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A new episode published every Monday.

Seb Philpott (trumpet) and Verity Simmons (cello) meet musicians, music industry insiders and music enthusiasts for informal, insightful and lighthearted chats.

17/11/2025

Hello pod friends 👋🏻 long time no see!!

We are dropping in with a new episode featuring Trumpet soloist and principal with - the magnificent Imogen Whitehead ✨

This episode spans 6 jam packed months for Imogen as she released her debut album Connection, put on a launch concert at performed various solo, chamber & orchestral dates aaaaand prepares for the arrival of 👶🏼 💕

It was brilliant to chat to Imogen…and great to catch up last week so we could get answers to various questions from pt. 1 including: how did the launch go? Has she found anyone to help manage her (*terrifyingly) busy schedule? How’s the album doing?

Oh…and what was that Helena Bonham-Carter anecdote?!? 🤔
See picture no.2 featuring Imogen & Tom Hiddleston for a not wildly helpful clue!
📸 taken by Dominic West 😎

🎧 Available now - link in bio

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11/07/2025

New Episode alert!! 🚨 Yep, another one in mere days!

We were lucky enough to chat to the new Artistic Director of Cheltenham Music Festival, Jack Bazalgette 🤩

He is in the midst of his first - and hugely successful year at where he has brought his brilliant and visionary approach whilst retaining its core values.

We’ve been lucky enough to chat to Cheltenham artists (performing TODAY 🎉) and and Jack has attracted a multitude of great performers for this year’s festival.

We discuss festival highlights, how to attract new audiences whilst staying faithful to your established festival goers and some of the incredible concerts in weird and wonderful venues Jack has curated whilst wearing his other hat as cofounder and director of 😎

We loved chatting to Jack who is a brilliant person and a true visionary…if you are in the Cheltenham area over the next few days get along to the festival before it’s too late!

Thanks to Dan Hartland for setting up this chat - here’s hoping we’ll make it to the festival next year 🤞

09/07/2025

ORDEEEER! 👩🏼‍⚖️

We’ve got a brand new episode out right now with the utterly wonderful Baroness Thangam Debbonaire.

Fresh from her excellent maiden speech in the House of Lords making ‘a political case for the arts’ we chat to Thangam about
her own musical education (she was a student at Chethams and worked as a professional cellist before moving into politics 🤩🎻)

The impact of AI on the arts and how to harness the positive elements.

Curating the perfect running playlist 🏃🏻‍♀️

The underrated benefits of joy 🤩

And one heck of a lot more!! It was an absolute privilege to chat with Thangam who is a refreshingly positive and vocal campaigner for the arts within politics. Take a listen, we hope it makes you feel as buoyant as it did us!

🎧 out now - link in bio

10/06/2025

Your eyes do not deceive you 👀 it’s 2 eps in 2 days 🤯🎉

We wanted to whip this special episode with trumpeter out immediately cos he’s got a HUGE gig out this Friday with his group at 🤩 If you move darned quick you might just pick up one of the remaining tix for Acid Brass where acid house meets full brass band - we’re thinking a Hacienda/Black D**e mash up!

We chatted to Jack about collaborating with (who’s brain child this was back in the 90s), some strong sartorial choices, bringing this show into the ‘20s and a whole lot more!

Have a listen, get yer neon on and get down this Friday (ticket link in our show notes)

09/06/2025

NEW NEW NEW! 🌟

This week’s episode features trumpet sensation Aaron Akugbo 🎺💕✨

Not only is Aaron an incredible musician but he’s a brilliant, funny and engaging guy! We loved chatting to him about a whole bunch of stuff including tactical programming, keeping in shape on tour, inadvertently finding himself as a finalist in competition with some extreme yet minimal preparation 😱.

