I am enjoying a few days in Cleveland, Ohio for the Ohio Music Educators Professional Development Conference. It is wonderful to reconnect with many of the great music educators I got to know in Eastern Ohio while teaching in Western Pennsylvania during the first 22 years of my career. It is equally fulfilling talking with new faces about opportunities within […]
It is hard to believe that summer is approaching August 1. Knowing that school is around the corner for many friends and colleagues in the band world, I wanted to share four new works that have been published that may be of interest to school bands during the upcoming school year. There is a great deal of variety between their […]
Happy Father’s Day to friends and colleagues who are dads to their own children, and to their bands. I count myself blessed to have an earthly father, two grandfathers, a Heavenly Father, and several “band-dads” who have graciously mentored me on this path over the years. I am so thankful for my own father – a veteran, a farmer, a […]
I suppose that every now and then it is a good idea to have a first-time experience all over again. I didn’t really plan on having my first year teaching all over again in year number 23 of my career in music education, but it happened. There are still things that I don’t know that I don’t know, and it […]
Hope to see friends and colleagues from across the country in just over a week at the 71st Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago . I will be presenting a clinic on Wednesday , December 20th at 1:45 p.m. in W180. “Composing with my middle school band during rehearsal? Yes you can!” Provided insights and suggestions for opening up introductory composition […]
