Stanford Thompson is a trumpet player who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, who pivoted from a performance pathway to found an El Sistema inspired program called Play On Philly. After over ten years serving as their Executive Director, he took another turn in his career to start up a new organization, Equity Arc.

STAN’S EPISODE RESOURCES
Fav Pieces of Classical Music: ⁠⁠Shostakovich 11⁠⁠ (LSO's recording) + ⁠⁠Mahler 9⁠⁠ (Berlin Phil's recording)
Current Fav Movie Soundtrack: ⁠⁠Jurassic Park⁠⁠
Currently Reading: ⁠⁠QUIT: The Power of Knowing When To Walk Away by Annie Duke⁠⁠
Last Listen: ⁠⁠Michelle Cann Revival⁠⁠
Recommendations: This podcast (I didn’t even pay him to say that!); ⁠⁠Trilloquy (formerly known as Garrett McQueen);⁠⁠⁠⁠ Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast⁠⁠ and books
Audible Free Trial: ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3PDwFu3⁠
Amazon Music Free Trial: ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/45289IV⁠⁠

CONNECT WITH STAN
Website: ⁠⁠https://www.stanfordthompson.com⁠⁠
Equity Arc: ⁠⁠https://equityarc.org⁠⁠

ORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREER
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ABOUT THE HOST
Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their
Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.

CONNECT WITH REBEKAH
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Podcast Intro
01:11 Episode Intro
02:16 Interview Start
03:07 Stan’s Background
05:44 Getting into Curtis
12:38 Career Goals + Life at Curtis
15:43 Shifting Goals
16:45 Changing Perspectives
18:48 Sistema Fellows Program Intro
20:54 Seoul Philharmonic
22:20 Questioning + Rethinking + Listening
27:01 NEC Sistema Fellows Program
29:52 Play on Philly: setting the groundwork
34:42 Play on Philly: running the program
39:23 From Trumpet Player to Executive Director
47:12 Starting Equity Arc
52:55 Last piece of advice
54:09 Rapid Fire Q&A
59:41 Outro
1:00:20 Next Episode Teaser

PODCAST MUSIC
Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM⁠⁠
Stan’s Trumpet Performance: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQIFgUiWFI⁠

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