Daniel J. Farris is the director of athletic bands at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where, among his many responsibilities, he oversees the Wildcat Marching Band. The Northwestern University...
By Dr. Courtney SnyderMost music education students will never get opportunities to direct a marching band on their own until their first teaching job. Even if they student teach in...
By Andrew J. AllenThis winter, band directors across the nation will walk into their bandrooms, ready to get down whole-heartedly to the business of the concert ensemble. Since June, or...
Famed singer Barry Manilow recently donated a new Yamaha piano to help launch a music instrument drive in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, the state’s largest school district.
The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported great news for Australian arts advocates – all students in the country’s school system will now study dance, drama, media arts, music, and visual...
