The Band Room Podcast
Welcome to The Band Room! A podcast bringing you the best of band. Host, Dylan Rook Maddix sits down with the movers and shakers of the wind world, conductors, composers, teachers and performers. Have your ears opened to the new and exciting and take your seat in The Band Room!
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 112
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
BRP 51 | Jacob Caines
This week we welcome Jacob Caines to the Band Room! Jacob is a conductor, musicologist, and performer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he is the director of the Dalhousie Wind Ensem…
BRP 50 | JoAnne Harris
This week we welcome composer and conductor, JoAnne Harris to The Band Room! We spoke about JoAnne’s musical beginnings, writing music for film and TV, her new piece Dimension, the impo…
BRP 49 | Angela Schroeder
We welcome Dr. Angela Schroeder to the Band Room! Dr. Schroeder is the Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Alberta. Dylan and Cait chat with Angela a…
BRP 48 | John Mackey
We welcome composer, John Mackey to The Band Room! We spoke about his musical upbringing, working with fear as an artist, writing for band, promoting diversity at the Midwest Clinic, me…
BRP 47 | Armand Hall
We welcome conductor and educator Dr. Armand Hall to the Band Room! Armand currently serves as Executive and Artist director of the ROCmusic Collaborative in Rochester, NY and is Chair …
BRP 46 | Keith Kelly
We welcome Keith Kelly of The Global Bandroom Podcast to The Band Room! We spoke about Keith’s path to where he is, all things band in Ireland, the importance of the community band, the…
BRP 45 | Karen Bulmer
We welcome tuba player, educator, and writer Dr. Karen Bulmer to The Band Room for the fourth installment of our Sectionals Series! Karen currently serves as the Associate Dean (Teachin…
BRP 44 | Jason Nam
We welcome Dr. Jason Nam, assistant professor of music in bands at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music to The Band Room. We spoke about the beginnings of his musical journey, his …
BRP 43 | Sara Sulyma
On this episode, we welcome Manitoba-based music educator Sara Sulyma to the Band Room! We spoke about Sara’s musical beginnings, creating a safe space in the classroom, using more incl…
BRP 42 | Elizabeth Raum
We welcome oboist and composer extraordinaire, Elizabeth Raum to The Band Room! We spoke about her musical beginnings, playing in the Atlantic and Regina Symphonies, how she came back t…
BRP 41 | Robert Taylor
We welcome Director of Bands at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Robert Taylor to The Band Room! Dylan and Cait chat with Rob about his musical beginnings, trusting your intuitio…
BRP 40 | Colin Clarke
We welcome conductor, adjudicator, clinician and founder/artistic director of the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra, Colin Clarke to The Band Room. Dylan, Cait and Colin speak about his uniq…
BRP 39 | Jeffrey Leung
We welcome saxophonist, educator and scholar, Dr. Jeffrey Leung to The Band Room for the third installment of our 'Sectionals Series'. Dylan, Cait and Jeffrey dive deep into topics of m…
BRP 38 | Alex Shapiro
This week, we welcome composer Alex Shapiro to the Band Room! Dylan and Cait chat with Alex about why she loves the band community, how her environment influences her work, overcoming c…
BRP 37 | Hanging with Dylan & Cait
This week Dylan and Cait take a break from chatting with guests and ask each other BRP listener questions. Everything from their earliest band memory, books that have inspired them, wha…
BRP 36 | Kaitlin Bove
We welcome Dr. Kaitlin Bove, Director of Instrumental Ensembles and Assistant Professor of Music at Pierce College, to the Band Room. Dylan, Cait, and Kaitlin speak about the importance…
BRP 35 | Kenley Kristofferson
We welcome composer and music educator extraordinaire, Kenley Kristofferson to the Band Room! Dylan, Cait and Kenley speak about his musical upbringing, composing for concert and video …
BRP 34 | Jim Spragg
We welcome Jim Spragg, second trumpet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for our second instalment in the Band Room Sectionals Series! Dylan and Jim speak about his exciting path to the …
BRP 33 | Wesley Ferreira
We start our new 'Band Room Sectionals' series by welcoming Dr. Wesley Ferreira, Associate Professor of Clarinet at Colorado State University, to the Band Room. Dylan and Wesley speak a…
BRP 32 | Cynthia Johnston Turner
We welcome Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner, Director of Bands at the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music, to the Band Room. Dylan and Cynthia spoke about the classical concer…