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Time is precious for a music educator. Within the academic school day, rehearsals, concerts, planning, research, teaching, tours, festivals, committees,...

In the world of serious music one of the last bastions of male dominated functions is that of orchestral conductors....

In middle school and high school instrumental programs across the country, from the Midwest to the West Coast, instrumental departments...

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We all seek musical inspiration from different sources and occasionally it comes along even when we're not actively searching. It...

Each fall for the past two years I have written sequential articles for School Band and Orchestra magazine.

Usually this space is reserved for my commentary on the topic of the day. For this issue I want to...

Podcasting for Music EducatorsWhat Is Podcasting? Podcasting is fast, personal, convenient and cool. Podcasting is the latest method of posting...

All conductors face the issue of planning for their next performance. I constantly mull over questions like "How many weeks...

"One of the most common contributions to a non-characteristic brass sound from a young player is the approach to articulation....

"Make sure that your trombone players are moving their slides properly by using their elbow, not their wrist. Using the...

"To avoid some confusion for beginning flute players' finger position, I put a small piece of masking tape on the...