110- Intentional bridge building in music classrooms with Justin Mclean

The Elementary Music Teacher Podcast: Music Education

In this episode, Justin Mclean and I have a conversation all around intentional bridge building in music classrooms. You'll find out what building bridges really means, why it's so very important, and ways to connect with your students on a deeper level.

Justin Mclean is currently the Percussion Director/Assistant Director of Bands at Hightower HS and Lake Olympia MS Band in Fort Bend ISD. Mr. McLean is a Texas native raised in Rosenberg, Texas a humble community right outside of Houston. Justin’s love of music began at an earlier age and was heavily influenced in church through both gospel and secular artists/musicians. His ambitions propelled him to strive for excellence not only in his personal aspirations but also in his academic/professional life and to his wife Brittany and 3 beautiful children Lennox, Blaise, and Cairo.

He received a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Prairie View A&M University in 2011 and has had the pleasure of educating and training young musicians as a band director and percussion instructor for the past 9 years in HISD and now Fort Bend ISD. He is also a devoted music director and student minister in his local church and currently pursuing a Masters Divinity degree through Reformed Theological Seminary.

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