For my first several years of teaching band, I wanted my bands to sound great. And I really wanted that…
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Rehearsal Techniques
20 MORE Analogies That I Have Used With My Band (With Even More Love)That You (May) Have Not
Between my work for Band Directors Talk Shop and The Instrumentalist, I have had the honor to see over two dozen articles born…
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Is It Time for a Conducting Tune-up?
Is It Time for a Conducting Tune-up? Common Issues that Can Impede the Meaningful Waving of the Baton at Young…
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Time Crunch: Score Study and Rehearsal Design for the Busy Band Director
The life of a band director is busy – sometimes insanely so. We’re responsible for rehearsals, logistics, assessments, and tasked…
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Rhythmic Placement – Playing With Musicality
You turn to the flute player who has the solo and reminder her to play soloistically, dolce. She looks at…
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The Building Blocks to a Successful Music Performance: The Objective Rehearsal and Beyond
The most profound revelation for me as a musician came when I left the role of secondary music educator to…
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