Resiliency and Improvement Every Rehearsal: David Hattner - Musical Director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic - a podcast by Kai Talim

David Hattner is a big fan of The Beatles' newly remastered, "Sgt. Pepper". David and Kai discuss his advice for graduating seniors in his orchestra (13:25), the challenges in having a high turnover of musicians each year (29:30), and the things he strives for at every rehearsal with PYP (33:30). They also talk about how he decided to pursue conducting as his artistic path later than is typical for conductors (40:45) and what the moment he got the PYP job felt like (54). 

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