Using Pop/Commercial Music Studies To Strengthen Traditional Music Ensembles

After Hours: Conversations for Music Educators

This week Nick Averwater talks with Michael Parsons, Director of Instrumental and Popular Music at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, TN. Michael is also Director of Sound Fuzion, a pop vocal ensemble at the University of Memphis.
In this episode we'll learn about how Michael has incorporated pop music groups and commercial music studies into the music department at Briarcrest, but in a way that enhances the traditional music ensembles.
Our conversation was recorded August, 2024. We've broken it up into two episodes, and this is part one.