Commentary

Dear SantaYes… it’s me again. I hope you and the missus have had a fabulous year. It has been busy...

It’s hard to believe that I am already sending my thirteenth issue of SBO to the printer since taking over...

As soon as I saw my students taking a nap outside the auditorium, I knew we were in trouble.

The look of my first piano book remains sharp in my memory.

This issue of SBO combines our College Search and Career Guide, along with our annual focus on percussion. I interviewed...

I grew up in a home with a grand piano. Although today a trim electric keyboard or other nifty digital...

I spent September 11th this year at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, listening to the Nashville Symphony performances of two very...

You know it when you see “it,” and when you don’t. A school that has “it” is different than one...

As I was driving my high school senior to school today, he was telling me that his garage band was...

Now for all you “macho” band directors out there, you may not be too impressed with a lot of “Mickey...

It was a very busy month for me, starting out with a trip to Ft. Collins, CO to attend the...

By Dr. Charles T. Menghini   This summer while teaching a graduate class in the summer master’s degree program at...