Midwest Clinic 2022
If you have never attended, I would assure any band director (and their administration) that it is a worthwhile conference to attend.
Are you programming notes? You should, and here’s why.
While our bands play many right notes, writing some additional notes will help our audience and communities appreciate the students, our ensembles, and the music even more.
The Two Minute Clinic: Season 3, Episode 2
Episode 2 from Season Three of the Two Minute Clinic is now up! What can band directors learn from the lessons of Michelangelo?
Canticles of Hyperion!
Tonight, Canticles of Hyperion makes its world debut after an 18 month delay. My thanks and appreciation to Steve Barton and the University of Richmond Wind Ensemble for bringing this music to life. While Hyperion’s story has been told in many literary works, this is the story that I want to tell through music. Hyperion is caught in a bad […]
Rehearsals with Progress, Not Perfection
While the pursuit of perfection in performance is a goal, progress is the barometer by which directors need to gauge their students and ensembles.
