

Twitter: @musofunk

Instagram: @shanecullinanmusic

Facebook: Shane Cullinan Music

Shane’s Website

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This week Seb and Verity depart from usual service to reflect on the first twenty episodes of Three In A Bar in a loosely structured waffle - see intro and outro sections of all twenty episodes so far.

Along with their own favourite moments, they hear from a number of the listeners about their own personal highlights.

It won’t surprise you that Seb and Verity deviate from the course throughout, discussing hard hitting topics such as S Club 7, Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch and some musing on what Andrew Lloyd Webber might be up to currently.

Normal service will be resumed next week but in the meantime, take a trip down memory lane and remind yourselves of some of the hugely interesting and entertaining guests Seb and Verity have persuaded to talk to them over the last six months.

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C’est un invité magnifique! This week Seb and Verity are joined by violinist and broadcaster, Rachel Rowntree.

Be honest, who hasn’t thought to themselves maybe now’s the time to up sticks and start again somewhere glamorous and exciting abroad? Well, rather than giving in after numerous failed attempts at Duolingo and booking a holiday, Rachel actually made the move to Paris ten years ago and has carved out a hugely successful career there. Impressive eh?

Seb and Verity caught up with Rachel in the midst of a house move from Paris to Lille where her family will now be based. Surrounded by a wall of boxes, she talks about her work with Les Sieclés, an orchestra set up by François-Xavier Roth, and the familial feeling of being in the ensemble since it’s earliest days. They also discuss presenting education projects in French to hormonal teenagers, the perks of being a freelancer in France and some dubious colloquialisms she’s picked up along the way.

Rachel discusses her work as a broadcaster, introducing concerts for the French channel Mezzo TV. This is a job she clearly loves....despite the hidden challenges presented by the occasional need for Chinese name pronunciation!

Seb and Verity jump at the chance for yet another new campaign that ultimately won’t last beyond a couple of posts on Instagram....will they ever lean?

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Show Notes

Les Sieclés

Rachel’s journalism portfolio

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It’s a momentous week at Three In a Bar......not only is this the first episode recorded where all parties are in the same space since February but it is also our first musical dynasty. Violinist Laura Melhuish, horn player Ric Ashton and their daughter, Millie Ashton (wunderkind violinist) invite Seb and Verity into their fabulous home for a chat, great snacks and much hilarity.

The scene is set in the Ashton/Melhuish garden with Ric and Laura's other two daughters and assorted friends coming and going - a joyous contrast to the usual zoom set up. They discuss online final recital ordeals - Millie having just completed her undergraduate and how with twenty plus years attendance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama between them perhaps a blue plaque is in order?

Conversation ranges from negotiating family life as freelance musicians to eating like Tudors during lockdown. They debate whether snakebite and black is legal and hear about Ric’s days partying on the beach in the South of France with Elton John. Seb and Verity quiz Laura on the illustrious list of artists and films she’s played for over the years....including a slightly cringe worthy exchange with Posh Spice on a Spice Girls tour.

They broach the subject of fashion choices, with some strong looks being uncovered.....Think Laura Ashley dresses and in Seb’s case, a studded choker. The mind boggles.

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Show Notes

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

The Purcell School

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It’s episode 23 and we are back in South London chatting to the go to guy for soloists, conductors and errant orchestral players who can’t find the toilets in any given venue....it’s senior artist manager at Askonas Holt, Ed Pascall.

This is the second outing Seb and Verity have made to meet Ed after a failed attempt in a Wetherspoons in December 2019. Delighted that he’d humour them again, conversation includes an insight into the kind of super fans classical musicians attract - think handcrafted insects and insanely polite heckling.

There is a long and involved discussion on Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, as well as the potential for Panini sticker albums for orchestras and conductors - niche or what?!

Ed talks about the current outlook for his clients during covid times and what the 2021-22 season could bring....it’s not all doom and gloom.

Find out in what context Ed would take anthrax for the team - that’s true dedication to your work!

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Show Notes

Twitter: @AskonasHolt

Instagram: @askonasholt

Askonas Holt Website

Southbank Sinfonia Website

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Drum roll please.....this week’s episode features West End giant, musical director, arranger and orchestrator, Alan Williams.

Lets rewind a moment to Manchester in the early ‘90s....A young, enthusiastic pianist heads to the theatre with his parents, little does he know it’ll be the moment that starts his fabulous journey into musical theatre - that’s right, Copacabana the stage show was where the magic began for mini Alan.

Seb and Verity chat to Alan about some of the many shows he has worked on over the years including Shrek, Aladdin, Funny Girl and The Boy In the Dress. They talk New Year’s Eve pool partying with Darius Danesh, the latest hot shows on Broadway - Alan does his best Mystic Meg In predicting which of these might hit the West End in the future - and meeting the wonderful Will Smith.

Alan has excellent advice for any aspiring Musical Directors out there, as well as giving a real insight into what the life of a musical director/arranger/orchestrator looks like.....in a nutshell, there’s not a whole lot of downtime!

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Show Notes

Instagram: @alanwilliamsmd

Twitter: @AlanWilliamsMD

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This is the first of two special episodes charting the Let Music Live events in London and Birmingham on 6 October 2020, highlighting the current threat to thousands of jobs in the freelance music industry.

Seb and Verity have an exclusive chat to event founder, violinist and superwoman, Jessie Murphy. Jessie discusses her inspiration for creating this protest, how it’s grown into such a huge movement and what the plans for tuesday’s events are.

Having actively avoided talking about the Covid crisis in detail, now seemed to be an important time to highlight the plight of musicians and support this cause. With so many jobs at stake and the whole industry on a knife edge we hope the government will take another look at how freelancers in the arts can be helped more.

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Show notes

Instagram: @letmusicliveuk

Twitter: @letmusicliveuk

We Make Events Website

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This week’s guest is the marvellous, exhilarating and captivating cellist, Gabriella Swallow. Seb and Verity took a trip to her fabulous North London apartment on a rainy September day for a chat ranging from bowling with Hugh Jackman in Lederhosen to taking John Adams for lunch in Manchester.

Gabi initially made a name for herself specialising in contemporary music - At the age of 22 she made her Southbank debut with London Sinfonietta playing Mark-Anthony Turnage’s About Water. However, she took an extended break in her mid to late 20’s to have her family and support her husband’s flourishing career.

Gabi discusses rebuilding her career and expanding her horizons post hiatus....she has many great stories including meeting the Chuckle Brothers and Jackson 5 at a festival, wild times with Nigel Kennedy’s band and leading a double life at music college.

For any ‘90’s students out there Gabi references listings paper Loot. Enjoy!

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Show Notes

Gabi’s Website

Instagram: @gabriellaswallow

Twitter: @gabiswallow

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In the second of our bonus Let Music Live episodes, Seb and Verity report from the protest at Parliament Square on Tuesday 6 October 2020.

They chat to a number of the 400 players who turned up to perform the opening of Mars by Holst, followed by a two minute silence - the aim being to shine a light on the current plight of freelance musicians who have been largely overlooked throughout the Covid crisis.

As well as a selection of short conversations with the players and high profile supporters, including violinist Nicola Benedetti and conductor David Hill, Seb and Verity capture some of the atmosphere on the day, before and after the event.

Listen out for guest reporter Robert Simmons who does some stirling work catching up with various performers. Also stay tuned to the very end to hear the inspired thinking of trumpeter Bill Cooper......

A big thank you to everyone who chatted to us:

Amy Heggart, Dave Brown, Rebekah Allen, Millie Ashton, Alan Berlyn, Jonathan Hennessy-Brown, Rebecca Jordan, Sophie Gledhill, Hannah Lawrance, David Hornberger, Bill Cooper, Nicola Benedetti, Alice Kent, Ruth Rogers, David Hill, Jack Jones, Errika Horsley, Rachael Lander, Gabriella Swallow, Toby Street, Dickie Evans......

And of course the incredible Jessie Murphy who put together this huge undertaking. Massive congratulations and thank you so much for making this happen.

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Show Notes

Instagram: @letmusicliveuk

Twitter: @letmusicliveuk

This event was supported by We Make Events and The Musicians’ Union

Follow #letmusiclive on Twitter and Instagram.

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This week we go off piste (that’s right, p-i-s-t-e) with a visit from wine aficionado and co-owner of Yardarm Leyton, Eliza Parkes.

Eliza selects four fantastic wines to compliment Seb and Verity’s four music choices and they spend a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon tasting the wine and discussing the music. Sometimes work is so trying eh?

Be reassured in the knowledge that the spittoon is used liberally so the conversation remains coherent. In between each track, Seb and Verity chat to Eliza about her path into wine specialism, the relationship between the senses and memory and most importantly, her appearances on Sunday Brunch.

Stay tuned to the very end to hear Eliza’s choice and the extraordinary wine she brings as a gift from her own personal collection.....chin, chin!

Why not make this a full interactive experience? There is a link to the Spotify playlist for this episode below along with a list of the wines tasted. (All available at Yardarm Leyton)

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Show Notes

This episode’s playlist

List of featured wines:

Donati Camillo, Malvasia 2018

Ciù Ciù, Piceno Bacchus, 2019

Luigi Baudana, Dragon, 2019

Fontodi, Chianti Classico, 2017

Yardarm Leyton

Instagram

Twitter

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This week’s guest is half viola player/half anaesthetist, Dr Arun Menon - the most niche superhero the world has ever seen......

Having suffered kidney failure in 2005, Arun made the difficult decision to put his hugely successful freelance career on hold and go back into education to begin the epic journey into medicine - his training began in 2006 and he is still three and a half years away from being a fully qualified anaesthetist. During this time, Arun was frequently studying/on the wards by day and performing at the Royal Opera House and with Birmingham Royal Ballet by night.

Seb and Verity chat with Arun about his duel career - the opportunity to draw similarities between viola playing and putting people to sleep is too hard to resist, particularly for Verity who is in full ‘end of the pier entertainer’ mode.

Arun talks about the intricacies of brain surgery, what it’s like trialling for principal viola jobs and stereotypes for different medical specialists...he’s irritatingly diplomatic!

Seb refers to his specialist medical knowledge (Breaking Bad) to quiz Arun on Nitrous Oxide.....unfortunately it seems Arun didn’t use that syllabus in his training.

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Show Notes

Instagram: vlamenon

Twitter: @amenondr

Dar’s Grill

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Joining us in the bar - or rather Seb’s living room this week - is trombone Adonis, Christopher Augustine.

Chris is currently based in Cardiff where he is sub principal trombonist with WNO. Seb and Verity catch up with him as a small window appears in his busy schedule whilst he is briefly in London for a Chineke! project.

They chat about early inspirations, Chris’ unlikely transition from soprano recorder to trombone and his dream of an idyllic retirement in Cornwall.

Chris talks Seb and Verity through his daily routine, which includes an intense fitness regime and serious levels of discipline (4 boiled eggs for a breakfast side dish anyone?!). They also discuss his personal experiences as a black classical musician and whether it has affected his career/musical education.

This episode is brought to you under the influence of high levels of sugar as all involved had consumed Seb’s notorious Curly Whirly cake.....words per minute are through the roof.

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Show notes

Chineke! at the Royal Festival Hall, Radio 3 Broadcast

Welsh National Opera

Chineke!

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It’s a Three In A Bar double whammy this week with clarinettist, presenter, workshop leader and teacher Jessie Grimes. Seb and Verity visit Jessie in her South London flat - also home to her hugely popular Homemade Garden Jam series.

In the first episode, Jessie chats about her lockdown project which involved chamber music, audience participation and tomato juggling. They also discuss her early years in Ireland, folk music (including some fantastic live whistle playing and less impressive attempts to decipher folk notation by the others) and grunge fashion choices.

Jessie talks about the joys of performing with her multi award winning ensemble - the Jacquin Trio, learning to value yourself personally and professionally and tactics for beating the winter lockdown blues.

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Show Notes

Jessie’s Website

Jessie’s Homemade Garden Jam

Jacquin Trio Website

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Hot on the heels of part 1, our second episode with Jessie Grimes largely addresses social media and its relationship with mental well-being.

Find out what Verity says that leads to Jessie unleashing a passionate use of the f-bomb at the start of the pod......then discover how karma takes its course at the very end!

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This week Seb and Verity are joined by comedian, singer and actor Rob Brydon, who invited them into his beautiful garden for a hilarious and frank conversation.

Rob regales them them with such tales as filming in Las Vegas with Tom Jones, receiving wise words from a Bee Gee, battling Steve Coogan on a lilo and the pain of unrequited love in school musicals.

They chat about Rob’s tour, A Night of Songs and Laughter, and how Seb ended up in his and. He tells them what still makes him nervous and how he’s gaining confidence and improving his (already ruddy excellent) singing.

Rob treats Seb and Verity to a healthy smattering of his legendary Tom Jones and Elvis impressions... along with an impressive bass effect, a touch of trumpet and an infamous Nirvana guitar line.

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Show Notes

Rob Brydon Wikipedia (https://tinyurl.com/yxuflcll)

Rob Brydon Live Website (https://robbrydon.live/)

The Trip - Brydon & Coogan Sing The Winner Takes It All (https://tinyurl.com/y6fkvcaq)

Rob and Tom Jones Sing The Jungle Book (https://tinyurl.com/y68fsqen)

Barry Islands in the Stream - Red Nose Day song 2009 (https://tinyurl.com/y3gg5nvq)

Paul Herbert Musical Director (https://twitter.com/paulhbtmusic)

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It’s all about that bass, ‘bout that bass (you get the picture) with this week’s guest, Alice Kent.

Seb and Verity chat to Alice in early November as she’s putting the final touches to the latest video in her YouTube series Alice’s Musical Galaxy. She talks about becoming tech savvy, green screen issues and how she’s making string teaching exciting and vibrant for players of all ages and abilities.

Its a wide ranging conversation - at times underscored by the dulcet tones of tromboning from Alice’s partner, John Stokes... They cover everything from the Benedetti Foundation (Alice has tutored for them since it’s inception) to self defence lessons via folded Ross Kemp.

They discuss the adaptability of musicians and the highs and lows of a busy freelance career. Alice has played for virtually every professional UK orchestra you could name.

There is much discussion of Alice's incredible eyewear - jazz glasses no less - and a slightly awkward moment where Seb discovers he’d been at junior college with Alice for a couple of years and not realised. Gulp!

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Show Notes

Alice’s Musical Galaxy YouTube Channel

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCKPI98hhbf6vFtsVWULxEgg

The Benedetti Foundation

https://www.benedettifoundation.org/

Albert’s Band

https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/series/alberts-band/

Instagram: @alice.kent0

twitter: @AliceKent0

Wynton Marsalis Playing Happy Birthday https://youtu.be/_Amwq43-lrM

Folded Ross Kemp

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We’re back with this week’s episode in 3, 2, 1 ......... and our guest is Heart DJ, journalist, author, podcaster, campaigner and influencer, Anna Whitehouse.

Seb and Verity drop in to Anna’s East London offices, lukewarm cava in hand, for a chat about the various strands of her eclectic career. She talks them through her journey from Practical Caravan magazine (tow bar specialist) to becoming host of a Heart show with a multi million listenership. They also discuss her unashamed love of pop, the art of a slick 15 second segue, giving relationship advice to Darren Day and working with a Spice Girl.

Anna chats candidly about her struggles with post-natal depression at a time when she was applying for her dream job in radio and the huge anxiety and pressure this created. She talks about pivotal moments that have shaped her career decisions and inspired some of her incredible campaigns, namely Flex Appeal.

In an unexpected U-turn, Seb and Verity chat with Anna about social media as a force for good (they turn on a penny, that pair) and Anna gives some excellent advice on how we can all create a positive online presence.

Thanks to the aforementioned cava, Anna tells us a great story about trying to pull H from Steps at V Festival. Keep listening to the end to find out more.

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Show Notes

@mother_pukka on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mother_pukka

Anna’s Website

https://www.motherpukka.co.uk/

Anna’s Heart Radio Show

https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/anna-whitehouse/

Flex Appeal

Https://www.motherpukka.co.uk/flex-you-fools/

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It’s episode 33 and Seb and Verity head south of the river to chat to trombonist, co founder of the Old Dirty Brasstards and all round top bloke, Chris Smith.

We don’t like favouritism here at Three In A Bar but boy, what a great host Chris was! In what felt as close to a social event as you get these days the wine was flowing and conversation covered Glastonbury - it may be the first time ever the world famous festival has been compared to Wigan - Spotify algorithms, the inception of the Brasstards and their speedy path to success.

Chris reminisces about his days at Junior Academy and they talk about their varied early experiences of singing in choirs....you genuinely won’t believe which of the three sang at the Proms. Verity’s mind is blown by some 80’s TV trivia and Seb reveals the difficulties he faced googling the ungoogleable Chrs Smith.

They quiz Chris on his extensive knowledge of Indie music, in particular his love of the Manic Street Preachers and they look to the future with what might be on the cards for ODB in the coming months.

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LINKS

Old Dirty Brasstards Website - https://www.olddirtybrasstards.co.uk

ODB YouTube Channel - https://m.youtube.com/user/OldDirtyBrasstards

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olddirtybrasstards

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ODBrasstards

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OldDirtyBrasstards

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This week Seb and Verity have revisited the joys of zoom to catch up with friend of the pod and their very first guest, Phil Donnelly.

Phil chats about branching out into production, live-streaming and mixing during covid times. He also explains his beef with Jamie Oliver, embarrassing technical hitches - as they encounter an embarrassing technical hitch and Verity’s pro plus fulled past.

BIG NEWS ALERT! The other reason Seb and Verity are meeting with Phil is to discuss the live-streamed Three In A Bar Christmas party, coming to you from Phil’s Arnos Groove studio on Sunday 13 December at 6pm....woo hoo!

We’ve got live music from Jonny Abraham and the Hot Pops, Estilo String Quartet, Phil Donnelly and Amy Bird plus amazing guests including Mercury Prize shortlisted, genre bending composer, Anna Meredith and Hoosiers’ front man Irwin Sparkes.

This will be a free event but we’ll be asking for donations for the Help Musicians Charity (see link below). Help Musicians has been a lifeline to many of our friends and colleagues during this difficult year that has decimated the industry. They have provided both financial and mental health support so we want to raise as much as possible to aid their continued invaluable work, as well as pay the musicians who are so generously giving up their time for us.

If you’d like to donate, there is a link below and there will also be a link on screen throughout the event.

Click here at 6pm on Sunday 13 December to join the party!

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Help Musicians Charity - https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/

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Overture of Overtures - https://youtu.be/HdYQzoJCVho

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It’s a right old festive shindig this week! In this episode we revisit our live-streamed Xmas party, recorded on Sunday 13 December at Phil Donnelly’s Arnos Groove Studios.

It was a brilliant evening with performances from Irwin Sparkes - AKA White Tail Falls, Jonny Abraham and the Hot Pops, The Estilo String Quartet and Phil Donnelly and Amy Bird. We were also lucky enough to have the incredible Mercury Shortlisted, genre bending composer, Anna Meredith In for a chat as well as some crazy capers with Father Christmas!

The livestream is on YouTube, so if you fancy adding the visuals (it might aid making sense of what exactly Father Christmas was up to....although not entirely) click here

This party was a free event but, as you’ll hear, throughout the evening we were raising money for Help Musicians Charity and also our fabulous performers. Fear not! You can still donate at Https://www.paypal.me/threeinabar if you enjoy what you hear. AND..... as an added incentive, anyone who donates £20 or more is instantly entered into our prize draw with the opportunity to win signed Anna Meredith or White Tail Falls vinyl.....or, some might say an even better prize - 5 album covers reimagined by Verity’s children and signed by Anna et al. Go on, get donating!

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Links

Our guests and performers:

Anna Meredith

White Tail Falls

Jonny Abraham and The Hot Pops

Fundi

Estilo String Quartet

Phil Donnelly

Amy Bird

Ian Whitehead

Recorded live at Arnos Groove Studios. In aid of Help Musicians

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Happy New Year! After a Christmas break and some slight technical hitches (Verity couldn’t remember her Macbook password) we are back with a fantastic guest to kick off 2021...It’s musician, concert producer, violinist, vocalist and advisor and educator on musical and theatrical projects, Lizzie Ball.

Lizzie chats to Seb and Verity about the Classical Kicks concert series she curates, their residency at Ronnie Scott’s (which brings together a hugely diverse range of genres) and how she wooed a bagpipe player in Edinburgh to come to London and play Metallica. No mean feat!

They discuss Lizzie’s work with her childhood hero, Nigel Kennedy and what an impact he has had on her career. Verity tries to draw to mind an incident involving Nigel and Gordon The Gopher on Going Live..... anyone else remember this?

Lizzie talks about touring with Jeff Beck, coping with the pressures of leading the live recording of Liam Gallagher’s MTV Unplugged album and Corrido, her immersive piece based on the life and times of Frieda Kahlo. Somehow, alongside all of this, Lizzie has recently qualified as a life coach and tells Seb and Verity about her passion to combine this with her performing and production work. Phew, she really does do it all!

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Lizzie’s Website - https://www.lizzieball.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lizzieballmusic/

Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/lizzieballvivo/

Classical Kicks at Ronnie Scott’s - https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/artists/classical-kicks?performance=2663-classical-kicks#

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This week Seb and Verity chat to drummer, MD and fixer, Bob Knight. Bob selflessly takes time out from homeschooling to escape - sorry travel - to his studio for their Zoom convo.

Bob has great stories and anecdotes about some of the legions of musicians he’s worked with over the years.....from having his Cajón blessed by Nicole Scherzinger, to standing in his pants with Sting via a joyous stint as MD on the Charlotte Church Show.

They ask Bob about working with his hero, James Taylor (not to be confused with the James Taylor Quartet....who he’s also worked with!) and the combination of excitement and nerves this created. He talks about starting out as a fixer, which involved disposable camera theft and a handmade scrapbook of artists. Bob has excellent advice for anyone starting out in this field as well as an insight into the perils of large scale fixing for megastars’ world tours - nerves of steel required!

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Bob’s website: https://bobknightdrums.com/

Bob’s fixing website: https://bekmusic.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobbyfame

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bobknight1

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This week Seb and Verity jump back into cyberspace to chat to London based, Dutch Singer/Songwriter and member of Bear’s Den, Christof Van Der Ven.

Christof has recently signed with Peermusic and talks about exciting times ahead this opportunity will afford him, writing and recording new material and collaborating with other artists. He’s also teaching himself piano with some big targets!

Christof discusses growing up in the Netherlands, busking in Galway, meeting his musical hero and an unfortunate incident at the US border that forms the story behind his song ‘From Montreal’.

Seb and Verity also ask him about his other life as a chef and get some great food tips. This unfortunately leads Verity to tell her Little Chef story AGAIN....

They chat about how Christof came to join Bear’s Den and he talks candidly about the period of anxiety and stress he suffered in his early days with the band. Thankfully, with the support of his band mates he came through the other side. Hearing Christof talk about performance anxiety so candidly is both reassuring and refreshing for anyone who might have experienced or be experiencing this themselves.

Christof plays two songs - Bravais Arc from his album You Were the Place, and Big Men At Heart which features on his recent Reworks EP. They are a treat not to be missed.

