Commentary

The doors open, and as the audience begins filing in, everyone is handed a program as they enter the auditorium.

Few things excite people as much as being in the presence of a celebrity. Indeed, on many occasions I’ve had...

Dear SBO Readers,We recently had another rental saxophone returned, and I wanted to cry. Even more than I usually do....

As a quick introduction, I retired from the U.S. Army a few years ago after 37 plus years culminating as...

John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) started his own band in 1892, which toured and played until his death in 1932. It...

While our colleagues and peers in the industry today know our father as Bob Rogers, founder of our business, when...

Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore (1829- 1892), the man who became known as, “The Father of the American Band,” should not be...

Part 4 in Walter Bitner's series on teaching solfege.

One Sunday morning in February 1892, young Herbert L. Clarke (1867- 1945), upon prompting from his brother Ernest, auditioned for...

If you’re like me, you’re busy preparing literature with your band for contests and festivals. And, if you’re like me,...

This is a simple but somewhat thorough description of the syllables for movable do solfège with la-based minor and how...

Recently, the San Antonio Symphony embarked on an emotional rollercoaster of dizzying speeds and heights.