Directing Band

This free resource episode is drawing more attention to the 8 pages of notes from Matthew Price (Episode 18 and 20).  Matthew created a handout with information that is vital to every band room.  What I love about this resource is that it is about research based best practices for band directing.  It breaks down what a good teacher does as measured by effect size.  He includes quotes from his mentors, books for future reading, ideas related to leadership, and more.  The pages were so valuable, they deserved their own episode.

Here is the link to this resource (You can also find it at DirectingBand.com/resources): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z6ofzkz-Bxv6urf_dzaafX8uAP0jIdKQHytXIfJDO84/edit?usp=sharing

Episode 20 is the second episode in our mentor series where we bring high impact teachers on the show to talk about key areas of having a very successful band program.  In this incredible episode, Matthew Price joins us to talk about "Unlocking Your Band's Real Potential by Using a Growth Mindset to the Most of Any Situation."  The episode is full of nuggets of wisdom from one of the most successful teachers in the band directing profession.

This interview takes place in two parts.  Be sure to go back and listen to Episode 18 for the beginning of this great interview.  You will want to listen with your yellow notepad and be ready to take notes.  Be sure to download the handout associated with this episode below or at DirectingBand.com/resources

Items mentioned in this episode:
Visible Learning for Teachers by John Hattie
Expressions in Music by Vandercook
Unlocking Your Band’s Real Potential--Using a Growth Mindset to Make the Most of Any Situation! by Matthew Price 

Welcome to another Free Resource Friday on the Directing Band Podcast.  Today we talk about the app called Sheet Music Scanner.  This app will allow you to take a picture of a score part with your phone and then the app will scan it and create a play back track in mp3, wav, and other formats.  If you have a struggling student that needs an extra step to play along with or an online student who needs an added tool to help them, this is a great app for you. 

You can find the app at https://sheetmusicscanner.com

You can find the link to this resource and almost a hundred others at https://www.directingband.com/resources.

Episode 18 is the first episode in our mentor series where we bring high impact teachers on the show to talk about key areas of having a very successful band program.  In this incredible episode, Matthew Price joins us to talk about "Unlocking Your Band's Real Potential by Using a Growth Mindset to the Most of Any Situation."  The episode is full of nuggets of wisdom from one of the most successful teachers in the band directing profession.

This interview takes place in two parts.  Be sure to catch Episode 20for the conclusion of this great episode.  You will want to listen with your yellow notepad and be ready to take notes.  Matthew put together a handout with key take aways which will be linked in the show notes for Episode 41.

Items mentioned in this episode:
Visible Learning for Teachers by John Hattie
Expressions in Music by Vandercook
Unlocking Your Band’s Real Potential--Using a Growth Mindset to Make the Most of Any Situation! by Matthew Price (see link in episode 42)

Welcome to another free resource Friday!  This week we take you to marchingartseducation.com to a free webinar by Matt and Ben Harloff who are the gurus behind Inside the Circle and the Carolina Crown Brassline.  In this free webinar, they take you through their series of warm ups and talk about their ideas behind these warm ups.  I even suggest getting our your instrument and playing along!  If you are looking to revamp your warm up series for marching band or even concert band, this is a great free resource to check out.

Here is the link: https://marchingartseducation.com/just-play-2-with-matt-and-ben-harloff/

What if I could tell you that you can have the music to all of the John Philip Sousa Marches for free, complete with a Public Domain Letter, Rehearsal Notes, and a Performance Recording from the "The President's Own."  Well, I can tell you exactly where to find that.  The United States Marine Band has put together a website to bring you the music and encourage the performance of these great works of our heritage. 

Click here to visit the United States Marine Band Webpage. (https://www.marineband.marines.mil/audio-resources/the-complete-marches-of-john-philip-sousa/)

You can find this resource and more at https://www.directingband.com/resources

Damien Gaiters is the Director of Bands at Lithia Springs High School in Douglas County, Georgia.  Damien believes that empowering student leaders is an important part of his classroom strategy.  He invests in student so much so, that he actually has key student conduct his band from the podium and offer insight to their peers.  He believes that this is important as it fosters more musical accountability, but also helps students to take charge of their musical growth.  In this episode, Damien shares how this works in his classroom, talks about the responsibilities of the student and the teacher, and shares with you practical ways that you could begin to implement this strategy in your own classroom.  

This is an excellent episode for those looking for motivate their students, encourage and grow student leaders, find a good strategy for classroom management, and more.  

Welcome to Free Resource Friday!  On this episode we discuss https://www.onandoffthepodium.com/materials by Wendy Higdon.  This website has a LOT of free recourses.  If you are teaching beginning band, you should especially listen to this website and look at these resources.  You can find the link to this resource and all resources from our show at: https://www.directingband.com/resources

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In this episode of Free Resource Friday, we discuss composer Brian Sadler's website where he gives you a bunch of free arrangements.  We do encourage you to send in a donation for his work. 

Link:
Here is a link to his website (Click Here): https://briansadler.org/arrangements-1

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