Episode 1.8 - "Grainger's Door and Other Stories from Down Under"

"One More Time" explores banding in Australia. We are joined on this episode by Joanne Heaton (doctoral candidate, Sydney Conservatorium of Music and music teacher at Our Lady of Sion College), Bruce Herriman (Principal, Instrumental Music School Services at Department of Education and Training, Western Australia), Rob McWilliams (Educational Outreach Clincian, Yamaha Australia), Monte Mumford (retired band director and Advisor and Lead Educator for the Melbourne Youth Orchestra Teacher Professional Development Programme), and John Lynch (Associate Professor, Sydney Conservatorium of Music). Scott Schwartz (Director of the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music) provides a story of Sousa's trip to Australia with his band, and the Source Material segment is about "Into the Sun" by Australian composer, Jodie Blackshaw.

show notes

 

Pictures of the refurbishing of Grainger's door

Episode 1.7 - "Death and Taxes"

The title of this episode is taken from Ben Franklin's famous quote, and is used as the basis for our story. The episode explores the relationship between Sousa and his manager David Blakely from Scott Schwartz (Director of the Sousa Archive and Center for American Music), a two-minute rehearsal technique by Dr. Stephen Peterson (Director of Bands, University of Illinois). The Source Material segment features Michael Markowski and "The Cave You Fear." Derek Jenkins discusses the Iowa Band Tax, Matthew Maslanka talks about his father's passing, and several Marching Illini members discuss the death of a recent member.

Episode 1.6 - "The Glass Ceiling"

This month we offer a timely episode of "One More Time" focusing on females in the band world. The episode explores Sousa's "women in white" (told by Carol Berthold, volunteer at the Sousa Archive and Center for American Music), offers interviews with Dr. Courtney Snyder, Dr. Andrea Brown, Prof. Paula Crider, and Dr. Emily Threinen. The Source Material segment features Alex Shapiro and "Paper Cut" and the Two-Minute Rehearsal Technique is given by Lt. Kelly Cartwright of the USN Pacific Fleet Band, who is a Illinois graduate.

Episode Notes

“Time’s Up” blog: https://windrep.blogspot.com/2018/02/times-up-escaping-sameness-of-wind-band.html 

League of American Orchestras website: http://www.americanorchestras.org/learning-leadership-development/diversity-resource-center/the-league-s-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-strategy.html 

Alex Shapiro's Programming Resources page, which lists many ways to discover pieces by female composers

Music: 
“Peaches and Cream” – Sousa, performed by the USMB
“Thieving at 3” – Zia, soundcloud.com/ziaudio
“podcast mood” – Zia, soundcloud.com/ziaudio 

Episode 1.5 - "Band Love"

This Valentine's Day episode of "One More Time" focuses on the relationships developed through and influenced by bands. The episode explores Sousa falling in love (told by Scott Schwartz, Director of the Sousa Archive and Center for American Music), recounts the Drs. Peterson history together from Northwest to the University of Illinois, Dr. John Lynch of the Sydney Conservatorium discusses how sexual orientation has played into his career, and we look at a recent engagement of two Iowa band members. Jon Noworyta (Doctoral Candidate, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music) provides a two-minute rehearsal technique, and Frank Ticheli provides some information on "Blue Shades."

Episode 1.4.5 - "Everything Band" MiniBand

This MiniBand features a full episode of Mark Connor's "Everything Band" podcast. During the episode, he interviews middle school band director Tiffany Hitz. Mark was featured on our previous episode, and he recently released an episode featuring Sean Smith, Executive Producer of "One More Time" and Assistant Director of Athletic Bands at the University of Illinois.

