Band Meets Strings

20/06/2024

New episode: 2-11 Reflections 🎧 Pat & Tiffany look back at the year to share successes and areas of growth. Take a listen! 🎶

12/06/2024

Tiffany & Pat discuss singing with strings, especially in regards to shifting and sight-reading. 🎧 Listen in to hear audio clips from middle school students singing and string-ing!

01/05/2024

Episode 2-9 is out! 🎧 Pat & Tiffany talk about sight-reading in the festival setting. Listen wherever you find your podcasts!

20/03/2024

09/03/2024

Crossover Episode with Kyle Smith of Podcast! We chat about things to know before entering a string classroom from a band perspective. 🎻 Check out Kyle’s great work and subscribe to The Growing Band Director, which also has a fantastic community and resources!

24/02/2024

Great time recording with Kyle Smith of The Growing Band Director Podcast today! Look out for a crossover episode coming soon!

20/01/2024

New episode! 🎧 Pat and Tiffany talk everything Seating! How, when, and why, and how best to support each student’s development while keeping the whole ensemble in mind.

💡 Listen to Band Meets Strings anywhere you find podcasts!

20/12/2023

New episode! 🎧 Isabel McPherson joins us to talk about everything bass - so many great ideas on how to infuse energy to your bass section! 🎶 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!

12/11/2023

On this episode, Pat & Tiffany discuss how we work to create a uniform ensemble sound, from building awareness to finding a model to creating a matched sound in the ensemble. 🎧 Listen wherever you find podcasts!

01/11/2023

New episode: 🍁 Pat & Tiffany reflect on the first quarter of the year, discussing rep & rehearsal choices and how they’re feeling about them! 🎧 Check out Band Meets Strings wherever you find your podcasts

10/10/2023

We’re back with another fantastic guest interview! On this episode, we welcome Dr. Angela Ammerman from George Mason University. Dr. Ammerman () shares her experience using play-based teaching strategies in the ensemble classroom. She provides some excellent strategies for recruitment in her new book, The Musician’s Guide to Recruitment and Retention. 🎶 Find this episode wherever you listen to podcasts!

06/08/2023

We’re back with Season 2 of Band Meets Strings! ⭐️ Starting the season with a interview guest Colleen MacDonald, an incredible elementary and middle school orchestra director based in Weston, MA. Colleen shares about the structure of her classes, and how she sets the tone for a great year for beginners and beyond.

🎧 Tune in for some start-of-year inspiration, on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

Episode 2-1 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/37CFuQ7tKn3RbxZkvVmqpN?si=20OV7wLuQW685h3jhS_-_Q

Episode 2-1 on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/band-meets-strings/id1649606046?i=1000623605655

10/07/2023

Episode 11 is on the feed! 🎵Pat and Tiffany reflect back on the school year, and discuss summer project plans. Summer is the perfect time to catch up on listening - find us wherever you listen to podcasts! ✨

09/06/2023

Let’s talk vibrato! 🎻 Arm or wrist? Fast or slow? Above or below the pitch?? Episode 10 is out now, wherever you listen to podcasts!

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02/05/2023

Episode 🔟! In this special episode, Pat and Tiffany address specific challenges in their festival repertoire. Take a listen as we dive into in-class practice recordings and chat about how to approach a variety of musical challenges.

🎧 If you’re enjoying Band Meets Strings, please share with a string teacher colleague who might enjoy it too!

12/04/2023

We’re back! And we’re talking all things shifting! Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or anywhere you listen to podcasts! Questions or feedback? Send us an email at [email protected] or our DMs are always open!

09/02/2023

Our 8th episode is out! We’re talking all things about open string tuning - procedures, logistics, and how to set a classroom of many students up for success with minimal broken strings. 🎻 Find Band Meets Strings anywhere you listen to podcasts!

30/01/2023

We’re back! In Episode 7, Pat and Tiffany talk about assessment in the orchestra classroom - what’s working for us, our priorities when grading, and how they fit into the systems of our schools and districts.