Music Ed Mentor Podcast #035: Wisdom from Band Directors and Composers

Today’s guest, Mark Connor, is an in-demand composer/arranger and a teacher with more than 20 years of music education experience. In addition to his current role as the band teacher at the Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School in St. Louis, Missouri, Mark is also the host of Everything Band.

This podcast that features interviews with leaders in the concert band, wind ensemble, and marching arts communities, including notable guests like Ann McGinty and Jack Stamp. Don’t teach band? Please stay with us.

Mark shares some of the wisdom he has gathered from more than 70 composer and conductor interviews, and most of it is equally applicable whether you teach choir, orchestra, or elementary music. Join us for a wide range of topics, from “avoiding the imposter syndrome” to “What would you tell your 20-year-old self?”