On this episode I talk with Sasha Wolff, creator of "Still I Run" and Debbie Thurlow about her role in this growing community. Still I Run is a non-profit organization and online community for runners whose mission is to raise awareness around mental health. We talk about both their running journeys and about the many opportunities this community has to help people with mental health issues through running.

Here is the link to the fundraiser that I am running now:

https://www.classy.org/fundraiser/3159927

Here is the link to the "Still I Run" website:

https://www.stillirun.org/

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https://www.instagram.com/larunningmusic/

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On this episode I talk with composer Randall Standridge about his career as a teacher turned full time composer. We also cover topics on mental health, his great relationship with his husband Steve and family, fitness, broadway, marching band...literally all the things. This conversation has so many meaningful takeaways. To find out more about Randall, visit his website liked below. I also included links to the three pieces he detailed in the episode for reference. Keep doing the thing and the stuff and thank you for listening!

Quotes:

"When people ask me who my heroes are, I always say my parents. They told me I could be anything, do anything, and I believed them."

"I had an impulse to create from an early age."

"I realized that I was working away my life. We only get one life. So, I needed to choose to leave teaching to pursue my composition career completely."

"I was grateful for the work because it was a distraction. There is no way that we can mentally prepare for what we went through the past year. There is no point in sitting around wishing things were different. I didn’t just sit down and grieve myself to waste. I can work on my music and throw myself into that."

"What can this piece live without? Does this serve a purpose?"

"I decided to make sure that the piece was a commentary on what was happening and not a representation."

"The piece is meant to showcase the struggle to hold things together in the face of mental health issues. I am hoping that this piece will be a conversation that helps bring light to mental health."

"I am a firm believer that if an opportunity doesn’t exist…create it."

"A good relationship is not a great conversation that never ends."

"Everyone is the hero of their own story."

Website:

https://randallstandridge.com/

Stonewall 1969:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpWZu9irFfY

The Nine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaxIud-lMMw

Unbroken:

Coming Soon

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Full Bio:

Mr. Standridge is currently published by Grand Mesa Music, Alfred Music, FJH Music, Wingert-Jones Music, Band Works Publications, Twin Towers Music, and Northeastern Music Publications. Mr. Standridge's music is performed internationally. He has had numerous works selected to the J.W. Pepper's editor's choice. His compositions Snake Charmer, Gently Blows the Summer Wind, and Angelic Celebrations have been included in the "Teaching Music Through Performance in Band" series. He has had numerous works performed at the prestigious Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois. His work Art(isms) was premiered by the Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble at the 2010 CBDNA conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and his work Stonewall: 1969 was premiered at the National LGBA conference in 2019. Mr. Standridge is also a contributing composer for Alfred Music's Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development series.

In addition to his career as a composer, Mr. Standridge is the owner and editor for Randall Standridge Music, LLC and Grand Mesa Marching. He is in demand as a drill designer, music arranger, and colorguard designer for the marching arts, as well as a freelance artist/photographer and writer. He lives in Jonesboro, Arkansas with his family.

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"Even on the most challenging days I ran because four miles meant I was running for four students. Running for them motivated me."

Meghan Radimer is an elementary P.E teacher in Sussex County and was just honored as the first ever P.E teacher to be honored as "Teacher of The Year." this past school year.

Meghan is also an active runner, completing 11 marathons in her lifetime.

As an elementary physical education and health teacher, one of the most important skills she has had to master is learning how to motivate her students.

On this episode we talk about her running journey, the 255 mile challenge that she took on to connect with her student's at the beginning of the pandemic, goal-setting, and so much more. Thank you for listening!

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On this episode I bring back Dr. Tom McCauley. He is the director of bands at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. We talk a lot about the past year during this pandemic and share strong messages about how to overcome the obstacles that life may throw your way. We also discuss what he did to get back to band this year as well as his recent articles that were published in "TEMPO" this year.

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Stay Strong. Stay Consistent. Pursue Your Passions!

DO THE THING AND THE STUFF!!

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On this episode I have a conversation with Lois Hicks Wozniak. Lois is a fantastic musician, teacher, spin instructor, mother, and so much more! She shares so many strong stories on this episode. In the accelerando to the fine, Lois shares her most useless talent by singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" one word off!!! I hope you enjoy. Here is a link to her website:

https://www.loishickswozniak.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/larunningmusic/

Thank you!

