There Was No Band Program For 20 Years. Then This Educator Restarted It.

About this episode

Jacob Abbott discusses restarting the band program at Dresden High School after 20 years.

This week Nick Averwater talks with Jacob Abbott, Performing Arts Director at Dresden High School in Dresden, TN, which is a town of around 3,000 people in Northwest Tennessee, and is just over 100 miles from both Memphis and Nashville. Jacob has been named to the 2025 Yamaha 40 Under 40 list of music educators, and in this conversation he'll tell us about restarting the school's band program after 20 years, with the support of the school district and the community. Our conversation was recor...

People in this episode

Host: Nick Averwater

Guest: Jacob Abbott

Topics covered

• band program
• music education
• community support
• performing arts
• school restart

Keywords

• band program
• music educator
• Dresden High School
• community support
• Yamaha 40 Under 40

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yamaha

Places: Dresden, Tennessee, Memphis, Nashville