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By Eliahu SussmanNew York’s Arlington Central School District covers a wide geographic area near the city of Poughkeepsie in the Hudson Valley. Thanks in part to its relatively close proximity...

By Christian Barnhard IITeachers of traditional concert bands and orchestras often consider improvisation as an activity reserved for jazz settings. Having limited or non-existent personal experience as improvisers, they often...

For those of us who are percussionists, rosewood has always been the standard of sound and quality for marimba and xylophone keyboards. For music teachers that are non-percussionists, you may...

SBO’s 15th annual “50 Directors Who Make a Difference” report comes at a pivotal time for music education in the United States. Even with the divisive and acrimonious Presidential election finally...

A look at trends in choral accompaniments.