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What Is Your Best Advice for Concert or Contest Day Preparation?

What Is Your Best Advice for Concert or Contest Day Preparation?

What is your best advice for concert and contest day preparation? – Readers’ Collaborative Post  In our recent survey, we asked…
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Let Festivals Become Your Program’s BFF

Let Festivals Become Your Program’s BFF

Music festivals – they can be your worst nightmare, or your absolute best friend. In my thirty-five year teaching career,…
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Performance Preparation Plan

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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A Letter to My Band Students on What Should Have Been our Contest Day

A Letter to My Band Students on What Should Have Been our Contest Day

The following is a letter emailed by a band director to his students on the the day that would have…
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The Home Stretch of Contest Preparation

The Home Stretch of Contest Preparation

If preparing for concert contest (or any other performance) is like climbing a mountain, then the last 2-3 weeks is…
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How We Helped 98% of Our Title One Students Stay Eligible

How We Helped 98% of Our Title One Students Stay Eligible

If you’re reading this post, you probably teach in a Title One system and understand the challenges. Most of our…
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