Orchestrating Your Career
Orchestrating Your Career
Rebekah
Building a Freelance Career in LA with Trumpeter Ellen Shinogle | Ep18
1 hour 6 minutes Posted Sep 16, 2024 at 12:24 am.
Podcast Intro
Episode Intro
Start of Interview
Ellen’s musical background
Music as a career
Applying to music schools
Experience at ESM
Balancing education and performance degrees at ESM
Discovering Film Music and Moving to LA
Applying to Masters
Masters at USC
Career Shifts during Masters
Piecing Together a Freelance Career While Studying
Doctorate at UCLA
UCLA TAship
Disneyland Band Auditioning
Disneyland Band Playing and Performing
Other Pieces of Freelance Career
Ellen’s Doctorate
Transitioning from Doctorate to Career
Multiplying Pieces of a Freelance Career
A Typical Week of Work in Ellen’s Life
How to Prevent Burnout
Starting on Social Media
Looking to the Future
Movie Music
Every Freelance Career Looks Different
Rapid Fire Q&A
Episode Outro
James Burke’s The Magic Trumpet
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ELLEN’S EPISODE RESOURCES:
Current Fav Composer: John Williams and Maria Schneider
Current Fav Piece of Classical Music: Verdi’s La forza del destino
Fav Movie Soundtrack: Jurassic Park
Book Rec: The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten
Musician You Admire: Wynton Marsalis
Most Useful App on Phone: TonalEnergy tuner and metronome app
Social Media Accounts to Check Out: Kayla Solomon @tpt_solo and Alana Yee @alanabedootin
Resource Rec: Finding mentors
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CONNECT WITH ELLEN:
Website: https://www.ellenshinogle.com
Instagram: @thetrumpetgal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellen.shinogle
ORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREER 
YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCPf5xynqMHcFuQhCWrNCQ⁠
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/orchestratingyourcareer
Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/orchestratingyourcareer
ABOUT THE HOST
Rebekah 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 REBEKAH
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bitesbybekah 
Websites: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bitesbybekah.com⁠⁠⁠
TIMECODES
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE
Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM⁠ 
PHOTO CREDIT
ESM
USC
UCLA
Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra
West Side Chamber Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis
Maria Schneider
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