It is the most anticipated and dreaded time of year for anyone teaching beginning band: Winter break. The kids are…
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Practice
Famous Instrumental Artists (for Band Students)
Here’s a great list of famous instrumental artists to share with your students. It’s called the Interactive Artist List and…
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Teaching Students to Perform Their Best at Auditions
A major aspect of begin a musician is learning to perform for others. Being able to play an étude by…
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Performance Bingo
Audition music. Like it or LOVE it, the individual accountability and preparation of this stuff helps mold our little musicians…
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Jar of Dooooom (Changing up your scale routine)
Changing up your scale routine to keep the students engaged. Tis the season to keep things exciting so students keep…
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Setting Goals and Achieving Objectives – Practice Tips for the Modern Musician
Too often, we as music educators, default to statements like, “go home and practice” or “you can’t practice your horn…
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