Education Resources
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...
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...
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...
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!...
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...
Music Education’s Role in a Culture of “College Preparedness”
While the United States used to pride itself on the percentage of its young people who successfully passed through the higher education system, things have changed...
Why Parents Need to Know What Great Music Teaching “Looks” Like
On any given day, one can scroll down Facebook and see inspiring memes and articles about the benefits of music education. Articles sprout up in major...
Chair Challenge Ideas
John Dunlap discusses how he keeps students motivated by doing a different type of chair challenge.
Keeping track of Auxilliary Percussion
Tips on helping students keep track of Auxiliary Percussion instruments.
