Sam Kaestner

Clarinetist in the West Point Band and West Point Woodwind Quintet. Founding member of Vent Nouveau. Always searching for new ideas about music.

[Steven Isserlis @StevenIsserlis]

Richard Strauss b otd 1864. Not a heroic man, and perhaps aesthetically uneven; but what a master! Able to produce any sounds that he needs for his purposes; he (apparently) claimed to be able to portray different brands of beer in music! And at his best - a truly magical poet...

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

I’m thrilled to share that @FastCompany has selected Stretto as a World Changing Idea for 2021! We are working to make livestreams more interactive for audiences and musicians. https://t.co/JN1q5nHWql #FCWorldChangingIdeas #designthinking #strategicdesign #livestream

[Bo Ren @Bosefina]

A good assessment for work relationships: "does this person increase or reduce work?" -- @k3fernan Simple and effective.

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

Is it me, or does the @VP’s hair snap on like a lego mini figure’s hair? Can he swap that out for a different one? #VPDebate

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

Everyone watching #Debates2020 tell the next moderator @SteveScully that he needs to have mic control!! #PresidentialDebate #debates #BidenVsTrump

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

@electricginger Eight.

[composers doing normal shit @NormalComposers]

Gustav Mahler asking for directions.

[RPS_Travell @RPS_Travell]

Even our second graders can write persuasively to help change the world.

[ment @mentnelson]

The whole country needs to stop right now and listen to Killer Mike. He’s verbalizing what a lot of us don’t know how to express

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

@AllOfItWNYC Any advice on how two working parents work from home with multiple children who now need to be homeschooled?

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

@pretavoyager I feel your pain. In Bergen County, NJ (where I live) basically anything that does not sell food is closed on Sunday. This is the county right at the doorstep of NYC that is overrun with giant retail stores.

[Steven Isserlis @StevenIsserlis]

It always frustrates me to hear people say that they don't go to concerts because they don't know enough about classical music. I think my friend Olli Mustonen had the answer to that: 'It's like saying that you won't walk in the forest because you don't know enough about botany.'

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

I'm excited to be a panel speaker at A New Kind of Future: Global Insights into Transforming Your Career – and Your Life at The Festival of New https://t.co/MBG9nBngRw @thenewschool #100YearsNew @sched

[composers doing normal shit @NormalComposers]

Ralph Vaughan Williams and his pants holding hands with his wife Ursula.

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

@chrissyteigen Lobster

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

Played a diverse program in front of the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park today. Joan Tower, Marquez, James Reese Europe and more. Music from across the spectrum of our country played in front of the castle of the closest thing we have to royalty.

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

What a day! Marched back the new cadets at @WestPoint_USMA, gave an intro to design thinking class to the @WestPointBand, went to a dinner with my @parsonsdesign colleagues, and heard Ben Williams and Marcus Strickland at the @BlueNoteNYC

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

@NADElectronics Why will audiophiles pay hundreds or thousands for cables, yet recording studios happily record everything running decent quality, not exorbitant XLR cables. And, why on earth are there different loudness standards for home and pro audio? (+4 & -10dB)

[Sam Kaestner @samkaestner]

Great and wide ranging talk by @pretavoyager. I’m even more inspired to do all the things now.

[Anne Stark Ditmeyer @pretavoyager]

Had such a blast talking to the @parsonsparis Global Executive in Strategic Design & Management students today!

[composers doing normal shit @NormalComposers]

Olivier Messiaen and his first wife Claire Delbos having a miserable time at their wedding.