Reprinted with permission from ACDAWe are often charged with combining older and younger choirs together for a culminating song. This can offer a great opportunity for younger students to see...
Most music teachers are barely holding it together.You’re doing the job and running the rehearsals, but something’s not right. You’re tired, irritable, and shaking your head. You wonder if your...
Daily in rehearsal rooms, we talk about tone, tuning, technique, rehearsal pacing, and musicianship. But behind every successful ensemble is something far less glamorous and far more powerful: systems. The...
In military music, where every job is unique, Marine Band Harpist Staff Sgt. Taylor Fleshman has a truly rare position. “There are seven of us in the military,” Fleshman said.“By...
The following article sample was reprinted from American String Teacher, vol 74, issue 4 with permission from ASTA and the author. Occasionally, a new student will enter our classrooms and present...