Everything Music Ed

Everything Music Ed

In this podcast we talk to teachers, musicians and others about their experiences in learning and teaching music. We discuss a variety of teaching situations and hear from professionals in the fields of concert band, jazz band, marching band, chorus, orchestra, general music, music tech and much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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April 18, 2024 79 mins
A Martha's Vineyard native, Rose Richard has taught 23 years on the outskirts of Cape Cod. She started has a 100% band nerd and moved on to chorus and musical theater. With her high energy and wonderful personality she does a wonderful job getting her small school district to put on wonderful performances.

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From a struggling non- music reading clarinetist and saxophonist to an avid gigging guitarist. Paul Warnick went to college and learned to read music and became a wonderful music educator.

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Chris Holland grew up in the city and attended a school without a band program. However, he found his group musical outlet in the form of drum and bugle corps. He attended UMASS as a math major, but switched to music ed. After graduating he led the award winning Norwood Public Schools ensembles, but after year four decided to go to law school!! Now he is the CEO of Inspire Arts and the Director of the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugl...

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Kyle Spraker has a very unique journey. Started on saxophone and joined a drum and bugle corps in high school so he naturally switched to trumpet. He went to college to be a music ed Major but switched to performance. He loved big band, but became an orchestral trumpeter!

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Randy Standy!! What a person. Listen to his story of becoming a full time composer

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Scotty West is the only private guitar teacher I know of that has created his own guitar, theory and ear training course! Listen to his incredible story.

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Dr. Kevin McDonald. An incredible musician who has an incredible experience being recruited to college all the way through grad school. Started as a euphonium major ended up a stellar choral conductor.

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Former student, Kate Margrave, talks about moving from the east coast out the Colorado, building a program and conducting at the highest level!!

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Sean Hagon, a gifted musician, composer and educator discusses non-typical ways to teach music composition, improvisation and business.

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A 27 year teaching veteran, Kerry Cutler comes on and talks about her late start to playing an instrument and the incredible luck she had in attaining one. We also discuss her being a Black American and playing the cello as well as her unique teaching situation that allows her to have her students for 7 straight years.

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Composer and Conductor, Sean O'Loughlin discusses how he became successful after his humble roots in Syracuse. From a music education degree to a masters in composition, then moving to LA and working with John Williams and countless others, Sean's story is one you will enjoy!

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Dr. Rhoda Bernard is the founder and Managing Director of the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education. In this episode we talk about how this division at Berklee School of Music came to be, what teachers can do to have success teaching students with special needs or disabilities and how to access free resources regarding accessibility in music education. Visit this website for more information:


https://college.berklee.ed...

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A 25 year veteran teacher, Alex Pendleton has brought the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Marching Band to an elite level!! We discuss budget, staffing and show design.

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Singer / Songwriter, Chris Trapper discusses his life growing up singing in choirs and how he has navigated the ever changing music business over the last 30 years.

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In this episode we talk with the band director of one of the best high school jazz ensembles in the country, Aaron Bush. We discuss Essentially Ellington, the process of getting students ready to perform in a jazz ensemble and what it's like to take over for a living legend.

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Damon Grant is a percussionist and recording artist. We talk about him teaching private lessons, we talk about his podcast "Discussions in Percussion", we discuss his most memorable performances as well as what it is like growing up a Black American in predominantly white bands and what we as educators may want to think about for our students. Check out Damon's podcast here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7z00aEBwas1zzaJGL0CZ1Z


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August 16, 2023 1 min
All about the podcast!

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The conductor of the prestigious President's Own Marine Band, Col. Jason Fettig. We talk about how he got into the President's Own on clarinet and how he became conductor. He shares some tips to be better conductors as music educators and he also talks about his new position as Director of Bands at the University of Michigan.

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In this episode we talk about teaching high school band and chorus as well as how to make connections with challenging students, creating memorable moments, the challenges of being a post-Covid music teacher and how Lisa had to adjust her primary instrument due to dental issues.

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Massachusetts music education legend, Vinnie Macrina, talks about kids these days, teachers these days, how to get excellence from students and about some of his most outstanding musicians. Enjoy!

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