Ep 4. Jen Montone on Musical Resilience

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The Holistic Horn - A New Paradigm of Brass Playing & Musical Mastery

Mars Gelfo

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5 days ago

Hosted by French horn performer, educator, and entrepreneur Mars Gelfo, The Holistic Horn podcast features incredible personalities from the horn & music world. We aim to provide actionable insights, inspiration, and thought-provoking ideas to help you live your best life as a musician & whole human.

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Ep 4. Jen Montone on Musical Resilience

The Holistic Horn - A New Paradigm of Brass Playing & Musical Mastery

1 hour 12 minutes

2 years ago

Ep 4. Jen Montone on Musical Resilience

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☯️ Holistic Horn Ep. 4 - Jen Montone of Philadelphia Orchestra, on Musical Resilience

This episode goes deep into Jen’s path with the horn, including mindfulness & trauma release work, and recovering from injuries.

She leads us on a powerful guided meditation to build resilience for high pressure performances, and talks about the role of self-love in musical risk-taking.

We unpack a jaw-dropping moment from when I played Firebird with her in Philly, dive into Jen’s equipment choices over the years, and you’ll hear why her latest recording project is so special.

Listen to the end to discover Jen’s solution to hesitant attacks, and find out how many hand positions she uses!

In this episode of the Holistic Horn

Jen’s history with the horn
Guided meditation: Preparing for a performance
Dealing with injuries and negative mental chatter
Warming up mindfully
Foundations practice routine later in day
Jen’s equipment choices, and the two horns she started in Phillly with
Jen’s cure for hesitant attacks
Therapists, trauma release, healing
Some of Jen’s most meaningful collaborations
Bridging visual art & musical inspiration
Jen’s newest project for musicianship, instinct, AND planning.
Risk taking as a professional.
Protective visualizations and musicianship as a self-loving art.
Jen’s vision for the future of horn playing.
How many hand positions Jen uses.
How to know when you’re ready to take an audition

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Hosted by hornist, educator, and entrepreneur Mars Gelfo, The Holistic Horn podcast features incredible personalities from the horn & music world, to provide actionable insights, inspiration, and thought-provoking ideas to help you live your best life as a musician & whole human.

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