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Https://www.christofvanderven.com/

https://www.bearsdenmusic.co.uk/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Christofmusic/

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This week Seb and Verity are crossing the Atlantic (virtually) again for a chat with tour manager, production manager and co-founder of Music Runs, Tom Carlson. They caught up with Tom on 19 Jan 2021 - the day before Joe Biden’s inauguration. Tom was feeling a mixture of relief and nervous expectancy about the following day, hoping for an excitement-free event.

Tom tells great stories from some of the many tours he has worked on, including weird and wonderful excursions in a mini van with David Byrne (Think a Creationist museum in Cincinnati and the former residence of a sex obsessed poet who invented fascism....links below!), a paid holiday in Bali with the St Vincent tour and wild parties with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Tom makes his feelings on festivals very clear....let’s just say, he’s not the greatest fan. Conversely, he and Seb both nostalgically recount stories of joyous times on tour in Japan.

They discuss Music Runs Charity, set up by Tom last year to support struggling independent venues and promoters in the US. Tom talks about some of the artists and playlists they contributed, there are some absolute belters, it’s well worth checking out! They also talk running on tour and the aesthetic beauty of the official Father John Misty Leggings.

There’s a link to the Music Runs website below and the playlists can be accessed in Apple Music/Spotify when you search for Music Runs.

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https://musicruns.org/

https://www.twitter.com/musicrunsdotorg/

https://www.instagram.com/musicrunsdotorg/

The museums Tom mentioned and some info on the poet Gabriele d’Annunzio:

https://creationmuseum.org/

https://www.vittoriale.it/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/opinion/dannunzio.html

Dysnomia by Dawn Of Midi:

https://open.spotify.com/album/4wCpIX2LVk3lZkh4crNPtJ?si=pQ6YtQmiSZKl0mCNxAcuOg

Biden&Harris Inauguration playlist:

https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/raedio-presents-Biden-Harris-2021-inauguration-playlist/pl.7132431700f346008f1245b2d56a2cd3

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It’s Episode 40 and Seb and Verity return to their orchestral roots this week to chat to viola player and presenter Amy Thomas. Amy has been a member of the CBSO since 2009 and during #lockdown1 she turned her hand to presenting a series of behind the scenes videos for the orchestra. She is also a member of the Stringcredibles Quartet who specialise in performing, training and running protects for young people.

Conversation covers trialling for orchestras (both as trialer and trialist) and lockdown videos with her trumpeter husband, Alan Thomas. Think high production value, tense moments and a rug on the kitchen table with baked bean tins giving the illusion of movement!

Amy talks about her extensive costume habit; on stage, in the lockdown videos, and running dressed as full banana. They also discuss their love/hate relationships with YouTube including Dan TDM, Stampy Cat, and an old man painting his fence.

Seb and Verity ask Amy about her behind the scenes interviews and quizzes, discovering a disturbing fact about Simon Rattle along the way. They give her a taste of her own medicine with a quick fire quiz which she is disappoingly good at!

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy_everest

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/amyeverest/

CBSO: https://cbso.co.uk/

The Stringcredibles: https://www.thestringcredibles.com/

Weinburg Symphony No. 3: https://open.spotify.com/album/0ypDENHRVMeYalGof0C6NY?si=vLAm0bw2Sra2x8M_fhzZLw

Stampy Cat: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uD683DmkCkw

To sponsor the CBSO runners in their challenge, raising money for Help Musicians Charity use this link: https://www.justgiving.com/team/CBSO

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This week on the X Fac......whoops, sorry wrong show. Let’s try again:

For episode 41 of Three In A Bar, Seb and Verity are joined by platinum album selling, 2010 X Factor champion Matt Cardle. Matt spent the early part of the ‘10s firmly in the public eye and achieved huge commercial success. He talks candidly about the ups and downs of this period in his life and about the joy of regaining control of his career, now able to create music he believes in.

Matt has some great stories from his X Factor days, including nerve wrenching audition experiences, dubious song choices, vomiting on a man lift on the live tour and the aroma notes of Rihanna. He also discusses a cringe-worthy experience at the Kerrang Awards, his frustration at the lack of support from Syco and Sony post-X Factor and how he’s moved on with his career.

Matt chats about performing on the West End stage, conquering self doubt and being an overly polite Pontius Pilate.

They discuss Matt’s new single, Purple Crayon, his forthcoming album and plans for the future, finding a label with his best interests at heart and enjoying music again. Plus he’s an all round top bloke!

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https://www.mattcardlemusic.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mattcardleofficial/

https://www.twitter.com/MattCardle

Matt’s new single Purple Crayon: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dnG51TOrP60

Matt performing The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face on the X Factor: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E_wOnVbDtdg

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This week Seb and Verity chat to a true London Symphony Orchestra legend, cellist Jennie Brown. Jennie joined the LSO in 1982 and is currently the longest serving female player, having been one of only two women in the orchestra when she arrived. She started her career getting a job at the Royal Opera House whilst still in her fourth year at the Royal Academy....not bad eh?!

Jennie discusses working with John Williams on Return of the Jedi, Sir Colin Davis and the legendary trumpeter Maurice Murphy.....you may not recognise his name but you’ll definitely have heard him playing on any number of epic movie soundtracks.

They also chat about her very first opera at ROH with none other than Luciano Pavarotti, being the third generation in her family to be a member of the LSO and a sickening experience for Jennie when a top fixer called and she completely lost her voice.....pre mobile phones and diary services, eurgh.

Seb and Verity try to dig some dirty from the so-called "bad old days" in the LSO and - despite Jennie being extremely discreet - hear a few snippets of what that title alluded to.

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London Symphony Orchestra: https://lso.co.uk/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/londonsymphony/

Pavarotti - Tosca - E lucevan le stelle: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oLP1951ZxIE

Return of the Jedi Soundtrack - The LSO conducted by John Williams: https://open.spotify.com/album/1gt4PAxdMmq5DUV7tyuNxx?si=GD_IYOeyQfm0q5kvqiqX7A

Score: A Film Music Documentary - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4207112/

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This week Seb and Verity chat to multi award-winning, internationally renowned countertenor Iestyn Davies. It just so happens that Iestyn and Verity were at school together so this podcast acts as a catch up after 23 years, gulp.

Iestyn was due to be singing the lead in Giulio Cesare at the Met on the evening they recorded, a run which was obviously scuppered by Covid. He chats about his frustrations and despondency this lockdown but also glimmers of hope with exciting projects on the horizon.

Iestyn talks about his low-key professional debut at Zurich Opera conducted by Nicholas Harncourt and singing alongside Jonas Kaufman....no big deal right? They also discuss his stint in Farinelli and the King on Broadway, at the Globe theatre and in the West End, including tales of corpsing and Kris Akabusi.

At at the end of their conversation, Seb gets a short lesson from Iestyn on improving his falsetto.....it’s fairly harrowing and should possibly come with a health warning.

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Iestyn’s YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCV4ajzjU8aQwCdEdWUcP-gA

Iestyn Davies and Alison Balsom Eternal Source of Light Devine, by Handel https://open.spotify.com/track/4FUwHeCqZZCVPmXA1i9tvi?si=urBQl615TwmBOUD06wzc_A

If: Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell. By Michael Nyman, Iestyn Davies, Fretwork. https://open.spotify.com/album/64HLCY8YcaTaXb6jdNDSjf?si=Jx6UfYiKSVKMjUQF11CswA

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This week Seb and Verity chat to Canadian bass trombonist Dan West. Dan is a member of the highly acclaimed, virtuosic brass group Septura and one of Seb’s fellow Brasstards. He spent five years in the band for Phantom of the Opera, freelances with all the major UK orchestras and has played on a huge number of film sessions, including Dunkirk and Avengers: Endgame.

Despite a number of awkward silences where Seb and Verity have to decide if the internet has frozen or just landed an ill-timed joke, they have a fulsome and fun chat with Dan.

They discuss early musical beginnings in Calgary, marching bands and reacclimatising in Texas. There are shared reminiscences of joyous dinners in the West End on matinee days.....monkey fingers anyone?! 

Dan talks about returning to full time freelancing after a long run on Phantom, some of the epic film sessions he’s played on and the exciting prospect of getting back to playing to live audiences again. Bring it on! 

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Links

Septura Live Streamed Gig 1st March 2021 - https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/septura-202103011930

Wonderful Christmastime / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Old Dirty Brasstards - https://open.spotify.com/album/1OnQhMijXJyxJMPtZ6VVvk?si=VLlXJLopTTq01RHJbujZXw

The Pollution - https://the-pollution.bandcamp.com

Dan on Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/DanyeWest82/

Old Dirty Brasstards - https://www.olddirtybrasstards.co.uk

Septura - https://septura.org/

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Ok, ok......this is not the new guest we promised in this week’s episode BUT it is a whole extra bonus edition with internationally renowned countertenor and star of episode 43, Iestyn Davies. Total bonus right?!

As you will hear in Seb and Verity’s opening waffle, the past few weeks have been tricky to say the least. However, there are exciting episodes and events afoot which they share with you as well as an insight into the wonderful, wide ranging benefits of becoming a Three In A Bar Patreon (link below).

The main feature of this edition is the previously ‘Patreon only’ Iestyn Davies extras. Iestyn chats about the fateful end to his oboe playing days, they share less than impressive piano lesson stories and Seb tells Iestyn about first hearing the countertenor voice.

Seb and Verity are back next week with a new guest, that’s a promise! For the time being we hope you enjoy this extra slice of Iestyn Davies!

Excerpt at the end from "Eternal Source of Light Devine", performed by Iestyn Davis, Alison Balsom, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert. Listen in full here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5GuVpZJpX4C0nQzF63qnsi?si=3xoOy3uVR1Cj3DMH9sr8xQ

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We’re back in the room, and not just any room but the boardroom at Rich Mix in East London to meet this week’s guest - Artistic Director of the Irene Taylor Trust, Sara Lee.

Seb and Verity chat to Sara about her fantastic and inspiring work with ITT, creating music inside prisons and out in the community working with ex-prisoners, vulnerable young people and teenage parents. Sara talks about the online 25th anniversary concert (see link below) which they managed to record with under 24 hrs to spare before the country went into full lockdown.....challenge Anneka eat yer heart out!

They discuss Sara’s first job as a music teacher in Wormwood Scrubs, including visits from shell-shocked ABRSM examiners, music lessons with no instruments and some extraordinarily talented inmates. Sara also chats about visiting the US and Norway, observing and forging relationships with prisons in both countries. They talk Arsenal football club, the importance of being able to laugh at yourself, finding common ground and how you turn the chaos of day 1 session 1 (think amps at the max, challenging keyboard effects and drums a-go-go) to a brilliant performance of the prisoners’ original songs on day 5.

Seb and Verity try to get Sara to dish the dirt on mutual friend and colleague, trumpeter Rob Willson......listen to the end to hear what she says!

Learn more about Sara and the Irene Taylor Trust at their website:

https://irenetaylortrust.com/

Take a look at the incredible ITT 25th anniversary concert here:

https://irenetaylortrust.com/25th-birthday-show/

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This week Seb and Verity get some much needed advice and inspiration from arts entrepreneur and marketing consultant, David Taylor. David’s work has seen him consulting many of the UK’s top orchestras and performers but never has he had such a difficult task as trying to sort out this pair.....

David chats about setting up Yorkshire Young Sinfonia and leading it to huge success, reaching an audience of 7.5 million in just 4 years and featuring in the BBC documentary ‘Birth Of An Orchestra’. They discuss how orchestras have embraced the digital age and how they are finding ways to survive Covid.

Seb and Verity try to get their heads around branding and optimal use of social media - mediums such as Clubhouse are thrown around...you know Clubhouse? Them neither.

