Building Support / Advocacy
Banded Educator Panel: Educators Helping Educators Week 4
We hope you found the viewpoints presented last week by our panel educators to be helpful. If you are taking your first look this week, welcome! In an effort to...
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Banded Educator Panel: Educators Helping Educators Week 3
We hope you found the viewpoints presented last week by our panel educators to be helpful. If you are taking your first look this week, welcome! In an effort to...
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Banded Educator Panel: Educators Helping Educators Week 2
We hope you found the viewpoints presented last week by our panel educators to be helpful. If you are taking your first look this week, welcome! In an effort to...
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Banded Educator Panel: Educators helping Educators Week 1
Welcome to the start of a new school year! Beginnings always bring excitement and opportunity. If you are a new music educator or are about to embark on your student...
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A Few Truths Parents Must Understand When Their Child Begins Playing a Musical Instrument
It’s the beginning of another school year, and hundreds of thousands of school children around the country have chosen which instrument they want to play and have...
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How Students Learn Self-Efficacy Through Instrumental Music Instruction
As a parent, one of the best things that I can hope for is that my children have the wherewithal to make their way through life armed with a wide variety of...
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Performing Matters–Here are 4 Reasons Why!
As we get close to recital season, you may be wondering why performing matters at all.Some parents are afraid their kids might crumble under the pressure, some adult...
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A Beginning-of-Year Welcome Letter to New Music Parents
Dear Parents:It is with great excitement that I welcome your family to our instrumental music program!Learning to play a musical instrument and acquiring the unique...
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Leader of the Band
Leader of the Band The leader of the band is tired And his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument And his song is in my soul My life has been a...
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