More to Start, Fewer to Quit bySBO Staff August 20, 2023 0 RECRUITMENT TIPS Check in with your guidance counselors to ensure all the students you recruited last spring are indeed in...
Recruitment and Retention Tips byDr. Charles T. Menghini June 12, 2023 0 As soon as school is out for the summer, use this 10-step approach to having your best recruitment year yet....
MAC Corner – Just Have a Year! byMike Lawson October 9, 2021 0 We’re back! The band halls and rehearsal rooms are filled with the sounds of the start of the school year....
Applying the Artistic Processes from the National Standards to Pandemic Teaching byMike Lawson December 3, 2020 0 Instrumental music looks different this year. When we focus on what we can’t do as compared to years past or...
Tips for Pandemic Teaching byMike Lawson October 1, 2020 0 Who among us on the first day of 2020 could have imagined where we are today? We can wish things...
Continuing the Journey byMike Lawson July 31, 2020 0 It was March 11 when Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz basketball team tested positive for the coronavirus. Within days,...
The Secret Ingredient of a High-Quality Music Program byMike Lawson June 15, 2020 0 Every music teacher’s dream is to create and foster a quality program where students enjoy performing life-altering repertoire at the...
But for Active Music-Making… byMike Lawson September 19, 2022 0 In January 2019, I was fortunate enough to attend the NAMM (National Association for Music Merchants) Show held annually in...
Defining the Difference byMike Lawson December 5, 2019 0 As this issue of School Band and Orchestra celebrates 50 Directors Who Make A Difference, it raises the question, “What...
The Reasons Students Stay with Music byMike Lawson October 3, 2019 0 Now that the school year has started, it’s not too early to remember recruiting and retention.
First Performance National Day of Celebration byMike Lawson August 2, 2019 0 Have you seen or heard #MSFQ and wondered what it means? It stands for More to Start and Fewer to...
Have You Heard Yourself Lately? byMike Lawson April 10, 2019 0 Teaching is a performing art and communication is constant. We spend a large part of each day giving instructions and...