Kyle sits down with Chadwick Kamei - band director at Pearl CIty High School and the University of Hawaii West Oahu to discuss all of their shared hawaii experiences in the band world, and highlight some amazing band directing that is happening on O'ahu.

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Julius Tolentino joins the show to discuss programming music of substance for a means of developing your jazz musicians in a way that will foster growth, and understanding of the rich history of Jazz

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Steve Nendza is an elementary school principal and a long time band director. He joins the show to give us advice to help connect with our admin, especially for those observations - how to make common ground and explain what we do to administrators who don't understand band!

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On Teaching Band

Learn some steps that you can take to help your beginning band be more successful - better balanced - have less instrument switching - happier band parents and more student success!

⁠Krystle Smith⁠ has been the Director of Bands at Westbrook Middle School since 2006.

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Join Kyle and Dirkjan van Groningen (Netherlands) for a discussion around using backing tracks to improve the skills of your percussion students.Band Music CenterAudio StretchThe Benefits of Preparing Percussion Music with RecordingsDirkjan's Youtube ChannelStormbreak-Jim Casella

Jake Sturtevant is a seasoned band director and professional piano player. In this session we go through exactly what to have your kids play, and what to ignore in those jazz band charts! It is quite simple! Complete with demonstration....less is more - and you really only need two notes! ⁠https://Jakesturtevant.com⁠

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Matt Klohs is a conductor and musician with a rich and deep history of musical excellence worldwide. Based out of Perth, Australia, he joins the show as part 2 of this rich discussion around all things band!
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Knowing the music at a deeper level gives you energy and excitement, which will show in your teaching and transfer to your students. Using four examples we show you some possible ways to include score study in your teaching! ⁠Down a Country Lane - Copland/Patterson⁠ (Gr. 2.5) ⁠Cenotaph - Jack Stamp⁠ (Gr. 3.5) ⁠On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - David Holsinger⁠ (Gr. 3) American Salute - Morton Gould/Wagner⁠ (Gr. 3.5)

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