Garrett Breeze

Jamie Atkins (Show Choir Arrangers You Should Know)

Every student has musical potential.  For a student to best realize that potential it helps to have an instructor that is qualified with the requisite knowledge in that field, who will consistently arrive on time and prepared to teach that student.  This instructor must teach quality content every lesson and ultimately ensure that the student […]

Trends and Changes in Today’s Wind Orchestra Scene

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dutch composer Johan de Meij on my podcast, where he shared this article he wrote about current trends in music for wind orchestra (concert band, wind ensemble, symphonic band, etc.) DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE (PDF) Listen to Garrett’s interview with Johan De Meij below:

Steve Cochran (Show Choir Arrangers You Should Know)

Every student has musical potential.  For a student to best realize that potential it helps to have an instructor that is qualified with the requisite knowledge in that field, who will consistently arrive on time and prepared to teach that student.  This instructor must teach quality content every lesson and ultimately ensure that the student […]

Andrew Martin (Show Choir Arrangers You Should Know)

Andrew Martin, a choral conductor, clinician, and arranger, is in demand as a choral clinician and adjudicator and his arrangements are performed by choirs throughout the country. Martin currently serves as Director of Choral Activities and Coordinator of the Fine Arts Department at the University of Tennessee Southern in Pulaski, Tennessee. Martin also was a […]

Garrett’s Interview with “Music (ed) Matters”

I was honored to be this week’s guest on the “Music (ed) Matters” podcast to talk about all things commercial music in the classroom.  Check out my conversation with Dr. Emily Williams Burch HERE. Previous Next

Ryan Murphy “Flight” Q&A

I was recently asked to present Ryan Murphy’s arrangement of “Flight” on a reading session and he was kind enough to answer some questions and share his insight.  It’s a wonderful piece of music published through Walton Music and the Andrew Crane Choral Series. Purchase SSA Octavo Purchase Full Score & Quartet Parts (Ryan Murphy is the […]

Learn How to Write SEO Like Mozart

There is a ton of information written about how Google ranks content and keywords and metadata.  The thing to remember is it’s kind of like music theory. Bear with me for a second.  We look back and we study Mozart and we say, “Oh, THIS is what he was doing.”  And that’s how we view the […]

Jan Ward (Show Choir Arrangers You Should Know)

Jan Ward is a music arranger, adjudicator, accompanist and composer currently residing in Independence, Missouri. During her thirty-plus years as a teacher she has served several schools in Iowa and Missouri as a science instructor, accompanist, and choir director. As an accomplished music arranger and composer, she has winning arrangements featured in national show choir […]

Show Choir Arrangers You Should Know (Elmo Zapp)

Elmo is a music theater composer / director / producer living in New York City.  He is an arranger for many successful show choirs including John Burrough’s “Powerhouse” and Waconia “Power Company.” 1. Please describe your basic setup.  (Your technical setup as well as the physical space that you work in.) MacBook Pro w/a BenQ 27″ Screen […]