Feeding the Starving Artist: Finding Success as an Arts Entrepreneur

Rick Goodstein
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The Feeding the Starving Artist podcast offers students and emerging creative artists tips and strategies to develop and build a sustainable career in the arts. Drs. Rick Goodstein and Ron McCurdy, authors of "The Artist Entrepreneur: Finding Success in a New Arts Economy", share 80 years of experience as performing artists, conductors, arts educations, musicians, arts administrators, and friends. Whether you're a musician, visual artist, writer, actor, technician or dancer, Feeding the Starving Artist has strategies for anyone interested in a sustainable arts career.

  1. Dave Brubeck the Younger, pt. 2

    6D AGO

    Dave Brubeck the Younger, pt. 2

    Dr. David Brubeck rejoins the Feeding the Starving Artist podcast. Dave is an acclaimed bass trombonist, composer, and educator whose groundbreaking contributions to music have left an indelible mark on the world of brass performance. Best known for his innovative Stereograms—a collection of solo works for bass clef instruments published internationally—Brubeck has performed and recorded with legendary artists such as Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, and Joni Mitchell. His scholarly work, including The Pedagogy of Arnold Jacobs, is frequently cited and reflects his dedication to advancing brass pedagogy. A third cousin of jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, Dave has performed at prestigious festivals and venues around the globe, showcasing his artistry in solo and duo formats, including his celebrated group, Duo Brubeck. As a professor of music and conductor, he has shaped generations of musicians, leading ensembles to national acclaim and developing innovative teaching methods. Dr. Brubeck's passion for performance and education continues to inspire audiences and students alike. Visit ⁠davidbrubeck.com⁠ to explore his music, writings, and more.

    32 min
  2. Dave Brubeck the Younger(!), pt. 1

    FEB 3

    Dave Brubeck the Younger(!), pt. 1

    Dr. David Brubeck joins the Feeding the Starving Artist podcast. Dave is an acclaimed bass trombonist, composer, and educator whose groundbreaking contributions to music have left an indelible mark on the world of brass performance. Best known for his innovative Stereograms—a collection of solo works for bass clef instruments published internationally—Brubeck has performed and recorded with legendary artists such as Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, and Joni Mitchell. His scholarly work, including The Pedagogy of Arnold Jacobs, is frequently cited and reflects his dedication to advancing brass pedagogy. A third cousin of jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, Dave has performed at prestigious festivals and venues around the globe, showcasing his artistry in solo and duo formats, including his celebrated group, Duo Brubeck. As a professor of music and conductor, he has shaped generations of musicians, leading ensembles to national acclaim and developing innovative teaching methods. Dr. Brubeck's passion for performance and education continues to inspire audiences and students alike. Visit davidbrubeck.com to explore his music, writings, and more.

    32 min
  3. Linda Love Simmons, Master Choreographer - pt. 2

    JAN 20

    Linda Love Simmons, Master Choreographer - pt. 2

    Linda Love-Simmons returns to the Feeding the Starving Artist podcast! Linda is an award winning director and choreographer who has created special events from Los Angeles to New York City for Disney, Barbie, Monster High, the 2002 Olympics, Megan Mulally, Paramount Pictures, the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, Holland America cruise lines, Sesame Street Live, Oakley, and Under Armor.    Stage Choreography credits include SWING, A CHORUS LINE, THE PRODUCERS, LEGALLY BLONDE, 9 TO 5, THE PRODUCERS, THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRALS-CREATION, SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, ONCE, DISNEY’S  TARZAN and KINKY BOOTS.   For Disney, Linda is an entertainment show director and choreographer of hundreds special events and shows including, DISNEY CHANNEL FAN FEST,  THE ANIMATION ACADEMY, THE ALL AMERICAN COLLEGE BAND, THE DISNEYLAND BAND, THE YOUTH EDUCATION SERIES AND DISNEY PERFORMING ARTS.   More than just creating technical and energetic choreography and thoughtful dramatic pieces Linda has a personal mantra of creating positive success experiences.  By inspiring performers to strive for their very best and encouraging them to dwell in the realm of possibility there is passion and excitement in everything she does. Leading by example and having no tolerance for low expectations she creates an environment where everyone she works with can attain the same personal excellence that she strives for in herself.

