Taking over a new program and how to maneuver through the challenges of creating your new culture and system. I…
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Teaching Beginners Conducting Gestures
How do you teach beginners what your conducting means? During my 29 years of being a band director, I have…
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The Relationship Between Oral Cavity and Aperture for Wind Instruments
Helping students gain an understanding of what is necessary to physically create and maintain an open, resonant tone can be…
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Meet Students at Their Level with Google Forms Assignments
During this time of remote learning, in-person learning with distancing, and some combinations of both we have been challenged to…
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30 Things I Learned During Student Teaching
Build on what they already know. Teach style first. Go to the doctor when you first start feeling sick. If…
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How Do You Teach Rhythmic Precision?
In a Band Directors Talk Shop survey, we asked readers, “What is the best phrase, analogy, or activity you’ve ever…
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Performance Preparation Plan
Have you ever struggled to prepare repertoire by the performance deadline? Over the course of years preparing various performances, be…
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