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Educator’s View Point
Educator's View Point
by Donald DeRoche, Ph.D.
"Only a few of our students will pursue music as a career, but all of them will be well served if we can help them achieve a feeling of self-confidence."
Help your students learn not…
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BLK Label by Fruhauf
The future of marching arts apparel is here! Introducing the BLK Label by Fruhauf. If marching bands are evolving, should the uniform?
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Telling the Story: Proactive is Better than Reactive
With the reduction of funding for educational programs on many levels, and with the unprecedented pressures put on schools, districts and states by the No Child Left Behind Act, responsibility for retaining arts programs rests with every…
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Beginners Need High Quality Instruments
A native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, John Whyte has been a band director at the elementary and secondary levels of the Kenosha Unified School District since 1980 and is active as a private trumpet teacher, clinician and soloist.
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A Clean Horn Is A Healthy Horn
ULTRASONIC CLEANING TECHNOLOGY and unique chemistry equal a modern environmentally safe approach that not just rinses the instruments but thoroughly removes the calcium buildup in a horn.
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Jazz Saxophone Embouchure Placement
"Dear Jody, Can you tell me how much mouthpiece I should take in my mouth to get a good Jazz sound?"
This is a question I am often asked and here is my answer: Proper embouchure placement assists proper reed vibration. If you don't…
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Bassoon Care
To keep your instrument in the best possible condition, please consider the following information.
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Step Up Flute
STEP UP FLUTE
If you are still playing the flute you first rented or purchased for beginning band and it has been more than 3 years, you might consider purchasing what is commonly called a Step-Up flute. This can be an intermediate…
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