Features Archives

Practicing – How to Utilize Your Time
Mike Lawson | November 6, 2017
There’s that great Helen Hayes quote, “Every expert was once a beginner.” Never forget that. I remind my students of this all the time.
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Back to School Accessories for Band and Orchestra
Mike Lawson | September 8, 2017
It takes so much more to run the band than just the instruments we play to make music.
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Marching to a Different Drum in Music City, USA
Mike Lawson | September 8, 2017
My experience as a music student did not include exposure to today’s drum corps performances.
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Use Band and Orchestra Compositions to Inspire Interest in Music History
Mike Lawson | September 8, 2017
Did you know that the music for “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the great patriotic song of the North in the American Civil War, was written by a southern native, William Steffe, and that the music for “Dixie,” the great patriotic song of the South in the American Civil War, was written by Daniel Emmett, a northerner?
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Pershing to President, America’s Military Bands, Part I: History and Organization: An Overview of Bands, Orchestras and Ensembles in our Military Service, Career and Education Opportunities
Mike Lawson | September 8, 2017
Fourth of July concerts brought out every level of U.S. military band and orchestra all across the nation.
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Music and Science Meet…Music Therapy
Mike Lawson | August 12, 2017
Your music students can take the gifts of their passion, talent and skill, beyond their school performance days with a career in music therapy.
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The Great American Brass Band Festival
Mike Lawson | July 14, 2017
To many, the term Brass Band brings both an expectation of band size, repertoire, and style of performance.
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Universal Orlando Resort’s Awesome Expanded Workshops!
Mike Lawson | May 13, 2017
Universal Orlando Youth Programs has expanded the music/ film offerings for its "STARS Performance Program workshop, Sound Design: Music and the Art of Foley," which they developed a few years ago with notable composer and music educator Robert W. Smith.
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The Awesome Second Time Around Marching Band of St. Petersburg, Florida
Mike Lawson | April 7, 2017
Band alumni groups for a specific band were featured in the March School Band & Orchestra issue. Another form of band alumni groups is a band in the St. Petersburg, Florida area now celebrating its 35th anniversary.
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Tim Hill
Mike Lawson | March 20, 2017
Few people in the history of music education can say their work has directly impacted the lives of countless music students from all over the world. For 27 years, Tim Hill worked for the Disney corporation, managing the Disney Performing Arts programs that attracted those students and their directors to participate in performances, festivals, workshops and more.
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Drum Corps International 2016
Mike Lawson | November 11, 2016
The Next Level of Marching Music Artistry!
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Blackmagic Design Helps Schools Capture the Magic
Mike Lawson | November 11, 2016
LA’s Downtown Repertory Theater delivered 4K recordings of Romeo and Juliet before the curtain finished dropping.
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