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Trends and Tips on Instrument Rental ProgramsMusical instruments can be expensive, and this financial burden may be a significant hurdle...

Great Works and Fun Gigs: Marcus Tsutakawa & The Garfield OrchestraMarcus Tsutakawa, director of orchestras at Garfield High School, Seattle,...

Web-based apps for the music classroomAudioSaunaIn a previous edition of SBO, Dr. Jay Dorfman wrote about the growth of cloud-based...

Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra trains the USA’s most promising musical ambassadorsValery Gerviev conducts the NYO-USA. Photo by Chris Lee....

Teaching to the Test: Preparing school bands and orchestras for FestivalFrom time to time, I read articles or hear news stories...

Many of the readers who responded to the January 2014 survey on instrument rentals noted that the best way to ensure...

In its inaugural year, The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation will present the Music Educator Award to Kent Knappenberger,...

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) has scheduled the final public review of its draft Pre-K-12 arts standards...

Help Select the Best Tools for Schools from the 2014 Winter NAMM ShowHelp select the 2014 Best Tools for Schools on display...

Contest Promotes Female Drummers Of All Ages And Musical StylesWith the official, January 24th start of the 2014 Hit Like...

The PBS Newhour recently produced a segment looking at the Harmony Project, a music education program based in Southern California. The...

Midwest Clinic Reports Successful Show“Our expectations for the conference were exceeded in all manners,” declared Denny Senseney, treasurer of the...