    24 min
  4. Linda Love Simmons, Master Choreographer

    JAN 6

    Linda Love Simmons, Master Choreographer

    Linda Love-Simmons is an award winning director and choreographer who has created special events from Los Angeles to New York City for Disney, Barbie, Monster High, the 2002 Olympics, Megan Mulally, Paramount Pictures, the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, Holland America cruise lines, Sesame Street Live, Oakley, and Under Armor.    Stage Choreography credits include SWING, A CHORUS LINE, THE PRODUCERS, LEGALLY BLONDE, 9 TO 5, THE PRODUCERS, THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRALS-CREATION, SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, ONCE, DISNEY’S  TARZAN and KINKY BOOTS.   For Disney, Linda is an entertainment show director and choreographer of hundreds special events and shows including, DISNEY CHANNEL FAN FEST,  THE ANIMATION ACADEMY, THE ALL AMERICAN COLLEGE BAND, THE DISNEYLAND BAND, THE YOUTH EDUCATION SERIES AND DISNEY PERFORMING ARTS.   More than just creating technical and energetic choreography and thoughtful dramatic pieces Linda has a personal mantra of creating positive success experiences.  By inspiring performers to strive for their very best and encouraging them to dwell in the realm of possibility there is passion and excitement in everything she does. Leading by example and having no tolerance for low expectations she creates an environment where everyone she works with can attain the same personal excellence that she strives for in herself.

    27 min
  5. Mary Jo Papich, pt. 2

    12/16/2025

    Mary Jo Papich, pt. 2

    Mary Jo Papich, rejoins the podcast. Known for her avid support and leadership in arts education, is the cofounder and was the first president of the Jazz Education Network. She has been recognized nationally and internationally for her efforts in arts education. A music educator and fine arts administrator for over thirty-five years, Papich has garnered many honors and awards. Mary Jo’s recent accolades include having received the prestigious Medal of Honor from Midwest Clinic and the Lifetime Jazz Education Achievement Award from Downbeat magazine. JEN has honored her with giving the Mary Jo Papich Women in Jazz Scholarship to deserving students at their annual conference. Tau Beta Sigma band sorority presented her with the Outstanding Service to Music Education Award, and Chicago Jazz Institute presented her the Outstanding Jazz Educator of the Year Award in 2018. Papich serves on the selection committee for the NARAS Grammy Music Educator of the Year Award, and on the board of directors and chairs the JEN Outreach/Community Engagement program, which has touched more than 60,000 lives since she started it in 2010. MJ produces student jazz festivals in Puerto Vallarta and New Orleans and continues to work with students in Peoria Public Schools. Papich is the editor of The Jazzer’s Cookbook: Creative Recipes for Players and Teachers, published by Meredith Music.

    27 min
  6. Mary Jo Papich, Award Winning Music Educator

    12/02/2025

    Mary Jo Papich, Award Winning Music Educator

    Mary Jo Papich, known for her avid support and leadership in arts education, is the cofounder and was the first president of the Jazz Education Network. She has been recognized nationally and internationally for her efforts in arts education. A music educator and fine arts administrator for over thirty-five years, Papich has garnered many honors and awards. Mary Jo’s recent accolades include having received the prestigious Medal of Honor from Midwest Clinic and the Lifetime Jazz Education Achievement Award from Downbeat magazine. JEN has honored her with giving the Mary Jo Papich Women in Jazz Scholarship to deserving students at their annual conference. Tau Beta Sigma band sorority presented her with the Outstanding Service to Music Education Award, and Chicago Jazz Institute presented her the Outstanding Jazz Educator of the Year Award in 2018. Papich serves on the selection committee for the NARAS Grammy Music Educator of the Year Award, and on the board of directors and chairs the JEN Outreach/Community Engagement program, which has touched more than 60,000 lives since she started it in 2010. MJ produces student jazz festivals in Puerto Vallarta and New Orleans and continues to work with students in Peoria Public Schools. Papich is the editor of The Jazzer’s Cookbook: Creative Recipes for Players and Teachers, published by Meredith Music.

