Archives Taking the Fear Out of the Mystery – Part 2: An Approach to Sight Reading at Music Performance Assessment byJon Bubbett July 16, 2023
Coast Guard Musician’s Work Transcends Boundaries July 16, 2023 0 Traveling more than 7,000 miles away from New London, Ct. to Chennai, India, Musician First Class (MU1) Meera Gudipati has...
Basic Tips For Young Actors byMary Gray July 16, 2023 0 People may think acting is easy and anyone can do it, but in fact it is a skill that takes...
Here’s One Time it’s OK for Your Jazz Band to be Square byMike Lawson July 16, 2023 0 When rehearsing your jazz ensemble, try setting them up in a box (square). This will allow them to hear each other...
Repertoire Planning Simplified July 16, 2023 0 Even though we are in full-on summer mode, predictably our thoughts turn to the school year ahead. That means even...
VanderCook College of Music’s Symphonic Band to Perform at the 2018 Midwest Clinic byMike Lawson November 27, 2018 0 On Friday, December 21, at 8:15 a.m., the VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band will perform at the 2018 Midwest...
Teach Strings? But I’m a Band Director! byMike Lawson October 1, 2018 0 At some point, all of us will get forced out of our comfort zone. Think about the first day you...
Unplanned Intermission: Secrets of a West Texas Band Director byMike Lawson October 1, 2018 0 It was the first school period after lunch when the door to the band hall opened and the student gathering...
Thoughts from a Beginning Band Director byMike Lawson August 3, 2018 0 This issue, I’m using this space to present correspondence from a middle school band director, Eric Combs, chronicling the journey...
New York Wind Ensemble Festival At Carnegie Hall byMike Lawson May 11, 2018 0 The full range of human emotions were present when the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School Wind Ensemble from Parkland, Florida...