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After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators

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There Was No Band Program For 20 Years. Then This Educator Restarted It.
2025-11-03 | 41 mins.
This week Nick Averwater talks with Jacob Abbott, Performing Arts Director at Dresden High School in Dresden, TN, which is a town of around 3,000 people in Northwest Tennessee, and is just over 100 miles from both Memphis and Nashville.
Jacob has been named to the 2025 Yamaha 40 Under 40 list of music educators, and in this conversation he'll tell us about restarting the school's band program after 20 years, with the support of the school district and the community.
Our conversation was recorded in February, 2025.
Creating a Successful Band Experience for Students With Differences And Disabilities
2025-10-10 | 43 mins.
This week Nick Averwater talks with Dr. Alice Hammel, a music educator who has dedicated her 40-year career to making music programs more supportive, productive, and enjoyable for students with differences and disabilities.
Dr. Hammel has written four books about this subject, and we have links to them below.
Our conversation was recorded in February 2025.
Dr. Hammel's books include:
Teaching Music to Students with Differences and Disabilities: A Label-Free Approach
Teaching Music To Students With Autism
Teaching Music to Students with Differences and Disabilities: A Practical Resource
Winding It Back: Teaching to Individual Differences In Music Classroom and Ensemble Settings
When Two Marching Bands In The Same Small City Compete At The State-Champion Level
2025-09-16 | 32 mins.
This week Nick Averwater continues his conversation with Kim Webb, High School Band Director at Greene County Tech in Paragould, Arkansas. Paragould is a city of around 30,000 people located 65 miles northwest of Memphis. In 2024 The Greene County Tech marching band won the state championship in Class 5A.
In the last episode, Kim told us about building and maintaining a culture of success in the band program. This time, we learn more about what it's like when the other high school in town, Paragould High School, also has a tradition of winning state marching band championships.
Our conversation was recorded back in December 2024. We've broken it up into two episodes, and this is part two.
Winning A State Championship With The Motto, "Belong, Believe, Become"
2025-08-30 | 32 mins.
This week Nick Averwater talks with Kim Webb, High School Band Director at Greene County Tech in Paragould, Arkansas. Paragould is a city of around 30,000 people located 65 miles northwest of Memphis. In 2024 The Greene County Tech marching band won the state championship in Class 5A.
In this episode we'll learn about the ways that the band program has grown under Kim's leadership, and how the motto, "Belong, Believe, Become" inspires the students, and promotes a positive environment for them.
Our conversation was recorded in December 2024. We've broken it up into two episodes, and this is part one.
Here's part one of our interview with Kim in May 2021
Here's part two of our interview with Kim in May 2021
More Ideas For A Successful Instrument Rental Meeting
2025-07-25 | 26 mins.
In this episode Nick Averwater continues his conversation with John Easley, Middle Tennessee Educational Representative for Amro Music, and Andrew Demolat, Band Director at Rockvale Middle School, which is part of the Rutherford County School District, located southeast of Nashville. They're discussing the importance of having a successful instrument rental meeting
Our conversation was recorded July 8, 2025. We've broken it up into two episodes, and this is part two.

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About After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators

After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators is a music education podcast from Amro Music Stores, Inc. Our After Hours podcast host, Nick Averwater, facilitates engaging conversations each week with band directors, private music teachers, general music educators, orchestra directors, and other music industry professionals just like you. Each podcast guest shares practical advice on things like classroom management in your band program, placing beginners on instruments, band and orchestra recruitment strategies, band boosters, fundraising, and more. The goal of After Hours is to provide a podcast for band directors, orchestra directors, and music educators with strategies for both "on-podium" and “off-podium” skills that can help create a school music program that you can be proud of. If you can't find what you're looking for in our current episodes, we'd love to hear from you! Send us an email with questions or topics you'd like to see addressed in the podcast.

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