TBJ194: Natalie Mannix

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On This Episode of The Brass Junkies:

• The five years that went into planning the hosting of International Women’s Brass Conference that happened in May at the University of North Texas

• The record attendance of over 800 people at this year’s IWBC

• The inclusive environment they try to nurture at the conference

• The Lantana Trio with her colleagues at North Texas and their performance with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra at the IWBC

• How the Lantana Trio makes musical decisions in rehearsals

• Making sure people feel like they’re able to be heard rather than just 

• How she got her start with the Stiletto Brass Quintet

• Watching Gene Pokorny rocking out to a Velvet Brown solo on a Stiletto gig

• What it’s like teaching at the University of North Texas with four full-time trombone professors

• How she goes about recruiting a diverse studio

• The Chromatic Brass Collective performing at the IWBC

• Her album Breaking Ground: A Celebration of Women Composers, a collection of works for trombone and piano by women composers

• The luxury of being in a position where you have artistic choice in what you perform

• The various resources available to find diverse pieces to perform

• Natalie’s use of the Pomodoro Technique in the practice room

Links:

http://www.nataliemannix.com/home.html

https://music.unt.edu/faculty-and-staff/natalie-mannix

https://trombone.music.unt.edu/

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