Jazz Player from the Start – Alex Graham
I started playing jazz at Tappan Junior High School in Ann Arbor, MI, and it was something I really enjoyed from the beginning. I had a great teacher named Sandy Maconochie who worked hard to expose us to all of the great music of the past. Because of her, I was...
The Music Within–Jessica Bartoshesky
I started playing the piano at age 5 but never really got hooked on it. The perfectionist in me could never live up to the prodigy that was my brother, whose lesson I directly followed. But I still knew that music was not just something that I just listened to; I knew...
Bringing the Family Together–Laura Spence
I was born in Houston, TX and lived there for the first 13 years of my life. As everyone knows, football is very big in Texas. And marching bands that perform at halftime are almost as big. I had two older brother in high school that played percussion and...
Banded Story–WGI 2014 Orange County Independent
This Bass Drummer shares her emotional story about her journey to be able to march with Orange County and the family she found because of it. The content of this Blog article or Banded Story is the intellectual property of the author(s) and cannot be duplicated...
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.