When music teachers consider expanding their curriculum to include popular music, sometimes they struggle with where to begin. This article provides insight to the concerns, attitudes, and barriers that are slowing progress toward inclusive instruction.

Developing how you teach, not just what you teach, can be the key to more independent learning in the applied studio.

More and more female high school band directors are on the scene. While it seems that things are getting better with regard to gender bias, we may still have a way to go.

Do you sometimes experience a lack of motivation? Lamartine offers ten helpful tips in this article to keep you energized before starting your day in the classroom.

Miller encourages ensemble teachers to incorporate a broad range of learning opportunities to address student creativity, musicianship, and musical experience. Miller presents a common scenario where ensemble teachers introduce a project/assignment that encourages student creativity, however, the project/assignment is often a separate experience from the ensemble rehearsal/performance. Miller offers several pathways to merge creative musicianship experiences and rehearsal/performance together.

Bias is still an issue that female high school band directors struggle with when they take their ensembles to festival. We discuss this phenomena and a more inclusive ideal for the future.