Selecting, Adapting, Writing, and Publishing Music for the Middle School Choir bySBO Staff October 22, 2025 0 By Emily Crocker, former V.P. of Choral Publications at Hal Leonard Unbalanced choirs, the perfect work for a beginning choir,...
2025 Teachers’ Choice Awards Ballot bySBO Staff October 6, 2025 0 The 2025 SBO+ Teachers’ Choice Awards (TCA) finalist ballot is now live! Educator readers of SBO+ are eligible to vote for products, companies, and...
NewProducts bySBO Staff September 30, 2025 0 “Ready Sets” for Concert Band Excelcia Music Publishing and Wingert-Jones Publications unveil Ready Sets: Official Copies, Ready to Pass Out...
Teaching Listening from the Start bySBO Staff September 29, 2025 0 By Charlene Dell Reprinted from American String Teacher, vol 73, issue 4 with permission from ASTA and the authors. In...
Read the Latest Tips from the Music Achievement Council bySBO Staff September 26, 2025 0 RECRUITMENT As you enter the school year and begin building your next class of beginning band students, work to make...
Strategies for Educators to Reach Beyond Their Music Circle bySBO Staff September 25, 2025 0 By Lisa Canning As music educators, we know the transformative power of music education. It enriches the lives of our...
Getting Nowhere Fast bySBO Staff September 24, 2025 0 When rehearsing, some eager students may excitedly push the tempo faster than marked. Nimble fingers and quick bowing can be...
Banding Together: Building a Recruitment Bridge from Elementary to Ensemble bySBO Staff September 23, 2025 0 By Kim Bruguier Recruiting students into beginning band is one of the most important, and often most challenging, responsibilities of...
Practice Strategies and Warmup Routines to Ensure a Great Saxophone (Or Other!) Performance bySBO Staff September 22, 2025 0 By Tracy Heavner Introduction Before traveling to perform at a concert venue, there are steps all performers should take to...
K-12 Resources: “It’s Time to Warm Up! bySBO Staff September 19, 2025 0 By Patrick McGuire From ChorTeach with permission from ACDA What goes into making a “good” warm up? What are some...
Leadership Doesn’t Have to Be Draining bySBO Staff September 18, 2025 0 By Dr. Matthew Arau Leading can bring down the weight of the world on our shoulders. With leadership comes extra...
My Start in Music bySBO Staff September 17, 2025 0 By Jennifer Higdon My Start in Music by Jennifer Higdon “Band!” That was my answer when asked about my start...