One More Time Illinois Bands

On this episode of “One More Time,” we’re talking about COVID-19 and how it has affected the band world. We’re joined by Melisa Gustafson-Hinds, director of bands at O’Fallon High School (IL); Holly Thornton, beginning band director at Kinawa 5-6 School (MI), and Corey Seapy, director of bands at Millikin University (IL). Luke Johnson, director of bands at MidAmerica Nazarene University (KS) provides us with our Two Minute Rehearsal Technique.

Produced by Mike Tuleo

On this episode of “One More Time,” we’re talking about wind band works that have been dedicated to people, movements, and ideas, with a specific focus on environmentalism and sustainability. We’re joined by Steven Bryant, a freelance composer who’s studied composition at the Juilliard School, North Texas University, and Ouachita University and the composer of “The Automatic Earth;” Viet Cuong, the California Symphony’s 2020-2023 Young American Composer-in-Residence and composer of “Re(new)al;”and Dr. Jay Watkins, who works at the University of Florida as the Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Assistant Professor in the School of Music and as the Director of the “Pride of the Sunshine” - The Gator Marching Band. Cindy Severino provides us with our Two Minute Rehearsal Technique, and Scott Schwartz of the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music joins to tell us about pieces that Sousa wrote and dedicated.

In this Black History Month episode of “One More Time: A Wind Band Podcast,” we’re diving into what it’s like to be a Black American in the music field through conversations with three Black undergraduate students of music at the University of Illinois and the Juilliard School (Ivana Owana, Njioma Grevious, and Kayla Williams), as well as Dr. Kelvin Jones, Assistant Director of Bands and the Director of the Marching Tigers at Louisiana State University.

This episode also has an interview with Scott Schwartz, Director of the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, about James Reese Europe, a Black American jazz bandleader and composer during the turn of the 20th century, as well as our Two Minute Rehearsal Technique with Dr. Erica Neidlinger of DePaul University.

In this episode of “One More Time: A Wind Band Podcast,” we’re exploring the role of multi-instrumentalists in wind bands through interviews with Andrew Nichols: Middle and high school band director, woodwind doubler, and professional performer; Dr. Gail Robertson: Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium and Head of the Jazz Dept. at the University of Central Arkansas and president of the International Tuba Association; and Ryan O’Connell: Composer, orchestrater, arranger, and writer.

This episode also has a chat with Scott Schwartz, Director of the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, about how Sousa’s training as a multi-instrumentalist influenced his work, as well as our Two Minute Rehearsal Technique with Dr. Matthew Sadowski.

Produced by Louie Yockey and Evan Matthews.

For the first “One More Time: A Wind Band Podcast” episode of Season 4, we explore the intersection of gender identity and band through interviews with Emma Joy Jampole (she/her): Doctor of Philosophy Candidate, Curriculum and Instruction, Music Education, and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin Madison; Dr. Megan Eagen-Jones (they/them): Lecturer in Musicology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Amy McCabe (she/her): Trumpeter/Cornetist Gunnery Sergeant in the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band. Scott Schwartz discusses women who challenged the traditional gender stereotypes in the time of Sousa in our “From the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music” segment and Dr. David Thornton discusses our Two Minute Rehearsal Technique.

This episode of One More Time takes a look at musician mental health, stressors, and ways to cope. Scott Schwartz (Director of the Sousa Archive and Center for American Music) discusses Sousa’s various health issues. Dr. Rob Taylor, Director of Bands at the University of British Colombia, provides our two-minute technique for the month. Thank you again to Kevin Day, Dr. Brenda Wristen, Dr. Eric Jiminez, Melisa Rutkelis, Dr. Rob Taylor, and Scott Schwartz for all of their input for this episode!