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What does this week's guest have that this podcast will never have? A GRAMMY! That's right, this week's guest is the 2024 GRAMMY Music Educator of the Year, Annie Ray. Annie currently serves as both the Orchestra Director and Performing Arts Department Chair at Annandale High School (AHS) in the Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) system. Annie is an advocate for providing universal access to quality music education and is known for founding and developing creative opportunities to make music accessible to students of all demographics. Despite our very best efforts to sidetrack her into pointless banter, Annie raises the level of the interview with inspiring stories and brilliant ideas. At one point Phil made this statement, "This show was Sigma." I guess that says it all.

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Show Notes:
Learn more about:
Annie Ray - NPR
Annie Ray TEDxTalk
Annie Ray School Video (Created by her students)
Virginia teacher honored at the Grammys (WUSA9 Report)

Recording Credits:
Recital / SSG Irving Ray (The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own"); Annie Ray, harp

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This Beyond ArtLess Short was captured during our live recording sessions at the 2024 Midwest Clinic. A heartfelt thank you to Eric Songer and John Stewart for stepping in as guest hosts for several episodes. We’re especially grateful to everyone who willingly stopped by to participate in an interview—and to those who accidentally wandered down the wrong aisle and found themselves part of the action, our sincere apologies!

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Show Notes:
Learn more about:
Kyle Smith Growing Band Director Podcast
Noah VanderLoop
Conrad Nickelson
Mike Collins-Dowden
Daniel Freeman
Mary Cogswell
Dan Joosten
Tim & Christine Baumann
JaRod Hall


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This episode has it all. If all you care about is plastic footwear. Crocs seem to dominate this week’s episode with our guest - 29 year veteran teacher Jason Gillette. Jason is the band director at Marquette University High School and is an extraordinary sax player. Yet another guest is an alumnus of the Disneyland All American College Band. Thankfully, Chris and Jason agree to disagree about their favorite football teams. One of our first guests to ace every part of the speed round!

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Show Notes:
Learn more about:
Jason Gillette & The Showtime Big Band

Recording Credits:
La La Land 2017 - Sebastian explains Jazz to Mia
Featuring Bijon Watson - trumpet
https://youtu.be/eKz5Hida8n4?si=9LqEExkn8YZpXMDt

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