    30 min
  7. Mary Elizabeth - Trumpet Virtuoso, pt. 2

    11/11/2025

    Mary Elizabeth - Trumpet Virtuoso, pt. 2

    Classical trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden joins Rick and Ron again for another episode of the Feeding the Starving Artist podcast. Mary Elizabeth is a highly in-demand soloist, praised for her “splendid, brilliant” playing (Gramophone Magazine) and her “pure, refined, and warm” tone (American Record Guide). A Gold Medal Global Music Award Winner, Opus Klassik Nominee, and Yamaha Performing Artist, Bowden works diligently to establish a new repertoire for the trumpet through creative, collaborative commissioning projects and award-winning albums. Highlights of Bowden’s recent seasons include her debut with the Santa Fe Symphony, as well as prominent engagements with major international ensembles. During the 2022/2023 season, she performed as a soloist with the Busan Maru International Music Festival Orchestra in Korea and toured five cities in Argentina, performing Assad’s Bohemian Queen with the Shenandoah Conservatory Orchestra. She served as faculty at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in summer 2022.  Other recent performances include four world premiere concertos. Highlights include her debut with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, where she performs a program including Clarice Assad’s Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra and Shostakovich’s Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra with pianist Henry Kramer. In another key debut, Bowden appears as a soloist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra, performing Reena Esmail’s Rosa de Sal and Assad’s Bohemian Queen. With the DuPage Symphony, she premieres a new arrangement of Gala Flagello’s Persist, newly arranged for two trumpets, and performs as soloist on Grace Williams’ Trumpet Concerto. She debuts with Oregon’s Rogue Valley Symphony in Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra before touring the Fung and Assad concertos to the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, Akron Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, and Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra. Bowden holds residencies and masterclasses at Oberlin College, Swarthmore College, the University of Michigan, Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra, Central Michigan University, Michigan State University, Western Michigan University, Haverford College, Grand Valley State University and the Fine Arts Center of Greenville, SC. International engagements bring Bowden to the Isla Verde Bronces International Brass Festival in Argentina, Festival de Metales del Pacifico in Mexico, and Lieksa Brass Week in Finland. Bowden’s Chrysalis Chamber Players embark on a U.S. tour of trumpet and string quartet repertoire, presented by Live On Stage, and with Seraph Brass, Bowden is recording an album of new compositions for brass quintet for Tower Grove Records.

    26 min
  8. Mary Elizabeth Bowden, Trumpet Virtuoso

    10/28/2025

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, Trumpet Virtuoso

    Classical trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden joins Rick and Ron in another episode of the Feeding the Starving Artist podcat. Mary Elizabeth is a highly in-demand soloist, praised for her “splendid, brilliant” playing (Gramophone Magazine) and her “pure, refined, and warm” tone (American Record Guide). A Gold Medal Global Music Award Winner, Opus Klassik Nominee, and Yamaha Performing Artist, Bowden works diligently to establish a new repertoire for the trumpet through creative, collaborative commissioning projects and award-winning albums. Highlights of Bowden’s recent seasons include her debut with the Santa Fe Symphony, as well as prominent engagements with major international ensembles. During the 2022/2023 season, she performed as a soloist with the Busan Maru International Music Festival Orchestra in Korea and toured five cities in Argentina, performing Assad’s Bohemian Queen with the Shenandoah Conservatory Orchestra. She served as faculty at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in summer 2022.  Other recent performances include four world premiere concertos. Highlights include her debut with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, where she performs a program including Clarice Assad’s Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra and Shostakovich’s Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra with pianist Henry Kramer. In another key debut, Bowden appears as a soloist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra, performing Reena Esmail’s Rosa de Sal and Assad’s Bohemian Queen. With the DuPage Symphony, she premieres a new arrangement of Gala Flagello’s Persist, newly arranged for two trumpets, and performs as soloist on Grace Williams’ Trumpet Concerto. She debuts with Oregon’s Rogue Valley Symphony in Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra before touring the Fung and Assad concertos to the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, Akron Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, and Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra. Bowden holds residencies and masterclasses at Oberlin College, Swarthmore College, the University of Michigan, Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra, Central Michigan University, Michigan State University, Western Michigan University, Haverford College, Grand Valley State University and the Fine Arts Center of Greenville, SC. International engagements bring Bowden to the Isla Verde Bronces International Brass Festival in Argentina, Festival de Metales del Pacifico in Mexico, and Lieksa Brass Week in Finland. Bowden’s Chrysalis Chamber Players embark on a U.S. tour of trumpet and string quartet repertoire, presented by Live On Stage, and with Seraph Brass, Bowden is recording an album of new compositions for brass quintet for Tower Grove Records.

    32 min
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The Feeding the Starving Artist podcast offers students and emerging creative artists tips and strategies to develop and build a sustainable career in the arts. Drs. Rick Goodstein and Ron McCurdy, authors of "The Artist Entrepreneur: Finding Success in a New Arts Economy", share 80 years of experience as performing artists, conductors, arts educations, musicians, arts administrators, and friends. Whether you're a musician, visual artist, writer, actor, technician or dancer, Feeding the Starving Artist has strategies for anyone interested in a sustainable arts career.

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