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BBC Young Musician

Jess Gillam hosts the podcast about young musicians, for young musicians. Special guests every episode, with a new show every week.

Radio,18 episodes

Episodes

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Welcome to BBC Young Musician
Welcome to this new BBC podcast! The first episode will be available within 7 days.
29 Mar 2018,1 min
Stage fright
Have you ever frozen in the spotlight?
06 Apr 2018,25 mins
Practice makes progress
How to find (and keep) your musical motivation.
13 Apr 2018,21 mins
Getting into music
How did your musical journey start?
20 Apr 2018,19 mins
Memorising music
Memory tricks - techniques - lapses ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
27 Apr 2018,19 mins
The performance
How to be your best self on stage.
04 May 2018,15 mins
Image
How does the way you present yourself affect the music?
11 May 2018,21 mins
Aaaaand we're back
Jess, Sam and Zeynep brainstorm ideas for Season 2. Eventually.
26 Sep 2018,3 mins
Let's get physical
Health, fitness, and why cucumber sushi is the ultimate pre-gig snack.
28 Sep 2018,20 mins
Genre fluid
Are labels still important when it comes to music? Is genre even a Thing?
05 Oct 2018,18 mins
Sort your life out
In which Jess reveals the full extent of her stationery addiction.
12 Oct 2018,16 mins
99 (when the pass mark is 100)
Exams and competitions are a fact of life for most of us. Do they matter?
19 Oct 2018,18 mins
What is H.I.P.?
(That stands for historically informed performance, btw.)
26 Oct 2018,17 mins
Feel the fear (and do the gig anyway)
We're scared of heights. So whose idea was it to record this episode on the London Eye?
02 Nov 2018,20 mins
How to record an album
OK, so we're not even gonna pretend that we manage to crack this in the time available.
09 Nov 2018,16 mins
Improvisation
Jazz trumpeter Alexandra Ridout is our guest for this totally spontaneous episode.
16 Nov 2018,16 mins
Let's work together
Because playing with others is the best part of being a musician. Just ask Pekka Kuusisto
23 Nov 2018,16 mins
Making a life in music
Our final guest of S2 is *GASP* Sir Simon Rattle!
30 Nov 2018,19 mins