David talks about his early days as a cocktail waiter/bingo caller/cello teacher, working in Jerusalem, Philharmonia Gin (it’s a thing!) and being on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. There’s a first mention on the podcast for Paul Pogba and a delightful rendition of ‘Oh Little Town of Bethlehem’. Just another standard Three In A Bar outing!

Learn more about David Taylor at https://www.david-taylor.org

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REFERENCED IN OUR CHAT:

‘Birth of an Orchestra’ Radio 4 documentary https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b069rv9w

Forbes 30 under 30 list 2018 https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-Europe/2018/#

Wine Library TV https://tv.winelibrary.com/about/

Esther Abrami https://www.estherabrami.com/

New World Symphony Orchestra https://www.nws.edu/about/

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra https://bsolive.com/

Peter McKinnon’s YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3DkFux8Iv-aYnTRWzwaiBA

The Defiant Ones https://www.netflix.com/watch/80214552?source=35

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Remember when we told you we’d found the world’s most niche super hero - episode 27’s viola playing doctor Arun Menon? Well, we think we’ve matched him. This week’s guest is bassoonist and elite para-canoeist, Llinos Owen.

Seb and Verity catch up with Llinos in-between training sessions for the international trials which she will be competing in this April. She chats to them about juggling her intensive sporting schedule with her sub principal/contra bassoon doubling job with Royal Ballet Sinfonia plus a busy freelance career and examining work for the ABRSM.......how on earth does she find time to breathe?

Llinos talks about the horrendous car accident that resulted in a shattered pelvis, leaving her completely immobile for 10 weeks and consequently having to relearn how to walk. She discusses coming to terms with her injures, her determination to recover and how a desire to be active again led to a new found passion for kayaking.

They discuss sickness and tears in training, reed making (or not), the joy of Prokofiev Ballet scores, examiner training and the ‘grade 1 of doom’! Seb relives his not-too-distant grade 6 piano exam experience and Verity owns up to some shameful outings as an accompanist, shudder.

You can follow Llinos on Twitter @llinoselinowen

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REFERENCED IN OUR CHAT:

Birmingham Royal Ballet https://www.brb.org.uk/

Paracanoe Talent Programme https://www.britishcanoeing.org.uk/olympic-paralympic/paracanoe-intro/british-canoeing-talent-programme

‘Ombra Mai Fù’ by Handel https://open.spotify.com/track/6WK6PgqSgVfeMZNiYUajdc?si=MzU8ErE_QMy_6t_IEGHhKg

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In this week’s episode, Seb and Verity are let loose in South London to meet Trumpeter, Composer and Arranger, Sam Ewens.

Sam has recently released his album Stuck in The Overthink - under the name Night Auras - mixing an acoustic brass sound with electronica. This album is a reflection on the last year with tracks including ‘Digital Dystopia’, ‘Waves of Hyperbole’ and ‘Letting Go’ giving an indicator of the themes he covers.

They chat about the making of this album, experimenting with looping and the fear of pressing wrong buttons. They discuss his online collaborations and his feelings about writing to tight deadlines for T.V.

Sam also talks about a personal low point when purchasing a valve trombone during lockdown, french horn issues and how his 18 month old son’s bedroom doubles as his studio in the most ingenious of ways.

Sam recollects a painful ‘Von Trapp’ moment at a wedding......a memory he’d buried for many years. They also discuss how it came to pass that he found himself rapping a takeaway menu with comedian Ross Noble in a tiny box room in his flat.

Warning: The full extent of Seb’s Creme Egg addiction is publicly uncovered during the episode!

You can find out more about Sam on his website: https://www.samewens.com/

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You can listen to and purchase his new album Stuck in The Overthink, as well as lots of other NIGHT AURAS releases here:

https://nightauras.bandcamp.com/

Musical excerpt from "The BFG" (1989). Composed by Keith Hopwood and Malcolm Rowe.

Listen to the full soundtrack here: https://open.spotify.com/album/2jFzoLRU6sKuMWuKHfBREx?si=7JL_nJDsTriYb54prd22kA

Watch in the film in full on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ86qPEsmK8&t=2324s

REFERENCED IN THIS CHAT

Sea Shanties on TikTok: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-gb/sea-shanty-tiktok-nathanevanss

Jon Hopkins live at Glastonbury 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD4sLbNK-rw

Field Music on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/5P1tdwsQdI6z9MXXfmYRDS?si=INctp7TDQJKE087T5ktluQ

Watch in full on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ86qPEsmK8&t=2324s

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This week’s guests are true folk royalty....It’s Rachel Unthank and Adrian McNally from The Unthanks.

In their first attempt at a four way zoom conversation, Seb and Verity chat to Adrian and Rachel as - along with their band mates - they embark on writing and recording a new album and Adrian is starting to compose the score for the new series of Worzel Gummidge.

They discuss working with BBC Concert Orchestra for the 2018 Folk Prom and The Brighouse and Rastrick band - Rachel was back on stage 4 weeks after giving birth......hardcore!

Adrian talks about his palm-sweatingly stressful debut as the band’s pianist at a day’s notice supporting Ben Folds on his US tour. He also explains about the difficulties of juggling roles as performer, manager, composer and producer......a task that is made greater as the band are entirely self managed and keep everything in-house.

Rachel and Adrian reminisce about learning their first album had been named Folk Album of the Year by Mojo in a car outside Co-op in Corbidge! They also cover clog dancing, deadlines, inspirations and their brilliant singing weekends - We totally want to go.....even just to sample Adrian’s acclaimed sprout pasta dish.

You can find out more about The Unthanks, including tour dates, album releases and videos at their website http://www.the-unthanks.com/

Follow The Unthanks on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/TheUnthanks/ and Facebook https://m.facebook.com/TheUnthanks/

Listen to The Unthanks on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1luY92PbdGWRyBRY1ZR7o1?si=-V4ArnaORLWUEGsl9ktHpA

The Unthanks performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Folk Proms https://youtu.be/_FHF11A6E44

A direct link to the singing weekends the band run http://www.the-unthanks.com/singing-weekends/

As mentioned in this week’s podcast, here is a link to the crowdfunding page for Ellie Spicer, helping raise funds for her vital treatment https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/elliespicer

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DINNG DONG! BONUS CHAT WITH THE UNTHANKS!

Here are a load of extra offcuts from our chat with Adrian McNally & Rachel Unthank. It was all cracking stuff, and we wanted everyone to hear it.

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The Unthanks performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Folk Proms https://youtu.be/_FHF11A6E44

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It’s party time at TIAB as we reach our 50th episode! Who better to celebrate with than the Queen? ........ok, ok not Queen Elizabeth II but a darned good alternative; It’s star of Drag Race UK and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Vinegar Strokes.

Vinegar describes herself as Tina Turner meets Lizzo meets Kat Slater - a winning combo I’m sure you’ll agree. She chats to Seb and Verity about her band - Vinegar Strokes and the Morning Afters and their debut gig at the Clapham Grand on 17 June (link below).

They discuss inspirations, the birth of Vinegar (she’s a Halloween queen), audition anxiety, gigs in car parks, future operatic ventures, stand up and Shane Ritchie in drag.

Vinegar tells Seb and Verity about who’s left her star struck (you might be surprised) and can you guess which of the above was a member of the Spice Girls Fan Club? (You won’t be surprised).

Book tickets for Vinegar’s debut gig with the Morning Afters at Clapham Grand on 17 June here!: https://claphamgrand.com/event/theloveproject

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Episode 1. Season 1. Of Ru Paul’s Drag Race (check out the LipSync battle!) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07l5qvv

Spice Girls Wannabe video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDX8eTORFCo

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This week’s episode comes to you from a sunny garden in East London and features Musical Director and all round top bloke, Huw Evans.

Huw is currently Associate MD on hit West End Show Come From Away. He chats to Seb and Verity about this production’s beginnings in Dublin, his onstage interactions (accordion in hand) and why he thinks it’s been so popular with audiences in the UK, US and Canada.

They discuss what the role of Associate MD entails and how he keeps cool and calm on first shows. Huw also chats about his time in Basel on the Lion King ‘Zebra Tour’, taking part in Crap Tap class at Mountview, working with male voice choirs and his mum’s appearance on Opportunity Knocks.....a wonderful 80’s throwback moment.

Huw talks about recently completing a level 2 counselling course and they discuss mental health issues within the music industry - an area that would benefit from more widespread support and recognition.

Towards the end of the podcast there is a brief moment of panic when there is concern Seb has ingested poppy seeds and might go into anaphylactic shock.....it all ends well and no epipen was required.

This episode is fuelled by Leyton’s own Good Folk coffee (link below). Enjoy!

You can follow Huw on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_

Book tickets for Come From Away at https://comefromawaylondon.co.uk/

Fantastic coffee consumed in this week’s episode from https://folk.coffee/

For information about Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 go to https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk

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This week Three In a Bar plays host to true podcasting royalty - it’s Jamie Morton, star of My Dad Wrote a Porno. Currently this groundbreaking podcast has over 300,000,000 downloads worldwide and they are about release their 6th series.

Jamie talks about the phenomenal success of reading chapters from his dad’s Belinda Blinked series with his friends - Alice Levine and James Cooper and how this has led to world tours and a comedy special on HBO. He chats about the huge pressure of live TV and excessive sweat problems, super fan Lin-Manuel Miranda’s suggestions for a Belinda Blinked musical and Verity makes some questionable casting suggestions!

Seb and Verity ask Jamie about the live comedy cabaret show he co-hosts - Round to Rita’s - and they discuss their shared excitement at the return of live theatre. Jamie tells them about some of the music Rocky played to the family as he was growing up, including an interesting song choice on a trip to Spain.....

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This week Seb and Verity are joined by vocal powerhouse, Bim. If you’ve listened to chart music over the last five years you will have undoubtably heard Bim’s voice - she’s sung backing vocals for artists including Jessie Ware, Dua Lipa, Mabel and Bastille - she’s featured vocalist on their track Joy - as well as being one of the vocalists for drum and bass act High Contrast.

Bim chats about her journey into singing, musical influences, Glastonbury memories, vocal steaming and speed learning songs plus complex choreography......ooof!

They discuss Bim’s royal connections - as co-coordinator of The Kingdom Choir for Harry and Meghan’s wedding and singing for musical royalty, Sir Elton of John on the new Lion King film soundtrack. Think Rhinestone tracksuits and military precision (you can decide who goes with which).

This conversation includes background sound effects courtesy of Champagne Garden’s constructions - Verity’s nemesis - and Seb destroying a garden chair. Slick as ever.

You can follow Bim on Instagram https://www.Instagram.com/theycallmeabimbola/ and Twitter https://www.twitter.com/callmeabimbola/

Check out Bim’s new single House Life here https://open.spotify.com/track/2j07iZkVaaa8S7nj4TIJRe?si=QjNl4-GPSfmBko0B4TE1NQ

Watch The Kingdom Choir (including Bim) performing at Harry and Meghan’s wedding here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AyFlLjdNqk8

Bim’s recent performance with Jessie Ware on The Graham Norton show https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SEJSXzQL-9Q

Never Too Late from Lion King https://open.spotify.com/track/2I0GqVo4ezonSOV8jSUURx?si=KJfxMqnkRI-Ei8KMJt2cwg

Joy by Bastille feat. Bim https://open.spotify.com/track/6Tt1P5CLUrl59oSOTVxON0?si=YuczcqpcQdmRpka4m_07JA

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Road Trip! For episode 54, Seb and Verity hit the road and head to Leighton Buzzard to chat to music power couple, Hannah Quinn and Oli Hayhurst. Hannah is a conductor, pianist, accompanist and répétiteur and Oli is a hugely in demand jazz bassist.....also dabbling in classical, commercial and world music.

How do you manage to tangibly string together all the threads of Hannah and Oli’s exciting an eclectic careers you may ask? Well, judge for yourselves whether with the addition of some clunky segues we’ve achieved this!

Conversation ranges from Hannah’s experiences of being head of music staff and assistant conductor at ETO, to Oli touring with Collabro and residencies at Ronnie Scott’s and Blue Note in Milan. Oli also chats about working with Julian Siegel, Pharoah Sanders and Ray Gelato. Plus supporting Bob Dylan, the different Jazz scenes in London and seeking authenticity in your work.

Hannah talks about her mentors, some hardcore early conducting lessons, complicated translations and rehearsing orchestras in Chinese. She also chats about working with the dancers at the Royal Opera House and the complexities of playing for class.

Inexplicably, topics also include Tiki Bars In Leighton Buzzard, Morris Dancing and performing dogs. Pretty much the kind of hard hitting journalism you’ve come to expect from a TIAB outing!

Follow Hannah and Oli on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahbananaquinn/ and https://www.instagram.com/olihayhurst/

Oli is on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/OliHayhurst/

Visit his website for more info: http://www.olihayhurst.com/

For anyone who fancies a trip to Leighton Buzzard, here’s the Tiki Bar Hannah and Oli mention: https://www.ollievees.co.uk/

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This week Seb and Verity take another virtual transatlantic trip to meet production designer, illustrator, filmmaker and musician, Abby Portner. Amongst the vast and varied array of work she has done, Abby collaborates and designs sets/album artwork/makes music videos for artists including Animal Collective, Lucius, Andrew Bird and John Cale.

Abby chats about gator sightings in Savannah, epic touring schedules, working with her brother (Animal Collective’s Avey Tare), designing on a large scale and making the snake fence for Coachella.

Abby also talks about her time working at Jim Henson’s Studio, designing her own puppet and archiving and restoring some classic Henson characters. In exchange, Seb introduces her to..........Rod Hull and Emu!

They discuss working in Iceland, favourite album designs, working with The Velvet Underground’s John Cale and taking her cat to school as a child. Abby also talks about her merchandise and clothing ranges, available from her website - her stuff is brilliant, check it out through the link below.

You can follow Abby on Instagram @abbyportner https://www.instagram.com/abbyportner/

and on Twitter @DRAWLINGZ https://www.twitter.com/DRAWLINGZ/

Visit Abby’s website to take a look at loads of her work we chatted about: https://www.abigailportner.com

Here's a direct link to her excellent shop: https://www.abigailportner.com/shop/

Animal Collective’s website (featuring Abby’s artwork/music videos) http://www.myanimalhome.net/#/

Avey Tare’s Little Fang video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D6cngTn2_NY

John Cale’s If You Were Still Around video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln77F25hXVQ

Rod Hull & Emu supermarket clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPvgZhjpJ7Q

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We join Seb and Verity in the Greenwich garden of this week’s guest - Oboist, Cor Anglais player and lockdown hero, Ben Marshall. Ben was the mastermind behind the Greenwich Park pop-up symphonies. He took the difficult decision not to monetise and commercialise these impromptu performances thus retaining their unexpected and magical feeling.

Ben discusses an exciting film project he’s recently worked on whilst giving away as little as possible - he’d signed an NDA leading to many a cryptic answer!

They talk about differing styles of oboe playing around Europe, music education, what the 21st century musician looks like and the unenviable task of sounding the ‘A’ pre gig.

We also find out which famous wizard rocked up to the park pop-ups and what led to him getting a monkfish tattoo.

You’ll be relieved to hear there is more vintage Neighbours chat - thanks Verity - and Ben explains why he’s convinced he started the pandemic....

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As referenced in our chat, here is the infamous Jim Robinson Neighbours death scene: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2yATh1D-3u8

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This week Seb and Verity hit zoom again to chat to composer, arranger, songwriter, improviser, Multi-instrumentalist and coolest guy around, Jon Natchez.

Based In L.A, Jon is a member of The War On Drugs and has worked with artists including David Byrne, St. Vincent, The National, Father John Misty and Liza Minnelli. He is an award winning film composer, his most recent scores are for the Maltese film Luzzu and No Future which will premiere at Tribeca Film festival this year.

Jon corroborates some of previous guest (and mutual friend) Tom Carlson’s tour tales as well as expanding on some of the David Byrne day trip stories. They talk about touring, finding a natural affinity for film composition and some excellent insight into Jon’s writing process.

Jon chats about some of his favourite scores, inspirations and how he’s become ‘irritatingly proficient’ at the ukulele.

Keep your eyes peeled later in the week for an extra episode with Jon. Amongst other things, he talks about his Ska band days, working with Liza Minnelli, more insight into The War On Drugs and a whole bunch of very impressive digressions!

You can learn more about Jon’s work on his website; https://jonnatchez.com

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Check out The War On Drugs at their website https://www.thewarondrugs.net

Listen to their latest release, Live Drugs here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6wkH6InYGqr5hXxzLkt5Rz?si=vw8GFA2WRluIjPcRiNftHQ&dl_branch=1

Here is a link to a clip from Luzzu featuring a glimpse of Jon’s score: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=35pjbBJXrOQ

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That’s right pod fans! There’s more - Jon’s conversation was so stacked full of excellent anecdotes and fascinating insights that we couldn’t fit it all into one episode.

So, in round two Seb and Verity chat to Jon about the unexpected way he came to join The War In Drugs, recording and performing with the band and winning a Grammy in 2018.

Jon discusses his wild and joyous ska band era, growing up in the late 80s - the saxophone glory days - and jamming with John Zorn. He talks about the amazing experience of performing with Liza Minnelli - warning, this story features more traumatic accordion content!

You can learn more about Jon’s work on his website; https://jonnatchez.com

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Check out The War On Drugs at their website https://www.thewarondrugs.net

Listen to their latest release, Live Drugs here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6wkH6InYGqr5hXxzLkt5Rz?si=vw8GFA2WRluIjPcRiNftHQ&dl_branch=1

Here is a link to a clip from Luzzu featuring a glimpse of Jon’s score: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=35pjbBJXrOQ

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We’re back in person and back in the East End of London for this week’s episode with composer, lyricist, pianist and musical director Theo Jamieson.

Seb and Verity chat to Theo about his new musical which has been commissioned by BBC World Service, U.Me - written for radio and podcast. The whole thing was put together in 7 weeks so Theo talks crazy work schedules, cutting out procrastination and the art of delegation.

They also discuss Theo’s route into music, a musical which brought together the unlikely combo of Imelda Marcos, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim and his latest work which he describes as a ‘Sci Fi song cycle’.

Theo talks about his love of Sondheim and epic orchestrations, plus his work as a musical director on West End shows including Funny Girl and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.

Listen to the end to hear Theo relive a seminal moment from his career so far when he delivers the iconic lines from his role as ‘Hugo, the posh DJ’ in cult TV show Skins - Truly not to be missed!

You can follow Theo on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/theo.jamieson/

and on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/TheoJamieson/

You can listen to Theo’s new musical, U.Me here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2p4tJ5YwSxnrCVVG5s2tKwg/u-me-the-musical

The original DJ Hugo performance in Channel 4’s Skins: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ixk5DAN3vlw

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Every now and then we like to throw in a curveball episode to mix things up, so this week we head to the brilliant Phlox Books In Leyton to chat to owner, Aimée Madill, about music and literature.

What Aimée doesn’t know about books ain’t worth knowing! She studied at Trinity in Dublin and prior to opening Phlox, spent time working at the famous Shakespeare & Co in Paris. Her ability to speed read is mind blowing and Aimée exudes enthusiasm and passion for all kinds of literary genres.

Seb and Verity chat to Aimée about the use of music and musicians in literature, both good and bad and where music and literature intersect. They also discuss musician’s autobiographies, great lyricists vs absurd lyrics, Aimée’s childhood music tastes and being harassed by cats in Cats. Aimée also chats about a brief dalliance with the tin whistle, hurling and the Harlem Renaissance.

There are some great recommendations of books/genres to try for those short rehearsal breaks/people heading back into orchestra pits and also longer reads for anyone heading off on long journeys again.....what a wonderful thought! See below for an extensive reading list!

This episode wonders off on many tangents and Seb and Verity display their somewhat embarrassing grasp on French history but it’s packed with interesting info and books to suit every taste!

Check out more about Phlox Books on their website https://www.phloxbooks.com/

Follow Phlox and keep up to date with their frequent events and book recommendations on socials: https://www.instagram.com/phloxbooks/

https://www.twitter.com/PhloxBooks/ and https://m.facebook.com/phloxbooks/

RECOMMENDED READING LIST

Music/Musicians in literature:

Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Ralph Ellison - The Invisible Man

Tom Barbash - The Dakota Winters

Kevin Barry - Beatlebone

Ann Patchett - Bel Canto

Zadie Smith - Swing Time

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Ian McEwan - On Chesil Beach

Julian Barnes - The Noise Of Time

Michael Ondaatje - Coming Through Slaughter

Jeffrey Eungenides - The Virgin Suicides

Children’s Musical Books:

David Litchfield - The Bear and The Piano

Jessica Courtney-Tickle - The Story Orchestra series

Other books referenced in this episode:

Morrissey - Autobiography

Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart

André Aciman - Call Me by Your Name

Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita

Gerard Way - The Umbrella Academy

Ottessa Moshfegh - My Year of Rest and Relaxation

George Saunders - Lincoln in the Bardo

Pushkin Vertigo Series - Pushkin Press

Also referenced:

Little Nas X - Call Me by Your Name https://open.spotify.com/track/67BtfxlNbhBmCDR2L2l8qd?si=N46J2pYwTTq_CmdYVDw1Hw&dl_branch=1

Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta https://open.spotify.com/track/0N3W5peJUQtI4eyR6GJT5O?si=pRoBbWMlRBezMwP68vbJMg&dl_branch=1

Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil https://open.spotify.com/track/75zMKn5euxQdlkZgu4P42J?si=ZCvbdexuS8ywD2M-W9VA2g&dl_branch=1

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In episode 60 Seb and Verity take a virtual trip to Minneapolis to meet saxophonist and bassist, Mike Lewis. Mike is a member of internationally acclaimed indie folk band, Bon Iver as well as numerous other groups including Happy Apple, Fat Kid Wednesdays, Alpha Consumer and the excellently named, Sad Sax of Shit.

In an interesting reversal of roles, it is Bon Iver superfan Seb who has to restrain his inner fanboy at the start of this episode.

They chat about Bon Iver’s incredible NPR concert, how they keep shows fresh, improvisation and the development of songs during a touring cycle. Mike talks about the ‘terror and beauty’ in using a Messina and has an excellent stab at explaining how it works.

Seb and Verity ask Mike about his experiences of People festival in Berlin - including abduction concerts and the formation of some unlikely musical collaborations. The chat about they joy and humanity of live cock ups, filling his time during lockdown, Yo La Tengo and.......Ready, Steady, Cook. Tangible links as usual then!

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To read more about the band, find out upcoming tour dates & new releases check out their website : https://boniver.org/

You can watch Bon Iver’s incredible NPR gig here: https://youtu.be/YJNi7aRwUzU

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Bonus chat with Mike Lewis! We discuss home recordings, go into more depth on the Messina, teaching, Eau Claire, and of course... Swindon.

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In Episode 61 Seb and Verity take a day trip to the countryside to meet up with star of musical theatre, stage and screen, Wendi Peters. Many of you will know Wendi as Cilla Battersby-Brown from her 5 year stint on Coronation Street, but she has also had an outstanding career in musical theatre - most recently in the starring role as Diana in You Are Here at the Southwark Playhouse.

