Merry Christmas dear listeners! We thought we’d stick out this mini episode mainly to let you know about some of the great guests we’ve got coming up for you in 2023…..and also to have a festive witter of sorts! Thank you so much for your continued support this year, we really appreciate all the lovely feedback. We’ll be back in January with plenty of exciting things ahead - see you all then! Verity & Seb x You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/...
Dec 20, 2022•31 min
It’s two podcasts for the price of one this week as Three In a Bar and Things Musicians Don’t Talk About merge…. Seb and Verity spend a joyous evening in the company of TMDTA’s Hattie Butterworth and Rebecca Toal - in fact, if you haven’t already you can catch the first part of their conversation on TMDTA’s podcast feed, right hre: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/things-musicians-dont-talk-about/id1519695601 . Go on, we’ll wait here while you check theirs out then pop back over. In this ep...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 38 min
Who doesn’t love an awards ceremony?! As you can imagine, when Seb and Verity were invited to come and interview the winners at the 20th Ivors Composers Awards the lure of a celebration, a party atmosphere, bowl food and plentiful wine was a no brainer! This episode features some of the inspirational and extraordinarily talented recipient’s of this year’s awards - along with some old friends of the pod… We’ve kept in some of the chat in between guests and a couple of eggy moments to give a true ...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 11 min
This week Seb and Verity chat to violinist supremo Millie Ashton. This is actually Millie's third appearance on the pod having popped up briefly in Cat Parker's episode and featured as part of the Ashton/Melhuish dynasty back in 2020.....a lot has changed for her since then, including graduating from GSMD after (gulp) 16 years! Millie chats about her days living a double life as a student by day, busy freelancer by evening and hard partying fresher by night! They also discuss taking the next ste...
Nov 05, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Look who’s back……it’s friend (and In Verity’s case, husband) of the podcast Robert Simmons. It was brought to our attention that last time we had Rob on the pod he maybe didn’t get the opportunity to chat about the things he wanted to discuss. With this in mind we’ve had him back on….and done exactly the same thing again! This conversation covers his job with Royal Ballet Sinfonia, fitness regimes, the Royal Family, feeling your age (or not), side by side schemes, what you find when you google R...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 20 min
It’s podcast dah da da dah day (sorry, couldn’t resist it!) and this week’s guest is the newly crowned King George at West End musical phenomenon Hamilton - Joel Montague. Joel is an actor, choreographer and director who has a stellar list of West End shows he has performed in including Chicago, The Waitress, School of Rock and Funny Girl. The conversation happens in an entirely halloween themed living room…..on September 26th which proved the perfect back drop for weird and wonderful chat! Joel...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 25 min
This week Seb and Verity venture into the Bedfordshire countryside to meet virtuoso percussionist Joby Burgess. Joby is embarking on a UK tour at the end of September performing his new album A Percussionist’s Songbook - a collection of specially commissioned songs by eight composers, including Graham Fitkin, Dobrinka Tabakova, Gabriel Prokofiev and Joby himself! The conversation takes place in Joby’s home studio which in a former life was both a coach house and a hairdresser - conversation rang...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 36 min
In Episode 83 Seb and Verity head down the Elizabeth line to Southall for a chat with tabla player, producer, composer and one of the best people you could hope to meet, Kuljit Bhamra MBE. Kuljit was one of the pioneers of British Bhangra and has produced, recorded and performed on copious amounts of records for British and Indian artists. He works extensively as a session musician as well as collaborating with artists across a multitude of genres - jazz saxophonist Andy Sheppard is a long time ...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 21 min
After an unintentionally extended break (sorry) we are back....and back with a belter. Episode 82 features true Broadway royalty. None other than orchestrator, arranger and producer Doug Besterman. Doug is a multiple Tony and Drama Desk award winner. His list of theatre and film credits is vast, including The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Aladdin, Fosse, Mary Poppins, Captain America, Chicago and co-orchestrations for a little known song named Let It Go... Seb and Verity chatted with Doug on a ...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Your hosts, Verity and Seb find themselves in Chichester and in the glorious presence of Barney Philpott. It's a mid-August scorcher of a day, with a very low-tech set up, but buckets of atmosphere... you'll really believe that you, too, are walking down a British high street. Barney, the tour guide, shows us around, sharing some genuine local tips, and excellent pastry deals. Just like a mini sausage roll before lunch, hopefully this will tide you over until next week, where we'll be speaking t...
