Stanford Thompson is a trumpet player who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, who pivoted from a performance pathway to found an El Sistema inspired program called Play On Philly. After over ten years serving as their Executive Director, he took another turn in his career to start up a new organization, Equity Arc.
STAN’S EPISODE RESOURCES Fav Pieces of Classical Music: Shostakovich 11 (LSO's recording) + Mahler 9 (Berlin Phil's recording) Current Fav Movie Soundtrack: Jurassic Park Currently Reading: QUIT: The Power of Knowing When To Walk Away by Annie Duke Last Listen: Michelle Cann Revival Recommendations: This podcast (I didn’t even pay him to say that!); Trilloquy (formerly known as Garrett McQueen); Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast and books Audible Free Trial: https://amzn.to/3PDwFu3 Amazon Music Free Trial: https://amzn.to/45289IV CONNECT WITH STAN Website: https://www.stanfordthompson.com Equity Arc: https://equityarc.org ORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREER YouTube Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@OrchestratingYourCareer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orchestratingyourcareer/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orchestratingyourcareer X: https://twitter.com/OYCPod 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/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bitesbybekah Website: https://www.bitesbybekah.com X: https://twitter.com/BitesbyBekah TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Podcast Intro 01:11 Episode Intro 02:16 Interview Start 03:07 Stan’s Background 05:44 Getting into Curtis 12:38 Career Goals + Life at Curtis 15:43 Shifting Goals 16:45 Changing Perspectives 18:48 Sistema Fellows Program Intro 20:54 Seoul Philharmonic 22:20 Questioning + Rethinking + Listening 27:01 NEC Sistema Fellows Program 29:52 Play on Philly: setting the groundwork 34:42 Play on Philly: running the program 39:23 From Trumpet Player to Executive Director 47:12 Starting Equity Arc 52:55 Last piece of advice 54:09 Rapid Fire Q&A 59:41 Outro 1:00:20 Next Episode Teaser PODCAST MUSIC Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM Stan’s Trumpet Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQIFgUiWFI
