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In this week's episode, Dr. Arris Golden and Dr. William Lake Jr. join us for a discussion on the state of the music education system and their ways of creating lasting changes within their field. --- SOCIALS: Facebook: www.facebook.com/relativepitchpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/relativepitch_ Twitter: www.twitter.com/relativepitch_ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sIViEIbMcgjb3w4gsydQN Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relative-pitch/id1534509637

Join Everything Conducting for our fascinating “Wind Band Conducting” roundtable conversation with Wind Ensemble guest conductors: Jessica Swift - Conductor of the Concert Winds & Philharmonia Orange at the San Diego Youth Symphony, Dr. William Lake Jr. - Associate Director of Bands at the Crane School of Music and Assistant Professor of Music Education, Travis J. Cross - Professor of Music, Wind Ensemble Conductor, and Music Department Chair at UCLA, and Scott Stewart - Music Director at the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony. Our discussion includes recruitment, building blocks of an excellent wind ensemble sound quality, how conductors shape social events through music, and repertoire that should be on every wind ensemble conductor’s radar. 0:00 - Introduction 1:33 - Recruiting/Program Building 13:49 - Basic Building Blocks of Wind Ensemble 20:47 - Playing Differences According to Ensemble Size 24:34 - The Conductor as a Cultural Leader 35:00 - Preparing the Next Generation of Artists 45:36 - Recommended Composers for Wind Ensemble 49:23 - Inspiring the Search for New Repertoire 54:54 - Diversity in Ensemble and Repertoire 1:03:35 - Closing Remarks