"Everything Band" Episode 45 - Sean Smith

 

Episode 1.4 - "Adventures on a Barge, or How I Got Smuggled Into Cuba"

The American Wind Symphony Orchestra and their conductor Robert Boudreau are the focus of this month's episode. There are several guests throughout our episode within the segments, including Scott Schwartz (Director, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music), Chip DeStefano (Director, McCracken Middle School), Mark Connor (Everything Band podcast), and Dr. David Biedenbender (Assistant Professor of Composition, Michigan State University), and a rehearsal peek with Dr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. (Professor of Music, University of New Hampshire) leading the All-Illinois Junior Band.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

Cyclotron page from David Biedenbender's website, which includes a full recording and perusal score.

Episode 1.3 - "Gameday!"

This episode takes the listener through a game day with the Marching Illini. We will be visited by several guests, including Scott Schwartz (Director, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music), H. Robert Reynolds (retired Director of Bands, University of Michigan), Dr. J. Ashley Jarrell (Director of Instrumental Music, University of North Georgia), and Dr. Eli Fieldsteel (Assistant Professor of Composition-Theory and Director of the Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois).

New to this episode is a segment called "Source Material." Composers are invited to talk about one piece of music they have composed and give us their analysis of the work.

Episode 1.2 - "The Games We Play"

This episode focuses on the relationship between bands and athletic activities. We will be visited by several guests, including Scott Schwartz (Director, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music), Prof. Bernhard Scully (Professor of Horn, University of Illinois and Member of the Canadian Brass), Prof. Betsy McCann (Director of Athletic Bands, University of Minnesota), Prof. Barry Houser (Director of Athletic Bands, University of Illinois), Quinten Breach (Member, Marching Illini), and Josh Whitman (Director of Athletics, University of Illinois).

 

Companion Information

From "From the Archives" with Scott Schwartz

Three Strikes Two-Step by A.W. Bauer
http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/027/135

 

Music Credits

"Spy Glass"
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

“Fig Leaf Times Two" (that's the song I took)
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

“National Game March” by the United States Marine Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTkPyGaGa6o

Episode 1.1.5 - "Miniband 1"

In between our monthly installments, we hope to release what we will call "Minibands." These will be full interviews and unused materials from our episodes, and on occasion new stuff. Minibands will be a little less polished than our regular episodes, so items will generally be introduced at the beginning and roll into each other from there.

Our first miniband contains the full interviews from our first episode, which were cut due to time. there is a ton of information in these interviews.

 

Episode 1.1 - "Firsts"

In this episode we explore several important firsts for the wind band, including the first band, the first marching band, and the first Marine Band concert. We are joined by special guests: Dr. Elizabeth Peterson (Associate Director of Bands, University of Illinois), Scott Schwartz (Director, Sousa Archive and Center for American Music), Larry Dwyer (Assistant Director of Bands, University of Notre Dame), Barry Houser (Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands, University of Illinois), John Pasquale (Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands, University of Michigan), Gary Smith (President, American Bandmasters Association), and Gunnery Sgt. Kira Wharton (Historian, "The President's Own" United States Marine Band).

Access via Apple Podcasts

Sources and Credits

Informational Sources

Music Sources

Canzon per sonar primi toni a 8, Ch. 170, James Howard Young
https://musopen.org/music/3517/giovanni-gabrieli/canzon-per-sonar-primi-toni-a-8-ch-170/ 

Funeral March of a Marionette, Eastern Wind Symphony
https://musopen.org/music/2769/charles-gounod/funeral-march-of-a-marionette/ 

La Gracieuse – 2. Minuet I, Jennifer Paull  
https://musopen.org/music/3341/louis-de-caix-dhervelois/la-gracieuse/ 

Orient et Occident, Op 25, United States Marine Band
https://musopen.org/music/499/camille-saint-saens/orient-et-occident-op-25/ 

Sheridan’s Ride, United States Marine Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTTjIWJIwuo 

“Oskee Wow-Wow” and “Pride of the Illini” provided by the Illinois Bands

“Podcast mood” composed by Ziarrah Fox

 “Victors” provided by Dr. John Paquale, Director of Michigan Marching and Athletic Bands 

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