PRACTICE without PLAYING Methods for Student Improvement byMike Lawson September 8, 2016 0 Most students think of practicing as spending time playing an instrument to build proficiency on the instrument or to improve...
Modern Band Rockfest byMike Lawson September 8, 2016 0 SBO Goes to Modern Band Rockfest and Symposium 2016
Competition in the School Ensemble byMike Lawson August 15, 2016 0 The American society has a fascination with winning. We are taught from a young age that winning is everything, and...
Julliard Announces Their 2016-2017 Season byMike Lawson July 9, 2016 0 The Juilliard Orchestra’s 2016-17 season features more than a dozen performances led by guest and faculty conductors.
DSO’s 24th Annual Salute to America Best-Attended Ever byMike Lawson July 8, 2016 0 Last weekend’s Salute to America concerts at Greenfield Village, performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and The United States...
DSO To Give 7th Annual Summer Performances at Ford House byMike Lawson July 5, 2016 0 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) returns to the majestic Edsel & Eleanor Ford House for a two-concert series conducted by...
A Cappella Group Checklist bySBO Staff September 19, 2022 0 What does it take to put together a spectacular a cappella vocal group?
Performance: Challenge Systems–Good or Bad? byMike Lawson February 8, 2016 0 You are solo chair in the first clarinet section and the dreaded words leap of the form from the director,...
Side-by-Side Classroom byMike Lawson January 7, 2016 0 Technology seems to be everywhere now, and especially in the classroom. I came across a Facebook page for band and...
Percussion Masterclass The Next Step byMike Lawson November 12, 2015 0 Steve Schick, world-class percussionist and educator, describes what we do as percussionists in such a perfectly simple way. “I think...
Community Report: Creating a Symphony that Looks Like the Community byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 Since its inception, the Nashville Symphony has maintained a strong commitment to music education reflecting their fundamental belief that the...
Playing Both Sides of the Horn: Approaching the Saxophone As a Classical and Jazz Instrument byMike Lawson September 4, 2015 0 The saxophone is usually viewed by the wider public as a “jazz instrument,” thanks to nearly one hundred years of...