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Take a peek into what goes on behind the scenes during rehearsals.
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Love podcasts? Listen to interviews with Jessica with industry leaders.
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Listen to some special clarinet moments from Met Opera archival recordings.
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Read articles & interviews about or authored by Jessica.
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Watch some of the educational YouTube videos filmed in collaboration with Backun Musical Services.
MET Orchestra Chamber Ensemble | Mozart's Gran Partita
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Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble Rehearsal
Matthijs van Dijk’s “Moments In A Life” conducted by William Long with Overtone singer Gareth Lubbe
Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble Rehearsal
Copland Appalachian Spring for 13 Instruments conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Podcasts
The Classical:NEXT Podcast
Jessica Phillips joins David Taylor for an engaging conversation around bridging the gap between conservatoire training and the reality of the industry. In this conversation, David and Jessica dive into the philosophy of the ‘portfolio career’ and what it really means for a musician to be an entrepreneur. We explore the disconnect between traditional conservatoire training and today’s rapidly changing industry, and look at how to bring institutions and long-standing faculty along on the journey of change. And they discuss how the next generation is already redefining what success looks like in the arts.
The Fearless Artist Podcast
Met Opera Orchestra clarinetist and Juilliard faculty Jessica Phillips shares her MBA insights on music careers with host Michelle Lynne. Learn to shift from a scarcity mindset to "making the pie bigger" in negotiations, embrace lifelong upskilling, and discover your true value as an artist. They talk about entrepreneurship in the arts and how to be an artist in today's shifting landscape—all that can and will mean.
Honesty Pill Podcast
Join Honesty Pill Podcast host, Chris Still, and Met Opera Orchestra clarinetist, Jessica Phillips, as they talk about her performance career, auditions, and how she ended up playing in one of the most regarded opera orchestras in the world. But beyond that, Jessica has a lot more going on in her life than just playing the clarinet. listen in as they dig into her life as an educator, musician entrepreneur, and advocate for the arts.
Clarineat Podcast
Listen to the latest episode with hots, Joel Jaffe of Backun Musical Services as he and Jessica talk “all things music, clarinet, & the music business.”
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Panel Discussion: Reframing False Dichotomies
Musicians vs. Management
Listen in as Aubrey Bergauer talks with panelists Kale Cummings, Jennifer Arnold, Joy Peyton-Stevens, and Jessica Phillips about relationships between musicians and management: “How can we get the trust back? How can we have conversations that benefit both parties?”
WQXR He Sang/She Sang Podcast:
Into the Light With Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’
Beethoven spent more than 10 years revising Fidelio, the only opera he ever wrote. This was about more than music for the great composer. It was about freedom, devotion and the triumph of human dignity over tyranny. In this episode, host Merrin Lazyan speaks with Jessica Phillips, second clarinetist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, about Beethoven's revolutionary sound and enthralling opera Fidelio.
Inside the Notes Podcast
Join host, Erika Block, and Jessica Phillips, 2nd and Eb clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, as they speak about her incredible journey to the Met Opera Orchestra. They discuss the mental preparation for auditions, the rigorous schedule of an opera orchestra, and the incredible guidance she received along her journey.
NextFem Podcast
In this episode, host Tara Padua and Jessica Phillips how she found her way to the elite position of second clarinetist at the Met, how she navigated the role chair of the orchestra committee during one of the toughest contract negotiations in the history of the Met, and how saving a stranger’s life gave her back her own life. Listen in to hear Jessica’s remarkable story of lessons learned through success and failure, pain and growth, in both her professional and personal life.
Met Opera Guild Podcast
Meet the Met Opera Orchestra
Ever wonder what it's like to be a Met Orchestra musician? In this episode, we sit down for an informative and entertaining conversation with Jason Haaheim, Jessica Phillips, and William Short, members of the Met Opera Orchestra, to get an inside look at this elite ensemble from some of its players.
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Culture at the Core: How Orchestras Move Forward
By Jessica Phillips
It seems the well-known aphorism "culture eats strategy for breakfast" is quoted everywhere these days. Although management theorist Peter Drucker did not write these specific words, his meaning was clear: strategy is necessary, but culture is critical to an organization’s success.
The Lullaby Project:
A Global Leaders Institute Case Study
By Esteban Álvarez, Mariol Arias, Maria Mathieson, Jessica Phillips, and Lía Uribe
“More than 200 million children under 5 years old fail to thrive because of poverty, poor health, and nutrition, resulting in an immeasurable loss of human potential…”
Introducing Local 802’s DECIBAL Collective
(Diversity, Equity, Community, Inclusion, Belonging, Access and Leadership)
By Martha Hyde & Jessica Phillips
“It is well known and documented that unions have been crucial in the effort to narrow racial wealth and gender pay gaps. Through collective bargaining, unions endeavor to protect wage standards that benefit all – not just union, but also non-union workers – as well as establish and enforce rules and mechanisms that counteract systemic racism and gender discrimination in the workforce…”
SCHERZO Interview
By Wesley Ferreira
Jessica Phillips has been a member of the famed Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2001. Beyond her numerous impressive musical accolades, she is also a powerful arts advocate, entrepreneur, and skilled educator. She takes time out of her busy schedule to sit down and answer some questions.
Met Opera Guild Backstage Stories
Join us we celebrate Women’s History Month with clarinetist, Jessica Phillips and violist, Marilyn Stroh, and listen to their incredible journeys into the Met Opera Orchestra.
The MET Orchestra Averts a Lockout
By Jessica Phillips