#12 J.J. Johnson — Viola | Radio City, NBC LIVE!, The Nice List Musical

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The Best Music Podcast #12 | J.J. Johnson — Viola | Radio City, NBC LIVE!, The Nice List Musical

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Teaching: https://www.montclair.edu/john-j-cali-school-of-music/zoom-classes/

J.J. has won positions with the Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet Orchestras. In 2010 he began performing at Radio City Music Hall in NYC with the world-famous Radio City Rockettes and made his Broadway debut in 2013 in Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. He has performed in a number of Broadway musicals, including, On The Town, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, An American in Paris, Wicked, My Fair Lady, and Sunset Boulevard. He has also appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, and was Principal Viola of the NBC Studio Orchestra for the NBC Live! performances of The Sound of Music with Carry Underwood, and Peter Pan with Christopher Walken. There have been a number of recording projects he has participated in that include Telly Leung’s solo album Songs for You, and the award-winning independent short film The Ceiling Fan. Alongside his active freelance career Mr. Johnson also greatly enjoys teaching strings at Montclair State University Extension Division where his new class “Broadway for Instrumentalists” is getting started. In non-pandemic times, he is on tour with the U.S. National Tour of Les Miserables.

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0:00 Intro

2:00 Playing viola for the Rockettes at Radio City

9:54 Juggling Broadway shows and Radio city

14:12 J.J. playing Broadway shows

18:06 How to sub on multiple musicals at the same time

24:03 J.J.'s goals for the future

25:45 Les Miserables Tour

26:50 What it takes to be a professional musician

29:20 Playing in NBC LIVE! Musicals

35:30 Virtual Musical: The Nice List Musical

41:42 Teaching Broadway for Instrumentalists

46:55 Lifestyle: A typical show day

51:07 Lifestyle: Sleep

52:57 Lifestyle: Mindfulness & meditation

54:01 Lifestyle: Support system

58:08 Practice: Time of Day

59:57 Practice: Hours a day and days a week

1:01:30 Practice: Maximum duration

1:03:00 Practice: Segmentation

1:05:45 Practice: Injury and travel

1:11:30 Creativity: Burnout

1:13:50 Performance Anxiety

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