Play it again….in all 12 keys!
Small steps forward are still a small step forward, and before too long students will be stepping forward in all 12 keys!
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.
Episode 21 of the TMC: Finding your inner Michael McDonald
Where to perform? How to share the good work of your students? Some thoughts on “taking it (our music) to the streets” in Episode 21 of the The Two Minute Clinic.
Free Chamber Music Post #7
To my friends and colleagues in instrumental music, this is the seventh in a series of free chamber music pieces that I am making available. As we seek ways to make music making more personal and meaningful in new teaching situations this fall, I thought it might be appropriate for our students to use a familiar work to help live […]
Free Chamber Music Post #5
To my friends and colleagues in instrumental music, this is the fifth in a series of free chamber music pieces that I am making available. This setting of Good King Wenceslas is for a flexible woodwind quartet. The piece is about one minute and 20 seconds in length, and the technical range should be very comfortable for most mid-level musicians. […]
