Changing Your Pattern | A Conducting Leadership Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This week we welcome conductor, adjudicator, clinician and all around phenomenal person, Colin Clarke. Dylan and Colin talk about his leadership influences, importance of high standards while putting people first, understanding the context of different leadership styles and so much more!

BRP Theme Music: Chasing Sunlight (Piano Version) by Cait Nishimura Arranged and performed by Brian Barber Episode Links More about Colin

https://www.rcmusic.com/bios/colin-clarke

Oscar Peterson School of Music

https://www.rcmusic.com/learning/oscar-peterson-school-of-music

Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra https://tywo.ca/

We welcome conductor, educator and author of Upbeat! Mindset, Mindfulness, and Leadership in Music Education and Beyond, Dr. Matthew Arau! Dylan and Matthew discuss his leadership influences, putting people first, challenges of servant leadership ideas in today's world, and so much more!

BRP Theme Music: Chasing Sunlight (Piano Version) by Cait Nishimura Arranged and performed by Brian Barber Episode Links More about Matthew

https://www.lawrence.edu/people/matthew-arau-associate-professor-of-music-education-and-associate-director-of-bands

Upbeat! Mindset, Mindfulness, and Leadership in Music Education and Beyond

https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/upbeat-book-g10550

Upbeat Global

https://www.upbeatglobal.com/

Lawrence University Conservatory of Music

https://www.lawrence.edu/academics/conservatory

We are excited to welcome conductor, educator and author, Dr. Ramona Wis to Changing Your Pattern! Dylan and Ramona talk about how she discovered Greenleaf's Servant Leadership, her leadership influences, the importance of artistry as a Servant Conductor and so much more! Music Used in This Episode BRP Theme Music: Chasing Sunlight (Piano Version) by Cait Nishimura Arranged and performed by Brian Barber Episode Links Ramona's Website https://www.ramonawis.com/ North Central College Department of Music https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/college-arts-sciences/department-music The Conductor as Leader: Principles of Leadership Applied to Life on the Podium https://www.amazon.com/Conductor-As-Leader-Principles-Leadership/dp/1579996531

We are excited to welcome conductor and educator extraordinaire, Jonathan Grantham to Changing Your Pattern! Dylan and Jonathan talk about being vulnerable as a leader, creating spaces that students can be creative, the importance/difficultly of reflection and so much more!

Music Used in This Episode

BRP Theme Music: Chasing Sunlight (Piano Version) by Cait Nishimura

Arranged and performed by Brian Barber

Episode Links

Jonathan's Blog

https://accidentalexpertise.wordpress.com/author/enobmort1974/

Amador Valley High Bands

https://www.amadormusic.org/

Jonathan's Ted Talk | The Power of Staying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10qhnVDoNV0&t=670s&ab_channel=TEDxTalks

We welcome composer and educator extraordinaire, Dr. Jodie Blackshaw to Changing Your Pattern! Dylan and Jodie discuss how we can empower our students to be artists with creative agency, leading through composition, her leadership influences, challenges institutions/structures in general create that make servant leadership challenging and so much more!

Music Used in This Episode

BRP Theme Music: Chasing Sunlight (Piano Version) by Cait Nishimura

Arranged and performed by Brian Barber

Episode Links

Jodie Blackshaw's Website

https://www.jodieblackshaw.com/

ColourFULL Music

https://www.colourfullmusic.com/

American Orff Schulwerk Association

https://aosa.org/about/what-is-orff-schulwerk/

About Jodie

Dr. Jodie Blackshaw (b. 1971) grew up in the south-east of rural Australia and formed a very personal relationship with music early in life through the creative application of her imagination to musical colours and movement. Today, she continues to seek creative experiences for students through her teaching and composing so they, too, may enjoy the personal relationship she discovered in her formative years.

In 2020 Blackshaw completed her PhD in Composition with Dr. Christopher Sainsbury at the Australian National University. In addition to composing and presenting music education workshops, Blackshaw is passionate about fostering equality in concert programs, including schools. In 2018 she curated the website www.colourfullmusic.com to share diverse wind band programs created by leading conductors within the global wind music community. In 2022 Jodie was proudly elected onto the Board of WASBE (World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles).

