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Strategies for Retention in Your Band Program

Strategies for Retention in Your Band Program

Strategies for Retention in Your Band Program Have you taken a look at your band numbers for next year?  Are…
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Recruiting Website – Free Resources to Recruit Band Students

Recruiting Website – Free Resources to Recruit Band Students

Looking for some fresh ideas for recruiting for your band program? If you haven’t checked out this site yet (see…
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Teaching Strategies to Evaluate Band Students

Teaching Strategies to Evaluate Band Students

Every day that we teach, we want our students to become better musicians. One of the best ways to do that…
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“Bring a Parent to Band” Day

“Bring a Parent to Band” Day

What is a “Bring a Parent to Band” Day? Kind of a reverse “Bring a child to work” day Takes…
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Get Kids to Go to Band Camp with a Band Camp Launch Day!

Get Kids to Go to Band Camp with a Band Camp Launch Day!

This article contains ideas about how to increase the number of students you have attending band camp this year.  You…
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Sightreading Room Hints for Young Teachers

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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Successful Band Pass-Offs

Successful Band Pass-Offs

If you are about to start band pass-offs, here are some ideas to help it be a huge success! Keep…
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