Masumi Rostad's Sound Post Series 3, Featuring Luthier Sam Payton

Learn more about what you should consider before opening your instrument case outside and exposing your instrument in nature

Grammy Award-winning, Japanese-Norwegian violist Masumi Per Rostad is an active performer and professor of viola and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music. As a former member of the Pacifica Quartet for almost two decades, he also founded DoCha, a chamber music festival in Champaign, Illinois.

Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The third edition has returned, and its tenth episode features Luthier Sam Payton who explains what you should consider before opening your instrument case up outside and exposing your valuable instrument in nature.