The Band Room Podcast
117 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWelcome to The Band Room! A podcast bringing you the best of band. Hosts, Dylan Maddix & Cait Nishimura sit down with the movers and shakers of the wind world, conductors, composers, teachers and performers. Have your ears opened to the new and exciting and take your seat in The Band Room!
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The Band Room Podcast Trailer
May 12, 2020 19:34 - 58 seconds - 732 KBHey! My name is Dylan Maddix! And I’m Cait Nishimura! Together, we host The Band Room Podcast. The podcast that brings you the best of band! We sit down with the movers and shakers of the wind world, composers, conductors, performers and music educators, bringing their insights, stories and inspirations to you. We also go solo, exploring topics on music education, conducting, composing, entrepreneurship, performance and more. If you work with bands, teach bands, play in a band or you love ...
BRP 13 | Mark Hopkins
May 08, 2020 07:00 - 2 hours - 89.5 MBDylan is joined in the Band Room with his friend and mentor, Dr. Mark Hopkins, Professor of Music at Acadia University. They discuss everything from his "unusual" path to where he is, getting back up when you get knocked down, influential teachers, love of teaching, COVID-19 ensemble ideas for the fall and more! The music used in today’s episode was Donald Coakley’s, Antiphonals, performed by the Acadia University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Hopkins. Help Support the Band Room Podcast b...
BRP 12 | Jonathan Dagenais
April 10, 2020 18:48 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBJonathan Dagenais is a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator and one of Dylan's favourite colleagues to work with. Jonathan sits down with Dylan to discuss his musical upbringing, musical influences, compositional process, conducting career, what he looks for as an adjudicator and much more! Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.bandroompod.com/store Music used in this episode Mouvement Fréné...
BRP 11 | Fostering Focus & Intent
March 23, 2020 00:14 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBDylan is going solo amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Your band can play the notes! Your band can play the rhythms! There’s even a crescendo! Now what? Join Dylan as he gives ideas to get your band playing beyond the notes on the page, improving their musicality through a mindset of focus and intent. This episode begins our new featured composer segment, this month featuring EKR Hammell. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod ...
BRP 11 | Fostering Focus & Intent
March 23, 2020 00:14 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBDylan is going solo amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Your band can play the notes! Your band can play the rhythms! There’s even a crescendo! Now what? Join Dylan as he gives ideas to get your band playing beyond the notes on the page, improving their musicality through a mindset of focus and intent. This episode begins our new featured composer segment, this month featuring EKR Hammell. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod ...
BRP 10 | Linda Wharton
January 27, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBFirst episode of 2020! Join Dylan as he and Linda Wharton discuss growing up in London, Ontario, attending Western University, teaching at Central Secondary School, adjudicating, how music helped through trying times and coming full circle now teaching at Western University. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.bandroompod.com/store Music used in this episode William Byrd Suite: I. The Earle of Oxf...
BRP 9 | Dr. Jason Caslor
November 17, 2019 18:46 - 42 minutes - 37.9 MBWe welcome Director of Wind Ensembles at Arizona State University, Dr. Jason Caslor to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan as he and Jason discuss his formative years growing up in Saskatchewan, his time at University of Saskatchewan, University of Manitoba and Arizona State University, studying with Dale Lonis and Gary Hill, his time with the Thunder Bay Symphony, Memorial University and how he made his way back to Arizona. Let us know what you thought about this episode and leave us a messag...
BRP 9 | Jason Caslor
November 17, 2019 18:46 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBWe welcome Director of Wind Ensembles at Arizona State University, Dr. Jason Caslor to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan as he and Jason discuss his formative years growing up in Saskatchewan, his time at University of Saskatchewan, University of Manitoba and Arizona State University, studying with Dale Lonis and Gary Hill, his time with the Thunder Bay Symphony, Memorial University and how he made his way back to Arizona. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Pat...
