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After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators is a music education podcast from Amro Music Stores, Inc. Our After Hours podcast host, Nick Averwater, facilitates engaging conversations each week with band directors, private music teachers, general music educators, orchestra directors, and other music industry professionals just like you. Each podcast guest shares practical advice on things like classroom management in your band program, placing beginners on instruments, band and orchestra recruitment strategies, band boosters, fundraising, and more. The goal of After Hours is to provide a podcast for band directors, orchestra directors, and music educators with strategies for both "on-podium" and “off-podium” skills that can help create a school music program that you can be proud of. If you can't find what you're looking for in our current episodes, we'd love to hear from you! Send us an email with questions or topics you'd like to see addressed in the podcast.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAfter Hours: Conversations for Music Educators is a music education podcast from Amro Music Stores, Inc. Our After Hours podcast host, Nick Averwater, facilitates engaging conversations each week with band directors, private music teachers, general music educators, orchestra directors, and other music industry professionals just like you.
After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators is hosted by Amro Music. The show has published 168 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "There Was No Band Program For 20 Years. Then This Educator Restarted It." (3 November 2025, 42 minutes), "Creating a Successful Band Experience for Students With Differences And Disabilities" (10 October 2025, 43 minutes), and "When Two Marching Bands In The Same Small City Compete At The State-Champion Level" (16 September 2025, 32 minutes).
After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 168 episodes.
Booking probability for After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators's contact route on record: verified email.
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Amro Music hosts After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators, a music podcast with 168 episodes published.
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Episode #4
This week Nick Averwater talks with Jacob Abbott, Performing Arts Director at Dresden High School in Dresden, TN , which is a town of around 3,000 people in Northwest Tennessee, and is just over 100 miles from both...
Episode #3
This week Nick Averwater talks with Dr. Alice Hammel , a music educator who has dedicated her 40-year career to making music programs more supportive, productive, and enjoyable for students with differences and...
Episode #2
This week Nick Averwater continues his conversation with Kim Webb, High School Band Director at Greene County Tech in Paragould, Arkansas. Paragould is a city of around 30,000 people located 65 miles northwest of...
Episode #1
This week Nick Averwater talks with Kim Webb, High School Band Director at Greene County Tech in Paragould, Arkansas. Paragould is a city of around 30,000 people located 65 miles northwest of Memphis. In 2024 The Greene...
Episode #24
In this episode Nick Averwater continues his conversation with John Easley, Middle Tennessee Educational Representative for Amro Music, and Andrew Demolat , Band Director at Rockvale Middle School, which is part of the...
Episode #23
This week we're talking about how to make the most of the instrument rental meeting as Nick Averwater talks with John Easley, Middle Tennessee Educational Representative for Amro Music, and Andrew Demolat , Band...
Episode #22
We're posting this on Thursday, July 17, 2025, and it's the fourth in a series of six episodes designed to help you get ready for the new school year. We'll also have new episodes in this back to school series next...
Episode #21
We're posting this on Monday, July 14, 2025. It's the third in a series of six episodes designed to help you get ready for the new school year. We'll have new episodes in this back to school series this Thursday, July...
Episode #20
We're posting this on Thursday, July 10, 2025, and it's the second of six episodes designed to help you get ready for the new school year. We'll have new episodes Monday and Thursday for the next two weeks, so we hope...
Episode #19
This week we kick off a series of six episodes designed to get you ready for the upcoming school year. We're posting this episode on Monday, July 7, 2025, and we'll have new episodes this Thursday, July 10th, as well as...
Episode #18
This week Nick Averwater continues his conversation with Dr. John Zastoupil, Director of Bands at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville . In this episode we'll learn more about the responsibilities of the job away...
Episode #17
This week Nick Averwater talks with Dr. John Zastoupil, Director of Bands at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville . In this episode we'll learn about the musical path that brought Dr. Zastoupil to UT three years...
Episode #16
This week Nick Averwater continues his conversation with Faith Serna, Assistant Band Director and Color Guard Coordinator at Highland High School in Highland, Arkansas. The Highland School District serves several small...
Episode #15
This week Nick Averwater talks with Faith Serna , Assistant Band Director and Color Guard Coordinator at Highland High School in Highland, AR. The Highland School District serves several small towns in north central...
Episode #14
This week we wrap up our six-part series looking at recruiting students for your band program as Nick Averwater continues his conversation with Brent Hopper , Nathan Anderson , and Brandan Bakkala . Brent is Middle...
Episode #13
This week we continue with episode five of our six-part series looking at recruiting students for your band program as Nick Averwater talks with Brent Hopper, Nathan Anderson, and Brandan Bakkala. Brent is Middle School...
Episode #12
This week we continue with episode four of our six-part series looking at recruiting students for your band program as Nick Averwater continues his conversation with Joe Quinnelly , Reggie Coleman , and Daniel Ritch...
Episode #11
This week we continue with episode three of our six-part series looking at recruiting students for your band program as Nick Averwater talks with Joe Quinnelly, Reggie Coleman, and Daniel Ritch. Joe Quinnelly is...
Episode #10
This week we continue our series taking a closer look at recruiting students for your band program, and we'll hear the second part of a conversation Nick Averwater had with Brittany Jerrell and Emma Lang. Brittany is...
Episode #9
This week we're kicking off a series taking a closer look at recruiting students for your band program, a topic that seems to come up in nearly every episode of the podcast, and one that you have asked us to address...
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