Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

Episode 54 features guest Dr. Amanda Bekeny, (she/her), Instructor of Trumpet at Kent State University, Trumpet and Brass Chamber Music teacher at the College of Wooster, member of the City Music Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, Firelands Symphony, Diamond Brass, and the Olympic Brass Quintet. Amanda also serves on the Board of the Rocky River Chamber Music Society. In this episode, Amanda and I discuss issues of equity, her life and career, the balance between performer and educator, and her experiences with both orchestral and chamber music.