Episode #180: Summer Book Club 2025: Music As a Vehicle, Part 1

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Main Theme: 2025 Summer Book Club, Music as a Vehicle, Part 1


This summer we are reading Music As a Vehicle: A Practical Guide to Implementing Culturally Responsive Teaching in Today's Music Classrooms. In this episode, Carrie and Tanya discuss our thoughts about Part 1: Build an Equity Lens. We invite you to purchase the book and read along with us!

Things we mention in this episode:




Coda

Tanya recommends the Petty Crimes podcast

Carrie recommends the book Secret Place by Tana French


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