After Sectionals

In this episode we hobble with 3 microphones and discuss Raghav's observations from the start of the year.

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In this episode we meet Raghav Vemuganti, our new 4th band director at Stiles MS who is a recent graduate of UT Austin and a clarinet player.

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In this episode, TJ, Jenna, and Darcy summarize the 2025-26 school year in which the program exploded and new schedules made life possible.

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In this episode Darcy talks about introducting vibrato to our beginner flute, double reed, and saxophone classes and how to incorporate it as a fundamental and into fundamentals well before it makes an appearance in songs.

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In this episode we share our 5th Grade Parent Night Meeting in which all incoming 5th grade families come to learn about the classes their children can take once in 6th grade. This is a live recording of our band sales pitch.

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In this episode Darcy, Jenna, and TJ are ALL PRESENT to recap some of what has happened so far this very chaotic year.

In this episode from early November, the clarinet class finally has the full clarinet put together, focusing on fundamentals and tone.

In this episode we listen to clarinet class when they were still on upper joint. The next episode is the same group of kids once the lower joint and bell are added.

In this episode Darcy works with the beginner trumpet class on Warm Up #1. This is post-straw work, with the class moving back and forth between berps and instruments, as well as some early tuner work.

In this episode Darcy shares some of the practice files uses with her band students. Included are warm up files, grace note work, lines from the book, and ideas of other ways they can be utilized with your own band students.