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Michael San Gabino grew up in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois, learning to play saxophone. In college he ...

More than two decades after graduation, I still try to grab a drink with my middle and high school jazz ...

We all have had teachers we remember because they had an impact on us in some wonderful way in school.

I am going to discuss rehearsal techniques for training a mallet and percussion section in your marching band. Many of ...

After honing those marching and playing skills during fall band programs, it’s time to join thousands of young performers in ...

If you are (or are soon to be) a band or orchestra teacher, you may wonder what someone who spent ...

I have always felt that percussion students can easily be overlooked, maybe because they are way back in the room, ...

Of all the bandmasters active in 1917, it should come as no surprise that John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) would head ...

School music booster organizations can be a tremendous asset to a school music program. These groups can also become a ...

As editor of both Choral Director and School Band and Orchestra, I’m a pretty easy mark for kids coming around ...

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) has announced that it received a $2.5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.