With smaller numbers come fewer parts, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no good adventure to be had.
A list of criteria you may want to consider in determining if a student deserves a letter of recommendation, and...
We are all constantly striving to come up with the “perfect program,” one that will challenge our students and thrill...
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...
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...
