This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Maria Nieva, chair of the Asian Pacific Musicians Interest Section. I must share that I’ve always admired the sense of community in the Asian Pacific Musicians Interest Section. They are always so active at the National Conventions, attending events together and even eating meals together! It was a pleasure to hear from Maria about her interest section and what we can take away from their community, their culture and their musical heritage.

This month we’re celebrating the shortest month of the year- even with Leap Year- by having shorter, bite-sized episodes focusing on different topics. This week we’re easing into the month’s topics by digging into our Ministry Monday archives. Back in the fall when I took over the podcast, I had the chance to interview former Ministry Monday host Matt Reichert.

Today on the podcast we have NPM president Steve Petrunak. Steve and I sat down and talked about the State of the Union, if you will, for NPM, and not just about NPM 2.0. If you only listen to one podcast episode of the month, this should be it. And forward the podcast to other NPM members you know, because we’re proud to learn of some of these announcements firsthand on the podcast today. It is an episode you shouldn’t miss.