Wendi chats about maintaining vocal fitness in challenging roles, mastering home recording and become a tech pro. She talks about her early training - including some questionable improv dancing to get her Equity card - and how persistence and extreme letter writing ultimately led to success.

Seb and Verity ask Wendi about her time on Corrie and the pluses and minuses of being so strongly associated with one role. She recounts playing the notorious Pam Podger In Bad Girls and having to wrestle in a shower in a fat suit....

They discuss panto and three show Saturdays, Stars in Their Eyes and Flockstars. Harking back to previous Ill advised plans, Seb and Verity make a promise to start a #wendipetersforstrictly campaign....expect at least three posts with this hashtag!

You can follow Wendi on social media - https://www.instagram.com/wendi.peters/ and https://www.twitter.com/WendiPeters/

Here is a link to Wendi’s next production The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with tour dates and links for tickets: https://www.tiltedwigproductions.com/copy-of-lady-chatterley-s-lover

Wendi transforms into Kirsty MacColl on Stars In Their Eyes: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vIt0uyxN27c

Watch a clip of Wendi in her outstanding performance as Diana in You Are Here at the Southwark Playhouse: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Muk18nuUbZw

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🚨IT’S THE BIG NEWS ALARM!

That’s right podfriends, we’ve squeezed in this cheeky bonus episode to tell you three major pieces of TIAB info....The most exciting of which is that on Sunday 19 Sept at 6.30pm we will be hosting another livestream event from Arnos Groove studios in aid of The Irene Taylor Trust.

There is much more information to follow but for now we can tell you it’s jam packed with fantastic musical acts and will involve live performances, interviews and much high jinx!

As with our Christmas party, it’ll be free to view on YouTube but if you are able to donate to the brilliant Irene Taylor Trust (and our performers) there will be a link on screen throughout the evening - as well as many, many social media posts as a reminder!

As an added bonus, this time there will be a limited number of tickets to come to see the event live and enjoy an end of summer festival feeling which we’ve missed so much over the last two years. Keep your eyes peeled for more details coming up over the next few weeks if you fancy joining us in person.

If you’d like to join our newly restructured Patreon and help us to continue growing our podcast see the link below. Thanks for all of your continued support - we love doing this podcast and are looking forward to more exciting times ahead!

Take a look at our Christmas Party livestream here to get a taste of what you are in for! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DqKeG7nYdpo

Also check out the fantastic Irene Taylor Trust, who we will be raising money for this time round https://irenetaylortrust.com/

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In this week’s episode Seb and Verity meet up with saxophonist, composer, songwriter and all round excellent human being Luiza Lale In her South London home. It is here where Lu and her cellist/composer/arranger husband Dave have been successfully carving out a new career writing commercial music.

Lu chats about the inspirational online courses she attended that started her on this new path and introduced her to new collaborators and friends across the globe. They discuss what is required to write for adverts/libraries/TV - with particular reference to Homes Under The Hammer.

Lu talks about the difficulty in giving a name to your group - although her sax/cello duo with Dave is named Cellax so we think she’s got this nailed down. She also reminisces about her first foray into songwriting, Dear Deirdre, The musical....a modern day masterpiece by all accounts!

There is a concerted effort to pick apart the meaning of different genres, such as ‘Ethnic Chill’, ‘Alt Rock’ and most challenging of all ‘Chamber Psych’....any ideas? Answers on a postcard please.

You can take a listen to Lu’s music on her website; https://www.sonicrainbow.co.uk/

Follow Sonic Rainbow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sonicrainbowmusic/

as well as Lu’s Saxaphone Quartet, Spiral, who are on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/spiralsax/

The songwriting course Lu mentions is run by https://www.catchthemoonmusic.com/

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This week’s guest is French violinist, internet sensation and famed cat lover, Esther Abrami. Esther has been at the forefront of bringing classical music to a multitude of digital platforms, reaching new audiences and creating online communities.

Seb and Verity chat to Esther about her debut singles for Sony Classical and her upcoming album release. The focus of the album is on bringing great works by female composers Into the spotlight, having been largely ignored until now. She talks about the joy of having a creative hand in styling her music videos....check out 3 Romances, it’s a visual delight! (Link below).

Esther discusses how she made the bold decision to strike out online when still at music college and the resistance she faced from staff and peers. She talks about the different styles of her videos, laying herself bare by posting practise sessions and going viral with the infamous ‘cats in pouch’ video.

They discuss different approaches to presenting yourself in performance, being daunted by TikTok and whooping in concerts! Esther also tells them about meeting and performing with a huge inspiration to her, Ibrahim Maalouf and the terrifying prospect of having to improvise in front of his audience.

Learn more about Esther on her website; estherabrami.com

You can watch all her videos on her YouTube channel

Follow Esther on Instagram @estherabrami Twitter @estherabrami and on Facebook

Check out the videos for her latest singles here: Romance for Violin and Piano by Amy Beach

and Tomorrow

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Our guest for episode 64 is violinist, orchestrator, arranger, educator and potentially busiest person in the world, Katie Kresek. Katie is currently concertmaster and co-orchestrator on the Broadway production of Moulin Rouge - this year she became only the 4th woman ever to be Tony nominated in the orchestrations category.

Seb and Verity catch Katie via zoom on a break in her hectic schedule at her home in New York. Despite some internet related issues - the curse of 2021 - they have a fulsome chat about Broadway reopening, the joyous collaborative process of orchestrating Moulin Rouge and what we can expect when it arrives in the West End this year.

Katie talks about depping on other shows (including some shared love for Hamilton), learning how to say no to things, successful collaborations with pop acts and the dancing/playing conundrum.....with reference to podcast favourite, Kelly Pratt. They discuss crazy commutes, mastering backing vocals and an amazing University course Katie taught in NYC - it'll make you all want to go back into education!

There is an early guest appearance from Matilda the cat and a late intervention from baby Stella! Plain sailing as always...

You can find out more about Katie on her website and follow her on Instagram.

Check out this interview and video giving some insight into orchestrating Moulin Rouge here

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Things haven’t gone exactly to plan this week.......

In this bonus episode Seb and Verity are here to explain why and have a general catch up. (Spoiler alert - Seb’s had Covid and it’s knocked him for six)

There’s a detailed dissection of the stages of Seb’s confinement plus some exciting upcoming guest announcements and a whole lotta waffle!

Back next week with a new (fantastic) guest and a full length episode.

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This week’s episode features Public Service Broadcasting’s mastermind, J.Willgoose, Esq. Their latest album Bright magic entered the UK charts at no. 2 in October 2021 - a fantastic achievement for an album that is far from mainstream pop. 

Seb and Verity chat to Willgoose about his inspiration for the album, moving to Berlin and going back to record there in the world famous Hansa Tonstudio, where iconic records such as Achtung Baby and Bowie’s Low and Heroes were recorded.

They discuss early musical experiences - descant recorder features heavily, buying new toys, side projects and J.Willgoose’s feelings on recording with Seb....

Please note this conversation was recorded in Willgoose’s South London studio, packed with a myriad of keyboards, synths, computers, guitars etc so if you detect a nervous tension you’d be right - Seb and Verity plus hot drinks and expensive equipment equals potential carnage.

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Find out more about PSB and check out their tour dates on their website https://www.publicservicebroadcasting.net/

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This week’s episode features tour manager, sound engineer and baking supremo, Alicia Blake.

Seb and Verity were lucky enough to catch Alicia at her home in Seattle - sadly for them, only via zoom - whilst on a short break from Sylvan Esso’s U.S tour. 

Alicia chats about hitting the road again and how the band and crew have been spending their downtime - think tie dying T-shirts in a tent in the middle of nowhere.....

She talks about learning to sound engineer on her first job in a club in Seattle and how she made the move into touring. She tells a great story about the first band she toured with and the grizzly details of what they were up to!

Mercifully these days Alicia’s bands are much easier to work with - and the budgets a little higher - none the less, Seb and Verity spring some nightmare tour scenarios on her and see how she’d handle them.

Another excellent Alicia fact is that she recently went back into education to train as a pastry chef. She discusses what led her to this, the reality of working as a baker and shipping baked goods to friends during lockdown.

Ska comes in for another pasting, along with late 90s fashion and, as ever, there are multiple digressions including a brief US Office vs UK Office debate, a trumpet interlude from Verity’s 9 year old son and some minor internet issues.

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For episode 67, Seb and Verity are joined by cellist and internet sensation, Samara Ginsberg. Samara’s multi-tracked cello videos of retro tv and film themes have been garnering huge international audiences online - her Star Wars vid having 3.5 million views on Twitter and growing! If you haven’t seen any so far, 1. where have you been and 2. Head to her YouTube channel NOW! (Link below)

The central theme of this episode is how Samara has navigated living with ADHD and successfully carved out a career as a freelance cellist. She only had a diagnosis in her thirties so discusses the impact ADHD had on her life and music college education.

Samara is both candid and fascinating, talking about something that is rarely discussed in the music profession. Despite not wanting to be held up as a spokesperson on ADHD, she has excellent advice and insight into negotiating life with this diagnosis.

It wouldn’t be a regular Three In a Bar episode without some major deviations which this week include Verity’s pretentious dissertation, learning Kylie hits on the recorder and some big love for smart phones….

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This week’s episode features Violinist, journalist, founder of the Estilo String Quartet, former Über delivery driver......and Verity’s husband, Robert Simmons.

Against all the odds this episode doesn’t descend into chaos or indeed a domestic, however the subjects covered don’t necessarily match what Rob had in mind.

They chat about his stint as an Über delivery cyclist and the chain of events that led to making a potential loss. Rob also talks about the new branch of his career working as sub editor for ESTA (European String Teachers Association) and the fascinating and challenging new skills he has developed by diversifying in this way.

Rob discusses going back to Royal Ballet Sinfonia post pandemic and the company’s impressive online presence over the last eighteenths months. Verity questions (interrogates) him about what he does in his free time on tour.

They delve into Rob’s musical background - Verity revels in the cringeworthy tales of his Barbershop quartet performances. Seb ups the awkward stakes by questioning Rob on how he and Verity first met and they reminisce about the good old SouthBank Sinfonia days. Heartwarming or excruciating....you decide!

You can follow Rob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamrsimm

Find out more about the Estilo String Quartet on their socials: https://www.instagram.com/estilostring4/

https://www.twitter.com/estilostring4/

If you are interested in yoga with live music, check out Yoga Ab Alto to find out upcoming dates: https://www.instagram.com/yogaabalto/

https://www.twitter.com/yogaabalto/

Learn more about ESTA at https://www.estastrings.org.uk/

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This week Seb and Verity are joined by Emmy Nominated, critically acclaimed film composer, Natalie Holt. Natalie’s work includes the score for the recent Marvel series Loki, as well as work on rims including Paddington and Journey’s End.

Having come perilously close to complete technical failure in the past, in their first meeting with Natalie the recording spectacularly malfunctioned. Incredibly, having already found an hour in her busy schedule, Natalie came back for round two which is what you hear in this podcast. Seb and Verity attempt to reword various lines of questioning as well as being more factually accurate than first time around.

Conversation includes how Natalie pitched for Loki, composing suites for films, musical pass the parcel and making the theramin great again! Natalie also discusses some of the exciting new projects she’s working on, including BatGirl and the fascinating sounding Cocaine Bear.

Natalie talks about some of her exciting exploits as a violinist, including playing at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics and in the sea in Sardinia with Craig David.....

They also chat weird gig experiences, film school, influential mentors and chasing Alan Silvestri through the streets of London....definitely worth a listen!

