UpClose: David Wish, music education revolutionary? byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 To some traditionalists in school music and band programs, David Wish is a dangerous man meddling with how music has...
Justifying a performance trip to the Walt Disney World Resort July 24, 2021 0 Editor’s Note: Our September issue cover feature, “UpClose: Six Decades of School Music at Disney,” spotlights the Disney Performing Arts...
Dress Our Band byMike Lawson October 22, 2015 0 Editor’s Note: This past June, SBO ran a cover story on Fairview High School band director (Fairview, TN) entitled “Justin...
’But it’s a theme park…’ – Justifying a performance trip to the Walt Disney World Resort July 24, 2021 0 It doesn’t look like much on paper, and if you have never been there with a student group, explaining that...
Six Decades of School Music at Disney byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 The Magic of Disney is at the heart of the creation and ongoing growth and management of its Disney Performing...
Microphones for School Ensembles byMike Lawson September 4, 2015 0 “Capturing the sound of an instrument starts at the microphone. What’s happened with music and audio, both live and recorded,...
Some Try to Tell Me Thoughts They Cannot Defend byMike Lawson September 4, 2015 0 As I was driving my high school senior to school today, he was telling me that his garage band was...
When Mickey Mouse Teaches Band Academics byMike Lawson September 4, 2015 0 Now for all you “macho” band directors out there, you may not be too impressed with a lot of “Mickey...
Mark Myers – UpClose bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 CD revisits this top-ranked show choir director from Aurora, Illinois/
UpClose: A Talk with Donald Hunsberger and Mark Davis Scatterday, Conductors of Frederick Fennell’s Legendary Eastman Wind Ensemble. byMike Lawson August 14, 2015 0 The Eastman Wind Ensemble is America’s leading wind ensemble. Its core of about 50 performers includes undergraduate and graduate students...
Planning Your Band’s Perfect Road Trip to Disney bySBO Staff July 24, 2021 0 Mere days before its big trip to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, a Missouri high school marching band was...
Meet Your Makers – Marching Footwear Made in the USA: Gateway Shoes LLC byMike Lawson August 14, 2015 0 Gateway Shoes has been manufacturing footwear in Missouri for over 30 years. The company started making children's shoes for the...