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Kim Roman is the first female head drum major of the Hawthorne Caballeros. On this episode we talk about the past, present, and future of drum corps as well as the 750 for the 75th campaign. Ready? Set. Go!

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A native of Brooklyn, NY, Deryck Clarke (French horn) comes from a family of immigrants from Guyana, South America. He is a graduate of the High School of Performing Arts in New York City and the Curtis Institute of Music. He holds a BM from the North Carolina School of the Arts and a MM from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.

His professional engagements include Soulful Symphony, the Martina Arroyo Foundation’s Prelude to Performance orchestra, Early Music New York, the Paula Kimper Ensemble, the Ray Chew Orchestra, Imani Winds, Oregon Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, and Broadway productions of The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aida, and the US Tour of Oklahoma! Throughout his career Deryck has performed with renowned artists including Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Donnie McClurkin, Ashford and Simpson, Sir Andrew Davis, Aaron Copland, Paquito D’Rivera, and James DePriest.

While in college, Mr. Clarke discovered his passion for teaching at the NY State Music Camp/Hartwick College Music Festival. He was faculty member at the Apple Hill Chamber Music Festival, the Juilliard School's Music Advancement Program and the Mannes College preparatory division. Mr. Clarke also served as Interim Music Director of the Harlem School of the Arts. As a NJ state certified music educator, Deryck received awards and recognition for his service as instrumental and vocal music teacher at the Mount Vernon Elementary School in Newark, NJ. He later served as Program Director of William Paterson University’s Music After School program in Paterson, NJ and Start the Music camp, and an artist-in-residence at the Cicely Tyson School of the Arts in East Orange, NJ.

Deryck is currently the Educational and Community Outreach director for The Harlem Chamber Players and founder of the Harmony Effect, an instrumental music learning program. He serves on the Leadership Council of the Newark Arts Education Roundtable, the Education Committee for the American Federation of Musicians Local 802, and the Education Committee of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors.

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Welcome to 10Kforte and this great conversation with musician Adrienne Baker! We discuss music, inspiration, diversity and inclusion, and much more!

Follow her on Instagram: @flutepursuit

Go to her website: www.theflutepursuit.com

Some great quotes from the episode include:

“If I get through this I am going to stop giving it half steam…I am going to be fearless about this and not care about rejection or what people think.”

"What should happen is that we treat everybody with respect. No matter how old they are, their beliefs, their background, we treat them with respect."

"When you uplift the lowest among you, you uplift all of you."

"This Is not a set it and forget it conversation when we talk about diversity and inclusion."

The following bio is from Adrienne's website https://www.theflutepursuit.com

Adrienne's background in music started as a toddler crawling around her mother's feet as she practiced Beethoven. Though active in her church as a pianist and singer, where her mother was Ministress of Music, she eventually discovered her love for the flute. Her musical journey on the instrument has taken her across the United States and to Europe. She currently champions music influenced by artists of color and works to expose audiences to these lesser-known composers. A socially conscious artist, Adrienne strives to use her voice to help others find theirs.

Through her collaborative duo with saxophonist Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, NorthStar Duo, they work to promote and expose audiences to works for winds. Their first commission was Spirituals for Wind Duo, an arrangement of negro spirituals by composer Anthony Green. Their most recent commission includes a premiere in Boston of Elizabeth Gilenas’ Green Skies. Adrienne looks forward to continuing to explore their unorthodox instrumentation. Their current passions involve commissioning new works and championing pre-existing works by composers of color and women.

A dedicated educator, Adrienne teaches privately - flute and piano - to students of diverse musical backgrounds and ages. There is no greater joy to her than to simultaneously foster a life long love of learning and appreciation for music. In addition to holding Suzuki Certification in Flute, she is a Teaching Artist in the RAMP Program through the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

While matriculating at Rutgers University to pursue a Doctorate in Musical Arts, Adrienne also composes and arranges. He first composition, Opal’s Boogie, was inspired by her friendship with her colleague’s family and their pugnacious and lovable pug, Opal. Adrienne will graduate in 2022.

"Art is what remains of our dreams, fulfilled or unfulfilled, when we wake. My purpose is to serve as its outlet."

