Almost Everything I've Learned About Teaching Band

- Stephen has 1,114 compositions (and counting) to his credit. He's not only a composer but a music educator too with 17 years of full time teaching experience.

- www.stormworld.com

- One of his tools, and one I have been using for over a year, is his Function Chorales. These are composed using numbers rather than written music so they can be played in any key. You can find a free sample on the site.

- A tool I just recently purchased and am looking forward to using is Scaleworks.

- There are a lot of free tools and music available. Try out the free stuff and then purchase something to help your students and to enable more great materials to be created. 

- Tools like the Function Chorales are really affordable and Stephen gives you license to make as many copies as you need for the program they are purchased for.

- You can read more about Stormworks and Stephen Melillo HERE. There are a ton of resources and teaching on his site.

- www.stormworld.com

Classroom Discipline is the wrong way to describe what we do. Over 95% of discipline problems are resolved BEFORE they occur by having the right structure.

- In this episode we talk about four specific strategies that you can incorporate today to improve your band class, and none of them have anything to do with music.

Classroom Discipline is the wrong way to describe what we do. Over 95% of discipline problems are resolved BEFORE they occur by having the right structure.

- In this episode we talk about four specific strategies that you can incorporate today to improve your band class, and none of them have anything to do with music.

You may have read Trey's column in The Instrumentalist, "Life of Reely", where he shares funny stories from his music ed experiences.

Trey is in the trenches everyday just like you and me, and he's also a writer. Find out about the persistence it took for him to get into writing and his biggest triumph and biggest mistake as a teacher.

Get all of Trey's books HERE. I just ordered one of each! You can also check him out at GIA publications.

Trey is available as a speaker/clinician at your state conference, for your students or other events. You can reach him HERE.

You may have read Trey's column in The Instrumentalist, "Life of Reely", where he shares funny stories from his music ed experiences.

Trey is in the trenches everyday just like you and me, and he's also a writer. Find out about the persistence it took for him to get into writing and his biggest triumph and biggest mistake as a teacher.

Get all of Trey's books HERE. I just ordered one of each! You can also check him out at GIA publications.

Trey is available as a speaker/clinician at your state conference, for your students or other events. You can reach him HERE. 

Please excuse my shaky voice in this interview. I am fully recovered from being sick (except for my voice).

Do you teach at a school where hardly anyone takes private lessons? Have you ever wished there was a formalized progressive music evaluation tool that increases musical achievement and is adaptable to your band? You need to check out The Power in the Progress System.

My guest today- Dr. Dwight Satterwhite - has taught for 48 years! He "retired" from the University of Georgia, but is still active in music education. He developed The Power in the Progress System through all those years.

It's proven. It's tested. It works! I started using it in October of 2013 and have seen increased achievement in my band students.

Reach Dr. Satterwhite HERE and get started with a free trial version of the program today.

www.Power-Progress-System.com

Please excuse my shaky voice in this interview. I am fully recovered from being sick (except for my voice).

Do you teach at a school where hardly anyone takes private lessons? Have you ever wished there was a formalized progressive music evaluation tool that increases musical achievement and is adaptable to your band? You need to check out The Power in the Progress System.

My guest today- Dr. Dwight Satterwhite - has taught for 48 years! He "retired" from the University of Georgia, but is still active in music education. He developed The Power in the Progress System through all those years.

It's proven. It's tested. It works! I started using it in October of 2013 and have seen increased achievement in my band students.

Reach Dr. Satterwhite HERE and get started with a free trial version of the program today.

www.Power-Progress-System.com

I had a chance to meet Steven at the Colorado ASTA Conference this summer. He is a very interesting composer and teacher who currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University.

In this podcast, Steven and I have a conversation about some of the following topics:

- Why writing the ending (and beginning) of a song is difficult

- Why he wishes he would have earned his doctorate sooner

- The importance of the 31st Proverb in a marriage (and in composition)

- Why "waiting to be inspired" is a myth

- AND MORE

Download a catalog of Steven's music HERE.

Contact Steven for a commission or guest appearance HERE.

Listen to clips on SoundCloud.

Purchase his arrangements at Ludwig Masters.

Purchase his CD on CD Baby.

Meet him at the Ludwig Master's booth at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic.

Connect with Steven on Facebook.

I had a chance to meet Steven at the Colorado ASTA Conference this summer. He is a very interesting composer and teacher who currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University.

In this podcast, Steven and I have a conversation about some of the following topics:

- Why writing the ending (and beginning) of a song is difficult

- Why he wishes he would have earned his doctorate sooner

- The importance of the 31st Proverb in a marriage (and in composition)

- Why "waiting to be inspired" is a myth

- AND MORE

Download a catalog of Steven's music HERE.

Contact Steven for a commission or guest appearance HERE.

Listen to clips on SoundCloud.

Purchase his arrangements at Ludwig Masters.

Purchase his CD on CD Baby.

Meet him at the Ludwig Master's booth at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic.

Connect with Steven on Facebook.

Are schools allowed to have Christmas concerts?

Can you wish your students "Merry Christmas?"

Can one put up a nativity scene or Christmas tree on public property?

These are all questions answered in today's podcast.

You might also check out Episode 10, Why I Don't Do Christmas Concerts.