While grant writing can be quite a challenge, the payoff can be monumental. Just ask our panelists. These music educators...
Time is precious for a music educator. Within the academic school day, rehearsals, concerts, planning, research, teaching, tours, festivals, committees,...
In the world of serious music one of the last bastions of male dominated functions is that of orchestral conductors....
In middle school and high school instrumental programs across the country, from the Midwest to the West Coast, instrumental departments...
The World Wide Web had yet to go mainstream; No eBay, no YouTube, no Amazon, no iPod. Apple was in...
We all seek musical inspiration from different sources and occasionally it comes along even when we're not actively searching. It...
Usually this space is reserved for my commentary on the topic of the day. For this issue I want to...
Each fall for the past two years I have written sequential articles for School Band and Orchestra magazine.
Podcasting for Music EducatorsWhat Is Podcasting? Podcasting is fast, personal, convenient and cool. Podcasting is the latest method of posting...
All conductors face the issue of planning for their next performance. I constantly mull over questions like "How many weeks...
By Douglas OrzolekAs education enters yet another difficult period of financial and political battles, music educators find themselves preparing their...
