An interview with clarinetist, writer, speaker, and thought-leader, Alex Laing. Alex is the principal clarinetist of the Phoenix Symphony, an orchestra and board member of the Gateways Music Festival, and on the creative team of the NPR show, From the Top.

Highlights

• Being an enormous positive influence professionally - 6:43
• His background - 9:24
• Engage, attract, and reflect - 11:31
• Is there an opportunity to share new values? - 24:33
• Practicing performances - 33:42
• Having different narratives - 35:25
• The best music played by the best musicians - 38:30
• What values do we need to communicate - 43:20
• Becoming more human-centered - 44:55
• Is an orchestra a learning or planning organization? - 48:16
• Having an artistic and personal ambition - 48:16
• The purpose of the orchestra - 1:03:09
  
  
  
  Episode Resources
• Connect with Robert Hunt Simonds:
• roberthuntsimonds@gmail.com
• http://roberthuntsimonds.com/
• http://craigwagnermusic.blogspot.com/p/bio.html
• Alex's website: https://www.alexlaingmusic.com
• The Gateways Music Festival: https://www.gatewaysmusicfestival.org
• The Phoenix Symphony: https://www.phoenixsymphony.org
• Performances:
• Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Phoenix Symphony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vXzIU8XH70
• "Po' Pilgrim" - The Downtown Chamber Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD0PJkiGq-M
• "There is a Balm in Gilead" on From the Top: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWE0vqQhpek
• Alex's book recommendations:
• Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership -- Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal
• Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History -- David Scott
• The World Is Made of Stories -- David Loy