{"id":3508,"date":"2018-07-01T09:12:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T16:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2018-04-27T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T16:46:11","slug":"ryan-crabtree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/ryan-crabtree\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Crabtree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/?attachment_id=3509\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3509\" src=\"http:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ryan-Crabtree-e1524847363265-245x325.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Crabtree\" width=\"325\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ryan-Crabtree-e1524847363265-245x325.jpg 245w, https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ryan-Crabtree-e1524847363265-696x922.jpg 696w, https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ryan-Crabtree-e1524847363265-317x420.jpg 317w, https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Ryan-Crabtree-e1524847363265.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a>What was your background before ABC? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">I student taught in the position I am currently in and had been in that position for 4 years before I started at ABC.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I was born and raised in the town I went to college in (Grand Junction, CO) and attended my undergrad at Colorado Mesa University (then Mesa State College).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Year of Graduation<\/strong> &#8211; 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Position<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">I am currently the Director of Bands at Fruita Monument High School.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We are a 10-12 school have 3 concert bands, 2 jazz bands, marching band and AP Music Theory<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time in Current Position<\/strong> &#8211; I am in my 12 year<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name some accomplishments or awards since graduation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">2011 Phi Beta Mu Colorado Chapter Outstanding Young Bandmaster<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Member of ASBDA since 2011<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Member of PBM since 2012<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Member of CMEA since 2003<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">The band was selected to play at Colorado Music Educators Clinic\/Conference in 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Semifinalist for a GRAMMY in Music Education in 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">Recipient of the \u201cBe Our Guest\u201d Grant to go to the Midwest Clinic in 2017 from Be a Part of the Music and World Projects<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s2\">President-Elect of the Colorado Bandmasters Association <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How did ABC help you prepare for these?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Everything that The American Band College did was practical and has a daily influence on my instruction.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>From building and maintaining the program, dealing with administrators, to individual instrument pedagogy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Each class, each session, each rehearsal is a piece of the puzzle that I took back home to my own program and put into place to help build what is going on at Fruita Monument.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Being able to sit in the rehearsals with the greats rehearsing, you just absorb their energy and take that with you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s impossible to point to specific instances, but rather the entire experience influenced who I am and changed the direction of my program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your most memorable experience at ABC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Everything that The American Band College did was practical and has a daily influence on my instruction.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>From building and maintaining the program, dealing with administrators, to individual instrument pedagogy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Each class, each session, each rehearsal is a piece of the puzzle that I took back home to my own program and put into place to help build what is going on at Fruita Monument.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Being able to sit in the rehearsals with the greats rehearsing, you just absorb their energy and take that with you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s impossible to point to specific instances, but rather the entire experience influenced who I am and changed the direction of my program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are your biggest influences\/mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Casey Cropp, Scott Schlup, Ken Ovrebo, W L Whaley, Brett Argo, Jeff Mason, Kathy Joseph, Steve Martin, Clay Stansberry, Paul Traugott, Tim Libby, Calvin Hofer and Dan Bell. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice do you have for new directors?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Do not wait to ask for help.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There are so many experienced and retired directors out there that are waiting to be asked to come in and work with you or your students.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They are not there to judge you or your band, they just want to see you and your students get better.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Don\u2019t wait until you think you, or your band is ready to bring someone in to work with your group.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Along those lines, if you think you are \u2018there\u2019 you have stopped getting better.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Always be striving to get better, looking for help, and ways to improve your craft.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Find those opportunities to go to clinics and conferences to make yourself better.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Lastly, never lose sight of why you do this, it\u2019s about the kids.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The kids are the at the center of your experience and their experience should be the driving force of what happens in your program. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What was your background before ABC? 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