Press & Interviews

Hailed as “stonking” by the U.K. Guardian! 😂
2023-06-30:
Guardian, Paget: The Met Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin review – white-hot music drama
“With supple support from Nézet-Séguin, [DiDonato] offered a fervently reflective reading of Dido’s patriotic call to arms, before the Royal Hunt and Storm broke out with blazing brass and a stonking three timpanists (Berlioz on typically grandiose form).”

2022-10-05:
The Atlantic, Derek Thompson: What No One Understands About Your Job; Misconceptions about pastors, playwrights, postal workers, and other professionals (that’s me anonymously referenced at the end)

2021-12-10:
Interview with Lorenzo Marasso on “Dress Rehearsal,” 107.3 KBFG Seattle, Podcast Ep38

2021-04-27:
Gustavus Learning for Life Podcast, S09E04: “Forks in the Road and Kettledrums” [transcript]

2020-10-27:
Adaptistration Shop Talk Video Podcast, S01E06: “The Need for Expertise”

2020-10-25:
Inside the Notes, Season 3: Jason Haaheim on deliberate practice, pernicious gatekeepers, and the liberation of detachment

2020-10-22:
Contrabass Conversations Podcast, Part 2: “Do We Need Music School? …with Jason Haaheim”

2020-09-16:
That’s Not Spit, It’s Condensation! Ep.78: “Deliberate Practice Is The Scientific Method Applied To Musicians – It’s Really That Simple, with Jason Haaheim”


2020-09-04:
Adaptistration Shop Talk Video Podcast, S01E02, Part 2: “Last Call: Board Diversity”

2020-09-01:
Adaptistration Shop Talk Video Podcast, S01E02, Part 1: “Art Has Always Been Political”

2020-08-24:
Contrabass Conversations Podcast, Part 1: “Jason Haaheim on How to Actually Improve”

2020-07-21:
A Scientist Turned Musician On The Need For Expertise In The COVID-Era,” from Adaptistration’s Drew McManus

2020-07-05:
Bulletproof Musician Podcast, “Jason Haaheim: On ‘Deliberate Lessons’ and How to Maximize Your Progress From One Lesson to the Next,” with transcript

2020-06-27:
XPol podcast episode #8: “Delving Deeper into Deliberate Practice: Focused Practice in the Digital Age,” with transcript