Almost Everything I've Learned About Teaching Band
Quick and easy tips to help you be a better band teacher.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 328
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Episode 211 Advice for New Directors Part 1
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Episode 210 - What To Have On Your To-Do List Concert Dayy
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Episode 207 - Consider a new scheduling model with beginning band as an exploratory
- What worked and what didn't - The beginning band tool you should get now, even …
Episode 206 - 11 Fast and Furious Time Saving Tips
6 Things to STOP doing now and
1 Task to do with food and
4 Things You Should Delegate
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Episode 205 - 7 Tips To Get Organized and Save 5 Hours This Week, Guaranteed!
What if I could give you 7 tips that would help you be more organized and I guarantee your money back if the tips don’t save you at least 5 hours. In fact, I will double your money back that you spen…
Episode 204 - Interview With Practice Skills Curriculum Creator Meg Thorup
Episode 203 - My Self-Esteem Was Destroyed
Several years ago I left a position I had been at for 13 years. I won’t go into the fine details, but I resigned at the end of the school year after a very difficult year with a very difficult princi…
Episode 202 - 5 Retirement Strategies, Even If You're Young
Most people don’t give much thought to retirement until they are too old to make a big difference. The younger you start, the more secure your retirement will be. I started in my early 30s and am now…
Episode 201 - Pay Now or Pay Later
Everything in life revolves around this concept of Pay Now or Pay Later. The work you put in now will save you headache, expense, and more later. This applies to our classroom routines and procedures…
Episode 200 - 3 Failure Factor Words to Avoid
I have been guilty of using these three words way too often…Complaining, Comparing, and Procrastinating. Get rid of these words from your vocabulary. In this episode, I briefly touch on ways to avoid…
Episode 199: The Student Led Rehearsal
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Episode 198 - Help! I'm a band teacher teaching orchestra.
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Episode 197: How To Organize Your Music Library
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Episode 196 - Dealing with Post-Marching Band Season Depression
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Episode 195 - Patience, Perseverance, Positive Attitude, and other Tips from Dr. Ray Cramer
It is my pleasure to interview the fabulous Dr. Ray Cramer in this episode. Dr. Cramer has inspired so many of us and has devoted a lifetime to music service. He is 81 years old! His best advice fo…
Episode 194 - 4 Tips To Prevent Your Saxes from Sounding Like Honking Geese
Do you have trouble getting a good sound from your saxes? In this episode I share 4 tips - and real life bad and good examples - to help your saxes sound much better with a more focused sound. Somet…
Episode 193 - Engaging Students in the Rehearsal Process with Dr. Charlie Menghini
In this episode, I have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Menghini of VanderCook College of Music. We talk about engaging students in the rehearsal process. Do we teach our students, train them, or …
Episode 192 - Where To Get Advice
I was transplanted into teaching from a performing career. I didn't know anybody, but I quickly found my homies who could give me advice and encouragement when needed.
It's important to find someo…