KBA Marching Festival
Kansas Bandmasters Association just completed their third year of the KBA Marching Festival and it was the largest festival we have hosted. A total of 22 […]
Articles by Steve Oare
Teachers, Are You Helping or Hurting?
When working with students, it is easy for teachers to feel accomplished because they reached the end of their lesson plan for the day. […]
Social or Service? Tri-M Music Honor Society has a Place for You
“I’d love to start a Tri-M Music Honor Society chapter but I just don’t have the time.” This is a common challenge for music teachers […]
KMEA ADVO-ANGLE: From KMEA Advocacy
WHERE KMEA MUSIC ADVOCACY IS HEADED… I am very excited to announce that Kansas Music Educators Association has launched a new way to look at […]
Advice from the Experts: Winter Concert Planning
Kansas is blessed with great music teachers from around the state who have a great deal of wisdom and advice they can share with peers. […]
BASIC FACTORS INFLUENCING SAXOPHONE TONE QUALITY: A BRIEF DISCUSSION
There is no question that the overriding consideration that influences tone quality is the model of tone consciously or unconsciously held in the mind’s ear. […]
Advice From the Experts: Motivation Part 2 – Motivation in the Music Classroom
Kansas is blessed with great music teachers from around the state who have a great deal of wisdom and advice they can share with peers. […]
Advice From the Experts: Motivation Part 1 – Recruitment & Retention in the Music Classroom
Kansas is blessed with great music teachers from around the state who have a great deal of wisdom and advice they can share with peers. […]
KMEA Mentoring Program
The Winds of Kansas are moving, again! Once again, our KMEA Mentoring Program is continuing to grow under the leadership of new KMEA President, Gretchen […]
Teaching and Learning Spiccato in Three Stages
The sound produced by spiccato bow stroke is one of the most unique articulations that bowed string instruments can project. This is a short and […]
