Knowing the music at a deeper level gives you energy and excitement, which will show in your teaching and transfer to your students. Using four examples we show you some possible ways to include score study in your teaching! ⁠Down a Country Lane - Copland/Patterson⁠ (Gr. 2.5) ⁠Cenotaph - Jack Stamp⁠ (Gr. 3.5) ⁠On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - David Holsinger⁠ (Gr. 3) American Salute - Morton Gould/Wagner⁠ (Gr. 3.5)

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Michael Antmann (Freedom HS, Orlando, Fla) has experience as a music administrator, as well as a middle school and high school band director. Fresh off of his Florida Music Educators Association presentation on classroom management - he joins the show to share tips with us to help in our own classrooms.FMEA Presentation HandoutSurvive and Thrive - Classroom Management in the Music Room

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You can be a great band director and a great parent! Learn from an experienced, and very successful junior high band director! You can also follow this five-step process to help ensure your clarinet players are successful as they navigate the break. Christine's Make Music Blog Power Up! We also discuss some great literature for bands with excellent clarinet sections, and recommendations for balancing parts, reeds, mouthpieces, and so much more! Christine Wolf is the Director of Bands at Central Davis Junior High, Utah in the Davis School District.

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Matt Klohs is an Australian conductor with a rich history in the band world! Join for this first part of a two part episode from such a gem of a teacher!
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Michael Sweeney has changed the landscape of music education by his accessible arrangements of master works for Concert Band and Jazz Band. Editor at Hal Leonard since 1982 - Michael Sweeney spends time with us for this first part of a two-part series on all things band - including some highlights of his music.

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Check out the conversation between two experienced middle school band directors around solutions to recruiting students from elementary school to middle school, and finding best practices.

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One of the nation's top leadership coaches, Bobby Lambert sits down to discuss leadership, and how to start your students on the leadership journey; what to look for when choosing leaders, characteristics of a good leader, and so much more. Detailing his work at two of the nation's premiere high school bands - Marian Catholic HS (Ill.) and Wando HS (SC) - and the mentorship he received along the way, listeners will take away many practical concepts to improve as a leader, and help others around you improve as leaders as well.

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