Jeff Girard's guest appearances

Jeff Girard

Everything Band Podcast

John Mackey

Alex Shapiro

Lynne Jackson

Sean Smith

Patrick Burns

Eric Jimenez

Gary Green

Jonathan Grantham

Mark Norman

Mike Howard

Michael Hudson

Chris Gleason

Keith Ozsvath

Michael O'Connor

Brian Balmages

OwlTail

Jeff Girard, the band specialist at Midwest Sheet Music joins me to offer some thoughts about conducting, band music, and copyright law from the perspective of a music retailer. Topics:  Jeff's background as a conductor and band specialist at Midwest Sheet Music Band Together The challenges and compromises of conducting a community band Interactions with composers and the music publishing industry from a retail perspective What qualities make Jeff recommended a band piece Lessons learned from Jeff's surprising background as a professional wrestler  Links:  Midwest Sheet Music Jerry Brubaker: A Celebration of Taps  Jack Wilds: Showdown at High Noon  Copyright Handbook for Music Educators  Music Copyright Law  Music Law in the Digital Age Ron Nelson: Passacaglia (Homage on BACH) John Paulson: Epinicion Frank Ticheli: Blue Shades  Stephen McNeff: Ghosts Maecenas Music BandTogether Wind Band Report Archives  Wind Band Report Sign Up  Biography: Jeff Girard is a wind band conducting specialist at Midwest Sheet Music in St. Louis who has been working with wind band literature for 20 years now. He’s particularly adept at tracking down hard to find, obscure and foreign wind band titles, as well as finding the hidden gems amongst all the hundreds of new wind band works published each year. He also directs a local community band, BandTogether, during the year.

Jeff Girard, the band specialist at Midwest Sheet Music joins me to offer some thoughts about conducting, band music, and copyright law from the perspective of a music retailer. Topics: <ul> <li>Jeff's background as a conductor and band specialist at Midwest Sheet Music</li> <li>Band Together</li> <li>The challenges and compromises of conducting a community band</li> <li>Interactions with composers and the music publishing industry from a retail perspective</li> <li>What qualities make Jeff recommended a band piece</li> <li>Lessons learned from Jeff's surprising background as a professional wrestler</li> </ul> Links: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.midwestsheetmusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Midwest Sheet Music</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.midwestsheetmusic.com/pages/search-results.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jerry Brubaker: A Celebration of Taps</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.midwestsheetmusic.com/sheet-music/grand-mesa/gmm341/showdown-at-high-noon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jack Wilds: Showdown at High Noon</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.alfred.com/Products/Copyright-Handbook-for-Music-Educators-and-Directors--00-45961.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Copyright Handbook for Music Educators</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.alfred.com/Products/Music-Copyright-Law--54-1435459725.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Music Copyright Law</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=148196&amp;subsiteid=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Music Law in the Digital Age</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlePcYz-TAE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ron Nelson: Passacaglia (Homage on BACH)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWlGvuXfKK8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Paulson: Epinicion</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbkR_y_QMnw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Ticheli: Blue Shades</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.maecenasmusic.co.uk/listit2productgroups/ghosts/82.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stephen McNeff: Ghosts</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.maecenasmusic.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maecenas Music</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bandtogetherstl.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BandTogether</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.midwestsheetmusic.com/newsletterarchives/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wind Band Report Archives</a></li> <li><a href="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001tXmTiYHG0ZVuaPCiZaYwgsCkH-O9k49seM7LBDxpKQYj5sWFcOy79IG3xB336M8eRu9rpmxUahTTSMoauJiW5w-DtO4SEN3HJ1Go_hbAAXnBtQ-hPeiVt_ANrBg_Be1lhkFTe8eIEf5DnV5k94mJ06J_N--J3_ekarurZTSXojwYyUohP7gu_A%3D%3D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Wind Band Report Sign Up</a></li> </ul> Biography: Jeff Girard is a wind band conducting specialist at Midwest Sheet Music in St. Louis who has been working with wind band literature for 20 years now. He’s particularly adept at tracking down hard to find, obscure and foreign wind band titles, as well as finding the hidden gems amongst all the hundreds of new wind band works published each year. He also directs a local community band, BandTogether, during the year.

Episode 11 - Jeff Girard