According to Wikipedia, “Ear training (or aural skills) is a music theory study in which musicians learn to identify pitches,…
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Assessment (student)
BOOM Cards: Digital, Interactive Task Cards for Band
Never heard of Boom Cards? Your band students will love them! Boom Cards are digital, self-checking, interactive, internet-based activities. Students…
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What To Do When Band Kids Don’t Get It
Music educators at any grade level know what it’s like: you’re rehearsing music, you did not think it was too…
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Digital Tools for Formative Assessment in Band
While many band directors will agree that formative assessment takes place continuously throughout a rehearsal, it can be difficult to…
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ONE Thing That Improved Student Performance in Band (well, really 64 things…)
In our summer survey, we asked Band Directors Talk Shop readers “What is one thing you did last year that…
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Concert Evaluations – Better Assessment of Concert Attendance & Performance
As trends in education change, so do expectations. The biggest, and for some the trickiest, expectation is for teachers to completely…
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