November 2025 Three Characteristics of Leadership – Lessons for Music Teachers byTom Palmatier November 21, 2025
Make Your Band into Dynamic Detectives byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 As the marching season fades behind us and we move into a more concert band-focused period of the year, we...
Classroom: Everything I Need to Know About Teaching I Learned from My Dog byMike Lawson September 8, 2016 0 I always had dogs growing up, and they were an integral part of our family. When I was a senior...
The Good Fight: Summer NAMM, Music Making, Politics, and Hammocks byMike Lawson August 15, 2016 0 I hope you are reading this in the throes of summertime renewal. Summer NAMM in Nashville wrapped on June 25th,...
Rhythm: Overthought and Under-Taught Part 2 byMike Lawson August 15, 2016 0 Upbeats are one of the most important parts of rhythm yet time and again they create havoc in our performances....
Instrumental: Starting Your Bassoon Program: Taming the “Bundle of Twigs” byMike Lawson August 15, 2016 0 The German (and Dutch) name for the bassoon is faggott, which literally means bundle of twigs. And for many band...
In The Trenches: The Every Student Succeeds Act and What’s in it for YOU! (But Only if You Act!) byMike Lawson August 15, 2016 0 Earlier this year I wrote about the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) with some general ideas of...
Five Minute Read:Take on Cool-Weather Tuning! byMike Lawson August 15, 2016 0 At a recent caption-style marching band competition, I had the pleasure of judging the music performance caption. Even though it...
College Programs byMike Lawson August 15, 2016 0 Getting Your Students Ready for College and University Band Programs When the Last Note is Played, Does the Music End?
Perspective: Your Students’ Military Band Career May Be a Thing of the Past byMike Lawson August 15, 2016 0 As an educator, your job is to prepare your student for their next step in their musical career - for...
Prepare to Meet Your Maker(s) byMike Lawson July 13, 2016 0 The Summer NAMM Show has just ended, and another year of new products was shown by hopeful manufacturers interested in...
Out Of Crisis: Opportunity byMike Lawson July 13, 2016 0 Diversity, music education and where we go from here...
No Time Like the Present… byMike Lawson June 14, 2016 0 It was an exciting month of May for me, as I had the opportunity to join the National Association of...