Performance

The first day of rehearsal can be the most stressful day of the year for directors and instructors. There are...

Developing a good horn section seems to be one of the great hurdles that many band and orchestra directors have...

The logistical challenges inherent with handling marching band equipment when met properly can positively reinforce the excellence and discipline necessary...

Whether for the halftime show of a high school football game or for panel of judges at a national competition,...

When it comes to rehearsal techniques, there are as many styles as there are teachers. Success in the band room...

Although evidence exists of four-mallet playing in Asia as early as the 16th Century, on Western mallet instruments it is...

How prepared do you expect your students to be at concert time? That's exactly how prepared you need to be...

By Dawn AllcotIn a recent survey conducted by MENC, the National Association for Music Education, 95 percent of 364 music...

A Drummer’s Thoughts: The sun glints through the band room windows. Spring has finally arrived and what I would give...

Does judging your own band strike you as a silly notion, or could it actually serve a purpose? Try these...

Your percussionists probably represent the best-organized and best-behaved sections in your band, right?No? How odd, seeing as they are far...

In the last 20 years, there has been a renaissance in the role played by the symphonic and marching percussion...