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Welcome to The Global Bandroom! A podcast that brings you stories, news, and guests from across the world of Wind, Brass, and Marching Band. Hosted by Keith Kelly, a band director from the west coast of Ireland. Each episode he sits down with musicians and directors from across the world to talk about their stories, their bands, and how they’re making an impact in their communities.
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Thursday May 14, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
Key is a composer and arranger with expertise in the marching arts. He has written for the world’s most famous drum corps including the Santa Clara Vanguard, Mandarins, Glassmen, Spirit of Atlanta, Cascades, Spartans, Sunrisers, Hurricanes, Caballeros, Raiders, Millennium (Italy), Juliana (Netherlands), Siamyth (Thailand), Star United and the Mass Brass Mini Corps. He was also the wind arranger for the WGI group Chromium Winds (The Cavaliers) and won back-to-back Gold Medals in their first 2 years of existence. As the owner of Key Poulan Music, he has been recognized as one of the country’s top arrangers and composers in the area of contemporary marching band, has several concert band works to his credit. His marching band arrangements have won several national titles at the Bands of America Grand Nationals Championships.
Find out more about Key Poulan at https://keypoulanmusic.com/
Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
We're heading to Brazil for this episode with our friend Leandro Pascui! Leandro was the first South American and Brazilian percussionist to march in DCI and is the Director of Percussion and Arranger of the WAMSB World Champions “FAMA –Atibaia." He's also the Band Director of the Atibaia Percussion Ensemble, Percussion Coordinator of the Atibaia’s Music Program, called “Projeto Música e Cidadania”, who teaches marching band style for about 2500 kids in the Atibaia City. This Music Program has won many national awards.
Find out more about the Shadow Scouts Marching Band at www.facebook.com/ShadowScoutsMarchingBand
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Johan de Meij has been a great friend to Ireland and Irish banding in recent years. In addition to his patronage of the Irish Symphonic Wind Orchestra, he has composed and arranged well-known pieces such as At Kitty O'Shea's and Celtic Classics. He's also great friends with Ireland's Bill Whelan and has orchestrated much of his music for wind band including the Seville Suite and of course Riverdance.
Find out more about Johan and his music at https://johandemeij.com
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Always very happy when I get a chance to talk my my friend Brendan Breslin. Brendan is a native of Co. Tyrone in Northern Ireland. As a conductor, he is in much demand with brass and wind ensembles, orchestras and choirs across Ireland. As a composer and arranger, Brendan's music has featured with orchestras, brass and concert bands across Ireland, the U.K., Europe, and the United States of America. Conductor with the award winning Dublin Concert Band, Brendan is also responsible for all outreach work with the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Oisin Molloy is the Chairman of the Irish Marching Bands Association and Director of the Inbhear Mór Performance Ensemble from Wicklow, Ireland. We chatted about the growing interest in the marching arts in Ireland, the challenges that bands face in Ireland, the current crisis, and how the banding community are working together to overcome these challenges.
Find out more about the Irish Marching Bands Association at www.irishmarchingbands.com
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Jimmy Wong has been actively involved in the development of marching bands in Asia for the past 25 years and has brought many local and international accolades to the bands under his direction. He has successfully organized the Kuala Lumpur World Marching Band Competition from 2007 to 2010, which was the foremost international marching band competition in the Asia Pacific region. In 2011 he organized the WAMSB World Championship of Marching Show Bands which was hosted by Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
In addition to being the Judge Administrator for Drum Corps International, John Phillips is a widely sought-after clinician and music education consultant for Conn-Selmer. Just like many musicians and educators, 2020 presents many challenges for him, so I was excited to speak with him to see how he's been and what the rest of the year has in store for him.
Find out more about John at https://www.dci.org/static/john_phillips
Find out more about DCI' Soundsport at http://www.soundsport.com
Find out more about WASMB at www.wamsb.org
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
I was doubly delighted to be joined by both Tom Davoren and Pete Meechan on this episode. Both composers grew up in the UK brass and wind band communities before moving to North America and I had the opportunity to ask the about that big move, as well as how composers are dealing with this current crisis. To find out more about Pete Meechan you can head over to www.meechanmusic.com and for more on Tom Davoren, head over to www.tomdavoren.co.uk