Aug 12, 2022•45 min
What's this? Another episode out so soon? That's right folks, we've got a fabulous guest for you this week - Internationally renowned concert pianist and co founder of the London piano festival Katya Apekisheva. Seb and Verity chat to Katya via zoom on a sweaty mid-July afternoon and for nostalgia's sake enjoy some zoom related hitches (haven't you missed them?!). They discuss Katya's upcoming solo recital at the Wigmore Hall on 21 July which features amongst other things an exciting new composi...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 14 min
We're back and this week we've got a belter for you! Its none other than viola player and new member of Estilo String Quartet George White. This conversation was recorded in early may on a sunny day in East London and is joyful meander through George's life and career so far. Seb and Verity chat to him about his extended season with South Bank Sinfonia, a baptism of fire in West End depping and the accuracy of stereotyping the characteristics of different sections of the orchestra - we'd love to...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 18 min
How on earth do we follow an all singing, all dancing live show? We'll tell you how - with a chat to a true great of the classical music world, German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser. Johannes' groundbreaking new album Alone Together is released on 17 June 2022 and this episode is released in conjunction with this. Seb and Verity meet Johannes at Platoon's state of the art studios in North London where most of his new album was recorded. They were treated to a sneak preview of some of the tracks...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 13 min
This week Three In a Bar becomes Three on a Boat as Seb and Verity hit the marina to meet timpanist supremo, Grahame King. Grahame has been principal timpanist with Royal Ballet Sinfonia since 1998 and guests with many other major orchestras in the UK. He teaches timpani at both RCM and Birmingham Conservatoire. Seb and Verity enjoyed a wonderful early summer evening on Grahame's boat - so much so, this episode is edited down from a 3hr conversation, gulp! He chats about his early days with the ...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 18 min
In Episode 77, Seb and Verity are joined by violinist supremo and newly appointed Artistic Director of NSSO, Nicole Wilson. Nicole has held positions with the LSO and ENO and works extensively as a freelancer, appearing as guest leader, in various west end shows and in major film sessions. She has also turned her hand to orchestral session fixing - her credits including the sixth Harry Potter movie. She co-produced a highly successful album for children - FunKey Rhymes - which has made her a hug...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Round of applause please......this week's episode was recorded over the internet and there were no, I repeat no, technical hitches! And good job too as Seb and Verity have Senior Engineer at Abbey Road, multiple Grammy and Emmy winner and all round top bloke Sam Okell on for a chat. What Sam doesn't know about the Beatles ain't worth knowing, having for many years been heavily involved in remastering their complete back catalogue. He recently worked with Giles Martin alongside Peter Jackson on t...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 13 min
This week's guest is Grammy award winning conductor, arranger, curator and composer, Jules Buckley.....and boy, are we glad this episode has made it into yer ears after some palm sweatingly stressful uploading issues! It's been a rollercoaster pod friends.... Seb and Verity catch up with Jules at his studio in Berlin to chat about his eclectic and multi faceted career. They discuss his early days as a trumpeter, the inception of Heritage Orchestra during his studies at GSMD - an era when most pl...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 13 min
This week to celebrate International Women's Day, Seb and Verity chat to two great ambassadors for gender equality in the music industry, Letty Stott and Beth Higham Edwards. Letty and Beth have recently launched their new company Gender and the Large and Shiny Instruments, with the aim of starting open conversations about gender in the workplace. Letty is a French Horn player and Beth a percussionist, both of which are instruments that have not been historically viewed as 'feminine' choices. Th...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 40 min
Cai, you should definitely listen to this one! (As should everyone else) as this week’s episode features jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and co founder of Kansas Smitty’s, Giacomo Smith. Seb and Verity catch Giacomo pre show in the Worthing Assembly Halls where he and Seb are performing with Rob Brydon for his A Night of Songs and Laughter tour. There is an added sense of jeopardy in this episode as it is recorded in Rob’s dressing room with the fear he may arrive at any second….. Giacomo talks ab...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 28 min
In this week's episode Seb and Verity take a trip to South London for a chat with flautist, composer, arranger, stealth violinist/viola player and fountain of excellent tales, Dan Watts. Dan is a founder member and trustee of the Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra. He discusses the precarious nature of planning and booking concerts, discovering lesser known Scandinavian composers and the unmitigated joys of funding applications! Dan and Verity reminisce about their busking days - including a pol...
