Ready When You Are! How to Plan and Organize Your Performance Trip When the Coast is Clear byMike Lawson April 30, 2020 0 As you sit in your home, sheltering in place while your kids and students practice with their instruments in a...
Helping Music Educators Teach Online in the Age of Covid-19: The Music Industry Steps Up to Support Music Teachers byMike Lawson March 27, 2020 0 Whether we like it or not, we are now in the Covid-19 era – a global pandemic that will likely...
The HONDA Battle of the Bands: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia January 25, 2020 byMike Lawson March 3, 2020 0 It starts quite simply with the auxiliary units strutting down the north sidelines and taking their positions facing that half...
Blair Callaway: SBO’s Georgia Director That Makes a Difference byMike Lawson February 6, 2020 0 “It being my hometown I felt I had to apply. I knew that I had the knowledge and experience that...
Pro Tips for Getting Grants! byMike Lawson February 6, 2020 0 Need a grant for your super-cool music ed (or other) program? Here are some hot tips (and some NOT tips)...
St. Olaf College Instrumental Music Programs byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 At many schools, at almost every level, the image of their instrumental organizations, bands and orchestras, overshadows their vocal programs.
From Carnegie Hall to Berklee: A Conversation with Dr. Chelsey Green byMike Lawson January 10, 2020 0 If any of your students have ever wondered what they need to do to perform at Carnegie Hall at the...
John Wernega: Quinton Township School Music Director byMike Lawson December 5, 2019 0 Citrus Grove was my neighborhood school in Miami, Florida. Remember when you walked to school and carried your books in...
Letter to Santa byMike Lawson December 5, 2019 0 Dear Santa,It has been an eventful 2019. I hope you and the Missus are doing well. I hope you have...
Row-Loff Productions 30th Anniversary: Three Decades of Fun with Drums byMike Lawson November 1, 2019 0 If you’ve ever been to the Texas MEA show, or Midwest Band Clinic, or other of the bigger state MEA...
The Actually Affordable (and Convenient): Universal’s Endless Summer Resort, Surfside Inn and Suites byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 I often write about the importance of student travel for performance, clinic, festival, and workshop opportunities.
History Repeats: Florida’s Teacher of the Year, Dr. Dakeyan Chá Dré Graham, Directs the Band at His Alma Mater byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 When the Florida Department of Education chose its Teacher of the Year for 2019/2020, it could be seen not only...