As music teachers, we have always been concerned with the mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing of our students. We know that’s part of being a teacher. Our worrying about...

Vivian Greene stated, “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” Though I have known those profoundly beautiful words for a...

What I wouldn’t give to be conducting a band rehearsal right now! Rarely have I said those words with more fervent feeling. I’d give just about anything to tell flutes they are...

Now that we have all gotten into the groove of distance learning, and most of us can’t leave our homes on days or hours off, we may find ourselves – more than likely – with more...

Now that most of us have been teaching from home for a while, I have been hearing wonderful stories of creative teaching, unique ways educators are widening the scope of what...

“Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they're supposed to help you discover who you are.” Those amazing words of Bernice Johnson Reagon remind us that it is in...

To paraphrase the remarkable Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at...

For many of us, this week marks the start of distance-learning, remote-teaching, virtual-classrooms, or any number of other euphemisms for a form of education few of us and our...

Before tomorrow’s band rehearsal, change your setup so it is reversed 180 degrees. That’s right, if your students were facing east, have them face to the west. You’ll have to...