Sound Mind Podcast

Alex Hoffman and Dan Monte sit down to discuss Sound Mind's latest development. We've been doing a lot, check it out! We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at soundmindmusician@gmail.com To support our mission, please visit https://www.soundmindmusician.org/donate

Sound Mind team member Eric Goldberg talks with psychotherapist and former music teacher Kyle Shiver about his approach to therapy and what his work has been like during the pandemic. We are incredibly close to reaching our Spring Fundraising goal as we wrap up the spring months. You could be the contributor that puts us over the edge! See how you can help us and our mission at www.soundmindmusici...

Dr. Renée-Paule Gauthier (The Mind Over Finger Podcast) and Sound Mind team member Kevin Gupana discuss mindfulness, cultivating self-compassion in the practice room, and how musicians should move forward as we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are close to reaching our $3,000 goal for our spring fundraiser! See how far we've come and see how you can help us reach our goal at www.soundmin...

The whole Sound Mind team gets together to have a grand conversation about what we have in store for the months ahead. We also discuss why mental health is important and why we believe our work should be supported. Our Spring fundraiser was launched about a week ago, and we need your help reaching our $3,000 goal! You can help us out at www.soundmindmusician.org/donate  Any gift is transformative...

Boston Symphony Orchestra principal flutist Elizabeth Rowe talks with Alex Hoffman about career fulfillment and how her work in coaching relates to mental health.

Eric Goldberg talks with Dr. John Rine Zabanal about education and living a whole life.

Team members Ben Manis and Alex Hoffman talk with Casey Bozell (Keep Classical Weird) about being a professional performer and young mother.

CMRT member Laura Yawney interviewed oboist and friend Anish Pandit about his experience in college and how it has shaped his view on mental health as a musician.

"It's sort of like us living on Zoom these days. If the connection is good, we can do a lot of things, but if that connection breaks down, it's just chaos and distracting as can be. That's what presence [addresses]. Just get out of the way of yourself and let your body do what it's designed to do. For me, that's where we have to be with the mind-body connection when p...

Kelsey Williams has an illuminating conversation with Carl Alexander about his experience as a Black classical musician. "Expectations of a Countertenor are not exactly me. Countertenors tend to be - especially the ones getting hired - skinny white men... It's about what people can see on stage. If your body is different from what people are expecting, some directors feel that it can tak...

This week Ben sat down with Michael Heaston, Artistic Administrator of the Metropolitan Opera, to discuss his career, working with young artists, and how to foster positive mental health habits in our communities. 

In this interview, CMRT co-founder Kelsey Williams sits down with Ben to talk about her life in music, imposter syndrome, and anxiety in all its shapes and forms.  Heads up, this podcast contains content relating to suicide and suicidal ideation, which might be a sensitive topic for some listeners.

"Nobody is broken. It’s about your expectations for the quality of your life. How do I want to feel? How do I think I deserve to feel? I just want to be able to be me and be as comfortable and as happy as I possibly can. And that’s what I wish for everybody." - Dr. Mallory Thompson Dr. Mallory Thompson is director of bands, professor of music, coordinator of the conducting program, and h...

In this episode, the whole team got together to reflect on 2020, talk about exciting things happening in 2021, New Years' Resolutions, and much more. “The magic really comes from the individual interactions, and the people that reach out and ask us to do things or who are excited about something. It’s about the listeners — it’s about you at home. So, reach out! Keep talking to us. Let us know...

This week, Ben sat down with soprano Tamara Wilson to talk about her experiences with anxiety and depression, and the way they interact with her life as a musician. 

This week Alex and Ben sat down with the rest of the CMRT team to discuss holding space for ourselves and each other. 

Laura Yawney sat down with new CMRT member Eric Goldberg for their thoughts on music, career, and therapy. 

Conductor Larry Rachleff joins us for a broad discussion on mindful practice, healthy progress, cultivating positive culture, and much more. 

This week, we sat down with Steven Banks, Young Concert Artist, assistant professor of saxophone at Ithaca College School of Music, and member of award-winning Kenari Quartet, to talk about his experiences with mental health as a black musician in the world of classical music.

Carl Evans is director of programs and operations for Hope For The Day, a non-profit that "empower[s] the conversation on proactive suicide prevention and mental health education."

Ken David Masur sits down with Classical Musicians Roundtable to discuss mental health both in and outside of the music world, what it’s like to conduct an ensemble while being aware of those with mental illness, and much more.

This week, co-founder Alexandria Hoffman sat down with the three newest members of the team to talk about their goals for CMRT, what brought them here, and much more.

Laurie Williams, elementary general music teacher, shares how the pandemic has impacted herself and her career.