Carefully Taught: Teaching Musical Theatre with Matty and Kikau

About Carefully Taught: Teaching Musical Theatre with Matty and Kikau

“Carefully Taught: Teaching Musical Theatre with Matty and Kikau” is a podcast to discuss Musical Theatre Pedagogy and to create a community of sharing amongst Musical Theatre Educators -- Kikau is an Associate Professor and Interim Dean of @thebrindschool at University of the Arts and the former VP of Conferences of the MTEA. Matty is an Associate Professor and Musical Theatre Program Coordinator at Chico State, and former President of MTEA. -- Join them as they talk to guests about strategies in the Musical Theatre classroom.

Publisher

Kikau and Matty

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Aug 2021

Latest episode

6 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

77 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Jun 2025

   Episode 75 - The Big Closing Number

   Hosts Matty and Kikau reflect on the podcast's four-year journey discussing musical theatre pedagogy and community building among musical theatre educators, highlighting past guests like Amanda Wansa Morgan and Rick Edinger.

2. 

   30 May 2025

   Episode 74 - Steven Gross

   Hosts Matty and Kikau interview Steven Gross, program head at Temple University, about his work in musical theatre, music direction, and conducting, including his experience on Broadway and internationally.

3. 

   23 May 2025

   Episode 73 - Are there too many Musical Theatre BFA Programs?

   Josh Grisetti discusses the oversaturation of Musical Theatre BFA programs with Matty and Kikau in an interview, offering insights into higher education.

Who has been a guest on Carefully Taught: Teaching Musical Theatre with Matty and Kikau

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Amanda Wansa Morgan
• Rick Edinger
• Steven Gross
• Josh Grisetti
• RJ Magee

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

26

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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