On March 13, 2007 Michael Mulcahy presented a recital and masterclass at the University of Utah. He was assisted by Dr. Ling Nu on piano and Larry Zalkind on trombone.
After the recital, Matt Laube (graduate assistant in trombone) and I played for Mulcahy. Matt played the Ropartz and I played the first movement of the Creston. It was great to have his (Mulcahy's) insights on these pieces. Following the masterclass portion of the evening, it was open to questions. In response to the question "What should someone do to achieve what you are doing?" (namely, playing in a major symphony), Mulcahy responded that one simply needed to listen to music (besides practicing and working hard, ofcourse), but that many people claim to want to be a musician, but they don't listen to recordings or live concerts. I suppose it would be the same to say "I want to be able to speak Chinese", but to never listen to it. It would be impossible.
Here is a picture from that evening. From left to right: Larry Zalkind, Dr. Donn Schaefer, Matt Laube, Jonathan Allen, and Michael Mulcahy.
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