Chris Martin is the CEO of Pennsylvania's C.F. Martin & Co. which is known as one of the world's greatest guitar manufacturers. We talk to Chris about the guitar business, his role with NAMM, and music education advocacy.

Becky and Joe Sensor are music educators at Dubois Area Middle School.  We talk to them about teaching during a pandemic and what it's like to be married to another music teacher that works in the same building.

Dr. Marci Major is the Founder and Director of Music Service Learning. She joins Take Note to talk about this new organization and how others can get involved. Learn more at www.musicservicelearning.org

Phil Stattel, PMEA President and Tina Bennett, PMEA Immediate Past President join Take Note to talk about how they've handled the past year in their music classrooms and how PMEA has navigated the pandemic as well.

Byron Stripling was named as the Principal Pops Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in early 2020. We talk to Stripling about his career, his plans for the Pops, music education, and how music and the arts play into our current world.