The next time you are about to read a new piece with your band, especially if it is during the first few rehearsals of the school year, record them....

During your next rehearsal, while working on a chorale, ballad or lyrical passage in a piece, ask your brass players to buzz their parts on their...

When correcting a student in rehearsals, I always worry about whether I make it clear enough that I am speaking about the actions or behavior of that...

Do you ever get frustrated with the progress of your ensemble?  Me too.  But no matter the cause of our frustration, no matter the hurdles we must jump, no...

Fact: I want my students to relish learning new things. Fact: My students will often model and imitate the things I do. Fact: My students should see me...

James Russell Lowell asserted that “More men fail through ignorance of strength than through knowledge of their weakness.” That is probably true, but I...

As teachers, we often find ourselves wrestling with whether to "stick with the old tried and true" or "try something new." But it’s scary to try the...

Have you ever repeated a passage several times in rehearsal only to find that it starts to get worse? One theory to explain that is that after a student...

Calvin Coolidge stated, “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius...