Hello and welcome back to The Band Director’s Lounge! If you have been keeping up in real time with episode releases, you will know that there has been a bit of a lag time...

Today’s conversation is with Geneva Fitzsimonds who teaches in Edina, MN. Geneva is a master at teaching band but especially to middle school aged kids. Her bands and jazz bands have performed at festivals...

Today’s guest is Erik Hermanson who teaches 6-12 band in Cleveland, MN. Erik has built a program over 25 years that has an incredible amount of administrative, community, parent, and student support. He has...

Download Episode! Today’s conversation is with Pete Guenther from Owatonna High School in Owatonna, MN. Pete and I talk about the program at Owatonna high school and how he navigates leading a large program...

Download Episode! Today I am chatting with Amanda Kaus who teaches 9-12 band at Century High School in Rochester, MN. The Century bands number close to 300 in a high school of around 1300...

Download Episode! Hey everyone, I thought it would be good to take a few minutes to give a quick update on the podcast and some of the things that are coming down the pipeline....

Download Episode! Today I am talking with two local band director rock-stars, Erin Holmes and Bradley Mariska from Farmington High School in Farmington, MN. As the Director of Bands at Farmington High School, Erin...

Download Episode! Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 can be found here!) Welcome back to the second part of my conversation with leadership expert Todd Dufault. Today we get into the details about how...

Download Episode! Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 can be found here!) Today’s I am talking with leadership expert Todd Dufault. Todd Dufault is a master motivator who strives to be a difference maker....