Everything Band Podcast

Andrew David Perkins is a band director and composer. He joins the show and offers a very clear-eyed view of our profession and offers some wisdom and advice earned from his own career. Topics: Andy’s background, his early high school teaching experiences and how being in Phantom Regiment and the Michigan State Marching Band helped to shape his success teaching a marching band. The balance between over programming and under programming and how it can set students up for success or failure. Moving from teaching high school to middle school and the experience of having your 18th year as a teacher be your first to teach beginners. Andy’s growing composition career, how he got his start writing music, and music publishing models. Links: Andrew David Perkins Grainger: Children’s March Respighi: Pines of Rome Williams: ET Bicycle Race Biography: Composer, conductor, three-time ASCAP+ Award recipient, and GRAMMY® nominated music educator Andrew David Perkins (b.1978) holds a specialist certificate in Orchestrati