Take Note

We're talking about string education with Dr. Jeffrey Tedford, music department chair at Grove City College and current president of the Pennsylvania Delaware String Teachers Association, and Lynn Tuttle, Executive Director and CEO of the American String Teacher Association. We discuss the state of string education and what educators can look forward to from PADESTA and ASTA.

The fall means marching band and we're talking about the Bands of America season with Tim Hinton from Marching Arts Education. We're also talking with Tim Daniels, Director of Bands at Norwin High School, about Norwin's return to Bands of America Grand Nationals. Join us for a fun look into marching band preparations for national events like Grand Nationals.

Chiho Feindler is the Senior Director of Programs and Policy at the Save The Music Foundation. She joins us to talk about the work of Save The Music and free resources that are available for all music educators.

We're joined by Joel Menchey, President and Owner of Menchey Music Service, and current Chair of NAMM, to talk about Menchey Music, recruitment and retention, his new role at NAMM, and more.

A product of the PMEA festival system, Adam Brock, details that experience and how it shaped his life in his new book "My Song To Sing." Adam joins us to discuss the book, his experiences in PMEA events, and his advice for students considering participating in PMEA events.

We're talking about a new event for PMEA - a Day of Service. We'll talk about what that is, hear from participants and learn about the Reading Musical Foundation - the group PMEA helped during the Day of Service. We recommend you visit www.pmea.net/takenote to watch this episode of Take Note so you can see video from the Day of Service!

We're talking with newly retired PMEA member, Tina Bennett, about real life advocacy actions she had to take when the program she built over the course of her career was threatened and how she rallied to keep the program going. She shares strategies anyone can use.

We're talking about the 2021 Drum Corps International season and hearing stories from a career in television and drum corps with Drum Corps International icon Steve Rondinaro.

We're talking with Debbie Chrisman from the Perkiomen Valley School District and Sue Basalik from the Methacton School District about the value of professional development and what to expect at the year's PMEA Summer Conference happening virtually July 21-23.

We're talking with Julie Duty, the founder and executive director of United Sound. Learn about the United Sound program and how you can implement it in your school.