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Hosted by Kyle Smith · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 452 episodes
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Our mission is to share practical advice and explore topics that will help every band director, no matter your experience level, as well as music education students who are working to join us in the coming years.To gain access to all show notes and audio files please Subscribe to the podcast and consider supporting the show on Patreaon - using the button at the top of growingband.com
Kyle Smith hosts The Growing Band Director, a education show with 452 episodes published.
Support the Show Here Jacob Lamontagne is a third year teacher with an old soul. He is constantly finding ways to improve as a band director, and he shares some of these insights with Kyle. To gain access to all show n
Support the Show Here Mike Collins Dowden is a beginning band teacher as well as published composer of jazz and concert music. Hear his story on how he started writing for his students, and the encouragement for teache
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Rob Westerberg joins the show to share lessons he has learned and things that he wish he knew when he started teaching in an effort to help us all learn to be better teachers. Have Fun and Try Not to Mess Up Support the
Support the Show Here Ever wonder what traits would make a great bass player for your band? Ever wonder what tools would help YOU teach your bass player at a higher level, even if they are a total beginner? In this e
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As a follow up to Episode 171 - Krystle sits down with Erin and Daniel from Faith Baptist School in Virginia to discuss effective ways to set beginning band students up for success. Full Presentation Support the Show Her
Support the Show Here Hear from one of todays best composers for young jazz band. We talk about ways to have a successful jazz program including advice on set up, improvisation, music selection and much more! We also
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Philip Walters (Anchorage, AK) shares the details of the Solo and Ensemble unit that he uses to create a diversified experience for students at different levels in his band program. Support the Show Here To gain access t
Trae Blanco is the Director of Bands at Butler University, and joins the show to discuss some practical conducting challenges and solutions to help you become the best conductor for your students. Look Like Their Sound -
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Tom Snow joins the show to discuss many concepts that will help jazz teachers and jazz students improve their musicianship. Support the Show Here To gain access to all show notes and audio files please Subscribe to the p
Kyle sits down with fellow band podcaster Rob Hammerton for a session that is also available, in part, on his podcast Bandwagon. We have a talk that includes information on both podcasts, what brought each of us to hosti
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Kyle is the guest on the Behind the Baton Podcast with Shawn Knopp. Support the Show Here To gain access to all show notes and audio files please Subscribe to the podcast and consider supporting the show on Patreon - usi
We often teach our students to follow directions to a point where they produce quality performances, but could we do anything different as band directors to help our students be more independent? Scott Jones joins the sh
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Sam Johnson is an inspirational football coach and teacher. He joins Kyle to talk about the shared culture, as well as the differences, that exsist between the band and football programs at Westbrook High School. Support
Clark Terry was the most influencial jazz educator in history, and his music and message are being kept alive by Chris Humphrey in his albums The Voice of Clark Terry Vol 1 and Vol 2. These albums take the solos and melo
Elizabeth Taylor
Esthetician, Former Entrepreneur, known as the ‘Brow Girl of Brooklyn’ · The Western Federation of Colored Women
1 appearance on this show
Tom Snow
author of The Daily Stand
1 appearance on this show
Rachel Allen
marketing strategist and communications expert · The Peace and Justice Institute
1 appearance on this show
Anne Chambers
Light of Christ Catholic Schools
1 appearance on this show
Larry Clark
Excelcia Music Publishing
1 appearance on this show
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