Developing the best tone quality is essential when getting your students ready for any performance. Having the best tone quality…
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Rehearsal Techniques
Build Your Warm-Up, Build Your Band – Part 3
This is the third article of a series discussing the process of building a warm-up that will grow your group’s…
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Build Your Warm-Up, Build Your Band – Part 2
This is the second article of a series discussing the process of building a warm-up that will grow your group’s…
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Podium Deafness
As a young middle school and high school band director, I would often step off the podium at the end…
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Teaching Beginners Conducting Gestures
How do you teach beginners what your conducting means? During my 29 years of being a band director, I have…
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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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