Toot Your Own Horn: Music Matters with Zac West (Episode 19)

If you have an undergraduate degree or graduate degree in music performance and have graduated in the last 5+ years, this episode of Toot Your Own Horn: Music Matters is for you. While Zac West doesn’t come from a musical family, his journey to choose music as a career path-- how he was able to fulfilling his goal by the age of 30 to becoming a fully employed professional musician with a portfolio career-- and his belief in the power of music to change you--will surely inspire you. Having graduated from excellent music schools and excelling throughout his education in performance, in this episode you will learn how Zac choose a career in music over his love of science and how COVID uprooted his career plans stopping him from auditioning for orchestras. Through his experiences you will learn how investing into his community as a performer, educator and ambassador for Lisa’s Clarinet Shop has become a fulfilling and satisfying career choice that feels right for Zac. We hope you find Zac’s reflections as engaging and inspiring as we do!