Education Resources
Instrumental Music Education and the Power of Play in Our Schools
I have spent many years visiting public schools throughout our nation, and most times I see the same thing: students hard at work. There is always lots of work going...
4 Ways Parents Can Ensure Their Child Sticks with Instrumental Music When They Graduate to Middle School
Graduating from one to school to the next is both an exciting and crazy time, to say the least. The changes that are occurring biologically, socially, and academically in...
The Music Education (or Creativity) Achievement Gap in America, and How We Can Begin to Fix It
Our nation has been deeply committed to closing the achievement gap that exists in our education system for almost 15 years. Achievement gaps occur when one group of...
Student Engagement on the Field and in the Classroom
I've taught percussion for a full spectrum of programs, from below average to excellent and competitive. There has been a notable difference between each program. The difference...
Bandroom Tips: Inventory
Every band director I have worked with keeps some kind of music library. They all have a system of cataloging music. What a vast majority of them do not have are instrument...
How Parents can Change Their Family Tree Through Their Child’s Music Education
What if everyone believed that there was no such thing as natural talent and inborn gifts?Our world is obsessed with discovering innate abilities. Our media — and...
Why Students Don’t Like School (and How Music Instruction Changes That)
We have learned more about how the brain works in the last decade than ever before. Even with all the new knowledge we have about how children learn, our schools have been...
An End-of-Year Letter to New Music Parents
Dear Parents:As our school year winds down, I would like to congratulate you on completing the first year of your child’s instrumental music study! It’s amazing...
Retaining Low Brass Students
All musicians love the feeling of improving. That basic motivator and retainer of music students may elude low brass players for lack of challenging repertoire during their...
