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In beginning to examine the completeness of who we are and WHO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE, it will be helpful to identify the various parts of our lives that we believe are most important.
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Rick DeJonge is an accomplished composer who has been writing music for orchestra and wind ensemble for more than 20 years. Based in Austin, Rick is one of the most sought-after composers for original music in both the film and video game…
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Band Directors have the wonderful, yet, difficult task of harnessing the energy, inspiring the talent and disciplining the skills of their students. The wide-range of desire, ability, and experience that come together in their ensembles…
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Early in my career as a band director, I learned a valuable lesson in the art of disguising intonation in my concert band. While teaching at a small school in the panhandle of Florida, I invited a veteran clinician to work for my concert…
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Selecting the right music is one of the most difficult aspects of the job of the band director. This is obviously where the rubber meets the road when it comes to the front line picture of the job because of our music, and how it sounds, is…
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Check with principal/department head - What is your teaching schedule? | Who sets the teaching schedule for the building? | Who schedules music calendar? | Who schedules facility use?
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Tone and intonation are two aspects of instrumental playing that are most often left to develop on their own. This "approach" comes from the misconceived notion that as long as one continues to play the notes (the more and faster the…
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Whether you are a new teacher, veteran teacher in a new school or someone trying to build and maintain a school instrumental music program, there are two challenges you will face. Those two challenges are recruiting students and retaining…
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So here you are a first-year teacher. You have completed your formal education and are about to be thrust into the real world. Just to make sure you are ready, I have prepared a final exam.
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Thinking musically is one of the most important things to learn in the process of creating of a vocal style of brass playing. Develop the ear and a feeling for melodic line so that good musical experiences in the memory trigger immediate…
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