September 2021

September rounds out our focus on repair basics. In October, we will cover essential tips and tricks for teaching woodwinds...

One of the simplest ways of recording a band of any size is to record in stereo using just use...

After a year of remote schooling, the K-12 education sector is focused on reversing learning loss, seen in New York...

Shemeka Nash As a midwestern band director, Shemeka Nash has a very typical workload: overseeing beginning, intermediate, and advanced concert...

“Don’t pay attention to what people say is important to them. Look at where they put their resources to see...

It’s that time of year. The time of year when you think “are finger tapes on the instruments really worth...

The 2020 academic year was challenging in a number of respects (maybe you noticed?) and school music programs – and...

The vertical nature of scale positions found on the neck of the guitar has an unavoidable conditioning effect on a...

As teachers and families head back to school for the 2021-22 school year, there is still much uncertainty, feelings of...

What a long, strange trip it’s been. So…. where do we go from here? Similar to the world of music...

SBO is excited to introduce the new editor of our sister magazine, JAZZed: NEA Jazz Master and Grammy nominee David...

Nothing says Hawaii more definitively than a ukulele. The Hawaii Youth Symphony offers ukulele workshops online and in-person. Ukulele virtuoso...