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Selected Spiritual Arrangements For All Choirs

By Eliahu SussmanPhotos by Jose A. FernandezA Southern California native, Mark Stone already had his sights set on running his own band program early in his high school career. “I...

By Jeffery CrowellMaking music is our ultimate goal, that’s a given. However, when playing percussion and engaging in the act of being “percussive,” it’s not necessarily the most musically capable...

The San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory is the home of an El Sistema-inspired youth orchestra program. Recently, the organization partnered with researchers at the Neurosciences Institute (NSI) and the University...

By Tracy LeenmanRecently, I overheard a band director tell an incoming band student, “You don’t want to play clarinet, there are all those reeds to buy, and you have to...