<ul> <li>Day in the life of Chris</li> <li>Chris’s background and evolution from classical music player to jazz player</li> <li>Chris’s dad’s impact and influence  on his life</li> <li>How time his time in prison shaped him musically</li> <li>How he learned different perspectives from different cultures in prison </li> <li>Chris’s first “five gigs” and how he got them and where that took him</li> <li>How Chris helps and teaches Orchestra players to get out of their own way when having to play something non-classical</li> <li>Chris explains teaching students to create musical vision</li> <li>Chris and I talked about Group Classes</li> <li>Chris talks about his non-professional adult students </li> <li>Being creative in the pandemic</li> <li>Chris talked about being “in the room” in order to grow musically</li> <li>Chris circles back to integrating his family, teaching, playing and entrepreneurship (money!)</li> <li>We talk about how we both currently respond to nerves as a long time musician</li> </ul>

Conversation with David Friedlander

Philadelphia Orchestra member, Richard Amoroso, 1st Violin debriefs about The Orchestra post-concert with behind the scenes stories. Other Orchestra members as well as other prominent musicians are regularly interviewed.