Navigating Juilliard, Working in a Professional Orchestra, and Performing in the Tchaikovsky Competition with Max Blair

The Confident Musicianing Podcast

Today we are chatting with Max Blair, the Associate Principal Oboist for the Pittsburgh Symphony. We chat all about:

• Auditioning for Julliard
• Playing in the Pittsburgh Symphony
• Surprising differences between youth symphony and professional orchestra
• Competing in the Tchaikovsky Competition (and loosing your reed equipment on the flight!)
• Effective practicing techniques
• What us younger musicians should be doing right now

This conversation is available as a blog post. Click here to read!
For more about Max Blair, click here!
And as Max said, you can contact him through his email here: [e-mail]
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1. Intro - Max Blair (00:00:00)

2. Auditioning for Julliard (00:02:56)

3. What younger musicians can do to prepare for auditions (00:05:48)

4. Surprising differences between youth and professional orchestra (00:12:10)

5. Max's Tchaikovsky Competition Experience (00:16:47)

6. Showing confidence when performing (00:22:45)

7. Max Blair's effective practice sessions (00:27:29)

8. What younger musicians should be working on right now (00:34:37)

9. Using social media and festivals for inpiration and guidance (00:38:38)

10. What Max is up to (00:45:28)

11. Final thoughts (00:48:11)