Modern Band

Nothing is more incredible than watching students unlock their creativity and develop their musical voices in your classroom. Watching students...

Since the inception of the music classroom over 100 years ago, the primary goal of most ensembles has been the...

Peer mentoring seems like a simple concept but identifying ways it can be used practically in popular music education classrooms...

Bringing in popular music your students love has been a hot-button topic for many music teachers. When I started teaching,...

In 2017, I switched from teaching high school guitar and band classes to teaching elementary general music. I remember feeling...

I am a product of the Miami-Dade County School System in Miami, Florida. I say that with pride, enthusiasm, and a...

When faced with the freedom to write about whatever you want, it can be difficult to find the focus needed...

There is a growing movement in the world of string education to rebrand strings as a full-fledged card-carrying member of...

Listening to music is a huge part of life in the United States. In fact, a 2019 study by Statista...

Like most areas of life over the past year and a half, music education has undergone a significant and irreversible...

From fashion to language, music to politics, hip-hop culture, is now approaching its fiftieth anniversary, has permeated all aspects of...

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