One of the larger challenges modern band teachers face is not only how to incorporate new repertoire, but also facilitating improvisation and composition, all while teaching students to play multiple...
In the April/May 2018 issue of Choral Director, SBO’s sister magazine, I wrote a piece entitled “The Importance of Our Ancestry,” which discussed the value of knowing the leading conductor/educators...
May is a month of intense preparation for drum corps from coast to coast. It’s the time of convergence for show designs and fundamental training. It’s the time when creativity...
With so many other tasks on the metaphorical plate of the school music director, why might one want to go through the efforts of starting, or improving, a booster group?
Timpani is perhaps the most different and distinct of all the percussion instruments.
