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Congratulations! You have beginning oboe players! We think the oboe is the most beautiful instrument in the ensemble. So much of the world’s best music features the oboe. This guide...

by Mark Williams  •  Grade 1 (Very Easy) Looking for that perfect piece of music for your beginning band? You’ve already had a demonstration concert with your group and now...

By Jenifer Braun, New Jersey Performing Arts Center When the multiple-Grammy-winning alto sax player and jazz composer Mark Gross was only 21 years old and starting out as a musician, he...

Female High School Student Playing Clarinet Playing and teaching the clarinet is both challenging and rewarding. The clarinet is one of the most versatile instruments in the woodwind family. In...

There are two sides to every teaching job. The “subject content” or the “craft” side of teaching; the reality that making music is the very thing that brought us to...