The Band Room Podcast

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 intuition, studying at Northwestern, the culture of collaboration at UBC, his programming process, queer identity and visibility in the wind band, and much more!
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Music used in this episode
BRP Theme Music: Skyline by EKR Hammell
Performing Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind Ensemble
Dr. Gillian MacKay – Conductor
Episode Links
University of British Columbia School of Music
https://music.ubc.ca/

More About Rob
https://music.ubc.ca/robert-taylor

The Horizon Leans Forward, compiled and edited by Dr. Erik Kar Jun Leung
https://www.amazon.com/Horizon-Leans-Forward-Underrepresented-Communities/dp/1622775392

UBC School of Music Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/ubcmusic

NU SWE: The Making of "rising"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERl2d_rfsN8&ab_channel=NorthwesternSWE

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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 unique path to becoming a conductor, our role as educators during the pandemic, founding TYWO, his role as an adjudicator, dismantling the traditional view of the “maestro” and much more!
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Music used in this episode
BRP Theme Music: Skyline by EKR Hammell
Performing Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind Ensemble
Dr. Gillian MacKay – Conductor

​About Colin
Colin Clarke is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra program, and maintains an active career as a sought-after conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.
A recipient of the Clifford Evens Award for Conducting at the University of Western Ontario, Colin completed further studies in conducting at the University of North Texas and at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. Participating in the International Conducting Workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria, he conducted the symphonies of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with the highly celebrated New Symphony Orchestra of Sofia and studied with noted pedagogues Gustav Meier and Rossen Milanov. Colin made his Carnegie Hall debut in May 2006 with the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra, and returned to Carnegie Hall in 2011.
With a passion for music education and outreach, Colin maintains a commitment to working with young people and the community. He has guest conducted several orchestras and choirs across the country and has led the Provincial Honour Bands of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Prince Edward Island. In May 2008, he was selected to conduct the National Youth Band of Canada. Most recently, Colin was appointed Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.
http://tywo.ca/about-us/artistic-staff/

Episode Links
Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra
https://tywo.ca/

​TYWO Article in Canadian Winds Journal
http://tywo.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Canadian-Winds-Article.pdf

Hamilton Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
https://hpyo.com/

#BlackMusicMatters: Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Music Education by Darren Hamilton
https://cmea.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/62-2-ARTICLE.pdf
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The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power by Norman Lebrecht
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/customer-reviews/R1SPVGT39Y32NL/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0806520884

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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 we can apply them to 2021.

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Music used in this episode
BRP Theme Music: Skyline by EKR Hammell
Performing Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind Ensemble
Dr. Gillian MacKay – Conductor

Episode Links
Linda Wharton
https://music.uwo.ca/faculty/bios/linda-wharton.html

Jonathan Dagenais
https://www.jonathandagenais.com/

Mark Hopkins
https://markemersonhopkins.ca/

Pete Meechan
http://meechanmusic.com/

Erik Leung
https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/users/erik-leung

Wendy Zander McCallum
https://people.brandonu.ca/mccallumw/

Peter Gallant
https://soloaudioprojects.com/index.php/contact-us/

Gillian MacKay
https://music.utoronto.ca/mob-our-people.php?fid=5

Dale Trumbore
https://www.daletrumbore.com/

Dan Austin
https://www.ugdsb.ca/gcvi/music/teaachers/
Laura Lee Matthie
https://www.omea.on.ca/omea-board-of-directors/

Leah McGray
https://www.geneseo.edu/music

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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 creative life. Dylan and Dale speak about her background, what inspired her to write the book, the loads of ideas and techniques to help deal with the struggles creatives face and much more!

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Music used in this episode
BRP Theme Music: Skyline by EKR Hammell
Performing Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind Ensemble, Dr. Gillian MacKay, Conductor

About Dale
Dale Trumbore is a Los Angeles-based composer and writer whose music has been praised by The New York Times for its "soaring melodies and beguiling harmonies." Trumbore's compositions have been performed widely in the U.S. and internationally by ensembles including the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Modesto Symphony, Pacific Chorale, Pasadena Symphony, The Singers – Minnesota Choral Artists, and VocalEssence.

