Ethical Hiring Practices for the Pit (with Joe LaRocca)

Back in 2021, we chatted with Joe LaRocca while he was playing on the 50th anniversary tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. Since then he has found the niche of actor/musician and talks about how that has changed his perspective before we get into our main topic: his observations for the current state of hiring practices for pit orchestras and what he thinks needs to change. Joe's SubStack page can be found here: His previous interview with Life in the Pit can be heard here: Follow the podcast on Instagram or Facebook @LifeInThePitPod. Feel free to

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Ethical Hiring Practices for the Pit (with Joe LaRocca) is an episode from Life in the Pit by David Lane.

This episode is 47:17 long.

This episode was published on Oct 10, 2025.

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