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 31 | Darrin Oehlerking
We welcome Dr. Darrin Oehlerking, Director of Bands at the University of Saskatchewan to the Band Room. Dylan and Darrin speak about his zigzag path to where he is, his position at the …
BRP 30 | 2020 In Review
Happy New Year! 2020 was rough for a lot of reasons but we often had our days brightened by many of BRP's inspirational guests. We go back in time to hear from their wise words and how …
BRP 29 | Leah McGray
We welcome conductor and educator, Dr. Leah McGray, Director of Instrumental Studies for the State University of New York at Geneseo to the Band Room. Dylan and Leah had a great convers…
BRP 28 | Band Trips Gone Wrong
We share our first bonus episode with you, entitled Band Trips Gone Wrong. Join award-winning music educators, Laura Lee Matthie and Dan Austin as they share some of their best band tri…
BRP 27 | Teaching in a New Landscape
We welcome award-winning music educators, Dan Austin, Band Director and Instrumental Music Teacher at GCVI in Guelph, ON and Laura Lee Matthie, Arts Chair and Music Teacher at Orillia S…
BRP 26 | Dale Trumbore
We launch the first episode of the Band Room Bookshelf with composer and writer, Dale Trumbore, speaking about her book, Staying Composed: Overcoming anxiety and self-doubt within a cre…
BRP 25 | Joseph Resendes
We welcome conductor and educator, Joseph Resendes to the Band Room! Dylan and Joe discuss the path he took to get where he is, the role community music making has had in his life/caree…
BRP 24 | Gillian MacKay
Episode Description
We welcome back Dr. Gillian MacKay of the University of Toronto. Dylan and Gillian talk about how she’s been keeping her creative self during the pandemic, conducting…
BRP LIVE! | Nick Godsoe
We welcome grants manager, tuba player and researcher, Nick Godsoe to BRP LIVE! Nick is currently, Manager of Programs & Education with MusiCounts, Canada's music education charity.
We s…
BRP LIVE! | Laura Campbell
We welcome clarinetist, educator, social media influencer and founder of the Virtual Concert Band, Laura Campbell to the Band Room Podcast LIVE! Join Dylan and Laura as they discuss all…
BRP LIVE! | Giovanni Santos
We are excited to welcome composer, educator and conductor, Giovanni Santos to the Band Room Podcast LIVE! Join Dylan and Giovanni as they discuss his journey to where he is, his positi…
BRP 20 | Peter Gallant
Dylan sits down with a pivotal person in his life, his junior high band teacher, Mr. Peter Gallant. Join them as they discuss Peter’s path, his 33 years as the band teacher at Summersid…
BRP LIVE! | Cait Nishimura
For our second BRP LIVE! Dylan caught up with return guest, composer, Cait Nishimura to chat about how she's been doing, keeping creative during a pandemic, her work with the Music Crea…
BRP LIVE! | Christian Overton
Welcome to the first BRP LIVE! A new weekly series of interviews from The Band Room Podcast. We sat down with Toronto based trombonist and composer, Christian Overton to chat about his …
BRP 17 | Wendy Zander McCallum
Dylan is joined in the Band Room with Dr. Wendy Zander McCallum, faculty member and Instrumental Music Specialist, at Brandon University. They discuss everything from her path to where …
BRP 16 | Erik Leung
Dylan is joined in the Band Room with Dr. Erik Leung, Director of Bands at Oregon State University. They discuss everything from his path to where he is, influential teachers, the impor…
BRP 15 | Peter Meechan
Dylan sits down with composer Peter Meechan, speaking about his musical upbringing, musical influences, compositional process, life as a composer, his friendship and the impact of trump…
BRP 14 | Ensemble Teaching in an Age of COVID-19
Join Dylan as he explores some of the problems we face as music educators in this new age of COVID-19. Most importantly, we'll be discussing solutions and mindsets to consider, hopefull…
The Band Room Podcast Trailer
Hey! My name is Dylan Maddix! And I’m Cait Nishimura! Together, we host The Band Room Podcast. The podcast that brings you the best of band! We sit down with the movers and shakers of t…
BRP 13 | Mark Hopkins
Dylan is joined in the Band Room with his friend and mentor, Dr. Mark Hopkins, Professor of Music at Acadia University. They discuss everything from his "unusual" path to where he is, g…