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Listen for authentic and challenging conversation on all things music ed. Brought to you by Charanga. Hosted and produced by Chris Woods of The Chris Woods Groove Orchestra.
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Listen in each month or two to get ideas, inspiration and practical advice from people involved in music education, community music, music therapy and more. Learn how you can break down barriers to music, through communications, advocacy and inclusive practice. These conversations are hosted by Anita Holford at Music Education Works and Writing Services. www.writing-services.co.uk | www.musiceducationworks.org.uk
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The Music in Our Homeschool Podcast with Gena Mayo easy music education tips, strategies, and curriculum resources for homeschooling parents
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Enrich your homeschooling journey with the joy and ease of homeschool music education. Each week, veteran homeschooling mom of 8 and music teacher for over 30 years, Gena shares practical tips, homeschool music resources, inspiration, and encouragement for homeschool parents and teachers to seamlessly integrate music into your curriculum. From 15-minute music appreciation quick wins to in-depth explorations of music theory for homeschoolers, we've got you covered. Explore composers' stories, ...
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The Inclusive Music Classroom: Conversations on Belonging in Music Education is a podcast exploring how music educators can create spaces of safety, connection, and belonging for every student. Through reflective conversations and practical insights, it invites listeners to reimagine music teaching as an act of care, inclusion, and community.
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'Make Your Mark: Notes on Music Education' is a podcast showcasing diverse experiences and perspectives from across the music education sector. We'll explore the major challenges faced by those working with young people in music, the challenges young people face themselves, and celebrate inspiring projects and stories from across the nation and beyond. Tune in to hear from expert guests as we tackle music education's biggest questions, highlight its most exciting initiatives, and discuss the ...
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I love teaching music to kids! I am a certified Orff Schulwerk teacher and plan to share lessons about singing, playing instruments, recorder technique, creative movement, improvisation, guided listening, and other techniques that will help you teach music better! Find more information and ideas on my blog: www.MakeMomentsMatter.org
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Paul Shimmons and Chris Russell discuss the use of technology in music education, often featuring guests in the field of music education and technology.
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A discussion about Creativity and the Creative Process with Musician, Education Innovator, and GRAMMY® nominee, Richard Maxwell. Featuring a variety of special guests and the students of the Arcadia High School Creative Musical Arts and Sciences (CMAS) program
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Music educator and positive motivator for over 20 years. Podcast topics: music, education, RAOK, life lessons, and more!
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This podcast is all about bringing back the passion for music education! Whether you are a music student, a music teacher, or someone who just loves learning more about music, this podcast is for you! We share our passion for music, our experiences with teaching music, and our lives as musicians in this ever changing digital world.
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Are you an elementary music teacher? Maybe you’re worn out, overwhelmed, or feel like it gets harder each year. Hi, I’m Jessica, and it’s my passion to help elementary music teachers, just like you, figure out your unique teaching style. In this podcast, I'll share helpful tips and strategies, work-home life balance tips, and mindset blocks, while helping give you the motivation you need to gain momentum in your teaching so you can continue being the music teacher rock star you already are. ...
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The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism ...
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Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations with writers, artists and creative thinkers across the Arts and STEM. We discuss their life, work and artistic practice. Winners of Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Pulitzer, Nobel Prize, leaders and public figures share real experiences and offer valuable insights. Notable guests and participating museums and organizations include: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Neil Patrick Harris, Smithsonian, Roxane Gay, Musée Picasso, EAR ...
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The Creative Process in 10 minutes or less · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Sustainability, Social ...
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Ten minute highlights of the popular The Creative Process & One Planet podcasts. Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations with writers, artists & creative thinkers across the Arts & STEM. We discuss their life, work & artistic practice. Winners of Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Pulitzer, leaders & public figures share real experiences & offer valuable insights. Notable guests and participating museums and organizations include: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Neil Pat ...
