Virtual Modern Band Summit: A Music Education Conference for the Moment byMike Lawson July 15, 2020 0 For the past seven years, Little Kids Rock’s Modern Band Summit conference has been a music educator’s one-stop shop for...
Teaching Modern Band During Quarantine byMike Lawson June 15, 2020 0 When the coronavirus outbreak sent all teachers home from school to start distance learning, music teachers had to come up...
Online Resources for Modern Band byMike Lawson April 30, 2020 0 As we all enter into the second month of engaging with students online, some of the challenges and opportunities of...
Modern Band Resources for Distance Teaching byMike Lawson March 27, 2020 0 As music teachers, we are currently facing a time of incredible challenges that require us to rethink how we continue...
Modern Band for Local Culture: Hawaii’s Kerri Glickstein byMike Lawson March 3, 2020 0 Kerri Glickstein teaches concert and modern band at Lāna’I High & Elementary School in Lāna’i City, Hawaii.
Preparing for the All National Modern Band byMike Lawson February 6, 2020 0 In last month’s issue of School Band and Orchestra, we looked at the amazing students that made up the All...
NAfME’s All-National Honor Modern Band Ensemble byMike Lawson January 10, 2020 0 For the past decade, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) has highlighted performances of some of the country’s best...
Mike Finn: Teaching Students to Record the Songs They Write byMike Lawson December 5, 2019 0 Over the past 16 years, Michael Finn has created a unique and special songwriting course that he teaches at a...
Accommodating All Learning, with Katherine Stock byMike Lawson November 1, 2019 0 New York City teacher Katherine Stock teaches modern band at school that exclusively serves students with disabilities. Because her students...
Jasmine Faulkner and ‘Tech’ as an Instrument byMike Lawson October 3, 2019 0 Jasmine Faulkner will be quick to tell you that she was no expert on audio equipment going in to her...
Little Kids Rock Welcomes Venz as Chief Program Officer and Chief Academic Officer byMike Lawson October 2, 2019 0 Little Kids Rock has welcomed Steve Venz as their first chief program officer and chief academic officer.
Modern Band: Summer Summit byMike Lawson August 29, 2019 0 At the end of July, over 600 music educators and arts administrators came together at the Modern Band Summit 2019...