Advocacy

SBO+: If you don't recognize the trumpeter, watch some videos of Maynard Ferguson who ended every year on a high...

SBO+: If you don't recognize the trumpeter, watch some videos of Maynard Ferguson who ended every song on a high...

I’m asked by music and arts education advocates how to stay positive in times of crisis and uncertainty. A glib...

By Laurie T. Schell, Elevate Arts Ed “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” ~Yogi Berra...

By Marcia Neel The technology increasingly focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI). A future where humans abdicate thinking and decision-making to...

By Marcia Neel We all spend countless hours recruiting new students into our programs, yet retention—the piece that ensures those...

RECRUITMENT As you enter the school year and begin building your next class of beginning band students, work to make...

Greet your students. Let them know you are happy to see them. Students need to know you like them as...

Recruitment Tip - Everyone Can Benefit When recruiting, our focus is often on increasing student participation to sustain and grow...

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How should a school band director measure success? What are the metrics we use to calibrate success? What do schools,...

Teachers work hard to recruit students. Those bright-eyed beginners are so full of excitement and wonder as they begin their...