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Hosted by Melissa Slocum and Friends · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 65 episodes
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Encouragement from Musicians, Music Educators & Creatives for Creatives. Interesting interviews with music teachers, creatives, and musicians along with calming and topical encouragement as you face the challenges of everyday life. Find out what sounds and songs encourage other creatives and what keeps them hopeful, moving forward, and creative.
Melissa Slocum and Friends hosts Sounds of Encouragement, a music show with 65 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail Brenda Earle Stokes is a rare jazz artist with a true command of both the voice and the piano. Hailed as “a breezy delight” by Time Out New York, Brenda’s music is rooted in the jazz tradition with influ
Send us Fan Mail Brian Witkowski’s path has moved through the worlds of classical singing, voice teaching, and coaching—but the thread running through all of it is his belief in the power of a person’s voice to shape the
Send us Fan Mail Katie has taught piano for nearly twenty years, and her love for the instrument began after taking lessons with a family friend at age six. Even in moments of deep frustration with the challenges of maki
Send us Fan Mail Michael Faire is a semi-active musician in North Georgia. A freelance collegiate trombonist turned music business professional, Michael now serves as the Instruments, Sales and Rentals Manager at Big Not
Send us Fan Mail Donna Hughes has written north of 500 songs. She has released 6 albums, containing mostly original material. Nominated for Songwriter of the Year in 2024 & 2025, for the SPBGMA Awards, her songs have bee
Send us Fan Mail Donna Hughes has written north of 500 songs. She has released 6 albums, containing mostly original material. Nominated for Songwriter of the Year in 2024 & 2025, for the SPBGMA Awards, her songs have bee
Send us Fan Mail As a Performance and Confidence Coach, Adam Cole wants to transform the world, one person at a time. Adam writes about the central issues keeping us from moving: fear, doubt, lack of awareness of ourselv
Send us Fan Mail Sarah Boyd, MM is a piano teacher, early childhood music specialist, and all-things music education enthusiast. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Grove City College and a Master of Music Educa
Send us Fan Mail Award-winning music educator Merlin B. Thompson (PhD, MA, BMus) is the Creator and Founder of Teach Music 21C - a music teacher professional development program that highlights 21st century teaching tool
Send us Fan Mail Celeste Watson (MM, MS, NCTM) helps musicians achieve artistry through well-coordinated use of the body. She holds credentials in performing arts medicine, piano performance, and music education and coor
Send us Fan Mail David Lane is an award-winning composer and arranger for film, concert, and musical theatre. He is the host of two podcasts: LIFE IN THE PIT (which is devoted to telling the stories of instrumentalists w
Send us Fan Mail ANDREA GRODY is an Olivier and Drama Desk Award-nominated music director, arranger, and composer with a focus on developing new work. She is the Music Director & Music Supervisor of the Tony Award-winnin
Send us Fan Mail Artist Gurm was born in India, grew up in China and currently resides in Thailand. Having grown up and been schooled in an international environment, immersed throughout in a multi-cultural atmosphere, s
Send us Fan Mail Lauren Best lives where the Pottawatomi River meets Georgian Bay, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (now known as Owen Sound, Ontario). She is an interdisciplinary creative with a multifacet
Send us Fan Mail Lauren Best lives where the Pottawatomi River meets Georgian Bay, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (now known as Owen Sound, Ontario). She is an interdisciplinary creative with a multifacet
Send us Fan Mail Chris Rugowski is the man, or chicken as he is known to many, behind Chicken or The Egg Photography. He is a photojournalist who captures your authentic story. As of 2023, he’s been in photography for ab
Send us Fan Mail Pam Asberry, M.M., has over forty years of professional experience as a music educator, adjudicator, performer, recording artist, speaker, author, composer and arranger. A BMI artist, she has released ni
Send us Fan Mail Asher began classical violin training at the tender age of 2 and had already performed with the Buffalo philharmonic by age 13. Asher’s expertise in improvisation across multiple genres has led him to a
Send us Fan Mail Katie Dahl is a songwriter and playwright whose work is as expansive as Lake Michigan and as deeply rooted as its rocky coastal bluffs. A small-town celebrity on the Wisconsin peninsula where her family
Send us Fan Mail Owner/Instructor at the Linda Kennedy School of Piano and Voice, Linda began as an educator, arranger and performer at the age of 14. Mrs. Kennedy is both a degreed and Nationally Certified teacher. She
Brenda Earle Stokes
Musician, Educator, Jazz Artist
1 appearance on this show
Adam Cole
Performance & Confidence Coach · Cole Sports
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Boyd
MM, Early Childhood Music Specialist · Clay County Sheriff's Office
1 appearance on this show
David Lane
Sports Illustrated Tickets
1 appearance on this show
Asher Laub
Electric Violinist and Producer
1 appearance on this show
Sam Reti
Guitarist, Teacher, Founder of Muzie.Live · Muzie.Live
1 appearance on this show
Eric Branner
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Sounds of Encouragement is hosted by Melissa Slocum and Friends. The show is categorised under music (interviews) and has published 65 episodes.
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