In high demand internationally as a composer and clinician, Jodie has written extensively for apprenticing musicians and is fanatical about ensuring that the music they play enriches both the performer and creator in every student.

To find out more please visit: www.jodieblackshaw.com

We are excited to welcome Dr. Robert Taylor from the University of British Columbia, to Changing Your Pattern! Rob speaks to us about all things leadership, his influences/experience, what servant leadership characteristics speak to him, challenges of being a people first leader and more!

Music Used in This Episode

BRP Theme Music: Chasing Sunlight (Piano Version) by Cait Nishimura

Arranged and performed by Brian Barber

Episode Links

More About Rob & UBC School of Music

https://music.ubc.ca/profile/robert-taylor/⁠https://music.ubc.ca/profile/robert-taylor/⁠

No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Cohen

⁠https://www.amazon.com/No-Contest-Case-Against-Competition/dp/0395631254⁠

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dwek

⁠https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1GX4YKL2D4VOR&keywords=mindset+book&qid=1681100759&s=books&sprefix=mindset+%2Cstripbooks%2C134&sr=1-3⁠

The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer

⁠https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Teach-Exploring-Landscape-Anniversary/dp/1119413044/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BKVYHIOUYC4T&keywords=the+courage+to+teach&qid=1681100819&s=books&sprefix=the+courage+to+teach%2Cstripbooks%2C142&sr=1-1⁠

The Art of Possibility by Ben and Rosamund Zander

⁠https://www.amazon.com/Art-Possibility-Transforming-Professional-Personal/dp/0142001104/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38VIRUYMKKYI&keywords=the+art+of+possibility&qid=1681100859&s=books&sprefix=the+art+of+poss%2Cstripbooks%2C150&sr=1-1⁠

The Talent Code and Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

⁠https://www.amazon.com/The-Talent-Code-Daniel-Coyle-audiobook/dp/B07VH2KNT2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=CERS3DGQ0Y13&keywords=the+talent+code&qid=1681100876&s=books&sprefix=the+talent%2Cstripbooks%2C153&sr=1-1⁠

https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Code-Secrets-Highly-Successful/dp/1847941273/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1681100898&sr=1-1⁠

About Rob

Robert Taylor is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, where he conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting, and serves as Chair of the Woodwind Brass and Percussion Division. With a career in music education spanning over twenty-five years, previous appointments include the University of Puget Sound in the state of Washington and Eureka High School in northern California, where ensembles under his direction earned recognition by Downbeat Magazine, the Selmer Corporation, and Grammy Signature Schools.

Taylor received the Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees in conducting from Northwestern University, where he studied with Mallory Thompson, and the Bachelor of Arts degree in Trumpet and Music Education from Humboldt State University. His research on wind literature, rehearsal techniques, and the use of technology in the training of nascent conductors and performing musicians has been presented in leading wind band publications and featured in presentations at regional and national music conferences, including appearances at the Midwest Clinic and College Band Directors National Association. Recent research focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion, through contemporary, socially-conscious programming and as co-author of The Horizon Leans Forward, a new resource that amplifies the talent and voices of the many underrepresented communities in the wind band field. Dr. Taylor is a Killam Laureate, Jacob K. Javits Fellow, and has served as on the executive boards of the British Columbia Music Educators Association and College Band Directors National Association (Northwest Region). He is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda National Honor Societies, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and National Association for Music Education.

Welcome to the first episode of Changing Your Pattern, a conducting leadership podcast hosted by, Dylan Rook Maddix. In this episode Dylan shares his "why", the podcast's "why", and a short introduction to this season's topic, servant leadership.

Music used in this episode

BRP Theme Music: Chasing Sunlight (Piano Version) by Cait Nishimura

Arranged and performed by Brian Barber

Episode Links

Changing Your Pattern Website

⁠https://www.changingyourpattern.com⁠

What is Servant Leadership?

⁠https://www.greenleaf.org/what-is-servant-leadership/