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As the coronavirus continues to spread and dominate the news, students, parents, and teachers are seeking information on keeping musical...

This gem, beloved by my choirs, was a staple of my children’s choir repertoire for many years.

A list of criteria you may want to consider in determining if a student deserves a letter of recommendation, and...

With smaller numbers come fewer parts, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no good adventure to be had.

We are all constantly striving to come up with the “perfect program,” one that will challenge our students and thrill...

I took up the clarinet in junior high school and fell in love with the instrument immediately. Its look, its...

As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, the time has come for music educators to stop pussyfooting...

A simple way of rewriting parts that allows us directors to adjust a score for changing circumstances.

“Small people talk about people, medium people talk about things, but big people talk about ideas.”

The next book I will share with you is Teaching Music with Purpose by Dr. Peter Boonshaft. Peter has written a trilogy...

Teachers at the high school and college levels are often asked by students to write them a letter of recommendation...

Regular readers of this column may recall that in last December’s SBO issue, the title was “It’s the Most Wonderful...