School bands and orchestras carry on a great heritage in the American public school system.
We’ll be mixing up voices in this scrum - instead of a ball, we’ll use pitches and vowels. That’s where...
The Count is a concentration exercise - a group activity - that I used with my student ensembles in the...
Something fundamentally different about the process of music-making is of immense value.
Avoid preconceived ideas about what songs students might sing and enjoy and the results might surprise you.
Hello Santa... it’s me again. I am back with my list of gifts for you to deliver this holiday season....
Resources and strategies for paying for music school.
You’ve been through five years of college. You’ve learned music theory, aural skills, music history, marching band techniques, brass, woodwind,...
Honor the sincerity of kids’ commitment without boring them with music that seems dated or too scholarly to engage their...
Are you tired of handing students the same piece of music over and over again? What I tried with limited...
In the September 2016 issue of School Band and Orchestra there appeared an article I wrote entitled “Practice Without Playing.”...
Its back-to-school season again.
