On my way to work today I ran into the baseball coach at my school. His son plays trombone in the bands where I teach, and he was in attendance at the spring concert last night. “How come you never have a losing season?” he asked with a smile.
I don’t even know where to begin after the last 30 days, but it has been exciting, thought-provoking, reflective, and emotional.
In considering what instrumental music education may look like in the future to the music education profession, there are a number of themes, ideas, and philosophies that must be carefully examined. Issues related to the relevancy of music education in today’s education system come to the forefront of the discussion in the light of teaching in age where “high-stakes” testing […]
Four very short weeks ago, the band program at Mercer took a big leap as we started our year with a unit on chamber music that culminated in our Fall Chamber Recital. Over twenty different selections were presented in the recital ranging from Handel, Haydn, and Mozart to Sousa, and John Williams. You can read a full copy of the […]
