Articles and Clinic Handouts

Summer Conference 2024

• Mini-Instruments: Scaffolding to Establish Great Tone by Jeremy Williamson

Summer Conference 2020

• Model Musician Sounds by Jim Matthews
  • Recommended Reads suggested by Jim Matthews:
    The Power of Moments - Chip Heath & Dan Heath
    Beyond Success (The 15 Secrets to Effective Leadership and Life Based on Legendary Coach John Wooden's Pyramid of Success) - Brian D. Biro
    Wooden on Leadership - John Wooden & Steve Jamison
    Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Building Blocks for a Better Life - John Wooden & Jay Carty
    
    

Summer Conference 2013

• Teaching Trombone Tone... From the Podium
• Building Fundamentals Through Guided Practice
• Recruiting, Training and Retaining Low Brass Players
• An Analysis of Good Clarinet Fundamentals

Summer Conference 2010

• What Does It Mean to be Musically Educated? - John Whitwell
• Creating Time for Artistry in the Rehearsal - John Whitwell
• Teaching And Conducting: We Must Excel At Both - John Whitwell

FMEA Convention 2008

• Rehearsal Lab - Paula Thornton
  • Rehearsal Techniques Handout
  • Just Intonation and Harmony in B-flat
• Literature Selection - Ken Williams
  • Clinic Slide Presentation
  • Clinic Handout
  • Repertoire Analysis Rubric Instructions
  • Repertoire Analysis Rubric
  • Repertoire Analysis Rubric Example (McGinty: Atlantis)
  • Percussion Matrix
  • Percussion Matrix Example
  • Atlantis Syncopation Teaching Example
    
    
• Concert Marches for MC Bands and other Random Thoughts - Tina Laferriere
• Suggested Middle School Literature--David Fultz
• Jazz Chart Selection - Don Zentz

FMEA Convention 2007

• Latinizing Your Jazz Ensemble by Michelle F. Denlinger, 2007 FMEA Convention
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• Professionalism, On and Off the Podium by Paula Thornton, 2007 FMEA Convention
• Heavy Metal: Caribbean Steel Drum Music by Dr. Kenneth Broadway, 2007 FMEA Convention
• Adjudication Clinic, Adjudication Committee (sample sheets are at the bottom of the Forms page)
• Starting a Steel Band by David Knapp, 2007 FMEA Convention

MPA Stress or Success by Andrea Tobin, rev. 2003 Niel Jenkins

Percussion 101: The Essential Truths and Their Practical Application Presented by Beth Gotlieb, Rollins College

A Higher Ethical Standard Presented by Duane Busse, Volusia County Schools

Advocacy FSMA

Band Director's Checklist of Professional Responsibilities
   
Band Parent Associations - Booster Clubs - Patron Associations Neil Jenkins

Notation Solutions for the Busy Band Director "Sibelius Music Notation Program" Jeff Adams