January 2022

When it comes to preparing a marimba work, it is easy for your students to feel overwhelmed, especially if the...

After a shortened or non-existent contest season last school year, it seems like most states are going ahead with some...

Last month I looked at the most important reverb parameters: decay and pre-delay, and how to set them up. Now...

Music is for all, for life Music educators and their numerous advocate groups have rightly stressed that music education is...

What is your point of view in arts education advocacy? Are you the arts educator, working everyday to advance students’...

Listening to music is a huge part of life in the United States. In fact, a 2019 study by Statista...

Welcome to 2022! We are kicking off this year with a discussion on clarinet embouchures and mouthpiece selection with professional...

Image Courtesy DCI International Though I would imagine that at a certain point the idea of finding oneself during the...

Master Sergeant Leigh Lafosse When I think about how I became a clarinet player for The United States Army Band...

Teachers just want to teach, and we would, were it not for the student discipline issues that derail our best...

Mike Lawson This begins my eighth year at the helm of SBO Magazine, and soon we will make some more...