![]() ![]() This is one book that just moved us both so much. My wife and I spent our first 3 years of marriage apart (she was in Slovenia and I was in NYC) and we started our own little book club. Right now she is conducting at Music Academy of the West and we haven’t been together for about a month, so we are overdue for a nice meal together.Įxtremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. ![]() She’s incredible and she’s a conductor so she is on the road a lot. If you could invite one person to dinner tonight, who would it be? It was a great bonding experience for us.ġ3. My dad went there and we had season tickets for the football team growing up. My first job was the Monterey Symphony in California. I’m pretty lucky that I play in the NYC Ballet and I also perform with the MET opera very regularly. But, ballet is absolutely amazing, and there is such great rep in ballet that never gets played anywhere else. I’d like to say that I’m a pretty darn good cook, but most people who know me know that, because I absolutely love cooking for people! One thing most people don’t know about you? I think that’s every New Yorker’s dream!ĩ. If money was no object, what would you buy?Īn apartment, I suppose. He’s just such an amazing man and is my biggest hero in the world.Ĩ. He is having some health problems and the situation has been very difficult. Who was the last person that made you cry and why? The second movement is just so heart-wrenching.ħ. Serbian because my wife is Serbian and I’d love to get closer to her and her culture through language. German because I like it and I love German and Austrian culture. Something you’ve been meaning to try, but just haven’t gotten around to it? That is such an amazing example of bass trombone playing and to have that be my first real exposure makes me feel very lucky.ĥ. Also, Randy Hawes was my first exposure to symphonic bass trombone playing. He pushed me so hard in the right direction and without him, the other teachers after him would have never entered into my life. He’s a fantastic trombonist and was my earliest influence on the trombone. Before him, I studied with Kip Hickman who plays in Kalamazoo. Without him, I wouldn’t have gotten into Juilliard. I also studied with Tom Riccobono at Interlochen Arts Academy. He was so supportive and really taught me how to not only strive to be a great trombonist, but a great musician. John Engelkes was a huge influence on me when I lived in San Francisco before getting my job in New York. ![]() He is the true definition of a gentleman and was just such an amazing influence on me in lessons and hearing him on stage. Significant teachers/mentors in your life?ĭon Harwood, retired bass trombonist of the NY Philharmonic, was my teacher at Juilliard. The last 15 minutes are absolutely stunning and if you don’t get a little choked up, I might need to check you for a pulse.Ĥ. Walküre is simply one of the best pieces of music ever written. Swan Lake was one of the first ballets I played after I won my job so it felt like a moment where all my hard work had finally paid off, and it was just this sense of “Wow, I’ve actually made it”. I’d like to fit in a performance of Walküre or Romeo and Juliet, but it sounds like I won’t have time!Įither my first performance of Swan Lake with NYC ballet or my first performance of Walküre with the MET opera. After that, I’d go home and cook a big meal (I LOVE cooking) for my friends and family while listening to music and sharing a few drinks. Then I’d go play a round of golf with my dad and have a beer with him overlooking the 18th green. My perfect day would start with my amazing wife, Daniela Candillari, in our cabin in northern Michigan where we had coffee overlooking the lake. I guess I just lipped it down?! I was 12 years old.Ģ. I didn’t know that wasn’t normal until my band director was confused how I could hit low F’s in fourth position. The slide didn’t even go past 4th position. What was your first instrument and how old were you when you started?Ī really really beat-up old Yamaha trombone my parents rented me from the local band shop in El Paso, Texas. This month’s 20 on 20 features Nick Schwartz! Nick is Principal Bass Trombone at the New York City Ballet, Bass Trombone Faculty at Juilliard Pre-College, Mannes School of Music, Bard College, and Co-Creator of the Third Coast Trombone Retreat.ġ. ![]()
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