BRP 8 | Sharon Fitzsimmins
October 01, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBWe welcome award-winning music educator, Sharon Fitzsimmins to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan as he and Sharon discuss her formative years, rebuilding a band program, her involvement in the OMEA, what adjudicators are looking for, involvement with Music Fest Canada and many words of wisdom for music educators. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.bandroompod.com/store Music used in this episode...
BRP 7 | Cait Nishimura
September 08, 2019 01:20 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBSeason 2 has begun! We welcome composer, Cait Nishimura to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan and Cait as they discuss her formative years, finding her path as a musician, her compositional process, fighting self-doubt and why she does what she does. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.bandroompod.com/store Music used in this episode PUKASKWA (from LAKE SUPERIOR SUITE) by Cait Nishimura Performing ...
BRP 6 | Migration
February 08, 2018 05:42 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBThe Band Room is back after a long break! In Ep. 6 Dylan brings you music of Migration, featuring works inspired by travel in some way. Works by David Maslanka, Kelly-Marie Murphy and Adam Schoenberg show us the different forms migration might take. This episode features performances by the Texas A&M University Wind Symphony and Dr. Timothy B. Rhea, The Hannaford Street Silver Band with Alain Trudel and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble with Jerry Junkin.Big thanks to Mark Records, Hanna...
BRP 5 | Dr. Gillian MacKay | Being The Best Musician You Can Be
September 06, 2017 20:11 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBWe welcome the wonderful Dr. Gillian MacKay, from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan as he and Dr. MacKay discuss her formative years growing up in Lethbridge, Alberta, when she caught the conducting bug, influential teachers and her thoughts on being a performing conductor/educator. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.bandroompod.com/store About Gilli...
BRP 5 | Dr. Gillian MacKay | Being The Best Musician You Can Be
September 06, 2017 20:11 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBWe welcome the wonderful Dr. Gillian MacKay, from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music to the Band Room Podcast! Join Dylan as he and Dr. MacKay discuss her formative years growing up in Lethbridge, Alberta, when she caught the conducting bug, influential teachers and her thoughts on being a performing conductor/educator. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.bandroompod.com/store About Gilli...
BRP 4 | Don't Mess With Texas
August 31, 2017 21:37 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBThis episode is dedicated to all Band Room listeners in the great band state of Texas. Join Dylan in an episode entitled, Don't Mess With Texas, as he explores wind music of Texas, with works by Kevin Puts, Scott McAllister and Donald Grantham. Featuring the Baylor University Wind Ensemble with Dr. Eric Wilson, Michigan State University Wind Symphony with Dr. Kevin Stedatole & The University of Texas Wind Ensemble with Jerry Junkin. Big thanks to Mark Records for the use of the recordings us...
BRP 3 | Sounds of Summer
August 24, 2017 20:23 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBDylan is not quite ready for summer to be over, so join him as he explores the Sounds of Summer! With works by Percy Grainger, Michael Colgrass and David Maslanka. Featuring the United States Marine Band, Rutgers Wind Ensemble and University of Texas Wind Ensemble. Big thanks to Mark Records for the use of the recordings used on today's episode. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.bandroompod.com/...
BRP 2 | Coast To Coast
August 12, 2017 02:14 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBJoin Dylan as he brings you on a road trip across Canada's musical landscape! Looking at works by Dinuk Wijeratne, Andrew Staniland , Matthew Emery/E.K.R. Hammell and Howard Cable. Huge thanks to Mark Records for providing some of the great recordings used on today's podcast! Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.bandroompod.com/store Support the show The Band Room Podcast is proudly supported by Kal...
BRP 1 | New Beginnings
August 04, 2017 17:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBTo celebrate the very first episode of The Band Room, Dylan brings you music of new beginnings. Four very different beginnings but all the start of something new! Featuring works by Jonathan Newman, David Gillingham, Henry Kucharzyk and Gustav Holst. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod BRP Store http://www.bandroompod.com/store Support the show The Band Room Podcast is proudly supported by Kaleidoscope Adventures! To l...