Music Is All About the Personal Connections, and What Music Schools SHOULD Be Teaching with Del Lyren!
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I’m really glad to welcome to the show Del Lyren, currently on faculty at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. I got to know Del while he was teaching at Bemidji State University, which I have a personal connection to as my grandfather went to BSU way back in the 1940’s!
It turns out that it seems everyone has some sort of connection to Bemidji, even if it’s just a photo at the famous statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox right there on the lake.
I was able to meet Del in person while visiting family in Minnesota, and we talked about the value of community in music, what it was like hosting an ITG conference, why the small town gigs are sometimes the most profitable, and much more.
Enjoy this episode!
What you’ll hear in this episode:
-Everything is better in person, but how do you manage in light of a global pandemic?…07:00
-How Rafael Mendez indirectly inspired Del’s trumpet career!…12:30
-When will the machines finally overcome our natural craving for community?…18:18
-The understated small town college prof that made a major impact in Del’s development as a person and musician…26:30
-The draws and drawbacks of small town life and teaching…34:00
-What it’s like to host an ITG conference…38:00
-What triggered the move to the bigger cities?…46:00
-The challenge of channeling creative energy into a paying career…47:50
-How music university-level curricula should be crafted…52:00
–Plus whatever your discerning ears deem worthy of your time and interest…
Resources mentioned:
Trumpet Dynamics podcast featuring David Hickman
About the Guest:
Originally from Brookings, South Dakota, Del Lyren has presented lectures and recitals throughout the world, including recitals at the Euro-ITG conferences in Bad Sackingen, Germany, Kiev, Ukraine, and a month-long residency in China. Other guest artist appearances have taken him to England, Scotland, Sweden, Canada, and Mexico.
Lyren co-hosted the 2011 conference of the International Trumpet Guild held in Minneapolis and attended by over 1400 trumpet players from throughout the world. In addition to numerous clinics throughout the region, Lyren has appeared on Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Additionally, Lyren serves as the Assistant Festival Director for the JENerations Jazz Festival at the Jazz Education Network Conference each January.
Students of Dr. Lyren have achieved success in nearly every arena of the music world. With acceptance to nearly every major graduate program in the United States, many have completed doctoral degrees and teach at the university level. His former students have performed with major popular artists such as Adele, The Temptations, and Boyz II Men.
Others have performed numerous times for the President of the United States and played taps at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier while serving in the top military bands in Washington, D.C. Dr. Lyren’s students continue to perform in full-time orchestras in the United States and Canada, Broadway shows, and top big bands such as the One O’Clock Band from University of North Texas.
Lyren received his Bachelor of Arts degree from South Dakota State University where he studied with John Colson. After receiving his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Arizona State University, where he studied with Anthony Plog and David Hickman, his book Magnificent Mendez (a biography of Rafael Mendez) was published by Summit Records.
Lyren is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
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