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BD: When did you begin playing an instrument? KG: I started on Piano at the age of 6. But didn’t particularly like it so I stopped when I was 8 years old. Then at 10 I started the Sax. BD: When did you first start taking lessons? I…
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Learning to play the flute with vibrato adds warmth and depth to the sound that without it can be thin and dull. How do you know the best time for students to begin learning to play with vibrato? A broad generalization
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The University of Michigan Bands: The Man Behind the Legacies While the beginning of the long-standing tradition of excellence associated with the University of Michigan Bands is often solely credited to former director William D.…
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Jamey Aebersold Presents: Notable Product Upgrades! The Jamey Aebersold play-along recordings have been available since 1967 and have been the standard for jazz education improvisation practice and study ever since with 133 play-along CD…
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A Closer Look at Writing Course Handbooks Concise, informative, and well-written course handbooks are among the most effective tools teachers - band directors in particular - have at their disposal. Directors have a chance to put, in…
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The DePaul University Wind Ensemble Recording Project Donald DeRoche In 1992 John Bruce Yeh, a member of the DePaul faculty and clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, asked if I would be interested in making a recording of…
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A Fine and Private Place Douglas Bianchi I distinctly remember during my rookie season being somewhat disconcerted to find that the first flutist in the top band, an excellent player by anyone's standard, never used a music stand when…
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There are two new faces in the band department at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Director of Bands and Professor of Conducting Michael Haithcock, who conducts the Symphony Band and Associate Director of Bands and Assistant…
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