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Amy Gale Robichaux

Bass trombonist from Caraquet, New Brunswick, and Sistema NB/New Brunswick Youth Orchestra alumna accepted to London's Royal College of Music.

Sep 10, 2026

This is New Brunswick

This is New Brunswick

Trombone and talent take young musician from Caraquet to London

Sep 10 · 22m

speaker_1NARRATOR
0:31
This is a CBC Podcast.
Amy Gale RobichauxGUEST
0:36
I was born in Karaket, New Brunswick, but I wasn't raised there for very long.
Amy Gale RobichauxGUEST
0:40
When I was four years old, my parents split up.
Amy Gale RobichauxGUEST
0:43
We moved three hours south to Moncton with my mother and four siblings.
Amy Gale RobichauxGUEST
0:48
Moncton was the nearest city where my mother could get a job.
Amy Gale RobichauxGUEST
0:51
And while she did her best to take care of me and my siblings, it wasn't easy for any of us to adjust to our new life there.
Amy Gale RobichauxGUEST
0:58
Seeing my single mother struggling to make ends meet wasn't easy.
Khalil Akhtar
Khalil AkhtarHOST
3:31
Amy Robichaux and Jim Tranquilla stopped by the studio trombones in hand a couple of weeks ago, and I began by asking Amy about those early days with Sistema.

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