Sharing the Gift of Music byMatthew Hill January 8, 2025 0 As we enter the holiday season and move into 2025, it’s more important than ever to expand what our music...
A Selection of Choral Music Reviews for the Middle School Classroom byMatthew Hill January 8, 2025 0 Reprinted from ChorTeach with permission from ACDA As choral music teachers, it can be overwhelming to narrow down the vast...
Help Students Develop More Musical Ability by Expanding Their Shared Language byMatthew Hill May 6, 2024 0 Language is one of the most important parts of any culture. It is the way people communicate with one another,...
Best in Class Holiday Gifts for Woodwind Musicians byMatthew Hill December 11, 2023 0 It’s easy during the holiday season to think a gift certificate from the local school service music store is enough...
Clarinet Reeds 101 byMatthew Hill August 20, 2023 0 With marching band in full swing, and beginning clarinet students on the horizon, August seems like a perfect month to...
Putting Your Best Sound Forward on the Clarinet with Eva Wasserman-Margolis byMatthew Hill March 13, 2023 0 Lisa Canning: Eva Wasserman-Margolis and I got to know each other through one of the first virtual clarinet competitions that...
Recommend a Specialty Woodwind Shop for Holiday Step-Up Instrument Purchases byMatthew Hill December 15, 2022 0 The holidays are a perfect time to recommend a new instrument purchase to a student. As an educator you know...
Learn Woodwind Emergency Repair This Summer byMatthew Hill May 11, 2022 0 For the past two years, Lisa’s Clarinet Shop has been successfully teaching woodwind repair online. We have found two common...
For the Love of Music and Woodwind Instruments byMatthew Hill February 23, 2022 0 I asked SBO to allow me to create our column, Windtalkers, because I want to help music educators like yourself be...
12 Educational Gifts for the Holiday Season byMatthew Hill January 14, 2022 0 As an educator its always helpful to be able to recommend products that will help your students improve, as holiday...
Essential Tips and Tricks for Teaching Woodwinds in the Classroom- Part 2 byMatthew Hill November 12, 2021 0 In part one, you learned to assess your student’s natural color and shape of sound. In part two, we align...
Essential Tips and Tricks for Teaching Woodwinds in the Classroom – Part 1 byMatthew Hill October 9, 2021 0 In the last three columns, we talked about basic repair for clarinet, saxophone and flute which is the number one...