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Is Today's Music Inspirational or Educational? Cover art photo provided by Annie Spratt on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt
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D Creations - Education, Science, Physics, Audio Books, Teach Learn, Story, Music, Songs, Literature
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D Creations Science Chat - Science explained for beginners D Creations Talk Physics - Physics explained for beginners D Creations 3 minute book Recitations - The Ickabog - J K Rowling
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100: Why 15 Minutes Is Enough: The RHYTHM Behind The 15-Minute Music Method from Music in Our Homeschool
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Click to send Gena a message! Have you ever thought, “Music is important… but I just don’t have time to do it well”? Or felt unsure because you don’t feel musical enough to teach it confidently? In this milestone 100th episode of the Music in Our Homeschool Podcast, Gena Mayo explains exactly why just 15 minutes is enough to provide a high-quality,…
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In this special edition, we hear from our guests from across the arts and sciences. From composers and poets to forest ecologists and climate envoys, they tell the story of our planet. Moving beyond the data of destruction, we explore the intelligence of nature, the ethics of what we eat, and the empathy required to save our future. MAX RICHTER, Co…
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Episode 88 - 'Yustudio, DAWs, Risk Taking + More' - Max Wheeler
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In this episode Chris chats with Max Wheeler about music education. This podcast is brought to you by Charanga. Find out more about Yustudio here...https://charanga.com/site/secondary/yustudio/ Send us a textChris Woods
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11. A Music Mark Christmas
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To round off series one, join the Music Mark team as they review 2025 with their personal and professional highlights from the last 12 months.Music Mark
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In this podcast I’m talking with Kate McBain and Dan Tsu, researchers and authors of Industry Connect, a report commissioned by Youth Music. It explores the realities of moving from education into careers in music, particularly for young people from underrepresented backgrounds. We unpack the barriers mapped in the report and the solutions emerging…
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In this special edition, we hear from our guests from across the arts and sciences. From composers and poets to forest ecologists and climate envoys, they tell the story of our planet. Moving beyond the data of destruction, we explore the intelligence of nature, the ethics of what we eat, and the empathy required to save our future. MAX RICHTER, Co…
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Click to send Gena a message! What music topics did homeschool families love most this past year—and why? As we step into a brand-new year, host Gena Mayo looks back at the Top 10 most-listened-to Music in Our Homeschool podcast episodes of 2025 and shares what made each one resonate so deeply with homeschool parents just like you. From inspiring c…
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On Music, Trust and Connection with the Animal World “Mostly I’ll play in a minor key, something sad, which I think can work for an animal because they can sense the sadness, and they try to reassure me and comfort me. I chose love songs because I'm convinced they are very intuitive and they can sense what I am trying to say to them, and profess my…
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The Musician Who Sings to Animals - PLUMES on Trust & Cross-Species Communication - Highlights
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On Music, Trust and Connection with the Animal World “Mostly I’ll play in a minor key, something sad, which I think can work for an animal because they can sense the sadness, and they try to reassure me and comfort me. I chose love songs because I'm convinced they are very intuitive and they can sense what I am trying to say to them, and profess my…
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How is music a pathway to understanding animals? Musician Plumes takes his guitar to the world's most unlikely concert halls—farms, sanctuaries, and wild habitats. A passionate advocate for veganism and animal welfare, we discuss what animals hear, how trust forms, and what music can reveal when it enters a world not made for humans alone. “Mostly…
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98: Tune Up Your Homeschool: How to Set Up a Simple, Beautiful Music Space for the New Year in Your Homeschool
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Click to send Gena a message! Are you hoping to make music a consistent part of your homeschool this semester—but unsure how to set things up so it actually happens? In this practical and encouraging episode of the Music in Our Homeschool podcast, veteran homeschool mom and music teacher Gena Mayo walks you through how to create a simple, beautiful…
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On the urgent need to reclaim our political voices, the forces that silence dissent, and how art and poetry are crucial tools for survival Our guest today is an activist scholar who believes the classroom is inseparable from the public square. David Palumbo-Liu is the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University a…
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On the urgent need to reclaim our political voices, the forces that silence dissent, and how art and poetry are crucial tools for survival Our guest today is an activist scholar who believes the classroom is inseparable from the public square. David Palumbo-Liu is the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University a…
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97: Christmas Music Traditions Around the World - The Philippines, Nigeria, Finland, Venezuela, and France
