I used to have this dream that being a full time composer meant me sitting at my piano or my computer for hours of uninterrupted...

I recently wrote a piece of music for a friend who wanted something that his students could practice to improve such techniques as lip...

As a young director, which I am not any longer, I had grand ideas of being the head director of a program where I had a fully stacked...

So I was searching for repertoire for my middle school and high school bands and as I was looking on a popular distribution website, I...

Directions. I can give them, but I can't seem to follow them. I'm always taking a wrong turn when I'm following someone's directions,...

This! Ah, this is comfort, solace, and trepidation all in one. The empty hall prior to setup and performance. This and nature are my...

This is the audience we wish for. This is the audience we perform best for. So why do so many band directors gauge their own success or...

I have been thrust into a mosh pit before and had to shin kick my way out. In case you were born before 1975, the easiest way to explain...

As a new band director, I wish others would have told me a few things. I am no legendary conductor, I did not study with legendary...

I say it all the time to my 6-year-old and even my high school band students, "Let it go, Elsa. Just Let it go." I recently sat in a...

I could honestly end at the title. It says it all. But... This picture really sums up my experience thus far. Through my 12 years as an...

When I was a kid I could turn on the television late at night around maybe one or two in the morning and see static on the screen. This...

Surreal is the word. The only word that seems to sum up my experience with this wonderful group of composers. Though John Mackey invited...