The Flying Baton Podcast
An upcoming Podcast about the joys of teaching beginning band. From from stories to pedagogical disc
20/03/2024
Should you go to assessment? Are there viable alternatives? What are the judges even listening for? How do we use assessment to further our musical goals? All this and more in this episode!
02/03/2024
Tip, tricks, and horror stories of sight reading at assessment!
#30 Sight Reading at Assessment — The Flying Baton We’re back! Here are some quick tips to make your sight reading a success at assessment!
04/11/2023
New Podcast Episode! All about student teaching!
#29 Student Teaching — The Flying Baton We chat with 3 teachers with various levels of experience about the process of student teaching and how it does and doesn't prepare you for the gig!
03/08/2023
Join our wonderful guests Harry Farmer and Scott Allred to discus what it's like playing at State Conference!
#28 Playing at State Conference — The Flying Baton This year, my school (Shelburne Middle School) was picked to play at our state conference. I invited legends Harry Farmer from Blacksburg MS and Scott Allred from Fieldale-Collinsville MS on the show for advice and guidance.
27/04/2023
Back after a short hiatus (got my grad degree all finished out!) Enjoy this episode about the interview process! We have both a principal and fine arts supervisor on the show!
#27 How to Ace an Interview — The Flying Baton Perspectives on interviews from Alan Shull, Principal of Fort Defiance High school, and Barry Flowe, former Curriculum Supervisor of Hanover County.
07/07/2022
Back with more pedagogy! Brett Dodson gives us some pro tips on starting trumpet players!!!!
#26 Beginning Trumpet with Brett Dodson — The Flying Baton Youtube Link for this episode Brett’s Trumpet Handout
10/02/2022
OMG Jeff Scott is man! What a great interview on recruitment and retention! Join us for a great discussion!
#25 Recruitment and Retention with Jeff Scott — The Flying Baton Jeff’s Bio - https://www.giamusic.com/store/artists/jeff-scott Jeff’s Clinic Handout -https://www.giamusic.com/pdf/G-8619HO1.pdf Pick of the Week March to Castle Rock by Steve Hodges Published by Alfred Buy/Listen - https://www.jwpepper.com/March-to-Castle-Rock/2398238.item &am
17/01/2022
🔥New Episode Dropped! Probably the most important topic of 2022.
#24 Work-Life Balance, Can it be done? — The Flying Baton Pick of the Week Danza de Espana by Carol Brittin Chambers Published by Carl Fischer Buy/Listen - Click Here
🎼The Care and Feeding of your Beginning Flute Class with Helen Blackburn!
FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.theflyingbaton.com/episodes/23-flute-pedagogy-with-helen-blackburn
21/09/2021
This episode, we sit down and chat with a Veteran and a Newbie to talk about the challenges of 2021 and what we are excited about! Tim DeSimone Matt Schucker
#22 2021 Perspectives: a Veteran and a Newbie — The Flying Baton Pick of the Week Rise of the Bladesmith by Brian Balmages Published by FJH Music Company Inc. Listen/Buy: Click here!
15/07/2021
Many people asked for this topic! So I sat down with 2 legends of the band community to talk about CONDUCTING HONOR BANDS! This episode is jam packed with how to prepare for the gig if you're conducting but also how to be a great host for your guest conductors! Thank you Tiffany Hudson Hitz and Arris Golden !
#21 Conducting Honor Bands with Arris Golden and Tiffany Hitz — The Flying Baton Show Notes Tiffany conducting a virtual honor band (at the 9:10 mark) - https://youtu.be/WN4_Xe7cTho?t=547 Pick of the Week The Machine Awakes by Steven Bryant Listen/buy - https://www.stevenbryant.com/news/the-machine-awakes-music-for-young-band-electronics
12/06/2021
New episode with Annamarie Severini Bollino !
#20 Fine Arts Administration with Annamarie Bollino — The Flying Baton Click here for a transcript of the show Pick of the week Thunder Dragon by Michael Story Published by Alfred. Buy/Listen: https://bityl.co/7IlW This work is based on a song from the southern Asian country of Bhutan. There are four contrasting variations that are meant to paint a picture
27/04/2021
If you have an iPhone with Face ID and an Apple Watch, download the latest updates RIGHT NOW. It lets you unlock your phone while wearing a mask as long as you have your apple watch on.
30/03/2021
Awesome interview with composer/educator Gary Fagan!
#19 Teaching and Composing with Gary Fagan — The Flying Baton Show Notes On Streets of Gold by Fagan - https://www.alfred.com/on-streets-of-gold/p/00-33865/ Algorhythms by Fagon - https://www.jwpepper.com/Algorhythms/10027029.item James River Music - https://jamesrivermusicva.com/ Beginning Band Pick of the Week Cla
10/03/2021
🎤 New episode is live!
https://www.theflyingbaton.com/episodes/18-starting-bassoon-with-natalie-law
#18 Starting Bassoon with Natalie Law — The Flying Baton www.buildingabassoonist.com Natalie’s Youtube Channel: https://ytube.io/3Faq Mazama by J. Chattaway: https://bityl.co/5uqq Beginning Band Pick of the Week Cyclone by Michael Oare Published by Musicworks Buy/Listen: https://bityl.co/5uqn
Hey everyone! I'm interviewing a bassoon specialist this week, so please send me any questions that you may have!
