We discuss approaching if differences in opinion regarding pedagogy in a professional setting.

Our friend George dropped by to talk about building his program and what it was like to have a performance degree in Saxophone and step into an 80% Guitar job.

This we we discuss in identifying core literature to our profession, its musical and pedagogical value and how to implement it into our curriculum.

This we we talk about DOK and questioning strategies to develop better assessments.

It's that time of year: everybody is sick and tired of being sick and tired. We discuss the Dark Evil Vortex of Late September, October and November.

Olin was out of town and we ended up recording on the evening of Halloween, so that dominated our conversation

We bring on our friend Julie to talk about Growth vs. Fixed mindsets and teaching music.

We spiral back to our conversation about teaching music beyond the score and what else we can do to teach comprehensive musicianship.

Sus is gone this week so we get to nerd out about band!

We open the discussion on designing curriculum and units of study beyond the score. Also, Sus talks about how big her room is...

We discuss the benefits of a music supervisor in the district, what they can do and why they are important.

John hijacks the conversation to discuss the concerns he has regarding co-curricular conflicts and performances, and finding solutions.

We discuss our communications with parents and our differingresponsibilities for our Back to School Nights.

We discuss new program items we're taking on this year and how that affects our teaching.

We talk about our first days back, how they're different from years past and what we're focused on this year right out of the gate.

For our first episode back after summer (not all of us were teaching yet), we brought in a friend wo's been teaching a bit longer, but has recently completed a masters degree over summers and is still taking opportunities regularly every summer to grow.

We're taking a break for the summer and will be back at the end of July/beginning of August. We discuss our years in review and our goal for next year: to try to build more of a community and interaction with people who listen to the podcast.

We hinvited our friend Jeff on to talk about putting together a band/choir trip and the lessons we've all learned from that process.

As the year winds down we focus on what we need to do now to ensure success next year.

Veronica was out of town so we decided to have some fun...

This week We toss around our experience with end of he year concerts, auditions, graduation and the like.

We bring on our friend Brittany to discuss teaching music in a secular private school, her experiences teaching general music, and how her primary instrument (Harp) has influenced her teaching.

We continue our discussion on technology in the music classroom.

This week we talk about how each of us use technology in the classroom and some of the tools we've seen used to great effect.

We recorded the podcast on Easter Sunday, and so thought to bend the topic towards the discussion of Sacred and Secular Music in the classroom.

This week we continue our discussion on Student Motivation

For Episode 30 (!) we discuss the value of festivals to our programs and to us as young teachers.

This week we talk about what exactly motivates our students and our own experiences in ensembles as students and how they compare.

This week we dig into the benefits and costs of teaching mixed classes as beginners and the prioritization of teaching technique over ensemble skills.

We invite our friend Heather on to talk about her experiences moving into a band program after playing cello and teaching strings her entire life. It's a bit interesting to note the change in our group dynamic from recording on Sunday Morning to Friday evening.

We discuss how each of us recruit and grow our programs as well as the unique challeges that each of us face based on our specific schools and student deomgraphics.

We sit down with our friends Kevin Diggins and Amanda Poon, both of whom attended Holy Names to earn a Masters of Music in Music Education with a Kodaly emphasis. They discuss how they fold the Kodaly method into their teaching in general music and elementary and middle school choir and band.

No guest this week as we check in on Olin's favorite topic to debate: which is more important in Music education, the process or its product.

This week we re-visit general music, this time with a 3rd year teacher from the Washoe County School district in Nevada.

We sit down with Bethany Moslen, the Assistant Director of the Cal Aggie Marching Band-uh to talk about teaching special populations. Bethany has a M.Ed. in Special Education and our conversation leans towards how that affects her teaching practices as a music educator.

We invite our friend Shane on to talk about his first year teaching general music and elementary band.

We met up with Dr. Seggelke in McCormick place, so there's a bit of background noise in this episode. Dr. Seggelke is the director of bands at Illinois State University and currently serves as the artistic director and conductor of the San Francisco Wind Symphony. His bio can be found here: http://www.seggelke.info/wordpress/?page_id=2

We arranged an interview with Dr. Chapman while we were in Chicago. Dr. Chapman is the director of bands at Oregon State, where Olin got to study under him for two years. His bio can be found on their website

http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/users/christopher-chapman

In which we discuss our experiences at Midwest. All of the materials and handouts from the midwest clinic that we reference will be available on the Midwest Clinic's website: Midwestclinic.org