November 2025 Three Characteristics of Leadership – Lessons for Music Teachers byTom Palmatier November 21, 2025
2019 Resolutions for the New School Year bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 With the school year now beginning, it’s a good time to make some resolutions—school year resolutions.
Inspiration bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 In the contemporary climate of data-driven education, you don’t hear much about inspiration in the popular rhetoric about music education...
Teaching the Great American March byMike Lawson August 2, 2019 0 I am often asked to guest conduct and do clinics for ensembles and their most frequent request is that I...
Demystifying ESSA byMike Lawson July 5, 2019 0 You’ve heard of the Every Student Succeeds Act (more commonly known as ESSA). How does it impact school music programs?...
Is It Time to Retire? byMike Lawson July 5, 2019 0 When Should I Retire from Teaching?This is a personal question only YOU can answer…This choice may be uppermost in your...
Colonel’s Book Club byMike Lawson July 5, 2019 0 In my ongoing work with several wonderful young music educators, we decide what books that we will read together and...
Now What? byMike Lawson June 6, 2019 0 At some point, every band or orchestra director will either retire or move to another career.
Practice: Rehearse, Perform, Repeat bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 Work with church and ad hoc community choirs has helped me understand the difference between “practice” and “rehearsal.”
Carefully Taught: Musicals for Teaching Tolerance and DIversity bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 Musicals for Teaching Tolerance and Diversity.
The Cards bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 Around the country, the school year is coming to a close. For high school students, spring break is fast becoming...
10 Rules for Overcoming Stage Fright byMike Lawson April 10, 2019 0 Many years ago, when I was a junior in high school, our concert band director who was my private clarinet...
Recruitment: It’s Never Too Early bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 Have you ever thought “It’s too early to recruit?