Music (ed) Matters

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Episode 164: Episode 164 - Jen Rafferty: Empowered, Aligned, and Taking Care of You! Jun 27, 2023

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Let’s talk about living into your most authentic version of YOU! Educator, author, and international public speaker, Jen Rafferty started as a middle school music teacher for 15 years in Central New York. She is known for bringing her energy, humor and expertise in her presentations while inspiring educators to stay connected to their "why." Jen is a certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. Since its inception, the Empowered Educator has reached teachers and school leaders all over the world. Jen has been featured in Authority Magazine, Medium, Thrive Global, Voyage MIA, and was on the TEDx stage with her talk, Generational Change begins with Empowered Teachers. She is also the host of the podcast, Take Notes with Jen Rafferty, which is rated in the top 3% of podcasts globally. In this episode we cover tons of tools, tips, and techniques to help you empower and align your world including: The sacrifice/renewal cycle as the problem & the solution for burnout.The power of language & how it reflects and directs our reality.Swapping work/life balance for work/life blend.The difference between positive psychology and toxic positivity.How the “shoulds" and "supposed-to's" are what's keeping you from work satisfaction. Learn more about Jen Rafferty: https://empowerededucator.com/https://www.facebook.com/groups/empowerededucatorfacultyroomhttps://www.instagram.com/jenrafferty_/ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AyJYdbuiWNw The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com Order your copy of “The Business of Choir" - check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

Episode 163: Episode 163 - An A&C Curated Episode: Composer/Author Dale Trombore - “Know Your Own Process” Jun 20, 2023

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Dale Trumbore is a Los Angeles-based composer and writer whose music has been called "devastatingly beautiful" (The Washington Post) and praised for its "soaring melodies and beguiling harmonies deployed with finesse" (The New York Times). Trumbore's compositions have been performed by the Chicago Symphony's MusicNOW ensemble, Conspirare and the Miró Quartet, soprano Liv Redpath, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Modesto Symphony, and Pasadena Symphony. She has written extensively about working through creative blocks and establishing a career in music in essays and in her first book, Staying Composed. Learn more about Trumbore’s music and writing at daletrumbore.com. In this episode, we talk about collaboration and advocacy related to composers, writers, and more! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tKVY7X-sxVs The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

Episode 162: Episode 162 - LIVE From Choir Tour (featuring singers from Clemson University on tour with Perform International) Jun 13, 2023

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Ever wonder what the singers think after their FIRST international choir tour? Yea - me too! And in May, I got to go on tour as the “artistic advisor” with Clemson University Singers, under the direction of Dr. Anthony Bernarducci, as they traveled to London, Cambridge, Canterbury, Rouen, and Paris with Perform International. In this episode, you’ll hear from singers of all backgrounds - performing arts, engineering, history, and more! - as they answer their most memorable tour moments. We recorded this while waiting in line to go up the Eiffel Tower on their last full day in Paris before heading back to the States. We hope this episode inspires you to explore - explore new music, explore new places, or even just explore more ways to infuse your singer’s thoughts, cares, and interests into your choral communities. Learn more about Clemson Choirs Here: https://www.clemson.edu/caah/academics/performing-arts/perform/choir.html The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

Episode 161: Episode 161 - “The Dr. Is In” Audio Book Sample Jun 06, 2023

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Kicking off summer with an audiobook sample from "The Business of Choir." Setting up the stage to tell your story and giving you ideas after we just left the Chorus America Conference super inspired. Check out more at BusinessofChoir.com. Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

Episode 160: Episode 160 - Jeff Wall - Developing Black-Belt Choral Musicians: Transferable Lessons from the Jiu-Jitsu Mats May 30, 2023

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Transferable lessons from the Jiu-Jitsu mat?! Yes, please! Meet Dr. Jeff Wall, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK but also an avid practicer of jiu-jitsu. In this conversation, we connect the dots on what we can apply from the mat to the choral/singing space. You’re going to love this! Connect with Dr. Wall: www.jefferywall.com www.voxsolaris.net www.nsuokchoirs.com Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LcpkPKNwkRM The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

