Sus is back trying to solve a few problems with her leadership staff, we break down some lessons learned from our concerts and the semester.

Recorded 12/15/2019

We talk about how to best ensure follow-through with your giant to-do list before the next iteration of whatever it is: new semester, new marching season, new school year. What are some steps to take to make sure the job gets done the way you want it to and things don't get left by the wayside.

Recorded 12.8.2019

We're back from Break, and wary about this post Thanksgiving season. Nov 1st was on a Friday which means when we left for  break "Next Month" was actually "Next Week" and that feeling in the air is just a little bit of panic.

Recorded 12/1/2019

We had an opportunity to record close to our release date and make our episode topical, so gratitude ends up being the name of the game. We take a break from all our worries and strife of teaching to focus on what we're grateful for. We hope it finds you on your travel to or from family this break.

Recorded 11/24/2019

This late in the semester in can be frustrating if your classroom procedures have eroded due to lack of maintenance. We talk a bit of our on experience of how and why that happens and about getting back on track.

Recorded 11/11/2019

I talk this week with Dr. Redfield about the easy mistakes first year directors make with their bands, and peel back the curtain on what made Robert McQueen HS in Reno such a powerhouse.

Dr. Redfield's Bio can be found here.

Recorded 11/5/2019

This week we take a look at alternative forms of administrative evaluations that one might be able to use in their own professional development.

Recorded 11/3/2019

So your fundraiser was successful and you have a pile of money, how do you navigate the financial bureaucracy of your new school and spend that money on your students and program? These are the questions Sus brings us today, and we thought it would maybe be helpful for newer teachers to lay out the processes by which we spend money and support our students.

This week I sit down with Max Kiesner, director at our local city college to talk about how he's adjusting to his new gig, and what universal concepts he tries to teach whether he's in front of a bunch of green freshmen, a high powered performance ensemble or a bunch of adults who may or may not practice as much as we'd all like. It's a grab bag of sorts but it was a very insightful conversation.

Recorded 10/8/19

This week we share how we integrate singing, pitch memory, dictation and other musicianship exercises into our lessons.

Recorded 9/29/2019

This week I sit down with Clyde Quick to talk form, organizing the year into units, and choosing charts to teach concepts.

Veronica is exhausted by her seventh graders who don't know how to "band" yet and are not used to delayed gratification when they have questions. What do you do to teach problem solving with your youngest students?

Recorded 9.22.19

This week I sit down with Josh Murray at Rio Americano High School to talk swing, and some of the most fundamental steps one can take towards establishing a swinging rhythm section.

Recorded 9.5.19

This week we discuss a few opportunities to help build community in your ensembles, but our main focus is on the different organizational systems we use for lesson planning and keep on top of the workload of being a program administrator as well as a teacher. Some things work for each of us but don't work for others.

Recorded 09.08.2019

So, Jazz Workshop is the new project we're sprinkling in between family episodes of AMusEd. This week we have on Bobby Rogers. He and John discuss at length what he does to get his kids improvising from day one.

Recorded August 6, 2019

We're back, catching up about changes in our teaching loads and what we're excited about for the coming year.

Recorded 8.24.2019

Our friend Jeff just took a new job where he has to teach a string orchestra. He brought his questions to the podcast. Warning: John talks a lot on this one.

Recorded June 9 2019

Time for our grab bag episode at the end of the year. We talk about Olin's Presentation at the CBDNA Athletics Bands Symposium, student recognition and awards and an assortment of other topics along the way. We'll have a few more episodes out before we wrap our season for the summer.

Recorded June 3 2019

This week we talk with one of Olin's graduating students who is going off to teach in a one music teacher town. We discuss not only the challenges of being a first year teacher but also the challenges of teaching in a rural community.

Recorded 5.18.2019

We spend a lot of time advocating on behalf of our students, our programs and for music education in general. Sometimes we need to take a second and look into standing up for and taking care of ourselves as well.

What can you do at the end of the semester after the final concert? What sorts of units can you build into the curriculum that are not performance based to engage your students?

Recorded 5/5/2019

This week we discuss the difference in scope and mission of a class and a program in the performing arts.

Sus has questions about building the program off of an all inclusive class in the fall and several classes split off of that in the spring, with  the focus on bringing community and a sense of belonging to her program.

recorded 4/11/2019

John gets some (more) on air therapy and we talk out some steps moving forward for our programs. Not as much Jazz pedagogy on this episode, but there's sure to be more to come.

Recorded April 7, 2019

Who do you bring in front of your kids for feedback for them and your own teaching? It's Festival Season, so that's on most folks minds, but how else do you engage with feedback for your own teaching and who do you turn to for that?

Recorded April 3 2019.

Or should we say "joys." Selena speaks to teaching band orchestra and choir at the middle school level, and how equally challenging and rewarding it is.

Veronica is looking for best practices in a world with so many demands on our kids time.

Recorded 3.17.2019

What values are on display in your audition process? How does it tell the kids what you value and what you are looking for in them. How does it tell them what is important to you? 

Recorded 3/10/2019

Anne stops by this week in a crossover episode (we're still building our expanded universe) to talk about a few resources for General Music teachers and some of her experiences developing as a teacher in Texas.

For more resources, check out her podcast, the Anacrusic Podcast, which can be found at our network site Mutedpodcasts.com

The Holy Names folk song inventory she mentioned can be found here

Recorded 3/3/2019

John and Veronica start a discussion about designing or re-designing curriculum over the summer (for units!).

AMusEd is moving to a Wednesday release schedule to better coordinate with our other MuTeD network podcast pals. You can find Everything Band on Mondays, AMusEd on Wednesdays and the Anacrusic Podcast on Thursdays. Source Material will remain on a monthly release for now.

We discuss what we walked away from our state conference with and talk a bit about master's programs and other avenues of professional development.

Recorded 1/13/2019, our first week back from break. We sat down with Brandon to hash out some questions he had about the different ways our schools scheduled classes, as his is going through a change now and he was interested in how other schedules affected ensemble classes.

This is the kickoff episode for our second semester for this season, where we discuss our goals for our teaching in the second semester.

Recorded 1/21/2019

So this one jumped the queue. Dr. Eric Hammer passed away on Monday 1/28/2019 and this podcast session was spent reflecting on our memories of him and how we processed our grief this week making music with our students.

Recorded 2/2/2019