#204. A Good Habit
I think we all would be well served to remember that when it comes to helping our students improve, train behaviors, or establish regimens, we can’t just break a bad habit, we must replace it with a good habit. That certainly seems obvious, but all too often I...
#203. Balance
In my previous blog, I wrote about my concern that when ensemble students are told to correct their blend, they almost always just get softer so as to guard against the possibility that it is their sound that is causing the problem. Instead of first checking to make...
#202. Blend
Of all the ensemble performance skills we need to teach, blend has to number among the most important. Look at any adjudication form, and there it will be. We can all agree on how important it is in shaping the sound quality of our ensembles. Each of us come up with...
#201. The Genius Casals
The next time you are looking for a good – no, great – book to read, I would wholeheartedly recommend “Casals and the Art of Interpretation” by David Blum. This wonderful book offers a glimpse inside the mind and talents of the remarkable cellist Pablo...
About Academic Alliance
Involvement in school music provides experiences that only participants can fully understand. Those experiences help forge a common bond through music. If you have been fortunate enough to share such experiences, you are what we call “banded.”
We also use BANDED to describe the COMMUNITY that includes Music Educators, Students of all Ages, Band Parents, Professional Performers, Hobbyist Musicians, School Music Dealers, and Instrument Manufacturers such as ourselves.
At the very foundations of this community, we recognize the importance of the important symbiotic relationship between School Music Programs, School Music Dealers, and the Instrument Manufacturer. In order to foster this connection, we have developed the KHS America Academic Alliance.
We look forward to the evolution of this exciting program, and welcome feedback on how we can further enhance the work that you do in music education.
We are excited to offer your program the opportunity to join the KHS America Academic Alliance today.
We look forward to the evolution of this exciting program, and welcome feedback on how we can further enhance the work that you do in music education.
We are excited to offer your program the opportunity to join the KHS America Academic Alliance today.