When I was in the Army, the saying on Friday evenings was “Hurray, only two more working days until Monday!”...

We sat down with Elisa Janson Jones, the founder of the Music Teacher Guild, to discuss her journey from a...

In this month’s issue we take an UpClose look at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), more specifically, their music...

I’ve been thinking a lot about the journeys each of us take in life and how the choices, the influences...

In many issues of SBO+ we feature articles about the importance of taking care of yourself physically, emotionally, mentally, and...

This month, UpClose puts the spotlight on modern band and jazz from our partners at MusicWill and the Jazz Education...

I recently returned from the American Bandmasters Association (ABA) annual convention, this time held in Washington, D.C. If you’re not familiar...

Start big (what’s the title?) and dig deeper at each reading.* What’s the composer trying to say? Too often we...

The phrase “First Do No Harm” has been widely quoted as part of the Hippocratic Oath that physicians swear upon...

Jay Wanamaker, Exec. VP for Global Sales at Roland, and SBO+ Editor-in-Chief Tom Palmatier I just returned from the National Association...

In December I attended the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. There, I was able to meet many of...

SBO+: I get asked to present quite a few conducting workshops, especially for busy music educators who may not have...