by Peter Boonshaft | Jan 29, 2019 | Boonshaft's Blog
During rehearsals, do we determine the quality, productivity, atmosphere, or kind of rehearsal our students will have, or do our students determine the quality, productivity, atmosphere, or kind of rehearsal we will have? Do we determine the kind of day our students...
by Peter Boonshaft | Jan 23, 2019 | Boonshaft's Blog
I bet that title caught your attention, and that you’re probably thinking what follows is an idea about recruiting. Nope. Have you ever worried that the parents and family members of your students don’t really understand what you do – or maybe even more important –...
by Peter Boonshaft | Jan 16, 2019 | Boonshaft's Blog
As you’re planning repertoire for your next concert, how about including a composition that features a narrator, and invite your school principal, headmaster, superintendent or school board president to perform with the ensemble? And if you can’t find a suitable piece...
by Peter Boonshaft | Jan 8, 2019 | Boonshaft's Blog
As Bernard Baruch so perfectly put it, “Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.” Getting our students to wonder and question “why” something is or isn’t, must-be or shouldn’t-be, can-happen or must-not-happen, may be even more important than getting them to...
by Peter Boonshaft | Dec 19, 2018 | Boonshaft's Blog
Before your next rehearsal, try a few things that will make all the difference in the world. Simply slide the first chair in the second row over so that the middle of that chair is behind the gap created between the first two chairs of the first row. Align every chair...