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Sound Advice: Revisiting Frederick Fennell’s Points for Performance
Timothy Bulow | March 18, 2022Frederick Fennell is internationally recognized as one of leading conductors of music for band in the latter half of the 20th century. He established the wind ensemble as an important performance group within the band tradition. His work as the conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble set a standard of performance that remains a high […] Read More... -
Classroom Management – You Can Do This!
Rob Shaver | January 19, 2022Teachers just want to teach, and we would, were it not for the student discipline issues that derail our best laid plans. Below is an email I recently received from a former student we’ll call John. He is in his first year as the band director of a large 6-12 program, and he was asking […] Read More... -
Music Gives Students a Break from Learning Loss Stress
Penny Swift | September 6, 2021After a year of remote schooling, the K-12 education sector is focused on reversing learning loss, seen in New York City’s recently announced $635 million academic recovery plan for the coming school year. But beyond learning loss, the pandemic had devastating mental, emotional and physical effects on students, particularly those who were in stressful circumstances […] Read More... -
Practice Makes Perfect: Apps and Resources to Keep Students Playing Through the Summer
George Hess | June 12, 2021We’re finally coming to the end of the longest year of your career, a year unlike any you have ever experienced. We’re all breathing a sigh of relief and looking forward to a well-deserved vacation. But as musicians, we know that too long of a break means taking a big step backward. Only the most dedicated students will stick to a practice regimen during the summer, but any playing they do can make a difference when your students return next term. Read More... -
Social Emotional Learning and the Future of Music Education
Andrew E. Morrison | June 12, 2021Andrew E. Morrison, a performer and educator, invites SBO readers to explore all of the benefits that intentional SEL provides in the music classroom for creating both great musicians and even greater people and what that truly means. Read More... -
Essential Elements Interactive: The Powerful Assessment Tool for Everyone
Steve Smith | April 7, 2021Hal Leonard’s Steve Smith details how the new Essential Elements Interactive (EEi) online music resource can provide powerful assessment opportunities. Read More... -
Musical Orchestrators of Broadway’s Golden Era: Another Op’nin’, Another Show
Ph.D. | April 6, 2021In SBO's April issue, Dr. Keith Mason reveals how instrumental music students can benefit from analyzing the work of Broadway musical orchestrators and their creations. Read More... -
Seeing Beyond Our 2020 Vision
Robert W. Smith | April 6, 2021Robert W. Smith takes a clear-eyed look at how teachers were required to re-invent music education this past year, and what it will take to ensure that students have the promise of a better (and more musical) tomorrow. Read More... -
Hypermobility in Middle School Band Students
Melissa Hatheway Lewis | March 6, 2021In SBO's March 2021 issue, Melissa Hatheway Lewis invites readers to discover how the Beighton Test can be used to spot hypermobility in Middle School instrumental students to help them choose the right instrument and avoid injury and pain. Read More... -
Inescapably Homeschooled in Music
Sandra Jordan | March 6, 2021How Children of Professional Musicians View the World Today Not all music educators teach in a band room, on the marching field, in a private studio or on Zoom. Some inadvertently homeschool their children in inescapable ways: they are professional musicians. They practice at all hours, singing, tapping, scoring, running scales. Their music weaves its […] Read More... -
The Story Behind Flex-Band
Michael Sweeney | March 6, 2021In 2006, Google purchased internet upstart YouTube, NASA launched its New Horizons probe aimed at Pluto, and in pop music Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” was on top of the charts. Also in 2006, the first titles in Hal Leonard’s “Flex-Band” series rolled off the press, including “Mission: Impossible Theme” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Long […] Read More... -
Music Education in August 2021
John Mlynczak | March 6, 2021This school year has forced both educators and students to adopt new methods for learning music, both at home and in person. How will our newly acquired skills and technologies influence our classrooms in August of 2021? While teaching music during the COVID pandemic has been extremely challenging, we must also recognize that it gave […] Read More...
