June and July is prime summer festival season, so this post is dedicated to all your summer program “feels.” I have been to a few...

With Solo and Ensemble performances coming up at the beginning of May for Texas middle and high school students, not to mention juries...

I was originally going to title this post something more clickbait-y like “I played on a plastic tube horn for a weekend so you don’t...

Happy New Year! In 2019, I’m going to try to update my blog more often than I have in the past – probably not every week or every other...

FYI: This post is about middle school students, but will hold weight with older students as well. When I first moved to Texas, I knew...

It's Region and District band audition season here in Texas, and that has me thinking about how to have my students approach playing...