Looking forward to the spring semester the non-varsity band presents many unique challenges. What are your priorities? Is success at the…
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Choosing Literature for Success at Contest: Every Concert Has a Purpose
Much of a band’s success at UIL hinges on the band director’s programming choices. And while many directors will put…
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Band Directing – Lessons from Almost a Half-Century of Teaching
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post – the intro and first 8 lessons can be found here! 9. Remember…
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Lessons from Almost a Half-Century of Teaching
I’ve spent over seven decades on earth, with participation in music in each of them. Like anyone who has lived…
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Sightreading Room Hints for Young Teachers
The following article os based on the UIL sightreading rules in Texas up through 2022. Those rules have since been…
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Teach Sight-Reading with TAKES (Quick Tip)
This time of year, many people are thinking about how to teach sight-reading skills. I wanted to find a way…
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“The Pre-Contest Syndrome”
The Pre-Contest Syndrome Have you noticed the following strange behavior from your band director lately? 1. Repeating things 2 or…
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