John Churchville, Soundtrap, & Tabla Drums (Part 2 of 2)

WARNING: After the 24:40 mark, the podcast contains a discussion about suicidal ideation. If you believe that this will be a trigger for you, stop listening at the 24:40 mark.

Episode 5 starts off with a short excerpt from Episode 4 in which John Churchville paraphrases an element of his teaching philosophy: “just listen to everything” as a sort of reminder of where we left off in Part 1 of our discussion with John about Soundtrap, teaching, and fostering musical education in the Ann Arbor Public School system.

Part 2 picks up more of less where we left off, however in this episode there’s discussion alone, unlike episode four which featured actual music instruction. We discuss how music education also serves, oftentimes, to allow students to grow on a person ...