Middle School Band

December 31, 2009

New Year, New Search, Same Old Indiana

Nope sorry. No Dr. Jones here. Even a little far yet from being Dr. Weller. But my search is beginning to intensify, and I am starting to see some light in an area of instrumental music that I am deeply concerned about. I promise there will be no fire at the high school or the middle school, but I do […]

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October 29, 2009

The beginnings of great artists (Part 2)

So the artists work is now starting to roll in – between final rehearsals for our “Fright Night” Concert and (surprise!) getting a touch with the flu, we had a couple week hiatus from our composition work. I sat down today with a number of the students to listen to their 2nd assignment: an 8 measure duet with percussion accompaniment. […]