Everything Band Podcast

Conductor and Composer Jack Stamp shares his story, including his early musical education and the people and experiences that contributed to his remarkable career. Topics: “Luck is when preparation meets opportunity”: Jack’s education and eclectic musical background including the story about how and why he taught himself to play the piano from popular music lead sheets. How an experience playing the Persichetti Symphony for Band in high school taught Jack to listen beyond his own part as a percussionist and hear what everyone else in the band was doing. Jack’s first teaching job, how that experience taught him about teaching and dealing with students, and what he misses about teaching at the high school level. The story of the Gavorkna Fanfare and how the “Gavorkna Factor” changed Jack’s career. Links: Jack Stamp Stamp: Gavorkna Fanfare “Why Music Matters” Persichetti: Symphony for Band Vaughn Williams: Symphony no. 5, Third Movement Prayers for a Troubled Nation Biography: Dr. Jack Stamp is currently ad