Music (ed) Matters

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Episode 144: Episode 144 - Adrian Gordon (Transitioning to a new school and building a thriving music program) Feb 07, 2023

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How do you define thriving? What do you do during transitions? When do we need to access new tools and techniques? This episode features composer, author, performing, and music educator, Adrain Gordon as we explore his career as an orchestral conductor/educator, composer, and author of a new book, “Note to Self.” You’ll walk away from this episode with questions to keep you motivated, centered, and balanced. Learn more about Mr. Adrian Gordon: https://www.adriangordonmusic.com/bio Get your copy of “Note to Self” by Mr. Gordon: https://www.adriangordonmusic.com/bio-1 or find it on Amazon Learn more about ASTA (American String Teachers Association) https://www.astastrings.org/ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cWTVcxBioek Looking for more to reach? 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 **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

Episode 143: Episode 143 - Dr. Peter Steenblik (Finding New Ways to Engage…and other applicable lessons after conducting an All-State Reading Chorus) Jan 31, 2023

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What do you get when you take 100 singers and provide them bring 65 pieces of music, in 16 different languages, spanning over 600 years of music history all written by a diverse array of composers (including a singer in the room), and give them a couple of days to sing through it all? Well, in Florida, they call it a “Reading Chorus.” In this conversation, we break it down with FMEA’s 2023 Reading Chorus Clinician, Dr. Peter Steenblik. He shares tips, tools, techniques, and ideas that he used and that you can immediately apply to your musical space. This conversation is fun, nerdy, and inspiring - we can’t wait to hear what you take away from this and use in your music space! Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Sq6NzaBGk0s. Learn more about Dr. Steenblik and his choirs: www.petersteenblik.com; www.uwfsingers.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 **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

Episode 142: Episode 142 - Laurie Orth: When Space and Music Collide Jan 24, 2023

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What do space, the International Space Station, rockets, and recorders have in common? You’re about to find out as this episode features music and STEAM education pioneer, Laurie Orth. While we talk about how space and music education collided in her world, we also explore how you too can “get it together,” learn new things, and ultimately do cool things, such as how Mrs. Orth brings together the contrasting disciplines of space exploration and music. Laurie Orth is passionate about creating a pipeline for young people into STEAM through music. She is an independent contractor at the Jessye Norman School of the Arts in Augusta, Georgia. In 2019, she published Rocket Recorder, an innovative music workbook that introduces space content to young people. Rocket Recorder is certified by the Space Foundation’s Space Certification for Education™ program. She has presented her space-themed music curriculum for professional development to educators internationally. Ms. Orth serves as a Space Station Ambassador for the International Space Station National Lab, is a Space Foundation Teacher Liaison, and she volunteers with the Air & Space Forces Association. She was selected as a social media influencer by NASA. She is the soprano section leader for the Chancel Choir and the Junior Choir Director at St. John United Methodist Church in Augusta, GA. She sings professionally and is a member of the Georgia Music Educators Association and the National Association for Music Educators. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kbs76G2iK_A. Learn more about Laurie Orth: www.laurieorth.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 **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

Episode 141: Episode 141 - Yogi “Y?” Guyadin (Activism & Cypher Pedagogy) Jan 17, 2023

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Ready to “build community through creative expression!”? Get ready to meet an inspiring educator/artist/entrepreneur who will inspire and invigorate you with ideas in this conversation! Yogi Guyadin (better known as “Y?”) is an interdisciplinary “Artivist” and educator born in Queens NYC. He expresses this through artistic mediums of music production/ composition, songwriting, vocals, live instrumentation, theater, and HipHop. As an arts educator, he founded www.CreativeExpressions.co in 2012 to create environments to impact, educate and empower using “Cypher Pedagogy” a technique based on non-hierarchical learning rooted in the foundation of HipHop culture. He has written curricula, designed workshops, and performed his original work nationally and internationally from open mics, classrooms, and festivals to conferences with the United Nations. In this episode, we talk about Y?’s journey in creative endeavors, but we also talk about Artivism (Art+Activism), the plight of modern musicians, education reform, Creativity, and Mental Health. Specifically, you’ll learn ideas for teaching fundamentals as well as all about the “Cypher Based Pedagogy” method. You’re about to learn steps for creating environments that “impact, educate, and empower.” Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wY6WQQOF9KA. Learn more about Y?: www.CreativeExpressions.co and www.WhyNotShowLove.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 **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

Episode 140: Episode 140 - Collaboration Through Service - An Advocacy & Collaboration Curated Episode Jan 10, 2023

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In this month's Advocacy & Collaboration episode, we turn the tables on host Dr. Emily Williams Burch to talk about the prospect of service among choral organizations. Framed through projects mounted by Emmy's Savannah-based RISE Chorales & RISE Outreach, this episode will inspire you to take stock of the possibilities for service that are all around us. Listen for how mutually beneficial partnerships can deepen the purpose of music and its impact in your community. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mG9nAIyioug 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 **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

Episode 139: Episode 139 - Spencer Burch: New Years Reflections + Culture & Leadership Transfers Jan 03, 2023

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Happy New Year from the Burches! Join host, Dr. Emily Williams Burch and her husband, Spencer Burch as they test out the new “warm-up” and “end-of-show” questions and talk about culture, leadership, and more! In this episode, Spencer shares his three steps for leading a team with a cultural-building focus. You’ll walk away from this episode with a few steps you can try in your classroom or choir over the year ahead that will help develop leaders and enhance culture. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/t5ndNSJaLWQ 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 **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

