503: Micah Howard on life in the Pittsburgh Symphony




Contrabass Conversations double bass life show

Summary: Micah and I dig into a ton of topics: • Micah’s journey through the music world • What he learned through his four Pittsburgh Symphony auditions • The experience of serving on the PSO core audition committee • Mindset shifts between preliminary rounds and later rounds • What non-bassists hear when they listen to bassists • Negotiating committees, lockouts, and other things you don’t think about when you’re in music school • Advice for Micah’s younger self