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As educators, it is incumbent upon us to communicate the emotional (if not therapeutic) value of music to those we...

The first step in combining our voices for effect is the warm-up.

With the school year now beginning, it’s a good time to make some resolutions—school year resolutions.

In the contemporary climate of data-driven education, you don’t hear much about inspiration in the popular rhetoric about music education...

I am often asked to guest conduct and do clinics for ensembles and their most frequent request is that I...

You’ve heard of the Every Student Succeeds Act (more commonly known as ESSA). How does it impact school music programs?...

When Should I Retire from Teaching?This is a personal question only YOU can answer…This choice may be uppermost in your...

In my ongoing work with several wonderful young music educators, we decide what books that we will read together and...

At some point, every band or orchestra director will either retire or move to another career.

Work with church and ad hoc community choirs has helped me understand the difference between “practice” and “rehearsal.”

Musicals for Teaching Tolerance and Diversity.

Around the country, the school year is coming to a close. For high school students, spring break is fast becoming...