Tonguing | Play & Learn with Jupiter
Welcome to Episode 3 of Learn & Play with Jupiter! In this episode, Jupiter Artist Amy Chambers shares essential tips and techniques for developing clean and confident tonguing on the clarinet. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to refine your...
How to Teach Beginner Clarinet Students to Play Over the Break: 4 Easy Steps for Band Directors
Teaching students to play “over the break” doesn’t need to be overwhelming. Actually, we should probably avoid using the term altogether, and teach these notes just like any new set of fingerings. With a solid foundation in the lower register, they’ll be...
Tuning and Intonation | Play & Learn with Jupiter
Getting the perfect clarinet sound starts with proper tuning and intonation! In Episode 2 of Play & Learn with Jupiter, Jupiter artist Amy Chambers shares expert tips on how to adjust your equipment, embouchure, and air support for better intonation. Whether...
Using the Five Variables of Headjoint Placement with Beginning Flute Students
“How in the world do you make a sound on this thing?” I asked my parents as we opened the case of my rented student flute in the fall of my 6th grade year. I knew enough to wait to even try to put it together until my band director could guide me, but it sure looked...
Essential Guidelines for Composing in the Orff-Schulwerk Style
To support you in creating impactful Orff-Schulwerk compositions, here are key insights from some of the judges who helped develop our Sonor Orff Composition Contest evaluation rubric. 1. Write in the Schulwerk Elemental Style Your composition should reflect the core...
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.