Education Resources
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 provide some...
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 provide some...
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 provide some...
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 teaching...
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 taken it home...
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 skills and a...
How Parents Can “Reboot” Their Child’s Interest in Playing a Musical Instrument After Taking Summer Off
Most parents and students start the summer with the best intentions as far as instrumental music practice is concerned. Some families choose to rent their instrument for...
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 habits of...
Why the First 2 Months of Being a Music Parent are the Most Important
I often observe that many parents hold some age-old assumption that musical talent is God-given or inherited, but let’s be clear: everyone possesses musical talent to some...
