Peter Bay

It's just one of the things that defines this city as the live music capital of the world.

Ordinarily, you hear me talk to Peter Bay about this stuff, but I thought we'd mix it up a little bit and actually talk to the CEO of the Austin Symphony Orchestra.

And that is Justice Zimmerman.

Thank you again for joining the show.

And we've talked a lot on this interview about how the orchestra does not need to be elitist and isn't necessarily scary, and you should come and be friendly.

But there's still this reputation around maestros and the conductor that they are imposing figures and domineering and Don't say the wrong thing.

So I went into this interview a little trepidatious about talking to Peter Bay.

And he immediately disarmed me with his kind of just curiosity about me and his very graceful manner of learning about me and telling me about Austin.

Uh, yeah, somewhere around there.

But I was invited by Peter Bay, who was the music director of that festival.

Peter Bay is also the music director of the Austin Symphony, and he invited me to be his assistant conductor of that music festival.

And the Hot Springs Music Festival is only, you know, it's just two weeks, you know, but during the festival events, you know, making music, rehearsing, and then, and the people, of course.

Everyone on faculty was amazing.