Common Time Podcast
Common Time Podcast
Podcast Description
Bringing world-class professional development for music educators straight to your phone! Tune in for insights, strategies, and inspiration from the best in the business. Elevate your ensemble, one episode at a time.
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The podcast covers themes like student empowerment in rehearsals, organization and leadership in music programs, and personal growth for music educators. Episodes feature discussions on creating a positive collaborative culture, effective time management strategies, and tips for nurturing student leaders and composers, highlighting episodes with Todd Dixon on fostering constructive cultures and Brian Britt on program sustainability.
Bringing world-class professional development for music educators straight to your phone! Tune in for insights, strategies, and inspiration from the best in the business. Elevate your ensemble, one episode at a time.
This week on the Common Time Podcast, we’re hearing from a new perspective — a student. Our guest, Miguel Retto, is a senior from East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, studying Industrial and Operations Engineering with a minor in Music at the University of Michigan. A four-year member of the Michigan Marching Band, Miguel has served as a Rank Leader, Section Leader, and Fanfare Band Conductor for the tenor saxophone section.
In this episode, Miguel shares what made his high-school music experience so formative and how those moments inspired him to continue with music into college. We talk about the impact of strong teachers, the power of culture, and how meaningful connections through music have shaped his leadership and personal growth.
Whether you’re a music educator hoping to understand your students’ experiences more deeply or a student finding your place in the ensemble world, this episode offers genuine insight into why music education matters, and how it changes lives long after the final performance.
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Hosts: Dr. John Pasquale and Dr. David Clemmer
Producers: Jessica Pasquale and Theresa Clemmer
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