The Beth and Kelly Show: Music Teaching (and Life)

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Forty-three: Lisa Linde

Lisa Linde is the ultra inspiring instrumental music director at Newton South HS in Newton Center, Massachusetts. She is ALSO one of the only female band directors whose jazz band has ever played LIVE on the stage of the storied Rose Theater (the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center)for the Essentially Ellington high school jazz band festival/ competition. Listen in as we discuss how this festival is simply beyond comparison, waaaaay at the head of the line in terms of the life-altering experiences students, educators, and audiences receive by participating. We also discuss the lack of female presence in this environment and some ideas that we have, which could potentially start to address this problem if we are bold enough to try them out!

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Forty-two: Enion Pelta-Tiller, Renata Bratt, & Darol Anger

We discuss the skills that ACTUALLY help us play music with other humans, and why it is imperative for us as educators to help students bring their own musical interests to life.

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Forty-one: Peter Briggs

Peter Briggs is the band director at Lincoln HS in Tacoma, WA and has made a lasting impact on his community by centering students. Music is just the vehicle, folks!

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Forty: John ”Adidam” Littlejohn

Celebrating Episode 40 of the B&K Show with concert violinist, hip hop artist, pastor, and educator John “Adidam” Littlejohn, our neighbor to the north (from Vancouver, BC)! John shares ideas for connecting with communities through really listening; for transforming our teaching, our programs, our schools and our organizations by seeking, welcoming, and honoring new voices and perspectives and talents — listen in for some real inspiration!

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Thirty-nine: Riley Mulherkar & Willem de Koch

Today’s guests, members of the ultra creative brass quartet The Westerlies, were Riley Mulherkar and Willem DeKoch. In our conversation, we unpack at length the observation that the creativity/ vision/ intuition/ collaboration aspect of the Artistic Process is the hardest to cultivate in our students.

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Thirty-eight: Marcus Pimpleton

We're joined by Marcus Pimpleton, Executive Director for Racial and Educational Justice for Yakima Public Schools. He is also an experienced school administrator AND a band director! Marcus makes the point that these are the things kids want: happiness and pride. He challenges us to focus in on these things and watch the transformation start to happen to our music making communities!

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Thirty-seven: Shaina Ellis

Ever wonder what college music ed majors wish could be a part of the undergrad curriculum? Listen to CWU Junior, saxophonist Shaina Ellis, a student leader in the CWU music program and the CWU JEN Chapter talk with us about what she wishes could be required courses of study. We also get deep into the concept of student teaching (from both the student teacher and mentor teacher perspective).

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Thirty-six: Anuradha Truax

Anu shares some courageous ideas, approaches, and mindsets for giving more choice and control to students, which stand to transform and empower their present AND future lives, should we decide to put them to practice! Are you interested in making the most of this unique moment in time and furthering music education? Then listen to this!

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Thirty-five: Sarah Gulish

Listen in for Sarah’s (quite frankly genius) ideas about approaching a total overhaul of an instrumental music program in a secondary public school setting. Many of us have thought that change is needed in our “traditional” approaches to teaching music in the public schools...take it from Sarah: It can be done, in super cool ways, and the time is now.

The Beth and Kelly Show Episode Thirty-four: Rebecca Bowman MacLeod

ASTA President-Elect and professor of future orchestra teachers at UNC Greensboro, she has worked to ask the tough questions and seek collaborators/ helpers in her mission of person-centered and community-centered music teaching. Check it out (then go make sure your association dues are up to date)!