Perspective

We’re pleased to bring you the first in a multi-part series looking at trends in the wind orchestra compiled by...

Some friends of mine expressed what a leap it must be to dive into the publishing world after such a...

One of my favorite jazz tunes is “Giant Steps” performed by John Coltrane. In my college years, I spent countless...

Publisher Mike Lawson It has been an immense honor to have served as editor of SBO Magazine since 2014. I...

Mike Lawson This begins my eighth year at the helm of SBO Magazine, and soon we will make some more...

Musician/Publisher Mike Lawson photographed by Michael Weintrob for the Instrument Head collection I eagerly sat through all eight hours of “Get...

The old saying, “The only constant in life is change” is swinging into action with SBO under my new ownership, mostly a shuffling...

I’m from an era, and Title 1 schools, where music participation was a great expense, a luxury, and in some...

Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Mike Lawson It is hard to make plans these days, isn’t it? I’m so ready to make them, but...

Musician/Publisher Mike Lawson photographed by Michael Weintrob for the Instrument Head collection The mood among the music educators and related...

Musician, publisher, editor Mike Lawson as photographed for the Instrument Head collection by Michael Weintrob This will be my final...

Mike Lawson So, can it be true? We are going back to some kind of post-COVID possibility? That’s sure what’s...