If you don’t have a private lesson program for your band, your students can still be wildly successful! Here are some…
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Color in the Bandroom
For a long time, I underestimated the effect color could have on my students and their ability to read and…
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Rhythm Envelope Game – Teaching Beginning Band with Games
The rhythm envelope game is a great way to review rhythms in a totally different way. We usually focus on…
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Should You Be Practicing Right Now? (Free Image)
Click on the picture below to enlarge this “Should you be practicing right now?” image. If you would like a…
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How Using Lanyards Can Help You Listen to Every Student in Beginning Band
Teaching beginner instrument classes is simultaneously rewarding and overwhelming. We all know that we should be hearing our students play…
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Developing a Jazz Program: Strategies and Solutions
My experience as a high school band director and clinician has shown me that teachers often avoid topics such as…
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It’s a Tuba Thing
Dr. Roeder’s full handout is now available for free here… Its a Tuba Thing Effectively teaching tuba players and general tuba pedagogy…
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