November 2025 Dip Your Toes In: Practical Eclectic Styles Skills for the Classical Musician bySBO+ Contributor November 25, 2025
Trends and Changes in Today’s Wind Orchestra Scene byMike Lawson October 13, 2022 0 SBO: This is the final installment of four articles by leading composers for wind bands. The acclaimed composer and conductor...
Little Kids Rock Rebrands to ‘Music Will’ With Goal of Reaching One Million More Kids in Next Five Years bySBO Staff September 16, 2022 0 Little Kids Rock, the largest nonprofit music program in U.S. public schools, today unveiled a bold new brand, Music Will,...
Prepping Your Beginners for Solid Bow Technique September 5, 2022 0 The first question out of many beginner’s mouths when starting to play a string instrument is “When can we play...
Wild Symphony bySBO Staff August 2, 2022 0 SBO: This review is a bit of a departure from our usual focus on Grade .5 to Grade 3 literature....
Breaking the Ice – First Day of School Activities for Your Orchestras August 2, 2022 0 Ah, the first day of school. Whether we like it or not, inevitably the start of school comes around sooner...
Engaging Warm Ups Focus Your Students in the First Minutes of Class July 8, 2022 0 Orchestras by their very nature, have a different warmup flow than a band or a choir. Having sat in bands...
Recognizing Burnout, Strategies to Rest and Recover This Summer June 15, 2022 0 One of the many talking points in education currently is how, even though it is summer, and we aren’t in...
Trends and Changes in Today’s Wind Orchestra Scene June 14, 2022 0 This is the second installment in a multi-part series of articles by leading composers for wind bands. The acclaimed composer...
Trends and Changes in Today’s Wind Orchestra Scene May 2, 2022 0 This is the first installment in a multi-part series of articles by leading composers for wind bands. The acclaimed composer...
Get Your Students Involved with Instrument Care May 2, 2022 0 I Cello and three violins, all vintage instruments. f your spring season is anything like most, then you are finally...
Pop Tunes with Staying Power – Choosing the Right “Fluff” for Your Library Long Term April 20, 2022 0 Ah spring. The season when testing hits full force, the students are distracted and looking toward summer, and you are...
Freshen Up Your Repertoire for Spring March 18, 2022 0 You could say I have had a lot of time on my hands recently to listen to the newest, latest...