Commentary

I took up the clarinet in junior high school and fell in love with the instrument immediately. Its look, its...

As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, the time has come for music educators to stop pussyfooting...

A simple way of rewriting parts that allows us directors to adjust a score for changing circumstances.

“Small people talk about people, medium people talk about things, but big people talk about ideas.”

The next book I will share with you is Teaching Music with Purpose by Dr. Peter Boonshaft. Peter has written a trilogy...

Teachers at the high school and college levels are often asked by students to write them a letter of recommendation...

Regular readers of this column may recall that in last December’s SBO issue, the title was “It’s the Most Wonderful...

Belonging: it is something every human seeks. To be able to identify with another group of people through shared experiences,...

“Herring’s Head“ is a cumulative folksong that I have taught and sung with students of all ages at many schools over...

This one-page layout presents many of the various combinations of names and usage in a way that invites engagement and...

Last summer at the Colorado Bandmaster’s Association summer workshop, I attended a great clinic by Andrea Hollenbeck called “From Chaos...

Is there such a thing as “lyrical blackface”? Do you ever encounter it on your podium? What happens when you...