Tag: Percussion

The conclusion of marching band season can leave a void in the lives of those percussion and auxiliary performers who ...

Orchestra, Concert Band and Marching Band are the staples of music education programs across the country, but small ensembles just ...

With all the new drumsticks, mallets, hand drums and accessories coming on the market, drumheads seem to get very little ...

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At Flower Mound (Texas) High School, which opened four years ago, the students in the concert band program have options. ...

Every director has his or her own approach to selecting the music that will be performed during an upcoming concert. ...

Does the thought of a beginning band concert conjure up aural images of colliding asteroids or a visit to the ...

This article is an excerpt from the book "Teaching Music at the Secondary Level: a Pedagogical and Curricular Guide," by ...

This past year I was asked by MENC to respond to band director questions on the MENC Band Chat-Line. I ...

At first, Lassiter (Marietta, Ga.) High School Band Director Alfred L. Watkins downplays his band’s recent travel plans – a ...

Fundraising. Booking flights, buses, hotel accommodations. Recruiting chaperones. Organizing the itinerary. Answering multitudinous questions from students, parents and administrators. As ...

Reinforcing the fiscal crunch facing most school music programs, a national sampling of band and orchestra directors revealed that the ...