Sep 8, 2026 · 58 min · 15 segments
In this installment, your ex-euphonium-playing host is joined by trumpeter Adam Gautille to chat about the wonderfully weird life of a working musician: surprise gigs, freelance politics, playing with…
Adam GautilleGuestRobert BosworthHost
Yeah, gosh, uh, since I was six years old, which is a little early to start trumpet.

Um, I think now the Suzuki school will start them early, but, uh, but yeah, six years old.
What's the argument for that being too... 'Cause as a pianist, at a certainly not an unreasonable age for people to start piano lessons, five or six-
Yeah, or like, you know, still in the, uh, postpart- uh, postpartum wing of the hospital.
That's what they do, is after they count all the fingers and toes, they just say, "Yep."

Yeah, gosh, uh, since I was six years old, which is a little early to start trumpet.

Um, I think now the Suzuki school will start them early, but, uh, but yeah, six years old.
What's the argument for that being too... 'Cause as a pianist, at a certainly not an unreasonable age for people to start piano lessons, five or six-
Yeah, or like, you know, still in the, uh, postpart- uh, postpartum wing of the hospital.
That's what they do, is after they count all the fingers and toes, they just say, "Yep."
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