02/02/2021
New Episode Is Live! Thanks Jon and Tim!
https://www.theflyingbaton.com/episodes/17-returning-to-in-person-learning
#17 Returning to In-Person Learning! — The Flying Baton Link to our COVID Guidelines: https://ggle.io/3oIl Link to playing flute with mask video: https://ytube.io/3E78 Another flute option: https://ytube.io/3E79 Warmups with a Beat: https://www.theflyingbaton.com/store/p/warmups-with-a-beat Beginning Band Pick
Apps are great, but what does the web have to offer for tuners and metronomes?
https://www.flutetunes.com/tuner/
https://myguitartuner.com/chromatic-virtual-piano/
https://www.drumbot.com/projects/tuned/
https://www.imusic-school.com/en/tools/online-metronome/
https://www.online-stopwatch.com/metronome/
https://www.8notes.com/metronome/
12/10/2020
🎵 New episode! We sit down with Steve Graves and talk about his online teaching routine!
#16 Teaching Band Online with Steve Graves — The Flying Baton Pick of the Week Dr. ROCKenstein by Steve Hodges Buy/Listen: https://tinyurl.com/yyvbwkho
24/09/2020
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-archive-spain-pandemics-644e50389c4290559e7a5486b32d5847
Choir practice in Spain infects 30 of 41 members with virus MADRID (AP) — At least 30 of 41 members of a gospel choir in northeastern Spain have contracted coronavirus following a rehearsal indoors with little air circulation, local authorities and the...
18/09/2020
Today we were featured in the local paper. This is how band is going! https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/2020/09/18/shelburne-band-directors-tackle-challenge-virtual-learning/3478353001/
Shelburne band directors tackle challenge of virtual learning With Staunton City Schools going all virtual, teaching middle school band can be tricky.
07/09/2020
06/09/2020
Proud to release our warm up book with UNLIMITED PHOTOCOPY RIGHTS. These also come with play along files on youtube that feature run rock, hiphop, and funk beats to get kids excited about practicing at home!
https://www.theflyingbaton.com/store/warmups-with-a-beat
Warmups with a Beat Fundamentals Packets for young band — The Flying Baton Warmups with a Beat is your complete fundamental packet for young bands. This download includes warmups books for every instrument! Unlimited photocopy rights for your school! Challenging percussion parts Various horn options and ranges Free play-along files with amazing drum set
31/08/2020
👏👏👏We did it!!! We just completed week 1 of all virtual teaching! Hear our tales and advice on the latest podcast episode! https://www.theflyingbaton.com/episodes/15-surviving-week-1-tales-from-teaching-band-online
#15 Surviving Week 1 - Tales from Teaching Band Online — The Flying Baton Show Notes Music Tech Links - https://buildingbeats.org/toolbox Screenshot of Lesson Log - Click here HP Monitor with Adjustable Stand - https://tinyurl.com/yxbz7upl Beginning Band Pick of the Week Due to the length of this episode and how fast we wanted
I'd like to do an episode about our experiences after one week of successful online classes. Anything you want to know?
24/08/2020
Tons of great websites for digital music making (and learning!) The Ableton Learn Synths is the best educational tool I've ever seen for learning how synthesizers work! https://buildingbeats.org/toolbox
Our Toolbox — Building Beats Create, record & collaborate right in your browser (no download required!) for free with this powerful online DAW. Explore free sounds and loops, use auto-tune, make beats with the pattern beat maker and more. Soundtrap is a must try and can be used on a computer, chromebook, phone or iPad/tablet.
After the 2nd round of findings were released from the CU Boulder study, we sit down with Tehya Stockman for some more Q and A!
I'm doing a 2nd interview with Tehya Stockman about the most recent results from the CU Boulder Study. If you have any questions you would like me to ask her, please comment below!
03/08/2020
I’m really excited for you to hear today’s episode. We have two former band directors who spent over 20 years in the classroom before becoming administrators. They have such great wisdom and perspective which we could all use right now as we are about to enter the most unique year in education history.
#13 From Band Director to Admin — The Flying Baton I’m really excited for you to hear today’s episode. We have two former band directors who spent over 20 years in the classroom before becoming administrators. They have such great wisdom and respective which we could all use right now as we are about to enter the most unique year in education hi...
21/07/2020
The audio only version is now live! (after a technical glitch)
#12 CU Boulder Study Explained! With Tehya Stockman!! — The Flying Baton Video Version - https://www.facebook.com/theflyingbaton/videos/570042633666941/ Guest Bio - Click here Preliminary Results PDF: https://www.nfhs.org/media/4029952/preliminary-testing-report-7-13-20.pdf NPR interview with Shelly Miller:Â https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/
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