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Almost Everything I've Learned About Teaching Band
Release Date: 11/01/2024
Episode 292 - Demanding Great Concert Behavior From The Audience and Your Students
Almost Everything I've Learned About Teaching Band
Episode 292 - Demanding Great Concert Behavior From The Audience and Your Students Is your audience rude and out of control? You can change that culture. Are your students rambunctious and inattentive when they’re not performing? You can change that. Here are some things that have worked for me. Resources… - Jazz and improvisation curriculum you can use as soon as students know 5 notes Get the book Have a question for the podcast? Need a presenter for professional development? Contact me here: or 719-238-4193. Check Out curriculum FREE eBook Course eBook ...
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Episode 291 - What To Say At The Concert
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Episode 291 - What To Say At The Concert In short, keep it short. Much will depend on the culture and climate already at the school. Remember that you can help to change that culture. Resources… - Jazz and improvisation curriculum you can use as soon as students know 5 notes Get the book Have a question for the podcast? Need a presenter for professional development? Contact me here: or 719-238-4193. Check Out curriculum FREE eBook Course eBook
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Episode 290 - How Much Time Should You Spend On Fundamentals
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Episode 290 - How Much Time Should You Spend On Fundamentals When I first started teaching, I thought I didn’t have time for fundamentals. Maybe I spent ten minutes of a 45 minute rehearsal on technique, scales, tone, tuning, arpeggios and long tones. Believe it or not, now I spend more than half our rehearsal time on those. I explain to the students that learning scales and other fundamentals makes more difficult and more interesting music attainable for us. They get it! When you explain the why, the implementation becomes easier. Put the responsibility for sounding great on the students....
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Episode 289 - Helping Students Play In Tune
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Episode 289 - Helping Students Play In Tune One of my biggest pet peeves is watching a director individually tune 80 band members on stage using the tuner! It doesn’t help! Maybe it makes that one note in tune, but tuning is a process that can be taught, even to young band students. Here are some tips. Resources… - Jazz and improvisation curriculum you can use as soon as students know 5 notes Get the book Have a question for the podcast? Need a presenter for professional development? Contact me here: or 719-238-4193. Check Out curriculum FREE eBook Course ...
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Episode 288 - 6 Tips For Engaging Percussionists
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Episode 288 - 6 Tips For Engaging Percussionists Often our percussion section can be our biggest headache, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Have you thought through some of the things that frustrate the percussionists? We can do things as directors to engage and motivate the percussionists. Resources… - Jazz and improvisation curriculum you can use as soon as students know 5 notes Get the book Have a question for the podcast? Need a presenter for professional development? Contact me here: or 719-238-4193. Check Out curriculum FREE eBook Course eBook ...
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Episode 287 - 13 Top Mistakes Directors Make
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Episode 287 - 13 Top Mistakes Directors Make Not planning enough - Lack of classroom management - Too lax (or too rigid) - Bringing Work Home - Taking Things Personally - Trying to be someone else - Over Programming - Ego Resources… - Jazz and improvisation curriculum you can use as soon as students know 5 notes Get the book Have a question for the podcast? Need a presenter for professional development? Contact me here: or 719-238-4193. Check Out curriculum FREE eBook Course eBook
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Episode 286 - 16 Things I Wish I Knew About Festival Prep
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Episode 286 - 16 Things I Wish I Knew About Festival Prep How do I use my time properly? When do I start my second song? What if the percussion equipment is not in the same place as in my room? What if my band doesn’t score “well”? Resources… - Jazz and improvisation curriculum you can use as soon as students know 5 notes Get the book Have a question for the podcast? Need a presenter for professional development? Contact me here: or 719-238-4193. Check Out curriculum FREE eBook Course eBook
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Episode 285 - Marching Band Is Needed Now More Than Ever Before
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Episode 285 - Marching Band Is Needed Now More Than Ever Before Controversial statement…I think every school should have a marching band. When I started one at a previous school, every single one of my colleagues thought I was crazy. I have come to the conclusion that - because many directors have been “abused” through marching band, or it was allowed to take on too much of a focus - many are against it. Here’s why I think it’s needed. Resources… - Jazz and improvisation curriculum you can use as soon as students know 5 notes Get the book Have a question for the podcast? Need...
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Episode 284 - Add Some Spice To Your Rehearsal
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Episode 284 - Add Some Spice To Your Rehearsal I learned in the army that you can’t make bad food taste good simply by seasoning it (although you could sometimes cover over the bad taste with enough hot sauce). Spices take food that already tastes good and makes it even better. In this episode, I share eight “spices” - things you can do - to make for a tastier rehearsal. Resources… - Jazz and improvisation curriculum you can use as soon as students know 5 notes Get the book Have a question for the podcast? Need a presenter for professional development? Contact me here: or...
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Episode 283 - Eight Strategies for Surviving the Stress Bubble of Teaching
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Episode 283 - Eight Strategies For Surviving The Stress Bubble of Teaching From setting boundaries to reflecting on your priorities, in this episode I cover 8 tips that will help you avoid burnout. Learn from me rather than the hard way. Resources… - Jazz and improvisation curriculum you can use as soon as students know 5 notes Get the book Have a question for the podcast? Need a presenter for professional development? Contact me here: or 719-238-4193. Check Out curriculum FREE eBook Course eBook
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