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TITLE: Twin Posts – EDITOR’S CHOICE – Top Ten Concert Band Pieces You May Have Missed
SOURCE: Ray Benton
FORMAT: Article
DATE: October 6, 2021
Looking for quality Grade 2 or Grade 3 concert band pieces? Don’t overlook these “Top 10” quality pieces selected by Ray Benton, our Technology and Media Specialist, with 32 years of teaching experience. We’ve combined these two posts into one. All of the entrees feature demonstration recordings. . .
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TITLE: Case Study: Shifting a Program’s Culture
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: October 4, 2021
Curated from the Yamaha Educator Suite – by Christine Ngeo Katzman – “Band is family” rings true for many marching arts participants across the country. But making the cultural paradigm a reality rather than an empty platitude could take years of strategizing. When Jenn Bock joined the Highland High School band program in Gilbert, Arizona, as an assistant band director in 2017, she observed…
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TITLE: Case Study: Giving Voice to Middle School Choir Students
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: October 4, 2021
Curated from the Yamaha Educator Suite – by Christine Ngeo Katzman – The junior high years can be an awkward period. That’s why promoting self-esteem and self-discovery have become major components of Lydia Cox’s goals as the chorus and digital music teacher at Crosby Middle School within the large district of Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky. “I’ve really enjoyed my experience in…
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TITLE: OUR FEATURED BLOG VIDEO BUNDLE – How to Keep Instruments OUT of the Shop and IN Your Students’ Hands
SOURCE: Nottelmann Music
FORMAT: Videos
DATE: September 1, 2021
Tips from the Repair Shop is a series of EXCLUSIVE presentations from Nottelmann Music. Click to show these valuable, easy to follow videos Share in class Share the links for students to view at home The Clarinet The Bass Clarinet The Saxophone Brass – The Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba Flute – Shared from Conn-Selmer
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TITLE: 3 Things I Learned From My Most Gifted Students
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: August 24, 2021
Curated from SmartMusic’s The Music Educator Blog – by Dave Isaacs – Every teacher knows how much we learn from our students. The act of teaching itself makes you view the music differently as you learn to communicate it more directly. Different students’ experiences teach us problem-solving on both a technical and interpersonal level. Teaching very gifted students is a…
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TITLE: Case Study: From a $67 Budget to Success — A Four-Year Journey
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: August 19, 2021
Curated from the YAMAHA Educator Suite – by Jennifer Antonetti – After two years of teaching elementary general music, I was ready for a change, so I applied to a music education master’s program and for more band jobs. Luckily, I was hired to teach band at Meadows Elementary and Robinson Middle School in my current district, the Topeka Public Schools. Eager to start my new position,…
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