Marching Band

Sight-Reading Contest Success and the Percussion SectionOne of the most daunting aspects of getting your band ready for contest is...

Preparing Young Timpanists It is late in the fall semester and marching season has just concluded. You hang up your whistle...

Tony Cox and the Mt. Juliet Band of GoldThe Mt. Juliet High School Drumline in costume for their Tin Man...

Today’s Suzuki Method: A Conversation with Marilyn Kesler of the Suzuki Association of the AmericasDecades before El Sistema thrust the...

Maintaining and growing a high-caliber bandDavid Gorham, director of bands at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma.The Owasso High School...

Evolution Within a Historic ProgramDr. Ken Dye, director of bands at the University of Notre Dame. Photo by Heather Gollatz-Dukeman.The...

A Life Changing Experience: Insight into One Band Program’s International Exchange.When planning a large-scale outing for a school music group, sometimes...

 By Eliahu SussmanSince its inception in 1890, the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California has grown to become one...

Over the past 19 years, Michael Niedziejko has steered the New Providence (New Jersey) High School marching band into remarkable...

A Glimpse into the Future of Music Education As technology shifts the world around us, long-accepted paradigms about how we communicate,...

Daniel Gregerman and his renowned jazz vocal ensemble program at Chicago’s Niles North High School

If you pull out a yearbook from the 1960s and look up the band section, what will you see? A...