The Importance of Culture to the Music Educator byThomas Palmatier July 24, 2021 0 Editor’s Note: A version of this article will be a chapter in a new curriculum guide to be published by...
Practice Makes Perfect: Apps and Resources to Keep Students Playing Through the Summer September 19, 2022 0 We’re finally coming to the end of the longest year of your career, a year unlike any you have ever...
Designing Creative Music Projects for the Masses bySBO Staff June 28, 2021 0 SBO's June issue includes an insightful excerpt from Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein’s Electronic Music School: A Contemporary Approach to...
Social Emotional Learning and the Future of Music Education June 28, 2021 0 Andrew E. Morrison, a performer and educator, invites SBO readers to explore all of the benefits that intentional SEL provides...
Queer Identities in the Music Classroom June 12, 2021 0 Music educators are provided with the ability to select repertoire that is reflective of our students’ many identities. However, some...
Back to a Better Normal byThomas Palmatier July 24, 2021 0 As progress in vaccinating Americans continues and more of us return to in-person music instruction, there is talk in all...
“Our Band Doesn’t Play Loud Enough!” byThomas Palmatier July 24, 2021 0 After noting that "this is one phrase I have never heard any musician utter," Colonel (Ret.) Thomas Palmatier shares his...
Arrangement Construction Kit bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 The melody of “Morning Has Broken” has a wonderful shape to it that makes it easy to learn and a...
The Hope of Singing bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 If there were ever a time when singers needed hope, the past year has been that time.
Essential Elements Interactive: The Powerful Assessment Tool for Everyone April 12, 2021 0 Hal Leonard’s Steve Smith details how the new Essential Elements Interactive (EEi) online music resource can provide powerful assessment opportunities.
Musical Orchestrators of Broadway’s Golden Era: Another Op’nin’, Another Show April 16, 2021 0 In SBO's April issue, Dr. Keith Mason reveals how instrumental music students can benefit from analyzing the work of Broadway...
Colonel’s Book Club, Edition 6 byThomas Palmatier July 24, 2021 0 This edition of Colonel’s Book Club features Richard Floyd’s 2015 book, “The Artistry of Teaching and Making Music,” with its...