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. 

In this episode the whole crew finally makes our Season 10 debut recapping the start of our enormous band year. 

In this IRL episode, Darcy teaches dotted half notes. 

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In this episode Darcy teaches a half note class straight from Teaching Rhythm Logically. You can find Teaching Rhythm Logically, the method for teachers, by following the link to download. 

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In this episode we revisit our Beginner Band Family Meeting that we hold each year. This was presented the week before school started, right before 6th grade Open House started. Families were invited to bring their child's instrument and supplies to put in their lockers if they had them at home and were sent home with a Proud Stiles Band Family sign to put in their yard. 

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In this first episode of our TENTH season, Darcy interviews Brian Balmages about his Foundations series on MakeMusic. Debuting this week is the complete Harry Potter Foundations on MakeMusic Cloud and the new teacher's guide in hard copy (with pedagogy information written by Darcy and our percussion guy Ivan Trac) available at TBA. 

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After being MIA much of the spring, in this episode we recap the year with some highs and lows.

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In this episode we talk about parent communication and TJ's moustache from birth. 

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In this episode we talk about the problems that can come with growth of a program, in particular ours. 

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