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Don Hoffman was a clarinetist (not retired) in the United States Army Band “Pershing's Own", and is a piano accompanist. He did his undergraduate degree at the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, spent a year at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary, and did his master’s degree at Temple University before going on to win a job in the Army Band.In this episode Don describes how his position has grown and evolved throughout his almost 30 years in the US Army Band, and he shares some really powerful stories, about how the Army band navigated through the national crises of 9/11 and the pandemic. As an accompanist, he also covers how he balances that alongside his clarinet playing.DON’S EPISODE RESOURCESFav Pieces of Classical Music: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (Cleveland recording)or Mahler 2 (Vienna recording)Current Fav Movie Soundtrack: anything by John Williams + GladiatorLatest Reading: Tom Clancy, Brad ThorRecommendations: The Bible, and The Grove Dictionaries of Music and Musicians;US Army Band History (mentioned in the episode)*Don’s school that he mentions in this episode (Philadelphia College of Performing Arts) morphed into University of the Arts, and the college of music/classical music department is no longer there. The University now focuses on jazz/commercial and pop music.Audible Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3PDwFu3Amazon Music Free Trial: https://amzn.to/45289IVCONNECT WITH DONDon isn’t on social media, but you can read more about his career in his US Army Band BioORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREERYouTube Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCPf5xynqMHcFuQhCWrNCQInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/orchestratingyourcareerTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orchestratingyourcareerX: https://twitter.com/OYCPodFacebook: http://facebook.com/orchestratingyourcareerABOUT THE HOSTRebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training. CONNECT WITH REBEKAHInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bitesbybekahWebsite: https://www.bitesbybekah.comTIMESTAMPSPODCAST MUSICDon shared a few videos with me to include in this episode. The first two are from a feature on Fox 5 Broadcast News - the quality isn’t the best as they were recorded on VHS and then later digitized, but I think they’re so fun so wanted to include them! The last clip is a performance by the Army Orchestra of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds. Enjoy!Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM