Some Try to Tell Me Thoughts They Cannot Defend byMike Lawson September 4, 2015 0 As I was driving my high school senior to school today, he was telling me that his garage band was ...
When Mickey Mouse Teaches Band Academics byMike Lawson September 4, 2015 0 Now for all you “macho” band directors out there, you may not be too impressed with a lot of “Mickey ...
Honor Choirs and Choral Festivals bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 Ideas for festival chorus events showcase variety...
Repetition is the Mother of All Learning! bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 "An amateur practices until he gets it right; a professional practices until he can’t get it wrong."
Mark Myers – UpClose bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 CD revisits this top-ranked show choir director from Aurora, Illinois/
UpClose: A Talk with Donald Hunsberger and Mark Davis Scatterday, Conductors of Frederick Fennell’s Legendary Eastman Wind Ensemble. byMike Lawson August 14, 2015 0 The Eastman Wind Ensemble is America’s leading wind ensemble. Its core of about 50 performers includes undergraduate and graduate students ...
The Times They Are A-Changin’ byMike Lawson August 14, 2015 0 It was a very busy month for me, starting out with a trip to Ft. Collins, CO to attend the ...
Planning Your Band’s Perfect Road Trip to Disney bySBO Staff July 24, 2021 0 Mere days before its big trip to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, a Missouri high school marching band was ...
Meet Your Makers – Marching Footwear Made in the USA: Gateway Shoes LLC byMike Lawson August 14, 2015 0 Gateway Shoes has been manufacturing footwear in Missouri for over 30 years. The company started making children's shoes for the ...
Clean the Drill and Dial In the Mix: Five Tips for Optimizing your Field Audio byMike Lawson August 14, 2015 0 Audio has quickly become a necessity in marching band, and I feel that we all have a love/hate relationship with ...
SBO essay contest 2015 byMike Lawson August 12, 2015 0 Click to viewFifteen years ago SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRAlaunched a scholarship essay program designed to further support music education in ...
Perspective: Perpetuating the Species, Survival of the Fittest, or Self-Preservation … byMike Lawson July 24, 2015 0 As I was putting this annual issue together, historically called the “Band Director’s Survival Guide,” it was obvious that this ...