Tag: Percussion

Winter's almost over, which means summer's almost here! For serious music students, that means it's time to start thinking about ...

It began about 15 years ago with one teacher’s vision: an efficient, streamlined music education program at W.C. Pryor Middle ...

By Mike Pearce Despite the abundance of high quality, original band literature available for bands to play, there may be ...

A Drummer’s Thoughts: The sun glints through the band room windows. Spring has finally arrived and what I would give ...

The demographic, cultural and economic shifts in America over the past half-century have had significant impact on schools – especially ...

To be quite honest, the idea of performing at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival (NCBF) did not ...

In the last 20 years, there has been a renaissance in the role played by the symphonic and marching percussion ...

Your percussionists probably represent the best-organized and best-behaved sections in your band, right?No? How odd, seeing as they are far ...

By Christian Wissmuller An accomplished performer, author, and clinician (www.kwylie.com), Wylie recently spoke with SBO about how he keeps his ...

Amongst the more popular instruments with students, woodwinds (of course) have their place in larger band and orchestral settings, but ...

Does judging your own band strike you as a silly notion, or could it actually serve a purpose? Try these ...