Trumbore's 2019-2020 season included performances at the NCCO National Conference, the Norton Simon Museum, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. She has served as Composer in Residence for Choral Chameleon as well as Artist in Residence at Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Copland House, and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico.

​How to Go On, Choral Arts Initiative's album of Trumbore's choral works, debuted at #6 on Billboard's Traditional Classical Chart. Choral Arts Northwest, The Esoterics, Helix Collective, New York Virtuoso Singers, and soprano Gillian Hollis have also commercially recorded works by Trumbore. Her choral works are available through Boosey & Hawkes, G. Schirmer, and Graphite Marketplace.

As a composer who works frequently with words, Trumbore is passionate about setting to music poems, prose and found text by living writers. She has written extensively about working through creative blocks and establishing a career in music in essays for 21CM, Cantate Magazine, the Center for New Music, and NewMusicBox. Her first book, Staying Composed: Overcoming Anxiety and Self-Doubt Within a Creative Life, was hailed by writer Angela Myles Beeching (Beyond Talent) as a "treasure trove of practical strategies for moving your artistic career forward... not only for composers, but for performers, writers, and any other creatives."

Trumbore holds a dual degree in Music Composition and English from the University of Maryland and a Master of Music degree in Composition from the University of Southern California. A New Jersey native, Trumbore lives in Azusa, CA with her husband and their two cats.
Episode Links
Dale's Websitehttps://www.daletrumbore.com/

Staying Composed
https://www.amazon.ca/Staying-Composed-Overcoming-Self-Doubt-Creative/dp/109724864X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=staying+composed&qid=1606668479&sr=8-1

​Follow Dale on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/daletrumbore/

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This episode was recorded LIVE from the 2023 Ontario Music Educator Association Conference in Niagara Fall, Ontario! Dylan and Cait sat down with their friend and mentor, Dr. Gillian MacKay from the University of Toronto. They spoke about finding musical inspiration from non-musical activities, programming with diversity in mind and all three of their connections to the ColourFULL Music Initiative, band after the pandemic, contributing to creating a more peaceful and inclusive musical environment and so much more!
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Music used in this episode
BRP Theme Music: Skyline by EKR Hammell
Performing Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind Ensemble
Dr. Gillian MacKay – Conductor
Chasing Sunlight (Piano Version) by Cait Nishimura
Arranged and performed by Brian Barber
About Gillian
Gillian MacKay is Professor of Music of the University of Toronto, where she conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches conducting. Gillian has an active professional career as a conductor, adjudicator, clinician and trumpeter. She has conducted honour ensembles throughout Canada and the United States, and is Associate Conductor of the Denis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra. Dr. MacKay has adjudicated Canadian band festivals at local, provincial, and national levels in Canada. She has conducted honour bands and judged competitions in the US, Singapore, Thailand, and Korea.
Dr. MacKay enjoys presenting clinics and workshops at provincial and state conferences in Canada and the United States, and is known for her work on the relationship between conducting and mime. Currently, she is investigating the application of the Michael Chekhov acting technique to movement and meaning in conducting. Recognized as a conducting pedagogue, Gillian leads the University of Toronto Wind Conducting Symposium each July, and has been the guest instructor at other symposia in Canada and the United States.
Gillian holds degrees and diplomas from the University of Lethbridge, McGill University, the University of Calgary, and Northwestern University.
Episode Links
BRP 5 | Gillian MacKay - Being The Best Musician You Can Be
https://www.bandroompod.com/episodes/episode/be1b3f21/brp-5-or-dr-gillian-mackay-or-being-the-best-musician-you-can-beBRP 24 | Gillian MacKay
https://www.bandroompod.com/episodes/episode/24782749/brp-24-or-gillian-mackayColourFULL Music Initiative
https://www.colourfullmusic.com/Ear Training Apps
Better Ears
https://www.mamp.info/better-ears/en/InTune
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/intune-tuning-practice/id580791793?amp%3Bmt=8&ls=1Toned Ear
https://tonedear.com/

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