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Honesty Pill Podcast host Christopher Still interviews Clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jessica Phillips
We’re going to talk about her performance career, auditions, and how she ended up playing in one of the most regarded opera orchestras in the world, but Jessica has a lot more going on in her life than just playing the clarinet. We’re going to dig into her life as an educator, musician entrepreneur and advocate for the arts.
Listen to the Clarineat Podcast episode with Jessica and Joel Jaffe of Backun Musical Services as they talk “all things music, clarinet, and the music business.”
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Center for Innovative Leadership: Leaders Reframe False Dichotomies Musicians vs. Management, July 8, 2020 “How can we get the trust back? How can we have conversations that benefit both parties?”
WQXR Podcast He Sang/She Sang: Into the Light With Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ Beethoven spent more than 10 years revising Fidelio, the only opera he ever wrote. This was about more than music for the great composer. It was about freedom, devotion and the triumph of human dignity over tyranny. In this episode, host Merrin Lazyan speaks with Jessica Phillips, second clarinetist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, about Beethoven's revolutionary sound and enthralling opera Fidelio.
Inside the Notes Podcast Jessica Phillips, 2nd and Eb clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, speaks about her incredible journey to the MET. We discuss the mental preparation for auditions, the rigorous schedule of an opera orchestra, and the incredible guidance she received on her journey!
NextFem Podcast with Tara Padua In this episode, Jessica Phillips and I discuss how she found her way to the elite position of second clarinetist at the Met, what it was really like as chairman of the orchestra committee during one of the toughest contract negotiations in the history of the Met, and how saving a stranger’s life gave her back her own life. Listen in to hear Jessica’s remarkable story of lessons learned through success and failure, pain and growth, in both her professional and personal life.
Meet the MET Orchestra Ever wonder what it's like to be a Met Orchestra musician? In this episode, we sit down for an informative and entertaining conversation with members of the MET Orchestra to get an inside look at this elite ensemble and some of its players. For more even more great content and to stay up to date with the MET Orchestra, visit www.metorchestramusicians.org.
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The Lullaby Project: A Case Study
Authors: Esteban Álvarez (Costa Rica), Mariol Arias (Mexico),
Maria Mathieson (Scotland), Jessica Phillips (USA), Lía Uribe (Colombia)
“More than 200 million children under 5 years old fail to thrive because of poverty, poor health, and nutrition, resulting in an immeasurable loss of human potential…”
Introducing Local 802’s DECIBAL Collective (Diversity, Equity, Community, Inclusion, Belonging, Access and Leadership)
By Martha Hyde and Jessica Phillips
“It is well known and documented that unions have been crucial in the effort to narrow racial wealth and gender pay gaps. Through collective bargaining, unions endeavor to protect wage standards that benefit all – not just union, but also non-union workers – as well as establish and enforce rules and mechanisms that counteract systemic racism and gender discrimination in the workforce…”
SCHERZO Interview
Jessica Phillips has been a member of the famed Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2001. Beyond her numerous impressive musical accolades, she is also a powerful arts advocate, entrepreneur, and skilled educator. She takes time out of her busy schedule to sit down and answer some questions.
Met Opera Guild Backstage Stories
Celebrating Women’s History Month with Jessica Phillips and Marilyn Stroh of the Met Orchestra.
“The MET Orchestra Averts a Lockout”
By Jessica Phillips