Aliyah has used the pandemic as an opportunity to hone her craft as an arranger, and shares her love of music from Broadway to marching band via epic collaborative videos that feature her many friends. She believes that music can help people connect with and understand each other better, and she is certainly leading by example.

*LINKS*
Aliyah's website
Find Aliyah Danielle on Patreon, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook

Selected Videos:
Don't You Worry Bout a Thing by Stevie Wonder
Crazy = Genius by Panic! at the Disco
The Wizard and I from Wicked
Feeling Good cover of Michael Buble version
WAP arrangement for marching band


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More about the host at caroljantsch.com

In addition to his mastery of bass trombone, tuba, flugabone, and various other instruments, Dr. Reginald Chapman, Jr. knows how to maximize his musical career by utilizing the internet. He’s also a composer, arranger, beat maker, and educator--and despite his immense talent and copious output, he’s down to earth and easy to talk to.

*LINKS*
Reginald's website
Follow Reginald on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
Follow the side projects Pressure Fit Music and Bone Apple Tea Brass
Debut Album - Prototype
Prototype Remix Album
Pressure Fit Music Bandcamp site
UTV Chamber

Selected Videos
JOGA (Bjork Low Brass Cover)
Calculation Theme
In the Land of Oo Bla Dee
Bone Boy Nu Nu
No BS! Brass Band: "Brass Scene Kids"


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Jazzie discusses why her identity as a Black woman is so central to her career goals, and shares the many projects she has created with the aim to diversity the classical music field, from research and performance outreach to commissioning projects.

*LINKS*
Jazzie's website
Follow Jazzie on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
Follow her commissioning project on Kickstarter


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Landres won a spot with the prestigious United States Marine Band "The President's Own"  in his early twenties, while still a graduate student at the Yale School of Music. He gives us a primer on military bands, and discusses how he balances work and personal life to make time for his many hobbies, which include reading, cooking, and gardening. 

“Landres’s Picks” - Favorite USMB Videos

-SHOSTAKOVICH The Gadfly Suite, Overture

-GRAINGER Lincolnshire Posy, 5. Lord Melbourne

-"America's All-Star Band" - an Emmy Award-winning series in collaboration with Gerard Schwarz and American Public Television. All the big band rep in addition to contemporary composers like Jennifer Higdon and Bright Sheng. Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3

-Women Marines Reserve Band - cool peek into what military band life was like for women during WWII

-March of the Women Marines, written by a tuba player in the band

-Commando March. Me playing on tour, in my hometown, across the street from my high school. Commando March = first recording of the Marine Band I heard, and the first time I remember getting jazzed about classical music.

-Some Star Wars--because, why not?

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Meet the charismatic young woman who inspired the creation of this podcast! A current doctoral candidate at UCLA, Chloe is on a mission to increase the representation of Black women in classical music, both by bringing attention to overlooked historical figures, and by inspiring today's younger generation.

*LINKS*
More info at chloeswindler.com
Follow Chloe on Facebook and Instagram
Chloe's Soundcloud page
Chloe's blog post on Brass Chicks
African American Female Instrumentalists site
The Common Ground Series

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Carol Jantsch and co-host Bernard Flythe (tuba players and kindred spirits) share their personal experiences as minorities in the brass field, and discuss why it was important to create a series of interviews of young brass musicians from underrepresented demographics.

Follow Bernard on Instagram at @hirsbrunner40 and on Facebook at Bernard H. Flythe, and his website is www.theflythegroup.com.

Follow Carol on Instagram at @jantschasaurus and on Facebook at Carol Jantsch. Her nonprofit Tubas For Good is on Facebook as well as www.tubasforgood.com. More info at www.caroljantsch.com