Category: Teaching-related Episodes

840: Micah Howard on the Carnegie Mellon University bass program

Micah Howard teaches at Carnegie Mellon University, which is one of the nation’s leading programs for double bass study.  CMU has recently come on board as a podcast sponsor, and Micah chats about the benefits of the program and what it’s like studying at CMU in this sponsored episode.  Enjoy, and you can click here to… Continue reading 840: Micah Howard on the Carnegie Mellon University bass program

761: Zach VanderGraaff on teaching general music during a pandemic

Zach VanderGraaff is an elementary school general music teacher who has been adapting his teaching during the global pandemic in interesting ways.  He launched his website Dynamic Music Room prior to the pandemic, and he has been offering resources like his 9 weeks of online lessons survival pack to teachers looking for guidance in unfamiliar… Continue reading 761: Zach VanderGraaff on teaching general music during a pandemic

759: Susan Cahill on reimagining senior recitals

Susan Cahill has been rethinking the entire senior recital experience for her students at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.   In addition to playing a traditional senior recital, she has reconfigured the senior recital concept into a variety of new options: Composition for bassists Multi Instrumental Techniques for bassists Chamber Techniques for… Continue reading 759: Susan Cahill on reimagining senior recitals

693: Elisa Janson Jones on online learning

We’re chatting with past podcast guest Elisa Janson Jones today.  I had the chance to spend some time in person with her during the NAMM Show in January 2020, and I was interested in learning about how she has been handling the current pandemic, with its many challenges and opportunities. Elisa wears many hats: entrepreneur,… Continue reading 693: Elisa Janson Jones on online learning