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Jan 28, 2019

Composer and arranger Matt Conaway is the associate director of the Purdue "All American" marching band with his original music and arrangements published by C.L. Barnhouse and Hal Leonard.

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  • Matt’s position at Purdue University.
  • Matt’s musical background including his grandmother who played honky tonk...


Jan 21, 2019

Acclaimed young composer Viet Cuong joins the show to share his thoughts about band music, his work as a composer, and how growing up in the Lassiter band helped him fit in and find his place in the world.

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Viet’s background and how he got his start as a musician, percussionist, and composer.
  • How band and...


Jan 14, 2019

Robert Sheldon has had a remarkable career as a composer, conductor, and music educator and is the Director of Concert Band Publications at Alfred Music. 

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  • Robert’s incredible music background as the “Forrest Gump” of band music that included vaudevillian parents, studies at the University of Miami with...


Jan 8, 2019

A former middle and high school band director in Utah, Kaitlin Bove is currently a doctoral student in conducting at the University of Kentucky and one of the founders of the And We Were Heard recording project.

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  • Kaitlin's background growing up in Northern California and as a student at the University of the...