Episode 138: Episode 138 - "THE DR IS IN" talking about Advocacy & Collaboration + “The Business of Choir” AUDIOBOOK SAMPLE Dec 27, 2022

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Wrapping up the year with a mash-up of two of my favorite things in this "Dr is In" Episode: Advocacy & Collaboration and how it all connects to communicating what we do as music folks in impactful ways with an audiobook sample from "The Business of Choir." 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! Support the companies that make The Music (ed) Matters Podcast possible: —Kaleidoscope Adventures - find your adventure today, kaleidoscopeadventures.com/. Including the June 2023 Festival and PD Weekend in Myrtle Beach with Alex & Emmy and their choirs!— The Kinnison Choral Company - check out their quality resources - or get your tracks made today - at KinnisonChoralCo.com. **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

Episode 137: Episode 137 - Dr. Damion Womack: Singing in the Scope Dec 20, 2022

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Let’s talk choral tone - as in what is it, how do we develop it, and why - choral programming - especially related to text selection and singer/audience goals, - and inclusion in the classroom - all with choral educator Dr. Damion Womack! Dr. Damion Womack has dedicated the past twenty years serving as an inspirational and motivational conductor, educator, and administrator, at the elementary, middle, high school, collegiate, and professional levels. In this conversation, he shares his journey into the profession, his tips and techniques for choral tone, his philosophies on choral programming, and thoughts to help us all continue to use the power of music to touch lives. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vQ8R1B6Fl_I Link to view (and/or edit) Quotes: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFSOx1NmXc/3hfb4wo-P1EW4tC9k_7rrw/edit?utm_content=DAFSOx1NmXc&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Order your copy of Dr. Burch’s book, “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content and more! Support the companies that make The Music (ed) Matters Podcast possible: —Kaleidoscope Adventures - find your adventure today, kaleidoscopeadventures.com/. Including the June 2023 Festival and PD Weekend in Myrtle Beach with Alex & Emmy and their choirs!— The Kinnison Choral Company - check out their quality resources - or get your tracks made today - at KinnisonChoralCo.com. **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

Episode 136: Episode 136 - Jim Gaven: Key of Awesome Music Dec 13, 2022

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In this conversation, we talk about positively impacting the lives of people who have developmental disabilities (children, teens, and adults), Alzheimer's/Dementia, and drug/alcohol addiction through individual and group music sessions/lessons/performances with Founder/CEO of Key of Awesome Music, Jim Gaven. He has been in the human services field for the past 12 years creating and implementing a comprehensive music program for those with developmental disabilities (children, teens, and adults), Alzheimer's/Dementia, drug/alcohol addiction through individual and group music sessions/lessons/performances. Armed with the goal of helping others, singer/songwriter, publisher, and author Jim Gaven’s mission is to use the power of music to make you think of a good time in your life, make you feel good about yourself, and most of all, put a smile on your face. Quoted as saying, ‘I want to inspire you to do great things as I have been inspired. The fact that you can create something out of nothing and have it last forever is amazing to me.’ This is a true testament to the everlasting impact we can all have on each other, and Jim hopes to bring that kind of attitude to the forefront through his musical endeavors. He is a husband and father, and has won Employee of the Year at the Arc Mercer as well as Song of the Year (Kindred Awards) and received a Gold Record for his work in writing personalized songs for children who have terminal illnesses. Learn more about Jim Gaven and “Key of Awesome Music”: www.keyofawesomemusic.com, www.jimgaven.bandcamp.com, https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jim-Gaven, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaVEjBPRoOV77mtYEcZYPg, on Instagram and Facebook @keyofawesomemusic Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lUrlgb-Ks10 Order your copy of Dr. Burch’s book, “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content and more! Support the companies that make The Music (ed) Matters Podcast possible: —Kaleidoscope Adventures - find your adventure today, kaleidoscopeadventures.com/. Including the June 2023 Festival and PD Weekend in Myrtle Beach with Alex & Emmy and their choirs!— The Kinnison Choral Company - check out their quality resources - or get your tracks made today - at KinnisonChoralCo.com. **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

Episode 135: Episode 135 - Kirsten Oberoi: No Audition Ever Dec 06, 2022

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Massachusetts native Kirsten Oberoi is the Founding Artistic Director of the South Shore Children’s Chorus, and also taught public school chorus at the secondary level for eight years in both Massachusetts and California. Regarded as a unique and creative choral artist and arts entrepreneur, Oberoi is known for her strong philosophies and teaching practices based on inclusion and equity in the music education classroom. In this episode, we talk about auditions, inclusivity, teaching groups of students from different experience levels together, does non-auditioned have to equal not excellent….basically, philosophy! We explore what it means to Kirsten and her SSCC choir, when they say they believe "the priority is the individual, music is the vessel, and excellence is the byproduct." Learn more about Ms Oberoi: www.southshorechildrenschorus.org, https://www.choralconnectivity.com/, https://blog.chorusconnection.com/embracing-diversity-of-musical-experience-in-your-chorus, https://www.southshorechildrenschorus.org/ssccblog/noauditionsever. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/llyOk3WP0YE Order your copy of Dr. Burch’s book, “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content and more! Support the companies that make The Music (ed) Matters Podcast possible: —Kaleidoscope Adventures - find your adventure today, kaleidoscopeadventures.com/. Including the June 2023 Festival and PD Weekend in Myrtle Beach with Alex & Emmy and their choirs!— The Kinnison Choral Company - check out their quality resources - or get your tracks made today - at KinnisonChoralCo.com. **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell **Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

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