Common Time Podcast
Common Time Podcast
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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.
Dutch composer and conductor Johan de Meij joins John Pasquale and David Clemmer for a conversation about his remarkable career and the evolution of wind band music. From beginning his composing journey with Symphony No. 1: The Lord of the Rings to writing and arranging music performed around the world, Johan shares the experiences and ideas that have shaped his work.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The story behind The Lord of the Rings: How Johan’s first major composition became one of the most recognized works in wind band repertoire.
- Finding inspiration: Turning literature, history, art, and storytelling into music.
- Learning the craft: His unconventional path from professional band musician and arranger to internationally recognized composer.
- The global wind band community: How band traditions differ around the world and how wind bands help develop professional musicians.
- The evolution of wind band music: New instrumentation, electronics, vocals, thematic programming, and expanding performance spaces.
- The composer's creative process: Developing ideas, studying scores, and finding a unique musical voice.
- The future of the repertoire: Bringing lesser-known works by composers like Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland to wind ensembles.
Johan also shares why wind bands deserve greater recognition, the importance of kindness in music-making, and a few stories behind the books and music that have inspired him.
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Hosts: Dr. John Pasquale and Dr. David Clemmer
Producers: Jessica Pasquale and Theresa Clemmer
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