Wind Conductor

On this Halloween, I thought it would be cool to take a look at the Haunted Music Hall of Cincinnati.  Opened in the 1870s, the...

Grading in the band room can be difficult. It is not easy to quantify what a band director teaches. Our instruction time is vastly...

I can remember the first Wynton Marsalis recording I ever heard. It was an early evening in the spring of 1991 in the band room of...

As we move into the new school year, Wind Conductor thought it would be helpful to identify some of the terminology found in most Lesson...

Ask any band director in the US and he or she will probably tell you, “I teach the best kids in the school.” Over my career as an...

This time of year, can be very difficult in the band room. The Spring Concert was a success but there are still a few weeks before the...

This week we take a look at a powerhouse in the march world, Karl Lawrence King. The music of Karl King was the background of countless...

March has finally arrived! And what better way to celebrate than by taking a look at the March King himself, John Philip Sousa. ...