Episode 159: Episode 159 - Josh Habermann and The International Conductors Exchange Program (An ACDA Advocacy & Collaboration Curation Episode) May 23, 2023

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In this month’s ACDA Advocacy and Collaboration Curated Episode you get to meet a fellow ACDA Standing Committee Chair, Dr. Joshua Habermann. Habermann chairs the International Activities Committee and in this conversation we explore what they do and why or how you can participate - but we also talk about Dr. Habermann’s work in the professional chamber choir world with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale as well as thoughts on work-life balance and choices that all conductors face. This episode has a little bit of everything - including vulnerability - and we can’t wait for you to give it a listen to see what collaborations or advocacy moments it inspires! Find out more about the ACDA International Activities Standing Committee: https://desertchorale.org/about/our-people/ https://acda.org/resources/icep Listen to this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XbZcflYHnMQ The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

Episode 158: Episode 158 - The Record Players NYC (especially for Rock and Roll and Songwriting) May 16, 2023

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Where are my “avid consumers of music?” This episode is for you! It’s also for those that love rock and roll, want to learn more about the roots of the genre, are thinking of starting a band, learning a new instrument, or figuring out ideas for marketing your musical thing…yes, we cover a lot in this episode! Meet Roberta and Syd, members/creators of the rock and roll band, The Record Players NYC. In this conversation, we talk about how they got into music, how their band started, and what we can all learn as they explore writing new songs and expanding their band’s reach. It was a blast to capture their story and I can’t wait for you to meet them! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aywUTgC49bY Subscribe and listen to The Record Players NYC on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@therecordplayersnyc/featured or follow them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheRecordPlayersNYC/. The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

Episode 157: Episode 157 - Kerry Fergus and Score Study (especially for Musical Theater) May 09, 2023

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Meet Kerry Fergus, a classically trained vocalist with a master's in acting who also blogs and has a passion for helping folks - especially new music readers - find the hidden gems in scores through the power of score study! In this conversation, we explore 5 starting points for score study, no matter how much or little music reading skills, we look at how exploring these elements can help you interpret, understand, and ultimately enjoy the music - all you need is a set of ears and a score to look at - it’s that easy, and Kerry will explain how! This episode is geared toward Musical Theater, but the applications to choir, band, and general music are incredible - can’t wait to hear what you think! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/w2CLvdmJCVI The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

Episode 156: Episode 156 - Project Management and Music w/Choir Founder/Director of Operations, Cuffy Sullivan May 02, 2023

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Let’s apply Project Management skills and “how to start an organization” experiences in one fun, business brainstorming podcast session! In this episode, you’ll hear from RISE Chorales’ Director of Operations, Cuffy Sullivan. Cuffy is an expert organizer, has founded multiple choral organizations, and is really great at thinking of the administrative things that help artsy people stay organized and creative. Listen to this episode to hear suggestions for starting your own organization or to hear the new model RISE is implementing moving forward and why. I’ve been so excited for you to meet Cuffy - can’t wait to release this one! The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

Episode 155: Episode 155 - Illuminate Podcast Replay: Entrepreneurship with Kewaan Drayton Apr 25, 2023

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Let’s make some transfers! What can choir and music folks learn from the entrepreneur world? This episode is a replay from the Illuminate Podcast, a non-music pod that Dr. Burch hosts and teased out in last week’s episode 154. In this episode, you get to hear the story of entrepreneur, business coach, and film producer, Kewaan Drayton. He shares his story about building his dreams and how you can make it happen too! Listen to this episode if you’re looking for some entrepreneurial inspiration, ideas to get started, or simply want to hear a great story from an authentic soul with actionable ideas! Links from the episode: Kewaan DraytonSCORE.org“The Black, The White, and The Grey” by Mashama Bailey and John O. MorisanoDeion SandersCitizens Advocacy Group Follow The Illuminate Podcast:Illuminate Podcast on InstagramIlluminate Podcast on TwitterIlluminate Podcast on FacebookPatreon.com/TheIlluminatePod Follow Sandyboy Productions:Sandyboy Productions on TwitterSandyboy Productions on Instagram The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more! **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell

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