November 2021

Alabama is overflowing with extraordinary artists and musical history creating a remarkable legacy that is world-renowned. The legendary ‘Swampers’ from...

The cost for entry into band is a daunting challenge for many students, and it sends those with parents willing to...

Instead of counting 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, count 2-3-4-1, 2-3-4-1. This helps push the music over the barline. Heather Hoefle Homewood SD...

Photo by Andreas Schantl on Unsplash In the natural world, ecosystems may be as small as a tide pool or as vast as...

In my teaching practice overall, I have alluded to the following five core learning values: whole-body, social,  personalized, language-based, and...

One of the places that puts a mix immediately into the “amateur” category is the use of effects, especially reverb....

I always encourage my students to be proficient in both the Stevens Grip and the Burton Grip. It’s a misconception that...

When you imagine what a modern band classroom looks like, you picture a music-making space where students have a hands-on...

Another homerun!  In the April 2021 issue of SBO magazine I reviewed Richard Floyd’s first book, The Artistry of Teaching...

In part one, you learned to assess your student’s natural color and shape of sound.  In part two, we align...

The old saying, “The only constant in life is change” is swinging into action with SBO under my new ownership, mostly a shuffling...