Specialty: Middle School
The Foster Award of Excellence Winner: Oliveira Middle School Band
Read about how Oliveira Middle School Band routinely overcomes adversity in pursuit of excellence, resulting in their receipt of the 2018-2019 Dr. William P. Foster Music Education Alliance Award for Excellence.
Read More10 Strategies For An Effective Middle School Band Rehearsal
Keith Ozsvath’s tips for rehearsal success
Read MoreThree Powerful Tips that Will Take your Band’s Performance to the Next Level
Wendy Higdon shares “robust strategies to empower students” that will help your band sound its best.
Read More6 Music Classroom Management Strategies
Rachel and Jessica Shield share classroom management strategies for middle school
Read More
Building a Positive Rapport With your Middle School Music Students
Keith Ozsvath shares six steps middle school music educators can take to build a positive relationship with students, contributing to better classroom management.
Read MoreRecommending Summer Music Camps
Greg Scapillato outlines the reasons why music educators should encourage their students to participate in summer camps and offers guidelines for how to do so.
Read MoreFriendship and Collaboration: How two music educators turned their shared experience into MFA’s new Middle School Concert Band camp
Greg Scapillato and Keith Ozsvath were instrumental in the implementation of the Middle School Concert Band at the Music for All Summer Symposium. Read about how the two became friends, shared experiences, and became innovators in their field.
Read More
Teaching to a “T”
Robert W. Smith offers his suggestions for prioritizing musical objectives in the middle school band classroom.
Read MoreThe Recruiting Connection
Robert W. Smith shares tips for cultivating a sustainable band program with emphasis on recruitment and feeder programs.
Read More