You can follow me on Instagram: @larunningmusic

~DoTheThingAndTheStuff!

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Curt Ebersole has served as the Conductor/Music Director (John P. Paynter Memorial Chair) of the Westchester Symphonic Winds since 2008, fostering its exponential growth over the past ten years. He retired from Northern Valley Regional High School (Old Tappan, New Jersey) in 2013 after serving as Director of Instrumental Music for 31 years, and now teaches at The Masters School, in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music in Conducting degree from Northwestern University, where he studied conducting with John P. Paynter and clarinet with Larry Combs, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Clarinet Performance from SUNY-Purchase, where he studied with Ben Armato. He has served as a guest conductor and clinician for numerous county, regional, and all-state student ensembles, and adult community ensembles across the nation, including performances at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Symphony Space, and in Las Vegas, South Korea and Australia. His achievements include multiple teaching awards, ensemble performances as a clarinetist and basset hornist, and speaking/clinic engagements with the Midwest Clinic, TEDxOneonta, and several state music education conventions and conducting symposia.

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Jon is a musical linguist , he loves playing numerous styles on both drums and percussion . BFA - Classical Percussion from S.U.N.Y. at Purchase studying Timpani with the principal of the Metropolitan Opera .

He's performed with Aretha Franklin, Little Anthony and the Imperials , The Crystals, Shields and Yarnell , Jerry Vale , The Ocean City Pops , Garden State Philharmonic , Harrisburg Symphony , The Washington Ballet - Bodrahm Ballet Fest , Turkey , Mark Morris Dance company , The NY Tenors , Roy Orbison Buddy Holly Hologram Tour , Roy Merriwether Jazz Trio with Bassists Michale Wolf , Harvie S , Santi Dibriani , Greg Jones , Leon Dorsey , Jeff Carney . 2 records with Jazzers Jack Desalvo , Lee Marvin , Dan Willis , Bob Rodreguez , Arthur Lipner ,Todd Urban . Bluegrass Banjo Virtuoso Tony Trishka , The Mandala Jazz Octet with John Medeski , Folk Rock with Michelle Shocked ,The Washington Squares. World Music Fusion with The Peter Lewis Band featuring Hiram Bullock and Mathew Garrison . Brazilian Jazz with Cidiniho , and Ana Lu. Samba Batucada with The Sambanditos Featuring kenwood Dennard and Amir Ziv . Recorded Jingles with Mitch Stein , Josh Heinemann for Omni Music , Wits end productions - Circuit City , PBS , Fuse TV , CBS Sports , Outdoor Living channel ,They Might Be Gants On Broadway with with Addams Family Starring Nathan Lane and B.B. Neuworth , Next to Normal , In The Heights starring Lin Manuel , Jersey Boys , Tale of 2 cities , Les Mis , Pirate Queen, The Color Purple Featuring Chaka Khan , The Grinch , Fiddler on the Roof Starring Alfred Molina , Gypsy Starring Bernadette Peters , Imaginary friends , Chefs Theater , Flower Drum Song Starring Lea Salonga , Suessical Starring Rossie O'Donell, Cats , Saturday Night Fever , Hello Dolly Starring Bette Midler , My Fair Lady Starring Laura Benante , Summer

( The Donna Summer Musical ) Off Broadway - Jersey Boys , Zanna Don't , Feeling Electric Starring Anthony Rapp, Prominade Starring Andrea McArdle , Nunsense, Broadway Rox , Neil Berg's 100 years of Broadway , 50 Years of Rock Starring Janette Bayardelle

Teaching - Private instruction , Master classes Syracuse University , Angelo Peteri School day of Percussion , Centennial High school , The Angel Foundation , Austin Texas - The Modern Drummer Festival with Kenwood Denard's MRO Ensemble . Drum Clinic Sam Ash Day of Percussion / Buddy Rich Scholarship Concert , NYC . Kids Outreach Workshop artist for Urban stages - NYC Public Libraries . Adjunct Percussion staff at The New School Jazz studies Department , NYC Endorsing artist for Paiste Cymbals , Drum workshop , Vater Sticks, Drum Tacs, Etymotic Research In Ear Monitors

HE DOES ALL THE THINGS AND THE STUFF!!!!

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