James Zimmermann
speaker
441 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 17 Jan
James Zimmermann’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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There's a much better chance, Megan, that you've heard my playing than you have not heard my playing.
So that's what I do now.
I freelance and I do tech.
Until this last summer when a friend from Knoxville, who I played with, a violinist, he said, hey, man.
don't know if you're looking to get back into the game but i know your story i've been following you it's insane and we're looking for a principal clarinetist so you should come out and i thought hmm that's an interesting proposition because knoxville's kind of a smaller regional orchestra i think i could keep my tech job i wouldn't have to move okay let's see if i can get back on the horse get back into olympic shape because megan you got to practice for these blind auditions like hours and hours a day
And I've got a nine-to-five tech job.
I've got a wife.
I've got three kids.
I've got a life.
So I'm practicing all night.
My kids are going to the bed to the sound of me practicing.
They're waking up to the sound of me practicing.
All day long on Saturdays, you know, I put all my landscaping projects and other endeavors on the side to practice for this audition.
And I showed up and won just to find out that I'm unhirable.
So I'm kind of back where I started.
I'm doing tech, playing sessions and talking about how ridiculous the whole orchestra business has become, putting meritocracy to the side for DEI.
It's just a damn shame.
So it was going to amount to like a thousand bucks a week.
Exactly.
It was going to be fun, and it was going to be my foot back in the door.
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