A key aspect of all music programs is recruitment and retention. We are often pressured to “fill the seats,” but that doesn’t matter much if they don’t stay filled with...
Have you ever felt you needed to be someone you’re not to earn respect and admiration? I know I have. There were times in my life when I pretended to...
Start big (what’s the title?) and dig deeper at each reading.* What’s the composer trying to say? Too often we skip over what they havea told us in their notes....
Musician First Class Ally Albrecht joined the Navy Band in 2021 as a trumpet instrumentalist in the Commodores jazz ensemble. She earned a bachelor’s degree in jazz studies from the...
