How much is your IDENTITY tied to your instrument?

Join me as Frankie goes deep into what he was able to do to navigate his injury recovery and how it affected his identity!

Listen as Frankie and I discuss the physics and physiology of the breath for brass playing.

This became a career saver for him when he had to learn it due to an overuse injury that occurred very soon after he won a job with the Western Australia Symphony Orchestra!

He shares with us the research that he has done with renowned physician Dr. Bronwen Ackermann, with whom he created Brass Rehab, an organization committed to educating about brass injury and recovery.

His own new project is with a fellow musician called The Embouchure Project, a network of physicians, neurologists, pedagogues, and researchers in the field of brass playing and injury.

This is one for the books!