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Episode 21 - Rose Richard - Band, Chorus, Musical Theater, she does it all!
01:19:20|A Martha's Vineyard native, Rose Richard has taught 23 years on the outskirts of Cape Cod. She started has a 100% band nerd and moved on to chorus and musical theater. With her high energy and wonderful personality she does a wonderful job getting her small school district to put on wonderful performances.
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Episode 20 - Paul Warnick - A guitarist that couldn't read music becomes a great teacher!
48:38|From a struggling non- music reading clarinetist and saxophonist to an avid gigging guitarist. Paul Warnick went to college and learned to read music and became a wonderful music educator.
Episode 19 - Chris Holland - Band director, lawyer, CEO of Inspire Arts and DCI Corps Director
01:21:07|Chris Holland grew up in the city and attended a school without a band program. However, he found his group musical outlet in the form of drum and bugle corps. He attended UMASS as a math major, but switched to music ed. After graduating he led the award winning Norwood Public Schools ensembles, but after year four decided to go to law school!! Now he is the CEO of Inspire Arts and the Director of the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps.
Episode 18 - Kyle Spraker - What a journey, From sax to bugle to trumpet and from Music Ed major to Performance Major
01:34:49|Kyle Spraker has a very unique journey. Started on saxophone and joined a drum and bugle corps in high school so he naturally switched to trumpet. He went to college to be a music ed Major but switched to performance. He loved big band, but became an orchestral trumpeter!
Episode 17 - Randall Standridge - From band director to composer and publisher
58:55|Randy Standy!! What a person. Listen to his story of becoming a full time composer
Episode 16 - Scotty West - A college art major turned private guitar teacher who created his own guitar, theory and ear training course
01:06:53|Scotty West is the only private guitar teacher I know of that has created his own guitar, theory and ear training course! Listen to his incredible story.
Episode 15 - Dr. Kevin McDonald - From Euphonium to Choir to Jazz, he does it all!!
01:31:11|Dr. Kevin McDonald. An incredible musician who has an incredible experience being recruited to college all the way through grad school. Started as a euphonium major ended up a stellar choral conductor.