Find out more about Natalie on her website https//www.natalieholt.com/

You can follow her on social media: https//www.instagram.com/natsholt/

and https://www.twitter.com/filmmusicholt/

Listen to Natalie’s Loki soundtrack here: https://open.spotify.com/user/violaholm23/playlist/4AOWEKolvzbNewU24LZ6xT?dl_branch=1&si=cbXBM-sRQTiwEkdlUClPlg

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In the first of two special episodes, Seb and Verity ease themselves into 2022 by catching up with three fabulous former TIAB guests - Ben Marshall, Chris Augustine and Tom Carlson.

Having finally given up on Zoom, listen in as everyone tries to negotiate the new online platform Zencastr.....no one has yet discovered how to successfully leave a call and it's not out of the question one of our guests is still online waiting to be released.

Oboist Ben Marshall chats about his covid Christmas, cooking and exciting plans for this year. Chris Augustine reveals his huge career move and harp exam glory over a very late breakfast whilst Tom Carlson discusses his new job, hitting the road again and the plight of sweary kids!

Mentioned in this episode:

To support Estilo String Quartet's kickstarter for their new album, go to http://kck.st/3qbJfns

You can hear Chris Augustine performing in Frozen at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Tickets available here

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Thanks to the musicians who played on the new theme tune!!

They are...

Violin & Viola - Rob Simmons

Cello - Verity Simmons

Trumpet & Flugel - Seb Philpott

Tuba - Richard Evans

Electric Guitar & Electric Bass - Phil Donnelly

Drums & Glockenspiel - Ric Elsworth

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In the second of two New Year's catch ups, Seb and Verity check in with former guests; Luisa Lale, Charlotte Harding and Jon Natchez. All three have exciting things a foot in 2022 and their enthusiasm and optimism is a perfect antidote to the winter blues.

After a few false starts - the latest challenges brought to you by Zencastr - Lu chats about new tracks, some exciting TV show placements and mystical briefs.....yep, you read that correctly - the mind boggles!

Charlotte phones in from a remote Scottish Island where she is currently writing music for her new EP. She discusses signing with FaberAlt, creating a new style of notation and preparing to launch it, plus tea making etiquette in the studio. It's a serious business.

Seb and Verity catch Jon as he is about to embark on a world tour with his band The War On Drugs. He talks about their new album, the perils of touring in the current Covid climate and making it onto Barack Obama's 2021 playlist - mind-blowingly cool!

Mentioned in this episode: To find tour dates and buy tickets for The War On Drugs world tour go to https://www.thewarondrugs.net/tour

Check out Lu's new music at https://www.sonicrainbow.co.uk

Keep up to date with Charlotte's work at Faber Alt. https://www.faberalt.com/charlotte-harding

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In this week's episode Seb and Verity take a trip to South London for a chat with flautist, composer, arranger, stealth violinist/viola player and fountain of excellent tales, Dan Watts.

Dan is a founder member and trustee of the Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra. He discusses the precarious nature of planning and booking concerts, discovering lesser known Scandinavian composers and the unmitigated joys of funding applications!

Dan and Verity reminisce about their busking days - including a police incident, stink bombs and an ill advised residency at Oceana night club. He also talks about an unexpected appearance on a first class reality TV show....

Dan recounts an excruciating composition experience, his passion for chamber music and his plans to set up a Baroque group. They end with some tape and cd nostalgia. It's well worth listening to the very end to hear Seb's first musical purchase - an inspired choice!

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You can follow Dan on Instagram @flutedan; https://www.instagram.com/flutedan and twitter @Flutedan; https://www.twitter.com/Flutedan

Check out the Northern Light Symphony Orchestra by visiting their website; http://www.nlso.org/

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Cai, you should definitely listen to this one! (As should everyone else) as this week’s episode features jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and co founder of Kansas Smitty’s, Giacomo Smith.

Seb and Verity catch Giacomo pre show in the Worthing Assembly Halls where he and Seb are performing with Rob Brydon for his A Night of Songs and Laughter tour. There is an added sense of jeopardy in this episode as it is recorded in Rob’s dressing room with the fear he may arrive at any second…..

Giacomo talks about Plunderphonia - the new album from Kansas Smitty’s - it’s influences and the prospect of performing it live in the coming months.

He discusses setting up and running a venue - the julep specialism era and appealing to Easy Jet customers both feature!

They chat about Paris, podcasting and the man with the best internet in East London - that’s one heck of a claim.

Giacomo also talks getting festive in early summer for a collaboration with Jamie Cullum….just beating the supermarkets to it.

Learn more about Kansas Smitty’s at their website; https://www.kansassmittys.com/

You can follow them on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/kansas_smittys/ Twitter; https://www.twitter.com/KansasSmittys/

and Facebook; https://m.facebook.com/kansassmittys/

For all the remaining tour dates and booking me for Rob Brydon’s A Night of Songs and Laughter tour, go to https://robbrydon.live/

Photo of Giacomo by Benny Curnow https://instagram.com/bennie__curnow

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This week to celebrate International Women's Day, Seb and Verity chat to two great ambassadors for gender equality in the music industry, Letty Stott and Beth Higham Edwards.

Letty and Beth have recently launched their new company Gender and the Large and Shiny Instruments, with the aim of starting open conversations about gender in the workplace. Letty is a French Horn player and Beth a percussionist, both of which are instruments that have not been historically viewed as 'feminine' choices.

They discuss their hugely successful launch and how the company is developing and moving forward. They also share their own personal experiences through educational and professional lives as talk about what can be done to start redressing the balance - in a nutshell, we need to be prepared for some eggy moments!

Inevitably, there are some deviations, including an in-depth critique of hot cross buns from specialist Beth and some plumbing chat with Letty...

Beth and Letty are fascinating, eloquent and positive about the future of the music industry. This conversations leaves lots of food for thought.

You can find out more about Gender and the Large and Shiny Instruments on their website; https://www.largeandshiny.com/

Follow them on social media, @LargeAndShiny on Instagram and @galsimusic on Twitter

Watch Letty's interview (and demonstration of some amazing historical instruments) at the Festival of New here: https://youtu.be/CMzWTqPJ-ml

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This week's guest is Grammy award winning conductor, arranger, curator and composer, Jules Buckley.....and boy, are we glad this episode has made it into yer ears after some palm sweatingly stressful uploading issues! It's been a rollercoaster pod friends....

Seb and Verity catch up with Jules at his studio in Berlin to chat about his eclectic and multi faceted career. They discuss his early days as a trumpeter, the inception of Heritage Orchestra during his studies at GSMD - an era when most players didn't have mobile phones and those who did hadn't topped up their credit for a term. Jules talks about their first gig, taking a leap of faith committing his time and energies to the orchestra and a memorable early touring experience to Montreaux with a bus load of overexcited students.

Jules also chats about the joy of working with BBCSO where he is Creative Artist in Association and what this role entails. He and Verity share a brief reminiscence of their time at GSMD, along with some of the interesting characters encountered there. He tells them about a cringeworthy exchange with Razorlight's Johnny Borrell and some chance encounters that led to great things.

Seb and Verity ask Jules about his upcoming gig at the Barbican with Father John Misty and the Britten Sinfonia, and there is an awkward moment where it appears that `Jules has terminated the call after Seb angles for tickets.....listen until the end to see how that plays out!

Find out more about Jules on his website https://www.julesbuckley.com

You can learn about Heritage Orchestra at http://www.the heritage orchestra.com/ and Metropole Orkest - where Jules is Honorary conductor https://www.mo.nl/en/the-orchestra

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Round of applause please......this week's episode was recorded over the internet and there were no, I repeat no, technical hitches! And good job too as Seb and Verity have Senior Engineer at Abbey Road, multiple Grammy and Emmy winner and all round top bloke Sam Okell on for a chat.

What Sam doesn't know about the Beatles ain't worth knowing, having for many years been heavily involved in remastering their complete back catalogue. He recently worked with Giles Martin alongside Peter Jackson on the hugely successful documentary series Get Back. Sam also works extensively on film sessions as a recording engineer and mixer including The Hobbit, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Seb and Verity catch up with Sam in his home in Cornwall, where he is currently in the process of converting a Methodist Chapel into a recording studio... sounds pretty idyllic. They chat extensively about his work on the Beatles' albums, watching endless hours of their old rehearsal footage, the reception from diehard Beatles fans to the remastered albums and whether he can still listen to their music after all theses years immersed in it!

Sam talks about how he started out - in part with a DIY set up in a woodshed - how he worked his way up the ranks at Abbey Road and how he negotiates his way through tricky film sessions where it's a hotbed of conflicting opinions.

In a perhaps ill advised move, Verity and Seb invited listeners to submit questions for Sam, with varying quality in the responses! Sam's answers involve some mortifying incidents picked up on mics, hidden Beatles 'artifacts' at Abbey Road and an artfully sidestepped answer to what Verity was like at school....

You can follow Sam on his socials, https://www.instagram.com/samokell/ and https://www.twitter.com/samjokell/

Check out his work on the remixed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6b7ycwe2rxq6FkaupNuGoS?si=AhXZfQlNSPWPy5KoChvrcw

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In Episode 77, Seb and Verity are joined by violinist supremo and newly appointed Artistic Director of NSSO, Nicole Wilson.

Nicole has held positions with the LSO and ENO and works extensively as a freelancer, appearing as guest leader, in various west end shows and in major film sessions. She has also turned her hand to orchestral session fixing - her credits including the sixth Harry Potter movie. She co-produced a highly successful album for children - FunKey Rhymes - which has made her a huge star in the Philpott household. Nicole is the founder and managing director of Musical Orbit, a council member for ESTA and now bringing her boundless energy to NSSO. Exhausted? We don't know how she does it either!

We were hugely grateful to Nicole for sparing time on Good Friday to jump on a zoom call for a chat before she hit Mercedes Benz world....It's a jam packed conversation covering everything from the terrifying yet thrilling experience of recording Star Wars scores with the legend John Williams, to recording Old Macdonald via 'Is it Cake?'

Nicole discusses managing and overcoming performance anxiety and how Musical Orbit has helped match students with teachers from as far apart as Australia and Somerset. She also tells Seb and Verity what happened when her husband mysteriously vanished the day after her first child was born.....don't worry, there is a happy end to this (basically!)

This week's Intro and Outro sections are brought to you from a poorly ventilated bedroom in Premier Inn Rhyl.

You can find out more about NSSO here; https://www.nsso.org

Check out Musical Orbit here; https://www.musicalorbit.com

And here's a link to the excellent FunKey Rhymes on Spotify; https://open.spotify.com/album/4uxhrQDHM8aTs1ZXXebYeg

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This week Three In a Bar becomes Three on a Boat as Seb and Verity hit the marina to meet timpanist supremo, Grahame King.

Grahame has been principal timpanist with Royal Ballet Sinfonia since 1998 and guests with many other major orchestras in the UK. He teaches timpani at both RCM and Birmingham Conservatoire.

Seb and Verity enjoyed a wonderful early summer evening on Grahame's boat - so much so, this episode is edited down from a 3hr conversation, gulp! He chats about his early days with the Sinfonia, touring tales and the birth of the RBS football team - major orchestral rivalries and covert matches against the dancers both feature!

They discuss the pitfalls and problems of appearing as a guest principal timpanist, different timp arrangements and a trip to Sunderland in a clapped out van.

Grahame talks about his musical roots and a dalliance with jazz vibes...who the devil is Ron Bevington? You'll find out...

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How on earth do we follow an all singing, all dancing live show? We'll tell you how - with a chat to a true great of the classical music world, German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser.

Johannes' groundbreaking new album Alone Together is released on 17 June 2022 and this episode is released in conjunction with this.

Seb and Verity meet Johannes at Platoon's state of the art studios in North London where most of his new album was recorded. They were treated to a sneak preview of some of the tracks played through Dolby Atmos which was a truly mind blowing experience!

Johannes chats in depth about the pioneering way in which this album was recorded and the painstakingly detailed multi-tracking work required - thankfully with a calm and level headed producer on hand! He talks about his music choices for the album and working with the six young American composers he commissioned.

They discuss how teaching has informed his performance and try to decide which is the greater challenge - performing one of the major concertos with the world's leading orchestras or making sure the tech works in his post concert foyer shows on the electric cell.

Johannes is fascinating and passionate about the innovative work he is doing and we were delighted he could fit us into his busy schedule for a chat. Check out Alone Together now.

Here's a link to Alone Together on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/alone-together/1622831250

You can find out more about Johannes on his website: http://www.johannes-moser.com

Learn more about Platoon, who Johannes collaborated with on this project: https://platoon.ai

You can watch the Three In a Bar live show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJwilFeLOBE

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We're back and this week we've got a belter for you! Its none other than viola player and new member of Estilo String Quartet George White.

This conversation was recorded in early may on a sunny day in East London and is joyful meander through George's life and career so far. Seb and Verity chat to him about his extended season with South Bank Sinfonia, a baptism of fire in West End depping and the accuracy of stereotyping the characteristics of different sections of the orchestra - we'd love to hear your thoughts on this!

TRIGGER WARNING - George talks openly and frankly about his personal struggles with mental health - specifically depression. He discusses how it profoundly affected him and led him to putting his career on hold. He also talks about how he has found ways to cope with his depression including counselling, retreats and mindfulness. If you are affected by any of the issues George raises please see links below to some brilliant mental health charities - some of which are specifically aimed at musicians.

George is an incredibly positive person and we were hugely grateful to him for being so open with us....and also for answering some extremely naff questions Verity had found on the internet that he'd previously responded to, to see if his answers tallied up. Cutting edge journalism as ever.

If you are affected by any of the mental health issues George raised these charities are all fantastic and offer a range of services, including free counselling and advice:

https://www.musicmindsmatter.org.uk

https://musicsupport.org

https://www.bapam.org.uk/

https://www.samaritans.org

https://www.mind.org.uk

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What's this? Another episode out so soon? That's right folks, we've got a fabulous guest for you this week - Internationally renowned concert pianist and co founder of the London piano festival Katya Apekisheva.

Seb and Verity chat to Katya via zoom on a sweaty mid-July afternoon and for nostalgia's sake enjoy some zoom related hitches (haven't you missed them?!). They discuss Katya's upcoming solo recital at the Wigmore Hall on 21 July which features amongst other things an exciting new composition, Figaro's Dances by her long time friend and collaborator Elena Langer. The concert is based around mazurkas and fantasies so she patiently explains what a mazurka is to two musicians who clearly need to revisit Grade 5 theory...

Katya talks about selecting concert repertoire, overcommitting and some nerve jangling experiences when stepping in for last minute performances. She shares her concert preparation techniques, including performing to her friends - no walk in the park when your friends include some of the finest pianists in the world.

Seb and Verity ask Katya about how she set up the London Piano Festival and what to expect in this year's event.

Katya touches upon how it feels for her as a Russian in these torrid times and the difficulty of having parents still living and working in Russia. She also talks about her time studying in Jerusalem and the new freedom and opportunities this allowed her.

If you would like to get ticket's for Katya's Wigmore Hall concert click here; https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/katya-apekisheva-202207211930

£5 tickets are available for under 35s.

To read more about Katya and keep up to date with future engagements go to her website; http://www.katyaapekisheva.com

To find out more about the London Piano Festival and to book tickets, click here; https://www.londonpianofestival.com

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After an unintentionally extended break (sorry) we are back....and back with a belter.

Episode 82 features true Broadway royalty. None other than orchestrator, arranger and producer Doug Besterman. Doug is a multiple Tony and Drama Desk award winner. His list of theatre and film credits is vast, including The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Aladdin, Fosse, Mary Poppins, Captain America, Chicago and co-orchestrations for a little known song named Let It Go...

Seb and Verity chatted with Doug on a sunny August day during his time at the Chichester Festival Theatre, where he had been co orchestrating the new 30th anniversary production of Crazy For You with Mark Cumberland. He talks about his process of re orchestrating and down sizing Bill Brohn's original work and dividing up the workload with Mark. It's a whirlwind process and competitive spreadsheeting helped keep up the note rate!

Doug talks about his early days in the industry including a dubious stint as a pianist in a Korean Theme park and a nerve jangling project for Alan Menken, with whom he has gone on to work with extensively. He also chats about working with legends such as Mel Brookes and Barbara Streisand.

As a fellow WSET certified wine buff (bore), Verity couldn't let this interview pass without quizzing Doug on his wine choices!

To find out more about Doug, visit his website; https://dougbesterman.com

Check out the trailer for Shmigadoon! on Apple TV - Doug is currently working on the second series; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKG0RodrzVo

If you want to catch Crazy For You at the Chichester Festival Theatre, grab one of the last remaining tickets here; https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/crazy-for-you

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In Episode 83 Seb and Verity head down the Elizabeth line to Southall for a chat with tabla player, producer, composer and one of the best people you could hope to meet, Kuljit Bhamra MBE.

Kuljit was one of the pioneers of British Bhangra and has produced, recorded and performed on copious amounts of records for British and Indian artists. He works extensively as a session musician as well as collaborating with artists across a multitude of genres - jazz saxophonist Andy Sheppard is a long time collaborator as well as artists including the Orlando consort, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ringo Starr and Andrew Lloyd Webber on Bombay Dreams.

Kuljit previously performed and had a brief chat at the TIAB live show (see link below) so Seb and Verity were delighted he agreed to come back for round 2. Conversation includes demystifying tabla playing and debunking some of the myths surrounding Eastern music, bringing together performers from all genres and some weird and wonderful requests he’s received.

They also chat about a chance meeting in Pizza Express (not Prince Andrew but music theatre royalty was involved) and making his West End debut. Kuljit discusses his plans for potential world domination (our words not his) with his new invention - the electric tabla. Watch this space!

Take a look at Kuljit performing at Three In a Bar live here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJwilFeLOBE He features at around 53 minutes in!

To learn more about Kuljit’s work visit https://kedarecords.com/artist/kuljit-bhamra/

Kuljit has composed the music for the new theatre production of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel which will be in the West End and then on a UK tour 2022-2023. For tickets visit https://marigoldshow.com/

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This week Seb and Verity venture into the Bedfordshire countryside to meet virtuoso percussionist Joby Burgess.

Joby is embarking on a UK tour at the end of September performing his new album A Percussionist’s Songbook - a collection of specially commissioned songs by eight composers, including Graham Fitkin, Dobrinka Tabakova, Gabriel Prokofiev and Joby himself!

The conversation takes place in Joby’s home studio which in a former life was both a coach house and a hairdresser - conversation ranges from where they are going on holiday this year to whether it’ll be a full head of highlights or a half…only kidding!

Joby discusses how the balance of his career has shifted over the last few years with a much greater emphasis on recording. With this in mind, he chats about the prospect of returning to live performances with a mixture of excitement and trepidation.

They discuss Joby’s weird, wonderful and extensive collection of percussion instruments, Tom Cruise’s penchant for bongos, workshopping and recording Little Simz’s epic album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert and the pitfalls of performing using a full Fanta bottle and electronics with reference to a specific incident in Cambridge…

To book tickets for Joby’s tour click here: https://www.jobyburgess.com/live

And to find out more about upcoming performances/recordings/education projects visit his website: https://www.jobyburgess.com/

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It’s podcast dah da da dah day (sorry, couldn’t resist it!) and this week’s guest is the newly crowned King George at West End musical phenomenon Hamilton - Joel Montague.

Joel is an actor, choreographer and director who has a stellar list of West End shows he has performed in including Chicago, The Waitress, School of Rock and Funny Girl.

The conversation happens in an entirely halloween themed living room…..on September 26th which proved the perfect back drop for weird and wonderful chat!

Joel takes us behind the scenes to glimpse life at the Palace Theatre, including what he does in his loooooong breaks, what warm up looks like for the King and how he gets into that enormous costume.

They discuss Disneyland, FIFA, their shared experience on Funny Girl and working opposite Sheridan Smith.

There are some excellent rants and some interesting Royals debate so buckle up and get ready for a fun filled episode!

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Look who’s back……it’s friend (and In Verity’s case, husband) of the podcast Robert Simmons.

It was brought to our attention that last time we had Rob on the pod he maybe didn’t get the opportunity to chat about the things he wanted to discuss. With this in mind we’ve had him back on….and done exactly the same thing again!

This conversation covers his job with Royal Ballet Sinfonia, fitness regimes, the Royal Family, feeling your age (or not), side by side schemes, what you find when you google Robert Simmons and much more - occasionally music related.

If you like a good old waffly chat tune in, sit back and enjoy!

Check out Birmingham Royal Ballet’s current tour here: https://www.brb.org.uk/

Take a look at what Estilo String Quartet are up to and have a listen to their latest album at https://www.estilostringquartet.com/

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This week Seb and Verity chat to violinist supremo Millie Ashton.

This is actually Millie's third appearance on the pod having popped up briefly in Cat Parker's episode and featured as part of the Ashton/Melhuish dynasty back in 2020.....a lot has changed for her since then, including graduating from GSMD after (gulp) 16 years!

Millie chats about her days living a double life as a student by day, busy freelancer by evening and hard partying fresher by night! They also discuss taking the next step away from music college, guest leading the 2nd violins at the Philharmonia and how she approaches this role. Millie talks about her time at Prussia Cove on the highly prestigious chamber music course as well as her new found love of all things outdoors, wild swimming and finding time for other things away from music.

She suffered with some horrific health issues right at the crux point in her studies and tells Seb and Verity all about that awful time and how she managed to get through it. It's fairly graphic and pretty shocking.....but lets just say, be thankful you can't see the photos!

Millie is a truly incredible person who has achieved so much already at just 24 years old - and through some seriously challenging circumstances. This episode would make a very interesting and insightful listen for anyone studying or just finishing their studies at music college....as well as anyone else who likes a darned good catch with an old pal!

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Who doesn’t love an awards ceremony?! As you can imagine, when Seb and Verity were invited to come and interview the winners at the 20th Ivors Composers Awards the lure of a celebration, a party atmosphere, bowl food and plentiful wine was a no brainer!

This episode features some of the inspirational and extraordinarily talented recipient’s of this year’s awards - along with some old friends of the pod…

We’ve kept in some of the chat in between guests and a couple of eggy moments to give a true representation of our first awards ceremony experience but if you prefer your coverage slicker and more professional, we will be releasing a YouTube program soon.

Huge thanks to Rebecca Johns at Premier Classical for inviting us to The Ivors, along with Edward Christian-Hare who kept us on the straight and narrow. Plus a massive thank you to old friend Ian Whitehead for filming proceedings and making us look coherent - big ask!

In order of appearance we spoke to;

Charlotte Harding - former Ivors winner & TIAB guest who was a panellist this year.

Laurence Crane - Winner of Small Chamber category Twitter: @Crane1L

Tori Freestone - Winner of Jazz Ensemble category Twitter: @ToriFreestone

Liz Dilnot Johnson - Winner of Community and Participation category Instagram: @lizdilnotjohnson Twitter: @lizjohnsoncomp

Brett Dean - Winner of Chamber Ensemble category Twitter: @Brettdeanmusic

Talvin Singh - Winner of the Innovation Award Instagram: @talvinsinghmusic Twitter: @talvinsingh

Hannah Conway - Winner of Sound Art category

Cheryl Frances-Hoad - Winner of Large Ensemble category Instagram: @CherylHoad Twitter: @CherylHoad

Joanna Marsh - Winner of Choral category Instagram: @joannamarshcomposer

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