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      <image:caption>Four high school music students spent Wednesday afternoon in some pretty exalted company. While noisy traffic buzzed by outside Charlotte Amalie High School, the four sat in the relative quiet of the school’s music room, under the tutelage of renowned professional trombonist Weston Sprott.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“Weston Sprott, a more recent Curtis grad, is a member of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, and he brought an unlikely vocal souvenir back to Field Concert Hall - his own transcription of Ravel's songs Don Quichotte à Dulcinée.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>New York ’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Houston Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony all have trombone players from Houston.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In May, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra trombonist and Juilliard Pre-College and Music Advancement Program (MAP) teaching veteran Weston Sprott was named dean of the Preparatory Division…</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Each year, this member of New York’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra visits South Africa, donating private lessons, instruments and master classes to talented kids who can’t read a note</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>That extra money, combined with added gifts from Mr. McGill and Weston Sprott — a trombonist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the dean of Juilliard’s preparatory division — will be used to create a $100,000 scholarship fund.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Conductors, players and administrators don’t necessarily want to abandon blind auditions. But they say the lack of diversity in American orchestras is more complicated than that.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Even if you think you don’t know the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, you probably do. But you might not be as familiar with the incredible transition into the work’s final movement.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Juilliard Names Weston Sprott as Dean of the Preparatory Division, Overseeing Juilliard Pre-College and the Music Advancement Program…</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“My favorite thing about playing with the Met is listening to my colleagues in the pit and on the stage. Participating in music making at this level is incredibly rewarding,” says Sprott. “Every night provides an education in beauty of tone and phrasing.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“It’s important for people to know who we are and what we do,” said Weston Sprott, a trombone player whose work with South African music students was featured on the site and who said it was designed to forge connections between players and opera fans.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“He’s a world-class musician,” McGrannahan said. “Typically, we travel to places such as Chicago or New York to hear world-class performances, but in the case of a guest artist, we are bringing those talents to our students. In essence, we’re bringing a little bit of New York to Des Moines, Iowa.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Melissa Harris-Perry discusses the importance of music education for students in communities underserved in the arts with Weston Sprott.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>On Thursday, unions representing the orchestra and chorus at the Met agreed to bring in federal mediators - in an attempt to prevent a threatened lockout of the workers on Friday.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Weston Sprott shares with us the some tips on building the perfect music practice routine as a classical player and the emotional and physical effect of not doing those routines at that time. Weston talks about the differences between being an orchestral player in U.S orchestras and in Europe orchestras.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Trombonist Weston Sprott on Performing with the Metropolitan Opera, the Diversity Issues Facing the Industry and Running Into One of His Heroes on the Streets of New York</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I grew up in Spring, TX, a suburb of Houston. Music education is really serious business down there. I never took private lessons regularly, but I always thought that playing in the band was a lot of fun. I enjoyed it a lot, and I practiced a ton right from the very beginning. I never had to be reminded to practice. It was just something I always loved to do, and as a result, I ended up getting pretty good at it.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hip-Bone Music jumps into spring with an inspiring bone2pick sit down featuring trombonist / educator / philanthropist extraordinaire Weston Sprott. A member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2005, Weston has performed with the orchestras of Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta and Oslo and is an internationally renowned soloist and chamber musician.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Interviews - Bawse with a Cause Podcast</image:title>
      <image:caption>Five months ago, I asked BWAC podcast guest Weston Sprott a question which then fascinated me but today returns with the urgency of a coming storm – “How can we apply antiracist principles to the world of classical music?”.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>MET Orchestra Trombonist and Dean of the Preparatory Division of The Juilliard School, Weston Sprott joins the pod and talks about his career, diversity and inclusion in Classical Music, LeBron, Lakers, Rockets and more.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>(2015) A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Bruce Ridge. He had just seen a new documentary film that beautifully depicts the impact music education has on the lives of young people. One of my now former students and I are two of the principal subjects of the film. The film is incredibly powerful and beautifully filmed, and I hope that you enjoy the trailer that has been prepared for you to see. Perhaps noticing that I have a passion for teaching, as I’m sure many of you do, Bruce reached out and asked me if I would share some words with you about the film and the value of music education.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Over the past year, orchestras have mobilized in significant ways to create pathways into the field for musicians of color. Orchestras, working together with funders, educational institutions, and professional organizations, have forged strong alliances to solidify pathways towards greater diversity. While these efforts to reach outward are crucial for advancing diversity, it is equally vital for orchestras to look inward at strengthening inclusion.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I’m a huge fan of Wynton Marsalis. In my opinion, he is the standard bearer for great musicianship in our generation. When it comes to playing, pedagogy, communication, and advocacy of the craft, it’s hard to imagine that anyone is really his equal. I take time out of my hectic schedule as often as I can to hear him play, most often with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and they NEVER fail to impress. Even more than his playing, I am always enamored by Wynton’s ability to speak to people in way that is relatable to them. In person, he has that rare ability to make you feel like the most important person in the room.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>(2016) Thank you to everyone at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Talent Development Program. I’d like to give special thanks to Adrienne Thompson for helping organize my participation, and to Stanford Thompson for his introduction and friendship.    I’m very appreciative for this particular opportunity, because whenever I work with young, talented, minority students, I inevitably see my former self.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>For those seeking some guidance, I'd like to provide a few helpful thoughts, supported by the words of someone much wiser and more successful than myself. All quotes are from John Wooden, the legendary coach who led UCLA's basketball team to 10 NCAA Championships in 13 years.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>College audition season is coming to a close. Students will soon be getting their acceptance and rejection letters, and then the time to make the big decision will be here. So much time is committed to making the correct choice, as it should be. However, regardless of where you choose to spend your next years, the single most important factor regarding your success is your mindset.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Almost 25 years ago, more than 100 leaders from every facet of the field put forth a bold vision: An American orchestra should be “responsive to and inclusive of its community” and “representative of the cultural and racial diversity of that society.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>First of all, thanks for writing in, and I'm glad that you liked the audition article. I suppose "tremendous success" in our business is sometimes defined as having won a major orchestral audition and then securing tenure in said orchestra.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The time in a young musician’s life when they begin the journey of auditioning for professional level opportunities is truly exciting. A combination of enthusiasm, hope, and anxiety builds once the process of submitting a resume and preparing repertoire begins. Unfortunately, these feelings are often quashed after waiting, sometimes for several weeks,only to be denied an audition opportunity due to “lack of qualifications,” even for part-time or regional positions.</image:caption>
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