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  • 331 Listen with Chris Oberholtzer

    331 Listen with Chris Oberholtzer
    2026/03/02

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    Dr Chris Oberholtzer joins the show to discuss jazz improvisation information to help teachers know what guidance to give their students when improvising.


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    1 時間 18 分
  • 185 Conducting, Composing and Connecting with Timothy Mahr

    185 Conducting, Composing and Connecting with Timothy Mahr
    2026/02/28

    Dr. Timothy Mahr is Professor Emeritus at St. Olaf College, and a prolific composer for wind band. Dr Mahr joins the podcast for a conversation that encompasses advice for young composers, discussion of ways we can improve our bands as a conductor, and a focus on some of his music!Highlighted is Etched in Stone, Commissioned by Kyle Smith and the Westbrook High School Wind Ensemble for the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    1 時間 12 分
  • 320 Tim Hendrix and Heather Hastings

    320 Tim Hendrix and Heather Hastings
    2026/02/26

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    Kyle sits down at the Excelcia Music Publishing booth at Midwest 2025 with Tim Hendrix after the clinic performance with this students earlier that day, and composer Heather Hastings, winner of the Gladys Knight Composition Competition with WBDI.

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    26 分
  • 329 Building A Culture of Excellence in a Rural Setting with Jeffrey Priest

    329 Building A Culture of Excellence in a Rural Setting with Jeffrey Priest
    2026/02/23

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    Jeffrey Priest (Old Town High School, ME) has led an award winning band program in his rural community since 1989 and joins the show to share ways to bring excellence to smaller, more rural communities.

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    56 分
  • 182 Ellington for Young Band

    182 Ellington for Young Band
    2026/02/21

    The music of Duke Ellington is not only some of the best American music in history, it is filled with soulfulness and sophistication. It is available to students with very little experience. In working on this music your students will be studying history, studying music and studying some of the best of humanity.

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    42 分
  • 319 Travis Weller and Stephen Sholey

    319 Travis Weller and Stephen Sholey
    2026/02/19

    Kyle sits down at the Excelcia Music Publishing booth at Midwest 2025 with Travis Weller and Stephen Sholey.

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    19 分
  • 328 Finding Solutions with Rob Wheeler

    328 Finding Solutions with Rob Wheeler
    2026/02/16

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    Rob Wheeler joins the show to share some strategies that he has used in a wide variety of school situations to maximize the potential of a band program.


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    33 分
  • 181 Basie for Young Band

    181 Basie for Young Band
    2026/02/14

    The music of Count Basie is essential to any jazz education, so we bring you sound and score recordings of 9 essential charts for young bands (Grade 1-2.5).Learn some history about each chart along the way!

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    34 分