Best Tools for Schools from NAMM 2025 bySBO Staff April 7, 2025 0 This year’s NAMM show boasted a vast showroom floor of instruments, sound equipment and tools educators can use to encourage...
Steinberg Licensing to Complete Replacement of eLicenser in May 2025 bySBO Staff April 4, 2025 0 Steinberg has announced that, following the gradual changeover to the new, software-based Steinberg Licensing license management system, the previous eLicenser...
What’s New From ASTA? bySBO Staff April 2, 2025 0 Looking for enriching professional development this summer!? The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) will be hosting its 3rd annual Virtual...
Advocating for Quality Equipment: A Critical Role for Educators bySBO Staff April 2, 2025 0 As a clarinet educator of over 25 years, I have worked with students from beginners to college music majors. When...
Teachers’ Choice Awards – Let Your Voice Be Heard! byThomas Palmatier April 2, 2025 0 For 32 years, our sister publication, MMR Magazine, has sponsored the Dealers’ Choice Awards where folks in the music industry...
What’s Really Important to You? byThomas Palmatier March 29, 2025 0 As I was assembling this issue, I re-read Lafe Cook’s article in MAC Corner titled The School Band Director: How...
Thinking Beyond High School: Cultivating Music for the Future bySBO Staff March 29, 2025 0 Band, choir, and orchestra are some of the most visible music making experiences in our schools. These ensembles and their...
The School Band Director: How Do You Measure Success? bySBO Staff March 29, 2025 0 How should a school band director measure success? What are the metrics we use to calibrate success? What do schools,...
Leadership Gone Wrong byDr. Matthew Arau March 29, 2025 0 Have you ever had a leader who just didn’t lead well? If you have, then you know first-hand what a...
The Grass is Always Greener bySBO Staff March 29, 2025 0 SBO+: We will be bringing you regular items from our new partners at WindConductor.org. Visit them online for lots of...
The LAWS of Tone in String Playing bySBO Staff March 29, 2025 0 When it comes to string playing, everyone seems to have their own acronym for teaching Tone… PAWS, WASP, etc… My...
You Know Your Students Best: Use Grade Levels to Their Advantage Grade Level Considerations within Educational String Music bySBO Staff March 28, 2025 0 Selecting music for your ensemble is like shopping for yogurt in the dairy aisle at the grocery store. You’ll quickly...