Education Resources
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.
Why Students Really Quit Their Musical Instrument (and How Parents Can Prevent It)
Every year almost 100% of public school students begin an instrument though their school’s music program (if a program exists). One or two years later, more...
3 Things Parents Must Tell Their Children When They Begin a Musical Instrument
Hopefully your child will begin a musical instrument through their school music program. If so, when they bring home their instrument for the first...
New National Standards? Now what?
As with every year, especially in education, change is upon us! That’s going to be one thing we can always count on. While we can’t control many of the directives and...