'Hope Afloat' Music Class Remembers the USS Indianapolis On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese...

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Perhaps, as a public school music educator, teaching at the collegiate level seems a remote possibility - while striving to...

When money is short, taking out-of-state trips with a large group of students is a tall order for music directors....

Photos by Tony Scarpetta, Scarpetta Photography, Somerville, Mass.Many of the country's prominent colleges and universities - Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Brown...

Fans of college marching bands know just by watching the halftime show that the musicians on the field are talented,...

This article is an excerpt from the book "Teaching Music at the Secondary Level: a Pedagogical and Curricular Guide," by...

This past year I was asked by MENC to respond to band director questions on the MENC Band Chat-Line. I...

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It's the first day of school for the 22-year-old music director, and it's also his first day on the job....

At first, Lassiter (Marietta, Ga.) High School Band Director Alfred L. Watkins downplays his band’s recent travel plans – a...

In today's struggling economy, when budget cuts affect arts and music programs, it's heartening to see that one source of...