Interviews
Hurray for Rachael Cowell
Jul 11, 2022For July, GPG Music honors trumpeter and music educator Rachael Cowell as Band Director of the Month. Band mom Kate Kirkpatrick nominated our honoree for her enthusiasm and dedication as Reno High Director of Bands in Reno, Nev., teaching young people more than music.
Chatting with Lara Martin, Drake Elementary School music teacher
Mar 25, 2022As part of our series talking to the women of GPG Music, we talked to Lara Martin, music teacher at Drake Elementary School in Reno Nevada, about being a music educator.
Natalia Tomasello shares insights on music education
Mar 23, 2022We had the opportunity to interview the spouses of GPG Music staff, all music educators in their own right, as part of Women's History Month. The interview questions were about love of music as a career path, challenges as women in a mostly male-identifying dominated field and rewards. Following is our conversation with Natalia Tomasello, band director at Alder Creek Middle School in Truckee, Calif. and spouse of Spencer Hannibal-Smith, GPG Music director of operations.
Interview with Kim Hines, UNR Color Guard expert
Mar 21, 2022We interviewed Kim Hines, University of Nevada, Reno color guard caption head. Since 2017, the UNR winter guard began competing in the Independent A class of WGI and has achieved multiple regional championships over the years.
A conversation with Shealley Lee
Mar 17, 2022Shealley Lee is a percussist, technician, clinician, educator, arranger and composer in Sacramento, Calif. We interviewed Shealley about women in leadership in Performing Arts.
Natalia Tomasello Bio
Feb 28, 2022Natalia Tomasello is the band director at Alder Creek Middle School, in her 7th year as a music educator.
Learn from two GPG Music composers on how to get started
Jan 17, 2022We recently sat down with two of the dozens of composers on the GPG Music roster — Shaun Salem and CEO Steve Martin, DMA (ASCAP), both former and present music educators, conductors and composers — to discuss the process of becoming a composer.