This year the SDMEA sponsorship will be assisting 42 young jazz enthusiasts to attend the camp. The featured performing artist is Chris Vadala, Director of the Jazz Studies Program at…
Developing a Five-Year Plan “I always developed a five-year plan for my programs,” says Ron Kearns, MENC Jazz Mentor for March 2009. “After five years I would evaluate my progress. In my…
Saxophonist/composer/arranger Mike Titlebaum is Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College(IC). He is the creator of the Ithaca College Jazz Composition Contest and the Ithaca All-Star Jazz Invitational for aspiring high school…
Paul Baransy has been a band director in Ohio for 34 years. He is currently assistant director for the Ottawa Glandorf Local School District. During his lengthy career, he has…
We’re all familiar with the old stereotype of the band or orchestra director as the omnipotent, all-powerful maestro who sets the tone and leads the charge. “There is no democracy in…
David Edmund is visiting assistant professor of music education at the University of Florida. He holds a Masters of Music Education degree, with Jazz Studies emphasis, from the University of…
Who’s in charge here? Your students should never doubt that you are. They need you to develop as musicians. However, this doesn’t mean there isn’t room for collaboration between students…
Scott Rybolt teaches band at Dexter High School in Missouri. A music educator for almost 20 years now, he spent the last 13 of them at his current school. He…
We all know what a profound impact music teachers can have on their students’ lives. For many of their kids, the time spent in the music room often proves to…
Zachary Poulter is director of bands at Syracuse Jr. High in Utah. His jazz band and combos have won multiple first-place awards in statewide and regional festivals where they regularly…
