The Brass Junkies 77: Deanna Swoboda
Andrew Hitz
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Deanna is a dear friend and one of my favorite tuba players in the world. She is also an incredible force in the music business. Both Lance and I have known her for a very long time and we were really happy she could join us on The Brass Junkies.
From the show notes:
TBJ77: Tubist Deanna Swoboda on her gig at ASU, Brass Rap and the difference between entertainment and art
Deanna Swoboda has been a longtime friend and colleague to both Andrew & Lance and has had a great career as a performer, teacher and leader from her days with Dallas Brass to her current gig at Arizona State University.
In this episode, we cover:
- The value of studying music at the college level
- Her gig at ASU
- Her five years with the Dallas Brass
- The difference in approach between playing in the Dallas Brass and the Western Michigan University brass quintet
- Working with trumpeter Scott Thornburg
- The difference between entertainment and art
- Dan Perantoni “When the phone rings, are you ready?”
- Deanna’s Wonderland
- Brass Rap
- Band Blastoff!
- Tuba Tex How the West Was Fun (a project Lance participated in and forgot for 15 years. He's old.)
- Eastman tubas
- Eastman Company Tuba Euphonium Workshop in the summer of 2018
You can check out the complete show notes including all of the links mentioned during this episode over at Pedal Note Media.