This idea was inspired by Michael Pavlik’s article found HERE and is published with his support. So, to get to…
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Why Doesn’t My Band Sound Good?
For my first several years of teaching band, I wanted my bands to sound great. And I really wanted that…
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20 MORE Analogies That I Have Used With My Band (With Even More Love)That You (May) Have Not
Between my work for Band Directors Talk Shop and The Instrumentalist, I have had the honor to see over two dozen articles born…
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Midwest 2019 Facebook Group (Pop-Up)
Are you going to Midwest? Want to make connections with others in the Band Directors Talk Shop community? Here’s a…
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17 Life Lessons Learned as a Band Director
Sometimes the most valuable life lessons we learn as band directors have nothing to do with music. Enjoy this short…
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Call and Response – First Steps to Improvisation
Call and Response – First Steps to Improvisation The National Core Arts Standards, adopted in 2014, feature four categories for…
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What is a small (or even silly) thing that drives you crazy about being a band director?
In our recent survey, we asked Band Directors Talk Shop readers, “What is a small (or even silly) thing that…
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