October 2023

Imagine if you will, in a field hundreds of years ago, a drum major trying to teach a young drummer...

What is the big deal about silence? Our hands go up, our hands come down, and the music starts. Then...

The Tri-M Music Honor Society is a program of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), focusing on creating future leaders in music...

How do you move your modern band forward once they have mastered the basics? Below are a few ideas to...

We can all agree it is essential to learn to play a single note, fingered correctly with focus and clarity....

While helping new groups gain confidence and gel, take the opportunity to explore the world of dynamics and emotional expression...

From the basics of teaching strings to refining your pedagogical string knowledge, this four-hour immersive session will provide non-string specialists...

Autumn is here and with that, the leaves on the trees change colors from green to oranges, reds, and yellows,...

I don’t come from a musical family, but I believe fate will have its way no matter what we’re born into....

Here are just a few of the countless tributes to Robert W. Smith, one of my dearest friends. We will...

SBO+: Just as we were going to print, we learned of the passing of Robert W. Smith. Robert was not...