Everything Band Podcast

Adrian Barnes is a music education professor at Rowan University. He joins the show for a discussion about his career and culturally responsive teaching. Topics: How hip hop and growing up playing music in the church were foundational experiences to Adrian’s musical career and how an important teacher helped him put it all together. Adrian’s experiences at Bethune-Cookman and Florida State University before his first job in Manatee County, Florida. Going back to earn his doctorate at Texas Tech University with a Promise Neighborhood Grant. Culturally responsive teaching and and advice for teachers to help reach students from a variety of different backgrounds. Links: Adrian Barnes Bethune-Cookman University Music Florida State University Promise Neighborhood Grants Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E minor "From The New World" Biography: Adrian D. Barnes began his teaching career in a Title I school in Bradenton, Florida (grades 6-8) as a band and orchestra director. While in Florida, he served as an assistant di