In this week's episode, we had the privilege to speak with Waleed Diab, a music and technology industry leader who currently serves as the Director, Global Head of Recorded Music Business Development at YouTube. Waleed is also an ETM Board Member who shares with us stories of his early exposure to music, its influence on his career, and his perspective on the critical relationship between music, culture, and community.

For our second episode of Notables, music industry executive, Chris Atlas, shares how a musical childhood in the Bronx influenced his career choices, bringing him first to Tommy Boy Records, where he worked with the likes of De La Soul, all the way to serving as an Executive Vice President at Warner Records.

In our newest podcast series, Notables, ETM Instructional Supervisor Noah Teachey sits down with leaders in the music, technology, finance, and related industries to learn about the influential role that music has played in their lives. For our first episode, Noah speaks with Andy Hilfiger, fashion industry leader and musician, as he walks us through his early experiences with music and how they prepared him for his career in bringing fashion and the music industry together.

For this Black History Month, Noah sits down with fellow Instructional Supervisor Elijah Thomas to discuss approaches to centering Black History in the music classroom this month and every month. Their insightful conversation explores the role that music education has in shaping culture and its ability to inspire innovative ways for students to understand and respond to the truth of our country's history. A number of influential teaching and community-building resources are highlighted in the discussion as well, listed below.

Resources discussed:

Books:

• For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood, Chris Emdin
• We Want to Do More Than Survive, Bettina Love
• Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Jeff Chang
• Total Chaos, Jeff Chang
• Hip Hop Genius, Sam Seidel

Networks and other resources:

• Justice Choir Songbook: https://www.justicechoir.org/songbook/
• DTMR: https://www.decolonizingthemusicroom.com/
• Abolitionist Teaching Network: https://abolitionistteachingnetwork.org/
  • Resource for Use: Guide for Racial Justice and Abolitionist Social and Emotional Learning
• Poor People’s Campaign – A National Call for Moral Revival: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/arts-culture/we-rise-a-movement-songbook/
  • Resource for Use: We Rise – A Movement Songbook
• Teaching for Change: https://www.teachingforchange.org/
  • Resource for Use: https://socialjusticebooks.org/

Transition music:

• “Black Enough”, by Somi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ks5Xj_vz2M
• “Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)”, performed by Ledisi and the Robert Glasper Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Bz5HVbbgg
• “There’s A New World Coming”, performed by Bernice Johnson Reagon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOhdWCn0Gwk
• “Common Person”, by Burna Boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0SREUni2V8
• “Open Our Eyes”, by Earth, Wind and Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjp5-scAtYA

In part II of this episode, Noah continues the conversation with Marta, Joe, and Alfredo, ETM Teachers who recently led successful concerts at their partner elementary, middle, and high schools, respectively. They discuss the unique approaches they took to prepare their students for their school concerts and share insightful advice for early career music teachers preparing for their first student performances.

In this month’s two-part episode, Noah is joined by Marta, Joe, and Alfredo, ETM Teachers who recently led successful concerts at their partner schools. They discuss concerts that have inspired them, what they have brought to their teaching careers from their experiences as performers, and the best practices and advice they would share with early career music teachers preparing for their first student performances.

In this month’s episode, Noah sits down with ETM teacher Arielle Lewis to discuss the role that music education plays in teaching trust and care. Arielle speaks about her personal experiences coping in the classroom in the midst of personal turmoil, as well as the redemption she experienced through building her music programs and preparing for her ukulele ensemble’s special holiday performance this season.

Noah sits down with Dr. Jim Frankel, veteran music educator and Founder/Director of MusicFirst, to discuss the many ways in which technology amplifies the impact of a complete music education and serves as a facilitator for accessibility in the music classroom.

Noah leads a round table discussion among Education Through Music's Instructional Supervisors to explore what early career music teachers need to know to build an inclusive, supportive learning environment, while offering encouragement and guidance to music teachers at the beginning of their careers.

In this first episode of Education Through Music: The Podcast, Noah sits down with Education Through Music teachers to discuss the importance of music in schools. They reflect on their own lives as music students and connect these formative experiences to the important work they do now as teachers.