121 Mary Elizabeth Bowden: A Driving Force

Feb 25, 2022

Welcome to today’s episode with award-winning trumpet soloist, Mary Elizabeth Bowden.  Mary is an artist with a profound, genuine approach to music-making.

In our conversation, we covered:

• How her artistic path has unfolded (3:45)
• Mary’s creative journey to a soloist career, and a discussion of the age limit on competitions (7:05)
• What her life looks like now, as someone who wears so many hats (14:26)
• Her approach to staying in playing shape, practicing, and learning new pieces through mental preparation (19:02)
• Advice for how to show up as the best musician you can be (29:25)
• How Mary deals with doubt, and continues to craft her own path (35:40)
• Habits that contributed to her success, suggested skills for young musicians to acquire outside of musicianship, and Mary’s favorite tool in the practice room (39:24)

 

LINKS:

 

Website: https://www.maryelizabethbowden.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marytrpt/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaryElizabethBowden

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryelizabethbowdentrumpet

JOYFUL PRACTICE CHALLENGE:

Join me March 7-18, 2022 for the Joyful Practice Challenge: A motivating FREE 10-Day Challenge for Musicians.

Take 10 minutes a day to transform your practice:

• Reconnect with your love of playing and making music
• Revive your motivation and your joy of practicing 
• Bring more mindfulness and efficiency in the practice room 

 

Get ready to be inspired by wisdom from:

Rachel Barton Pine, Mimi Zweig, Brian Lewis, Laurie Niles, Vijay Gupta, Kim Kashkashian, Tom Hooten, Elizabeth Rowe, Jennifer Montone, Mary Elizabeth Bowden, and Ralph Skiano!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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🔷 10 actionable tips

🔷 Amazing guests

🔷 PDF worksheets

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🔷 ... and PRIZES!

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THANK YOU:

A HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly, who works really hard to make this podcast as pleasant to listen to as possible for you.

Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show’s musical theme.  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson.

Thank you to pianist-singer-song-writer Louise Kelly for the introduction!  You can find out more about Kelly and her creative work by visiting louisekelly.com.