Music Ed Mentor Podcast #045: Incorporating Pop Music Into Your Ensemble

I am always interested in ways to increase student engagement. This week my guest is GRAMMY-nominated music educator Steve Holley. Steve and I talk about ways we can incorporate more of the music kids listen to every day into our programs – and what can happen when we do. Should we shift our traditional music ed paradigm to be more inclusive of pop music? Is it possible to implement pop music during festival season? Can we really fulfill our curricular responsibilities by using the songs that most of us wouldn’t consider to be highly educational?

We’ll answer all of those questions – and more –  in this episode.