Modern Band/Popular Music

This school year is starting considerably different than most. When we started our virtual school year in New Orleans this...

This past July, Little Kids Rock hosted its first ever Virtual Modern Band Summit, an online conference featuring over 30...

For the past seven years, Little Kids Rock’s Modern Band Summit conference has been a music educator’s one-stop shop for...

When the coronavirus outbreak sent all teachers home from school to start distance learning, music teachers had to come up...

As we all enter into the second month of engaging with students online, some of the challenges and opportunities of...

As music teachers, we are currently facing a time of incredible challenges that require us to rethink how we continue...

Kerri Glickstein teaches concert and modern band at Lāna’I High & Elementary School in Lāna’i City, Hawaii.

In last month’s issue of School Band and Orchestra, we looked at the amazing students that made up the All...

For the past decade, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has highlighted performances of some of the country’s best...

Over the past 16 years, Michael Finn has created a unique and special songwriting course that he teaches at a...

New York City teacher Katherine Stock teaches modern band at school that exclusively serves students with disabilities. Because her students...

Jasmine Faulkner will be quick to tell you that she was no expert on audio equipment going in to her...