Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ryan Middagh is director of jazz studies and Beth Wiese is associate professor of tuba and euphonium at Vanderbilt’s acclaimed Blair School of Music. Both were part of a 100-piece band assembled to record music for EA Sports’ popular College Football video game for the third consecutive year. Middagh and Wiese join the show to discuss this “only in Nashville” experience