Friday, December 20 – 10:30 – Meeting Room W180 Here’s the PDF version of the slides… Midwest “Who’s Got Game?”Clinic…
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Title One Teaching Challenges (and how to overcome them)
Title One or low SES is a label. You can use it as an excuse as to why your students…
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Challenge Them with the Easiest Piece You Can
I spent a week not too long ago working with a remarkable band. A truly remarkable band. They were performing…
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12 Ways to Use Music Theory Task Cards
Have you heard of music theory task cards? They are exactly what the sound like- cards with tasks on them! They…
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Crash Cymbals 101
This is a quick step guide for the band director to teach the perfect crash cymbals from the podium. There…
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How we Got $3000 in Chamber Music for Free (The 64 Gig Challenge)
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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