Creative Confidential with Bryan Tuk

Frank Smith is an accomplished photographer who picked up a camera at a very early age. Decades later, Frank’s passion for photography continues uninterrupted. Much of Frank’s landscape work focuses on the regional and local scenery including the Pocono Mountains and the historical sites of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His travel and philanthropic photojournalism covers global themes, shedding light o...

Diane Wittry is a frequent guest conductor of professional orchestras across the United States and in Europe. She has guest conducted include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Milwaukee Symphony, The San Diego Symphony, the Houston Symphony. Diane Wittry is the Music Director and Conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, PA. As a teacher, Diane Wittry, is a frequent guest lecturer at Juilliar...

Paul Harryn is many things: a painter, a musician, a traveler, and a freelancer who has been successful at building a life in creative work and doing it on his terms. His large scale paintings can be best described as abstract expressionist, but that is just one of the facets of his visual work. Paul works out of studios on both coasts: one along the Delaware River south of Easton, Pennsylvania an...

Eric Mintel is a well known jazz pianist and band leader in Philadelphia and eastern Pennsylvania. The Eric Mintel Quartet’s performance at the 2015 Allentown JazzFest was one of the highlights of the festival. Eric and host Bryan Tuk discuss Eric’s origins and influences as a musician, how Eric became one of a handful of people to ever perform for not one but two US Presidents at the White House,...

Stephanie Gardner is a writer and director for film and theatre. Past clients include Ellie Wiesel, Yale University, Urban Stages, and Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Her most recent film, “If I Had A Piano (I’d Play You The Blues)” has won Best of Show at the Greater Lehigh Valley Filmmakers Festival. Stephanie received an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University’s Tisch...

Steve Coleman is a critically acclaimed international performer and one of America’s greatest ambassadors for jazz worldwide. Steve has performed with Michael Brecker, Jack DeJohnette, Branford Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Sting, Bobby McFerrin and Sarah Vaughn, to name a few. Steve talks with host Bryan Tuk about Steve’s interactions as a young man with jazz legend Max Roach in New...

This is an updated version of Bryan’s 2014 TEDx talk, Of Two Minds, which focuses on helping creative people utilize their instincts to pursue their own path and break through in the business world. Bryan also provides context for Creative Confidential, a weekly podcast and his exploration of the worlds of the arts, commerce and the law and where they intersect. Bryan sets the stage by discussing...