Aaron also airs his scepticism of the international date line 🤔🤣 and his move from Edinburgh to London at the tender age of 17…

BTW Aaron is performing at the Cheltenham Festival on 11 July - it’s going to be a belter of a concert and we’ve stuck a ticket link@in our show notes 😎

🎧 out now - link in bio (and all the usual places)

20/05/2025

Sound the national treasure klaxon! 🚨

We’ve had the huge honour of chatting to internationally celebrated mezzo soprano Dame Sarah Connolly ✨

Dame Sarah is performing Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody at on 5 July and we are very grateful to Dan Hartland @ Cheltenham Festival for setting up our meeting!

With such a glittering career, Dame Sarah is warm, funny and down-to-earth and this chat was such a pleasure…conversation includes auditioning, evolving different roles and songs, controlling performance anxiety, how to avoid being pigeonholed, wearing a fatsuit and the singers’ nemesis - the common cold 😱

🎧 available now - link in bio

15/05/2025

Want a bit more in yer ears?! Of course you do 🤩

Our ‘Petit Trois’ bonus bit featuring viola player and utter legend James Flannery is OUT NOW!

Find out who his ideal co-pilot would be, what went on a questionable tour to the Netherlands and who’s in his ideal viola section (spoiler alert, it’s going to be a viola heavy orchestra 🤣)

🎧 Link in bio

13/05/2025

NEW EPISODE 🎉🎻✈️

This week’s guest is viola player, Negroni specialist and wannabe pilot James Flannery

You may recognize his dulcet tones from guest hosting our Ivor Novello Awards episode - so traumatic an experience this was for James we felt it only right to rectify things by bringing him back for a proper ep with some fully functioning tech and less shouting!

✅Worzel Gummidge.
✅Easy Jet.
✅Gig on a runway.
✅Dubious tours.
✅Problems at security.

Bonkers and brilliant - we love James and this is an excellent listen 🤣
Out now - link in bio

06/05/2025

What’s this?! A double bonus? 🤩

In a new feature we are calling ‘Petit Trois’ 😎🇫🇷 we give you a little bit more from our guest of the main episode - essentially they think it’s all wrapped up and we chuck a bunch o’ random questions at them!!

So to kick start this venture we’ve 2 extra episodes featuring Ian Wilson and Stephanie Cummins…a pair of total gems 💎

Out now - link in bio

29/04/2025

New Episode!!! ✨

This week’s guest is ‘cellist Stephanie Cummins 🤩
After many years freelancing in New York Stephanie made the move to London and is now busy taking the West End by storm and coordinating solo & chamber projects.

We chatted about growing up in a musical family, the highs and lows of her musical education and career highlights so far! We also talk similarities and differences between the West End and Broadway, audiences in 2025 and finding a renewed love for music.

Stephanie is a total delight, get her in yer ears why don’t you?! 🎧 available now - link in biog

22/04/2025

NEW EPISODE KLAXON! 🚨

Episode 132 features recorder player, birdsong specialist and master storyteller Ian Wilson. 🪈🤩

Ian is Head of Woodwind at .college and recorder & chamber teacher at as well as performing extensively as a freelance recorder player and with his group

We chat about Ian’s plethora of recorders, the incredible sound of a recorder ensemble - in no way like the sound you may recall from primary school days 😬 and the resurgence of the recorder in film & tv scores.

Anyone applying for music college & scholarship auditions listen up! Ian has some excellent advice and information - as an experienced panelist he offers you insight into what they are looking for which may not be what you expect 👀

Oh also…there’s a healthy dose of the Mexican Hat dance. The end.

🎧 available now - link in bio

31/03/2025

New New New episode!!! 🚨

This week we have none other than music theatre powerhouse join us 🤩

On a musicals bingo card Jordan has a whopping full house - child star ✅
musical director ✅
composer ✅
BBC/Lloyd-Webber talent show finalist ✅✅

What a legend!! We chat about the develop of Jordan’s first musical ‘The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair’, plus the perils of the accordion, touring towns, Dolly Parton, Titanic Musical and sooooo much more 😎

Jordan has some excellent advice for budding young musical theatre composers and so much great chat!!

Plug in, sit back and enjoy a MT based journey through Jordan’s life!

🎧 available now - link in bio

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