TBJ146: Mike Roylance

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TBJ146: Mike Roylance, Principal Tuba of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on gigs during Covid-19, playing for Disney, and life as an orchestral tubist in a major symphony orchestra.

LINKS

• https://www.bso.org/brass/michael-roylance.aspx

• https://necmusic.edu/faculty/mike-roylance

• https://www.bu.edu/cfa/profile/mike-roylance/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/arts/music/constance-weldon-dead.html

Easter Eggs

• Lance is the brains of the operation

• Mike played a gig! (sort of)

• Tanglewood financial impact on the Berkshires

• Impact of the pandemic on the BSO

• Reopening of concerts in Europe

• Euphonium will take its rightful place

• Orchestras being forced to embrace technology

• Tuba players being forced to literally embrace technology

• Connie Weldon

• John Stevens

• Mike studying at U of MIami

• The winding path to an undergraduate degree

• Playing at Disney in the Future Corps

• 26 full time tuba jobs at the time at Disney World

• Meeting Matt Peterson

• The Roylance Plan

• Getting lessons with Gene Pokorny

• Shifting from being a commercial player to a classical player

• Being an avid fan of aviation and being a pilot

• Going to study with Floyd Cooley

• Getting into the Civic Orchestra

• The drive to get a gig

• The role of time in commercial music vs. classical music

• RIch Matteson

• Being a risky candidate

• Der Meistersinger story

• Don Greene

• Welcoming fear

• Hungarian March story

• Stripes references and imitations

• Adversity training

• Tom Hooten

• Andrew’s dress shoes and socks

• Pants as an option

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