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 9 min
In the second of two New Year's catch ups, Seb and Verity check in with former guests; Luisa Lale, Charlotte Harding and Jon Natchez. All three have exciting things a foot in 2022 and their enthusiasm and optimism is a perfect antidote to the winter blues. After a few false starts - the latest challenges brought to you by Zencastr - Lu chats about new tracks, some exciting TV show placements and mystical briefs.....yep, you read that correctly - the mind boggles! Charlotte phones in from a remot...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 3 min
In the first of two special episodes, Seb and Verity ease themselves into 2022 by catching up with three fabulous former TIAB guests - Ben Marshall, Chris Augustine and Tom Carlson. Having finally given up on Zoom, listen in as everyone tries to negotiate the new online platform Zencastr.....no one has yet discovered how to successfully leave a call and it's not out of the question one of our guests is still online waiting to be released. Oboist Ben Marshall chats about his covid Christmas, cook...
Jan 14, 2022•56 min
This week Seb and Verity are joined by Emmy Nominated, critically acclaimed film composer, Natalie Holt. Natalie’s work includes the score for the recent Marvel series Loki, as well as work on rims including Paddington and Journey’s End. Having come perilously close to complete technical failure in the past, in their first meeting with Natalie the recording spectacularly malfunctioned. Incredibly, having already found an hour in her busy schedule, Natalie came back for round two which is what yo...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 16 min
This week’s episode features Violinist, journalist, founder of the Estilo String Quartet, former Über delivery driver......and Verity’s husband, Robert Simmons. Against all the odds this episode doesn’t descend into chaos or indeed a domestic, however the subjects covered don’t necessarily match what Rob had in mind. They chat about his stint as an Über delivery cyclist and the chain of events that led to making a potential loss. Rob also talks about the new branch of his career working as sub e...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 15 min
For episode 67, Seb and Verity are joined by cellist and internet sensation, Samara Ginsberg. Samara’s multi-tracked cello videos of retro tv and film themes have been garnering huge international audiences online - her Star Wars vid having 3.5 million views on Twitter and growing! If you haven’t seen any so far, 1. where have you been and 2. Head to her YouTube channel NOW! (Link below) The central theme of this episode is how Samara has navigated living with ADHD and successfully carved out a ...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This week’s episode features tour manager, sound engineer and baking supremo, Alicia Blake. Seb and Verity were lucky enough to catch Alicia at her home in Seattle - sadly for them, only via zoom - whilst on a short break from Sylvan Esso’s U.S tour. Alicia chats about hitting the road again and how the band and crew have been spending their downtime - think tie dying T-shirts in a tent in the middle of nowhere..... She talks about learning to sound engineer on her first job in a club in Seattle...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 12 min
This week’s episode features Public Service Broadcasting’ s mastermind, J.Willgoose, Esq. Their latest album Bright magic entered the UK charts at no. 2 in October 2021 - a fantastic achievement for an album that is far from mainstream pop. Seb and Verity chat to Willgoose about his inspiration for the album, moving to Berlin and going back to record there in the world famous Hansa Tonstudio , where iconic records such as Achtung Baby and Bowie’s Low and Heroes were recorded. They discuss early ...
Oct 10, 2021•59 min
Things haven’t gone exactly to plan this week....... In this bonus episode Seb and Verity are here to explain why and have a general catch up. (Spoiler alert - Seb’s had Covid and it’s knocked him for six) There’s a detailed dissection of the stages of Seb’s confinement plus some exciting upcoming guest announcements and a whole lotta waffle! Back next week with a new (fantastic) guest and a full length episode. THREE IN A BAR ON THE SOCIALS You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinaba...
Oct 04, 2021•19 min
Our guest for episode 64 is violinist, orchestrator, arranger, educator and potentially busiest person in the world, Katie Kresek. Katie is currently concertmaster and co-orchestrator on the Broadway production of Moulin Rouge - this year she became only the 4th woman ever to be Tony nominated in the orchestrations category. Seb and Verity catch Katie via zoom on a break in her hectic schedule at her home in New York. Despite some internet related issues - the curse of 2021 - they have a fulsome...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 25 min
This week’s guest is French violinist, internet sensation and famed cat lover, Esther Abrami. Esther has been at the forefront of bringing classical music to a multitude of digital platforms, reaching new audiences and creating online communities. Seb and Verity chat to Esther about her debut singles for Sony Classical and her upcoming album release. The focus of the album is on bringing great works by female composers Into the spotlight, having been largely ignored until now. She talks about th...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 17 min
