The Band Room Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We're on summer break but don't worry, we're leaving you with something to listen to! Throughout the summer we'll be sharing some of our Patreon exclusive bonus episodes. Composer John Mackey joins us for this weeks bonus episode! You may be unaware but in Ohio during 1991 there was a great political scandal, one that shook Thespian Troupe 513, forever... Help...

Send us Fan Mail We're on summer break but don't worry, we're leaving you with something to listen to! Throughout the summer we'll be sharing some of our Patreon exclusive bonus episodes. We sit down with Dr. Robert Taylor, Director of Bands at the University of British Columbia for the second installment of our "BAND TRIPS GONE WRONG!" series. Rob regurgitates a memo...

Send us Fan Mail We're on summer break but don't worry, we're leaving you with something to listen to! Throughout the summer we'll be sharing some of our Patreon exclusive bonus episodes. For the first time in a public forum, composer Alex Shapiro shares her unique hobby from the 1980's to the early 1990's. You'll be sssss-sssss-sssshocked! Help support the Band...

Send us Fan Mail We're on summer break but don't worry, we're leaving you with something to listen to! Throughout the summer we'll be sharing some of our Patreon exclusive bonus episodes. We start things off with Dylan telling the story of his work on Netflix's Umbrella Academy. Cait talks about an inspirational and influential time with composer, David Maslanka. Help supp...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Christin Reardon MacLellan, Director of Education and Community Programs for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Director of the UBC Concert Winds to the Band Room! We spoke about her musical path from Long Island, NY to Vancouver, BC, her work with the VSO, being adaptable, her advocacy work and much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron throug...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome composer, Joel Puckett to the Band Room! We speak about his musical beginnings, his approach to commission projects, his piece “the secret from the river”, setting goals, mental health in a creative life and so much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod Help support the Band Room Podcast by get...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome conductor, educator and Director of Bands at the University of Manitoba, Jacquie Dawson to the Band Room! We spoke about her musical path from Newfoundland to Manitoba, her position at the University of Manitoba, band culture in Manitoba, pursuing her DMA at University of Kansas, balance and much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patr...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome composer, Kevin Day to the Band Room! We spoke about his musical beginnings, being a multifaceted musician, dealing with imposter syndrome, his new Concerto for Wind Ensemble and so much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod Help support the Band Room Podcast by getting your merch at the BRP St...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome conductor, educator and trumpeter, Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds to the Band Room! We spoke about Jeff’s musical beginnings, his career as a trumpet player and how that influences his conducting, studying with Arnold Jacobs and Vincent Cichowicz, his time at UofT, philosophy and much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon: https://www.patre...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome composer, educator and all around amazing human, Jodie Blackshaw to the Band Room! We spoke about being the composer/educator, teaching performance through composition, respecting and collaborating with local indigenous communities, the importance of supporting diverse composers and so much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon: h...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome Jacob Caines to the Band Room! Jacob is a conductor, musicologist, and performer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he is the director of the Dalhousie Wind Ensemble. We spoke with Jacob about his masters thesis on the Eastman Wind Ensemble, creative and collaborative programming approaches, the importance of expanding the canon, founding the ClassicalQueer...

Send us Fan Mail This week we welcome composer and conductor, JoAnne Harris to The Band Room! We spoke about JoAnne’s musical beginnings, writing music for film and TV, her new piece Dimension, the importance of mentorship, mental health and much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod Help support the Band Room Podcast by g...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Dr. Angela Schroeder to the Band Room! Dr. Schroeder is the Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Alberta. Dylan and Cait chat with Angela about studying with Mallory Thompson and Eugene Corporon, supporting living composers, being a mom and a conductor, getting out into nature, and much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becom...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome composer, John Mackey to The Band Room! We spoke about his musical upbringing, working with fear as an artist, writing for band, promoting diversity at the Midwest Clinic, mental/physical well-being, cats and more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod Help support the Band Room Podcast by getting you...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome conductor and educator Dr. Armand Hall to the Band Room! Armand currently serves as Executive and Artist director of the ROCmusic Collaborative in Rochester, NY and is Chair and Executive Committee Chair of El Sistema USA. We spoke about his path, going from physics to music, his time teaching at the University of Memphis, ROCmusic, El Sistema, the importance of getting...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Keith Kelly of The Global Bandroom Podcast to The Band Room! We spoke about Keith’s path to where he is, all things band in Ireland, the importance of the community band, the Global Band Room Podcast, travel, Irish composers and so much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod Help support the Band...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome tuba player, educator, and writer Dr. Karen Bulmer to The Band Room for the fourth installment of our Sectionals Series! Karen currently serves as the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) and is Associate Professor of Low Brass at Memorial University’s School of Music in St. John’s, Newfoundland. We spoke about her musical beginnings, the tuba, her path to MUN, mindfu...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Dr. Jason Nam, assistant professor of music in bands at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music to The Band Room. We spoke about the beginnings of his musical journey, his path to IU, tokenism in our field, the importance of expanding our canon, working with living composers and so much more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon http...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we welcome Manitoba-based music educator Sara Sulyma to the Band Room! We spoke about Sara’s musical beginnings, creating a safe space in the classroom, using more inclusive language, diverse programming, and more! Help support the Band Room Podcast by becoming a patron through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod Help support the Band Room Podcast by getti...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome oboist and composer extraordinaire, Elizabeth Raum to The Band Room! We spoke about her musical beginnings, playing in the Atlantic and Regina Symphonies, how she came back to composition,  facing criticism early in her compositional career and much more.  This month we feature Elizabeth Raum's, Suite from Carmen, the passion for wind octet, performed by the Toront...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Director of Bands at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Robert Taylor to The Band Room! Dylan and Cait chat with Rob about his musical beginnings, trusting your intuition, studying at Northwestern, the culture of collaboration at UBC, his programming process, queer identity and visibility in the wind band, and much more!   Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Beco...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome conductor, adjudicator, clinician and founder/artistic director of the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra, Colin Clarke to The Band Room. Dylan, Cait and Colin speak about his unique path to becoming a conductor, our role as educators during the pandemic, founding TYWO, his role as an adjudicator, dismantling the traditional view of the “maestro” and much more! Help Support t...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome saxophonist, educator and scholar, Dr. Jeffrey Leung to The Band Room for the third installment of our 'Sectionals Series'. Dylan, Cait and Jeffrey dive deep into topics of music pedagogy, musician wellness, being a good ensemble player, learning from some of the best and much more! Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https:...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we welcome composer Alex Shapiro to the Band Room! Dylan and Cait chat with Alex about why she loves the band community, how her environment influences her work, overcoming creative blocks and anxiety, adaptable music, the future of music publishing, and much more. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompo...

Send us Fan Mail This week Dylan and Cait take a break from chatting with guests and ask each other BRP listener questions. Everything from their earliest band memory, books that have inspired them, what makes a bad band piece, who would win a race, to what band instrument would they utilize as a weapon during a zombie apocalypse... Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through P...