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After Hours Podcast

After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators is a music education podcast from Amro Music Stores, Inc. Our After Hours podcast host, Nick Averwater, facilitates engaging conversations each week with band directors, private music teachers, general music educators, orchestra directors, and other music industry professionals just like you. Each podcast guest shares practical advice on classroom management, placing beginners on instruments, band and orchestra recruitment strategies, band boosters, fundraising, and more. The goal of After Hours is to provide a podcast for band directors, orchestra directors, and music educators with strategies for both "on-podium" and “off-podium” skills that can help create a school music program that you can be proud of.

Category: Band Directors

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Friday, August 19, 2022

2022 Young Directors Bootcamp, Part 2

Podcast Episode Summary In this episode we'll listen to the second half of a panel discussion from Amro Music's Young Directors Bootcamp, which is a chance for band directors who are just starting out to hear from educators who are a few years into their careers. The discussion features Reece Gardner from Arlington Middle School in Arlington, TN, Emma Lang from Trenton Rosenwald Middle School and Peabody High School in Trenton, TN, Nathan Anderson from G... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Friday, August 19, 2022
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Friday, August 12, 2022

Amro Music's 2022 Young Director's Bootcamp, Part 1

Podcast Episode Summary In this episode we'll listen to the first half of a panel discussion from Amro Music's Young Director's Bootcamp, which is a chance for band directors who are just starting out to hear from educators who are a few years into their careers. Nick Averwater was moderator of the discussion, which was recorded August 6, 2022.   Podcast Guests Emma Lang Trenton Rosenwald Middle School Trenton, TN ... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Friday, August 12, 2022
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Monday, August 1, 2022

How One Music Educator's Videos Have Been Seen More Than 3.5 Million Times

Podcast Episode Summary In this episode, Nick Averwater talks with Tyler Swick, a celebrated and award-winning music educator from Robert and Sandy Ellis Elementary School in Las Vegas, whose YouTube channel, Swick's Classroom, has over 14,000 subscribers and has been visited more than 3.5 million times. We thought Tyler's enthusiasm for music education, and his innovative ideas would be just right as a new school year is about to begin. This conversation was reco... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Monday, August 1, 2022
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Saturday, July 16, 2022

Starting The Year On Your Left Foot

Podcast Episode Summary This week Joel Hurd, one of the producers on the podcast, talks with composer and educator Brady Massey, who spent more than 20 years as a band director in three different school districts in Arkansas (Hoxie, Trumann, and Pocahontas), and is currently Director of Bands at Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Joel talked with Brady just after he had given a talk at Amro University, which is a 2-day event in Memphis for college... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Saturday, July 16, 2022
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Sunday, July 3, 2022

Sound Reinforcement for Marching Bands: What To Use, and How To Use It

Podcast Episode Summary This week Nick Averwater talks with Hunter Durham, Director of Bands in the Rivercrest School District in Wilson, Arkansas, a small town near the Mississippi River around 30 miles north of Memphis. He is originally from nearby Paragould, Arkansas. Hunter has written a guide to sound reinforcement for marching bands. In this episode he'll be sharing his ideas on mic techniques, how to make wise purchasing decisions and more. This conversation wa... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Sunday, July 3, 2022
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Friday, June 10, 2022

Increasing Retention In Your Music Program

Podcast Episode Summary This week Joel Hurd, one of co-producers of the podcast, talks with Dr. Jennifer Hawkinson, Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Central Arkansas. Before joining UCA, Dr. Hawkinson spent 18 years in South Dakota as a music educator in several school districts, including one of the largest schools in the state, Sioux Falls Washington High School. She joined us at Amro Music as part of Amro University, a two-day gathering of college... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Friday, June 10, 2022
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Monday, May 16, 2022

Strong Community Support Results In Decades of Success For A Small Town's Band Program

Podcast Episode Summary In this episode of the After Hours Director Spotlight, Nick Averwater talks with Jason Deem, Director of Bands at Union City High School in Union City, Tennessee, a town of just over 10,000 people in the northwest corner of the state. Jason joined the Union City schools in 2006, and has been Director of Bands for five years. In this conversation, we'll learn about his early influences, how he carries on the tradition of success in the band... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Monday, May 16, 2022
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Sunday, May 8, 2022

Practical Ideas For Recruiting New Students For Your Band Program

Podcast Episode Summary This week Nick Averwater talks with Randy Dale, Assistant Professor of Music, Associate Director of Bands, and Director of Athletic Bands at the University of Mississippi, to get some ideas about recruiting new students for your band program. Our conversation was recorded April 8, 2022 in downtown Memphis, where Randy was giving a presentation for Amro University.   Podcast Guest Randy Dale Randy Dale is Assistant Professor of Music, Associate Director of... Read More
Posted by Emilee McGee at Sunday, May 8, 2022
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