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Snap Audition

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The Snap Audition Podcast features leaders from the arts and education communities who advise on auditions, interviewed by Eric DeGrove, founder of Snap Audition. Together, we can make auditions easier and more fun!

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Episodes

  1. Elisa Janson Jones - The Music Teacher Guild

    Elisa Janson Jones discusses overcoming her struggles with the, "professional skills" becoming a band director, helping kids with developmental disabilities learn music, and her new venture, Music Teacher Guild which provides professional learning for music educators. Checkout…

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  2. Juli Nickel Part 2 - Flutist & College Audition Coach

    Check out part 1 for the start of Eric's and Juli's discission on the process to get into college music programs. In part 2 we continue our conversation with Juli Nickel, flute instructor at George Mason University, and founder of Juli Nickel Consulting - an amazing coaching service dedicated to...

  3. Juli Nickel Part 1 - Flutist & College Audition Coach

    If you or a student you know is auditioning for a college music program this year, you need to listen to this podcast. Juli Nickel, flute instructor at George Mason University, and founder of Juli Nickel Consulting - an amazing coaching service dedicated to helping students navigate and find the...

  4. Don Crafton - Sight Reading Factory Founder

    Don Crafton is a professional trombonist and founder of Sight Reading Factory, which now integrates with Snap Audition's asynchronous audition recording feature. Hear how Don's idea for a system that could created music on-demand came to him, and how it has spread world-wide. Today, Sight Reading...

  5. Chris Green - Band Director, Adjudicator, Clinician

    Chris shares his experience taking a high school band program of 12 to over 250 and about his most recent venture: Virtual Assistant Director. Chris' marching and concert band experience is vast. He marched 4 seasons with the Carolina Crown Drum & Bugle Corps. Today, he serves all over the U.S.…

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  6. Lesley Moffat - Author of Love the Job, Lose the Stress

    A 36-year band director, Lesley shares her story of how everything changed seven years ago when she hit exhaustion. An author of two books to help music educators develop thriving lifestyles and work patters, she is also the founder of the mPowered Music Educator Academy and Podcast. Checkout her...

  7. Nikki Abissi - NYC Trombonist With the American Symphony Orchestra & Julliard Grad

    Nikki Abissi is a professional trombonist and teacher living in New Jersey, outside of New York City. She is Second Trombone of the historic American Symphony Orchestra, and an active performer on Broadway and with professional orchestras around the world. Nikki also invited an extension handle…

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  8. Henrique De Almeida - Drummer & Former Berklee Professor, USAF Percussionist

    Henrique De Almeida, a native of Brazil, began drumming as a child and by 17 touring the world with Brazilin pop stars. After graduating from Berklee with a degree in Jazz Composition, Henrique served as drummer for the US Air Force Academy Band, before returning as professor to Berklee in 2011....

  9. Doug Bogatz - Band Director & Head of Auditions for NMEA

    Doug Bogatz is Director of Instrumental Music at Westview High School in Omaha Nebraska. Along with experience directing almost every type of school band and orchestra, Doug was also the Drum Major for the University of Nebraska Marching Band and the Colts Drum and Bugle Core (Dubuque, Iowa)....

  10. Esther Ling - Pianist & Singer Songwriter

    In the latest Snap Audition Episode, Eric has an interesting conversation with Esther Ling about her journey from growing up in Malaysia to becoming an engineer to ultimately becoming a Canadian pianist, indie singer-songwriter, and recording artist. Esther merges piano and vocals to bring a...

  11. Gloria Lum - Los Angeles Philharmonic & Audition Confidential

    Gloria Lum has been the cellist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1985. In 2020, she founded Audition Confidential, which prepares cellists for orchestral auditions through courses and one-on-one coaching. Gloria graduated from the University of Southern California, where she studied with...

  12. Bobby Wolf - US Air force Academy Band

    In the latest Snap Audition Podcast Eric has a fun conversation with US Air Force Technical Sergeant Robert "Bobby" Wolfe about his experience in a military band. Eric and Bobby talk through the culture and processes involved with his audition for military bands and the intensity because you are...

  13. Ben Lupo - Choir Director & Ohio Audition Administer

    Ben has taught in public schools for fourteen years and is the current Director of Vocal Music for the Bryan City School District in rural Northwest Ohio. Ben just completed his term as the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) District 1 President, is an active Ohio Music Education Association...

  14. Jon Sindler - Band Director

    Jonathan Sindler has been teaching instrumental music in Maryland for 27 years and is currently the Director of Bands at Mount View Middle School in Howard County, Maryland. Mr. Sindler is in high demand as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician. Eric and Jon have a fun conversation about...

  15. Enion Pelta - Violinist, Violist, Composer, & Music Educator

    Enion Pelta is a Colorado-based violinist, violist, composer, and music teacher. With over 25 years as a professional musician, her career has spanned classical, folk, jazz, rock, and beyond. She toured internationally with the band Taarka and performed regularly with Juno award-winning banjo...

  16. Michael Francis Smith - Music Educator & Composer

    In this episode of the Snap Audition Podcast, Eric Degrove talks to Michael Smith about His innovative programs, “It's Time to Play (A Band “It's Time to Play (The Recorder),” which Instrument)” an accelerated student learning and literacy approach where students sing and play a diverse…

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  17. David Duarte - Culture Over Content

    David Duarte is a seasoned music educator with over three decades of experience whose instruction focuses on continuous improvement strategies for student voice and achievement. Eric and David talk all things auditions in a fascinating conversation. DavidDuarte.org Culture Before Content Podcast...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Snap Audition Podcast features leaders from the arts and education communities who advise on auditions, interviewed by Eric DeGrove, founder of Snap Audition. Together, we can make auditions easier and more fun!

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