The Band Room Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan Dagenais is a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator and one of Dylan's favourite colleagues to work with. Jonathan sits down with Dylan to discuss his musical upbringing, musical influences, compositional process, conducting career, what he looks for as an adjudicator and much more! Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https:...

Send us Fan Mail Dylan is going solo amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Your band can play the notes! Your band can play the rhythms! There’s even a crescendo! Now what? Join Dylan as he gives ideas to get your band playing beyond the notes on the page, improving their musicality through a mindset of focus and intent. This episode begins our new featured composer segment, this month featuring EKR Hammell...

Send us Fan Mail First episode of 2020! Join Dylan as he and Linda Wharton discuss growing up in London, Ontario, attending Western University, teaching at Central Secondary School, adjudicating, how music helped through trying times and coming full circle now teaching at Western University. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Director of Wind Ensembles at Arizona State University, Dr. Jason Caslor to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan as he and Jason discuss his formative years growing up in Saskatchewan, his time at University of Saskatchewan, University of Manitoba and Arizona State University, studying with Dale Lonis and Gary Hill, his time with the Thunder Bay Symphony, Memorial Universi...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome award-winning music educator, Sharon Fitzsimmins to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan as he and Sharon discuss her formative years, rebuilding a band program, her involvement in the OMEA, what adjudicators are looking for, involvement with Music Fest Canada and many words of wisdom for music educators. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patr...

Send us Fan Mail Season 2 has begun! We welcome composer, Cait Nishimura to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan and Cait as they discuss her formative years, finding her path as a musician, her compositional process, fighting self-doubt and why she does what she does. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.band...

Send us Fan Mail The Band Room is back after a long break! In Ep. 6 Dylan brings you music of Migration, featuring works inspired by travel in some way. Works by David Maslanka, Kelly-Marie Murphy and Adam Schoenberg show us the different forms migration might take. This episode features performances by the Texas A&M University Wind Symphony and Dr. Timothy B. Rhea, The Hannaford Street Silver...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome the wonderful Dr. Gillian MacKay, from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan as he and Dr. MacKay discuss her formative years growing up in Lethbridge, Alberta, when she caught the conducting bug, influential teachers and her thoughts on being a performing conductor/educator.  Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Pat...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is dedicated to all Band Room listeners in the great band state of Texas. Join Dylan in an episode entitled, Don't Mess With Texas, as he explores wind music of Texas, with works by Kevin Puts, Scott McAllister and Donald Grantham. Featuring the Baylor University Wind Ensemble with Dr. Eric Wilson, Michigan State University Wind Symphony with Dr. Kevin Stedatole...

Send us Fan Mail Dylan is not quite ready for summer to be over, so join him as he explores the Sounds of Summer! With works by Percy Grainger, Michael Colgrass and David Maslanka. Featuring the United States Marine Band, Rutgers Wind Ensemble and University of Texas Wind Ensemble. Big thanks to Mark Records for the use of the recordings used on today's episode.  Help Support the Band Room Po...

Send us Fan Mail Join Dylan as he brings you on a road trip across Canada's musical landscape! Looking at works by Dinuk Wijeratne, Andrew Staniland , Matthew Emery/E.K.R. Hammell and Howard Cable. Huge thanks to Mark Records for providing some of the great recordings used on today's podcast! Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/...

Send us Fan Mail To celebrate the very first episode of The Band Room, Dylan brings you music of new beginnings. Four very different beginnings but all the start of something new! Featuring works by Jonathan Newman, David Gillingham, Henry Kucharzyk and Gustav Holst. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.ban...