Welcoming a Student Teacher
There are no perfect teaching contexts, but an open door and inviting in-service educator is a perfect opportunity for a student teacher to learn and grow.
New Music for 2022
I hope you have enjoyed a restful summer vacation. As we near August, I hope I might take a few minutes to share some works with you to consider for your ensembles to study and perform this year. There is a great deal of variety between their styles, and each piece offers an enjoyable musical challenge for your students. I […]
Overtures to an Overture (in Bb)!
Caesar Giovannini (1925-2017) became a piano soloist with the Navy band, and later completed a master’s degree from the Chicago Conservatory of Music. He would go on to join NBC as a staff pianist in 1949. He would go on to be the music director for several television shows, and in 1958 joined the ABC Staff Orchestra (Giovannini, 2017). His […]
Season 2 Episode 3 of the Two Minute Clinic
What are the R’s of Repertoire Selection? A short reminder for directors as they select their music for the spring semester in the newest episode of the Two Minute Clinic!
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.
