Education Through Music Podcasts

This summer, we had the privilege to speak with Jessica Peresta, veteran music educator and founder and CEO of The Domestic Musician. Jessica started her teaching career at a low-income elementary school in Tulsa, OK, and over several years, built a successful program that won her Teacher of the Year and Teacher of Today awards. She currently is the elementary music teacher at The Hill School, as...

We had the privilege to speak with Anthony McGill, leading soloist, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, and the first African-American principal player in the organization’s history. Hailed for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” ( New York Times) and recipient of the 2020 Avery Fisher Prize – one of classical music’s most significant awards – Anthony shar...

In this month's special episode, we explore the origins and impact of ETM's inaugural high school composition contest. The contest was based upon the ETM-authored music technology curriculum unit, "Trap Beats for Change," in which high school students produce an original composition by creating a trap beat and incorporating audio samples that promote a social justice cause. We speak with students,...

This month we had the pleasure of speaking with Andreea Gleeson, CEO of TuneCore and a leading innovator in the music industry. Drawing on her years of experience as an eCommerce pioneer in the retail industry, Andreea joined TuneCore in 2015 as a member of the senior leadership team and rose to CEO in 2021. She shares with us her early experiences with music education and her trajectory in helpin...

This month we had the pleasure of speaking with Naomi Fernandez, Associate Director of Curriculum and Professional Development at ETM, to discuss the importance and practice of advocating for music education in our schools. Naomi is a veteran music educator who brings to ETM an unmatched level of experience teaching in the classroom, building K-12 music programs, developing culturally responsive c...

In this week's episode, we had the privilege to speak with Waleed Diab, a music and technology industry leader who currently serves as the Director, Global Head of Recorded Music Business Development at YouTube. Waleed is also an ETM Board Member who shares with us stories of his early exposure to music, its influence on his career, and his perspective on the critical relationship between music, c...

For our second episode of Notables , music industry executive, Chris Atlas, shares how a musical childhood in the Bronx influenced his career choices, bringing him first to Tommy Boy Records, where he worked with the likes of De La Soul, all the way to serving as an Executive Vice President at Warner Records.

In our newest podcast series, Notables , ETM Instructional Supervisor Noah Teachey sits down with leaders in the music, technology, finance, and related industries to learn about the influential role that music has played in their lives. For our first episode, Noah speaks with Andy Hilfiger , fashion industry leader and musician, as he walks us through his early experiences with music and how they...

For this Black History Month, Noah sits down with fellow Instructional Supervisor Elijah Thomas to discuss approaches to centering Black History in the music classroom this month and every month. Their insightful conversation explores the role that music education has in shaping culture and its ability to inspire innovative ways for students to understand and respond to the truth of our country's...

In part II of this episode, Noah continues the conversation with Marta, Joe, and Alfredo, ETM Teachers who recently led successful concerts at their partner elementary, middle, and high schools, respectively. They discuss the unique approaches they took to prepare their students for their school concerts and share insightful advice for early career music teachers preparing for their first student...

In this month’s two-part episode, Noah is joined by Marta, Joe, and Alfredo, ETM Teachers who recently led successful concerts at their partner schools. They discuss concerts that have inspired them, what they have brought to their teaching careers from their experiences as performers, and the best practices and advice they would share with early career music teachers preparing for their first stu...

In this month’s episode, Noah sits down with ETM teacher Arielle Lewis to discuss the role that music education plays in teaching trust and care. Arielle speaks about her personal experiences coping in the classroom in the midst of personal turmoil, as well as the redemption she experienced through building her music programs and preparing for her ukulele ensemble’s special holiday performance thi...

Noah sits down with Dr. Jim Frankel, veteran music educator and Founder/Director of MusicFirst, to discuss the many ways in which technology amplifies the impact of a complete music education and serves as a facilitator for accessibility in the music classroom.

Noah leads a round table discussion among Education Through Music's Instructional Supervisors to explore what early career music teachers need to know to build an inclusive, supportive learning environment, while offering encouragement and guidance to music teachers at the beginning of their careers.

In this first episode of Education Through Music: The Podcast, Noah sits down with Education Through Music teachers to discuss the importance of music in schools. They reflect on their own lives as music students and connect these formative experiences to the important work they do now as teachers.