163 episodes
The Growing Band Director Kyle Smith
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Our mission is to share practical advice and explore topics that will help every band director, no matter your experience level, as well as music education students who are working to join us in the coming years.
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170 New Jazz Literature with Paul Baker
Paul Baker's music is one of a kind! Usually based on historical tunes, and amazing teaching vehicles - he is well known for charts like The Mudbug Strut and Arnge Drank. In this episode we touch on many teaching tips and listen to six new charts from his catalog!
Bakers Jazz and More
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167 Jazz Piano For Band Directors with Jake Sturtevant
Jake Sturtevant is a seasoned band director and professional piano player. In this session we go through exactly what to have your kids play, and what to ignore in those jazz band charts! It is quite simple! Complete with demonstration....less is more - and you really only need two notes!
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166 Arranging with a Full Band with Jake Sturtevant
Learn about this great process to arrange a piece of music with your full band class! Jake Sturtevant has been doing this project with this ensembles for over a decade and knows how invested students get in the process, the outcome, and how much ownership they take over it!
Project Overview Paperwork
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162 Beginning Band Adaptable Series with Mary Cogswell and Ron Stary
Learn from experienced beginning band educator Mary Cogswell, as she teams up with Ron Stary to discuss many aspects of teaching beginning band, including some new repertoire recently put out through Murphy Press for your beginners!
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160 Teaching Beginner Strings
So many band directors are in the position of teaching strings as well, so veteran teacher Dana Saccomano from East Hartford Public Schools shares many of her tips, processes and methods to start string students correctly.
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168 Creating a Meaningful Festival For Students
We all want festivals to be impactful for our students! We want them to leave them with a sense of growth and achievement, but also use them as a learning opportunity to guide the next stage in their development.
There are some simple ways to do this! We hope you find these ideas helpful!
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Our mission is to share practical advice and explore topics that will help every band director, no matter your experience level, as well as music education students who are working to join us in the coming years.
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