Issue No. 28: Symphony No. 2 Chat with Ben McIlwain
Ben McIlwain (trombone), Jackie McIlwain (clarinet), and the MTSU Wind Ensemble conducted by Reed Thomas performing Symphony No. 2 in February 2019.
Last week I had the pleasure of talking with Ben McIlwain for an hour via Zoom. The recorded conversation included many topics: our past collaborations as composer/trombonist, my work as performer with Megan Ihnen, and the new chamber version of my Symphony No. 2 that Ben is set to record with clarinetist Jackie McIlwain and pianist Ellen Elder later this summer! Listen to the entire discussion here via the University of Southern Mississippi Trombone Studio Facebook page.