Building Support / Advocacy
Fast Forward: Student Reflections on School Band | Movement 5: Leadership
Five years ago, Jupiter filmed a commercial with an enthusiastic group of middle school band students. As they neared completion of their senior year in high school, we visited...
Fast Forward: Student Reflections on School Band | Movement 4: Band Director Appreciation
Five years ago, Jupiter filmed a commercial with an enthusiastic group of middle school band students. As they neared completion of their senior year in high school, we visited...
Fast Forward: Student Reflections on School Band | Movement 3: Self-Expression
Five years ago, Jupiter filmed a commercial with an enthusiastic group of middle school band students. As they neared completion of their senior year in high school, we visited...
Fast Forward: Student Reflections on School Band | Movement 2: Band Family
Five years ago, Jupiter filmed a commercial with an enthusiastic group of middle school band students. As they neared completion of their senior year in high school, we visited...
ESSER Funding for Music Programs
What are the ESF and ESSER? According to the U.S. Department of Education, as a part of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was...
How to Sterilize String Instruments for Covid-19
Please note, this article contains information for consideration to reduce the risks of spreading COVID-19 on string instruments. We cannot guarantee these suggestions are...
See How One Marching Band Is Rehearsing Within Pandemic Guidelines
Many directors are facing an uphill battle when it comes to returning to marching band camps. Directors Tony Cox, Sherie Grossman, and Weston Demonbreun, of Mt. Juliet High...
Music Education: Perspectives from a Younger Generation
Understanding the reasons why music should be a core subject in our school system is just not enough. Music is able to help shape the so-called “whole person” and...
3 Reasons Why Now — More Than Ever — America Needs Music in its Schools
For the first time ever, music is now cited in federal statute as a stand-alone subject in schools.The timing could not be better. After all, provision for...