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Click to send Gena a message! How do people around the world celebrate Christmas through music—and what can their traditions teach our children about culture, faith, and joy? In this episode of the Music in Our Homeschool podcast, Gena Mayo takes homeschool families on a musical journey around the globe to explore Christmas music traditions from fi…
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Reclaiming the American Dream with DAVID PALUMBO-LIU – Stanford Professor, Author & Host, Speaking Out of Place
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On the urgent need to reclaim our political voices, the forces that silence dissent, and how art and poetry are crucial tools for survival “There is a dispute about what the American Dream is or how it would play out in different circumstances. The American dream has essentially been narrowed into a white Christian nationalist notion of things so t…
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Click to send Gena a message! Why has George Frideric Handel’s Messiah endured for nearly three centuries—and why does it remain one of the most beloved works of Christmas music today? In this special composer spotlight episode of the Music in Our Homeschool podcast, Gena Mayo takes listeners on a meaningful journey through the life of Handel and t…
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How do writers develop their voice, showing us what is important in life? ADA LIMÓN (24th U.S. Poet Laureate, Startlement, The Carrying) explains that her poetry begins with a bodily sensation or curiosity, not an idea. She values the space and breath poetry offers for unknowing and mystery, finding solace in the making and the mess, not in answers…
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How do writers develop their voice, showing us what is important in life? ADA LIMÓN (24th U.S. Poet Laureate, Startlement, The Carrying) explains that her poetry begins with a bodily sensation or curiosity, not an idea. She values the space and breath poetry offers for unknowing and mystery, finding solace in the making and the mess, not in answers…
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How can we use negative spaces in fiction to engage with readers’ imaginations? How are memory and trauma passed onto us through language? How do we become more than the stories we tell ourselves? KATIE KITAMURA (Author, Audition, Intimacies) emphasizes that a book is created in collaboration with the reader, using negative spaces in the narrative …
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How can we use negative spaces in fiction to engage with readers’ imaginations? How are memory and trauma passed onto us through language? How do we become more than the stories we tell ourselves? KATIE KITAMURA (Author, Audition) emphasizes that a book is created in collaboration with the reader and how negative spaces in the narrative allow for r…
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The Ethics of AI w/ SVEN NYHOLM, Author & Lead Researcher, Munich Centre for Machine Learning
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“ I think we're betting on AI as something that can help to solve a lot of problems for us. It's the future, we think, whether it's producing text or art, or doing medical research or planning our lives for us, etc., the bet is that AI is going to be great, that it's going to get us everything we want and make everything better. But at the same tim…
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The AI Wager: Betting on Technology’s Future w/ Philosopher & Author SVEN NYHOLM - Highlights
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“ I think we're betting on AI as something that can help to solve a lot of problems for us. It's the future, we think, whether it's producing text or art, or doing medical research or planning our lives for us, etc., the bet is that AI is going to be great, that it's going to get us everything we want and make everything better. But at the same tim…
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The Ethics of AI w/ SVEN NYHOLM, Lead Researcher, Munich Centre for Machine Learning
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As we move towards 2026, we are in a massive “upgrade moment” that most of us can feel. New pressures, new identities, new expectations on our work, our relationships, and our inner lives. Throughout the year, I've been speaking with professional creatives, climate and tech experts, teachers, neuroscientists, psychologists, and futureists about how…
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Today’s episode is about something most of us long for: feeling healthy in our bodies and calm in our minds – not by pushing harder, but by letting the body restore itself. Our guest today is LD Chen, an entrepreneur-turned-author who discovered the ancient wisdom that healing doesn’t come from trying harder, but from restoring the body’s natural i…
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Today’s episode is about something most of us long for: feeling healthy in our bodies and calm in our minds – not by pushing harder, but by letting the body restore itself. Our guest today is LD Chen, an entrepreneur-turned-author who discovered the ancient wisdom that healing doesn’t come from trying harder, but from restoring the body’s natural i…
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“Oneness is actually not about learning in the usual way. Most teachings tell you how to learn – how to let go, how to calm down, how to manage anger. Oneness does the opposite: we stand, we train the body to correct the heart, and then we live from that heart.” Today’s episode is about something most of us long for: feeling healthy in our bodies a…
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Click to send Gena a message! Have you ever wondered how Silent Night came to be written on Christmas Eve because a church organ broke? Or why Joy to the World wasn’t originally about Christmas at all? In this episode of the Music in Our Homeschool Podcast, Gena Mayo reveals the fascinating true stories behind five of the most beloved Christmas car…
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In this episode, Sid explores how LGBTQ+ musicians can be woven naturally and meaningfully into music curriculum across grade levels — not as a special unit, but as part of the musical story students encounter every day. From Tchaikovsky’s emotional world, to the creative partnership of Barber and Menotti, to Wendy Carlos’ groundbreaking work with …
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We’re undergoing a massive upgrade moment. This conversation focuses on one of the most immediate and profound challenges to humanity: the ways technology is engineered to exploit our vulnerabilities and slowly erase our ability to make original, conscious choices. Our guest is Jacob Ward, a journalist who has spent over 20 years covering the break…
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How AI is Reshaping Reality, Creativity & Our Future w/ JACOB WARD (The Loop) & Mia Funk (The Creative Process)
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“Civilization is really a very new and very glitchy thing. If you talk to evolutionary psychologists and people who've looked at how our brains have developed over hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years, they'll tell you that our sense of wonder and creativity, as well as our ability to be cautious and rational, and to trust people we've n…
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94: How Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Became a Christmas Classic: Composer Spotlight for your Homeschool
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Click to send Gena a message! What makes The Nutcracker such a beloved Christmas tradition—and how can you bring its magic into your homeschool this December? In today’s episode, we explore the surprising history of Tchaikovsky’s iconic ballet, from its rocky premiere in 1892 to its rise as the most performed holiday production in the world. You’ll…
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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: The Making of an Icon with DOUG WOODHAM, Fmr. President of Christie's Americas
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“People today are so used to Basquiat's prices being extraordinarily high and rising that it's almost hard for people to understand that wasn't always the case. In the year he died, 1988, a terrific painting by Basquiat might have sold for $30,000. Relative to his other artistic peers, like a great Julian Schnabel painting that cost $800,000. After…
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BASQUIAT: Rebel, Visionary, Outsider & The Price of Fame w/ Author DOUG WOODHAM - Highlights
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“People today are so used to Basquiat's prices being extraordinarily high and rising that it's almost hard for people to understand that wasn't always the case. In the year he died, 1988, a terrific painting by Basquiat might have sold for $30,000. Relative to his other artistic peers, like a great Julian Schnabel painting that cost $800,000. After…
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In this episode Chris chats with Ed Boxall https://edboxall.co.uk/ about music education and Storytelling. This podcast is brought to you by Charanga. Send us a textChris Woods
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10. Access to Instrumental Music Making
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In this month’s episode, we explore how low-income backgrounds might create or perpetuate barriers for young people to get involved with and pursue music, with a particular focus on instrumental tuition. We’re joined by Jo Yee Cheung from Olympias Music Foundation, Katie Walker from Young Sounds UK, and Chris Guénault from Future Talent to hear how…
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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: The Making of an Icon with DOUG WOODHAM, Fmr. President of Christie's Americas
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“All of the great artists are there for a reason: because they rebelled in some way. They created a visual vocabulary that felt fresh and new, which excited people. So, the great artists are not built on sort of anthills of sand. They're built on things of substance and of meaning. Though this is not a sufficient condition to become an icon, it's a…
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This episode of the podcast is a replay containing the audio version of the Musical Monday LIVE video recorded on 11/24/25. This week I shared some Nutcracker-inspired ideas for instrument exploration on the Orff/pitched percussion instruments. If you're not familiar with musical Mondays, every Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time I go live on Faceb…
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Click to send Gena a message! Are you looking for Christmas gifts that won’t be forgotten by January, but will spark creativity, confidence, and joy in your homeschool? In this Black Friday–themed episode of the Music in Our Homeschool Podcast, Gena Mayo shares more than 25 meaningful, musically rich gift ideas for toddlers, teens, and even parents…
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“I grew up in colonial Hong Kong, where we were not taught about Chinese culture. When I went back to China, I thought the art in the West was superior to the Chinese, not understanding the Chinese culture. I remember when I first went to China, I told people I'm a Hong Kongese. I'm not Chinese. It took me ten years to go back and tell people that …
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“Today, the world is very divided, lots of fractures. It is the time for art and culture to come into play because art is about soft power. If we want to resolve misunderstandings, art is the best, best, best way to communicate. So use this.” My guest today is Pearl Lam, and if you follow the international art market, you know her name. She is a co…
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